[{"country_short": "USA", "city": "Mentor", "description": "Title: Licensed Practical Nurse, Internal Medicine\nLocation: Mentor, OH\nThe Licensed Practical Nurse position exists to assist in the delivery of quality care to Kaiser Permanente members seeking care in the ambulatory setting under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Nurse, Physician, Dentist, Optometrist, Chiropractor, or Podiatrist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Contributes to all steps of the nursing process to include patient observation, direct patient care, patient teaching within scope, contributing to the planning and evaluation of patient care. Administers medications and treatments and executes regimens authorized by an appropriate individual i.e, physician or advanced practice nurse\n- Contributes to the evaluation of the patient's response to care provided through documentation and communication with other members of the health care team. Provides follow up as directed\n- Assists with emergent/crisis situations upon delegation by the RN or physician and prioritizes appropriately. Escalates issues appropriately per the chain of command\n- Demonstrates critical thinking in the ambulatory care setting. Completes delegated tasks in a timely manner. Contributes to the nursing assessment of patients by collecting, reporting, and documenting objective and subjective data in an accurate and timely manner\n- Demonstrates compassion and empathy to their patients. Must have a 'customer first' attitude. Must work well with other department disciplines\n- Participates in data collection for quality control and quality assurance to include activities associated with POCT, unit readiness\n- Works flexible hours, various locations, and other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of NLN-accredited School of Practical Nursing\n- Possess a current, active and unrestricted license in the State of Ohio as a Licensed Practical Nurse\n- Must have Pharmacology Certification\n- BCLS certification from the American Heart Association\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One year clinical experience within an acute or ambulatory care setting preferred\n- Previous clinical experience within the designated specialty strongly preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:48:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834118/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Licensed Practical Nurse, Internal Medicine", "reqid": "134210", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Mentor, OH", "uid": 28834118}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: DC Operating Room Nurse-FT\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nProvides quality patient care in accordance with nursing philosophy, approved standards, and applicable regulatory laws. Functions as a scrub or circulating nurse in all areas of surgical specialties.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilizes the standard of care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of perioperative nursing care during the surgical process.\n- Directs the coordination of efforts of the OR team members in rendering perioperative nursing care while in the roll of the circulating, scrub, pre-op or recovery nurse.\n- Develops a perioperative nursing care plan on each surgical patient.\n- Ensures a safe supportive environment for staff, physicians and patients.\n- Assembles and communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care in the perioperative nursing process.\n- Maintains current skill and knowledge of surgical procedures and principles of sterile techniques.\n- Executes proper use, care, handling and processing of equipment, supplies and instrumentation used in the area of surgical specialty.\n- Participates in operating room Quality Assurance program.\n- Promotes personal and professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing courtesy, compassion, respect and adherence to the standards.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of current operating room experience required.\n- Experience in scrub and circulating roles in major surgical specialties required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.\n- Recent ambulatory surgery experience preferred.\n-ACLS/PALS", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834068/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "DC Operating Room Nurse-FT", "reqid": "136524", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28834068}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Frederick", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - PT\nLocation: Frederick, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834069/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - PT", "reqid": "136551", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Frederick, MD", "uid": 28834069}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - PT\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nUnder general supervision, provides customer focused pharmaceutical care & oversees the efficient dispensing, processing & recording of prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists, other authorized health care providers. Communicates w/ providers to influence optimal drug information to patients & health care providers. Participates in patient & provider educational programs to positively impact patient compliance & provider prescribing practices. Oversees & directs pharmacy technician staff in the execution of technical functions. Assists in cash & inventory control in accordance w/ departmental procedures & comply w/ all record keeping & legal requirement of the practice of pharmacy.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyses patient care & services needs in a manner that facilitates the achievement of both a high level of customer satisfaction & the attainment of organizational care & service initiatives.\n- Reviews prescribe medications & dosages to ensure that therapy is safe & effective for the patient's condition. Utilizes patient profiles to identify clinically significant drug allergies & drug interactions. Processes & labels prescriptions w/ proper identification data & directions for patient use. Compounds & dispenses medications accurately.\n- Provides advice & consultation to patients regarding side effects drug interactions, specific storage requirement & complete directions for use. Monitors designated patients' compliance & response to drug therapy to improve individual patient outcomes.\n- Routinely communicates w/ providers to influence the use of formulary medications in compliance w/ clinical protocols, target drug initiatives & pre-authorized therapeutic substitutions. Documents all clinical interventions using approved forms.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in operating automated systems for prescription order entry, patient profile review or retrieval of clinical or statistical data. Maintains proper records relating to medication profiles, prescription files, controlled substances records, non-formulary records & other legal & departmental record & procedures. Demonstrates proficiency w/ the Point of Service (POS) cash register system & cash management procedures.\n- Serves as a liaison to assigned clinical care team as demonstrated by problem solving skills on medication related issues, input on education matters relating to medications & fostering interdepartmental coordination on pharmaceutical care initiatives.\n- Maintains professional competency through attendance & participation in clinical team meetings & ACPE accredited continuing education programs. Assists in the training & education of pharmacy students & technicians.\n- Participates in departmental quality improvement initiatives & contributes to team or departmental projects directed toward the achievement of improved service efficiency & patient outcomes.\nSecondary Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS in pharmacy or pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy required.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in assigned jurisdiction required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a pharmacist in an outpatient clinic, hospital or retail pharmacy.\n- Completion of an ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program.\n- IV or Home IV experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834070/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - PT", "reqid": "136555", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28834070}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - FT\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834071/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - FT", "reqid": "136559", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28834071}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodbridge", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - FT\nLocation: Woodbridge, VA\nUnder general supervision, provides customer focused pharmaceutical care & oversees the efficient dispensing, processing & recording of prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists, other authorized health care providers. Communicates w/ providers to influence optimal drug information to patients & health care providers. Participates in patient & provider educational programs to positively impact patient compliance & provider prescribing practices. Oversees & directs pharmacy technician staff in the execution of technical functions. Assists in cash & inventory control in accordance w/ departmental procedures & comply w/ all record keeping & legal requirement of the practice of pharmacy.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyses patient care & services needs in a manner that facilitates the achievement of both a high level of customer satisfaction & the attainment of organizational care & service initiatives.\n- Reviews prescribe medications & dosages to ensure that therapy is safe & effective for the patient's condition. Utilizes patient profiles to identify clinically significant drug allergies & drug interactions. Processes & labels prescriptions w/ proper identification data & directions for patient use. Compounds & dispenses medications accurately.\n- Provides advice & consultation to patients regarding side effects drug interactions, specific storage requirement & complete directions for use. Monitors designated patients' compliance & response to drug therapy to improve individual patient outcomes.\n- Routinely communicates w/ providers to influence the use of formulary medications in compliance w/ clinical protocols, target drug initiatives & pre-authorized therapeutic substitutions. Documents all clinical interventions using approved forms.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in operating automated systems for prescription order entry, patient profile review or retrieval of clinical or statistical data. Maintains proper records relating to medication profiles, prescription files, controlled substances records, non-formulary records & other legal & departmental record & procedures. Demonstrates proficiency w/ the Point of Service (POS) cash register system & cash management procedures.\n- Serves as a liaison to assigned clinical care team as demonstrated by problem solving skills on medication related issues, input on education matters relating to medications & fostering interdepartmental coordination on pharmaceutical care initiatives.\n- Maintains professional competency through attendance & participation in clinical team meetings & ACPE accredited continuing education programs. Assists in the training & education of pharmacy students & technicians.\n- Participates in departmental quality improvement initiatives & contributes to team or departmental projects directed toward the achievement of improved service efficiency & patient outcomes.\nSecondary Functions:\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Monday - Friday 8:00am - 1:00am, Saturday & Sunday 8:00am - 9:00pm.\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- This position is mainly for the closing shift 5:00pm - 1:00am, rotating weekends. There will be instances where other shifts are required.\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS in pharmacy or pharmacy degree from an accredited college of pharmacy required.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in assigned jurisdiction required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a pharmacist in an outpatient clinic, hospital or retail pharmacy.\n- Completion of an ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program.\n- IV or Home IV experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834072/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - FT", "reqid": "136566", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Woodbridge, VA", "uid": 28834072}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hyattsville", "description": "Title: Certified Professional Coder 2\nLocation: Hyattsville, MD\nEnsures all technical aspects of the assignment of diagnostic & procedure coding is carried out in accordance with established standards & is in compliance with CMS, NCQA, third party payors, other regulatory agencies & KP policy. Functions includes, but are not limited to working charge review work queues for internal & external surgical services, acute & sub-acute inpatient professional services & performs health record audits as needed. These activities are performed to ensure the completeness & accuracy of coding clinical diagnoses, surgical & therapeutic procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Review & code work queues, charge review session including all surgical & specialty services within the work queues as assigned by applying coding principles for correct coding, including sequencing.\n- Query providers for clarification of incomplete or ambiguous documentation as appropriate & monitor inbasket messages for timely responses.\n- Evaluates & identifies front end & back end error trends for training needs & brings them to the attention of the supervisor.\n- Communicate & participates in departmental meetings & initiatives involving Coding & the Revenue Cycle Enhancement process.\n- Performs other duties as assigned or required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in a health care setting is required.\n-1 year of coding experience is required.\n- 2 years of medical terminology required.\n- 2 years of customer service experience is required.\n- 2 years of knowledge in coding practices is required.\n- 2 years of knowledge of compliance & regulatory requirements is required.\n- High School diploma is required.\n- CPC or CCS-P is required.\n- Ability to work w/ & maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account & personnel data is required.\n- Effective verbal & written communication skills, as well as, strong interpersonal skills is required.\n- Ability to effectively abstract medical information to determine the correct data is required.\n- Strong data management skills including proficiency in MS Office applications is required.\n- New Hire:\n-Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n- 80% or higher passing score.\n- Annually:\n- Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n- 80% or higher passing score.", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834064/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Professional Coder 2", "reqid": "135364", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Hyattsville, MD", "uid": 28834064}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Manager of Infrastructure Design Services\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking an experienced Manager to lead the IT Infrastructure Design Services Group. This is a senior level, customer facing role, leading a team of infrastructure technology subject matter experts who provide internal consulting services to clients in the healthcare and supporting business areas throughout Kaiser Permanente.\n\nYou will lead a team with accountability for the Infrastructure Design systems delivering critical IT services to healthcare providers and patients. You will be accountable for designing solutions for the entire technology stack including hardware and software platforms for server, storage, clustering, data replication, disaster recovery, application, database, and messaging platforms. In addition you will lead infrastructure optimization initiatives, and contribute to the development of system/platform roadmaps. At least 5 years relevant experience in this role is required. Healthcare background and experience is preferred. Experience working in an outsourced systems management environment is preferred. Must be able to effectively multi-task, and succeed in a fast paced environment, along with effectively dealing with ambiguity and time constraints.\nQualifications:\nThis position requires a seasoned leader who possesses experience with, and deep technical knowledge of, large scale enterprise class technologies including: IBM pSeries/AIX; VMWare; X86, Cloud, Citrix, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, Network Infrastructure, IBM/EMC/NetApp SAN and NAS storage, High Availability/Clustering solutions, Disaster Recovery and data replication technologies (SRDF, etc). In depth experience with requirements based infrastructure design and implementation processes are essential.\n\nExpertise in the delivery of infrastructure and processes implementing IaaS is desired, as is prior experience leading the implementation/utilization of private cloud, automated provisioning, pre-provisioned infrastructure, and supporting design patterns to streamline infrastructure fulfillment.\n\nPeople management skills are necessary including employee selection, development, coaching, goal setting, and evaluation. This position requires excellent communication skills and a high level of diplomacy.\n\n\nIn addition to the above description the following qualifications are also required.\n - Expertise leading project teams in the development, capture, and analyses of system requirements and logical solutions designs which are used to identify appropriate infrastructure platform solutions (sizing, server, storage, clustering, application/database platforms, etc) to address the IT infrastructure needs of the project.\n - Expertise in the development and documentation of Non-Functional/System requirements.\n - Expertise in the development and documentation of Logical Solution Designs.\n - Expertise in the development and documentation of Physical Infrastructure Solution Designs.\n - Expertise in traceability mapping and documenting design decisions relative to requirements. .\n - Expertise with Infrastructure Design processes and Infrastructure Design Patterns.\n - In depth knowledge of and direct experience with capacity planning, forecasting, and management.\n - In depth knowledge of and direct experience with large scale system performance tuning including memory, JVM, database, and SQL.\n - At least 15 years IT experience with increasing levels of responsibility with a minimum of 5 years experience managing in a similar role.\n - Must possess excellent communication skills with experience communicating in professional manner\n - Must be flexible and a team player.\n - Must possess strong initiative and be highly self motivated.\n - Bachelor's degree is required with emphasis in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, an engineering discipline, business, or related field.\n - Must be able to produce high quality documentation to develop, deliver, and present critical system artifacts and design documents - Powerpoint, Word, Visio, Excel.\n - Must be open to flexible work schedule to remain in-step with project and organizational needs.\n - Occasional travel may be required.\n\nDesired Qualifications:\nIITL Foundations Certification\nTOGAF Certification\nPrior work experience with major consulting firm\nGood understand of Cloud Services\nExperience with IAAS, PAAS", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:46:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834043/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager of Infrastructure Design Services", "reqid": "135141", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28834043}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Ultrasound Technologist - Float Pool - PRN\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe position of Ultrasound Technologist -performs diagnostic sonographic examinations utilizing ultrasonic equipment to locate, evaluate and record critical functional, pathological, and anatomical data. He/She will also Schedule and coordinate tests, record test results, prepare and maintains operational logs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs Ultrasound Examinations\n- Documents patient assessment and history\n- Provides patient education\n- Operates computer and ultrasound equipment for image production and documentation\n- Practices accurate and timely completion of scheduled and unscheduled work to maximize productivity\n- Performs quality control measures for the purpose of ensuring optimal images\n- Enters and properly completes all patient information including exam charges and supplies into the Radiology Information System (RIS).\n- Prepares films for interpretation by the radiologist in an accurate and timely manner\n- Exhibits flexibility and adaptability to unique needs of the department and respond appropriately.\n- Communicate abnormal situations to proper sources in a way that facilitates resolution and/or tracking\n- Actively engages other health care providers (radiologist, surgeons, specialist, and mammographers) to ensure quality, continuity and appropriateness of care\n- Follows department procedures/processes/policies\n- Practices safety measures in radiography by adhering to all governing regulations\n- Follows universal precautions, infection control guidelines and sterile technique\n- Complies with all governing regulations\n- Stocks and cleans exam rooms/work areas\n- Other duties as assigned\n- Applies the profession's code of ethics in all aspects of practice\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of AMA approved Ultrasonography Program\n- ARDMS registration\n- BCLS\n- One (1) year experience in Ultrasonography a minimum (will only accept new graduates from KPGA affiliated ultrasound program educational institutions)\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n- Basic PC (keyboarding & navigation) skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years experience in Ultrasonography preferred.\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-21 18:46:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28834035/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ultrasound Technologist - Float Pool - PRN", "reqid": "132111", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28834035}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Nursing Shift Supervisor (HS noc OC)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts & weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care & compliance w/ regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.\n- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.\n- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.\n- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.\n- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- ACLS certification strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Shift Supervisor (HS noc OC)", "reqid": "136394", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28824143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Supervisor of Materials Distribution\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nSupervises staff and activities related to the order and delivery of products for end-users in the medical center as well as within the satellite medical offices. Monitors a distribution network that allows all products to be delivered to customers through an external distributor or internal network. Assists with the management of non-perioperative materials cost containment. Maintains the inventory control system and database. Ensures compliance with Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreements. Responsible for contributing to achieving all Service Area and National Contracting and Purchasing (NCAP) cost savings goals. Works with the local Labor Management Partnership representative to identify and achieve cost savings and implement safety products.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises and tracks material management operations and services that are complimentary to the service area strategy.\n- Supervises material management staff, providing support and on-going education for growth and development of staff.\n- Identifies opportunities for service improvements, cost reductions and product standardization, and conducting research in support of such efforts.\n- Takes a lead role in the development and maintenance of the materials purchasing strategy that is consistent w/ the overall national sourcing strategy to ensure KP receives the best value for dollars spent on products and services.\n- Maintains information systems and provides data to customers.\n- Supports use of TIMS for all ordering.\n- Assists manager w/ developing systems to manage inventory across departments.\n- Supervises distribution system in conjunction w/ the region-wide distributor and local distribution centers.\n- Takes a lead in implementing operational processes to support order, delivery and replenishment of products.\n- Assists in educating users on new processes.\n- Analyzes and organized key information necessary for the materials manager to build the annual budget.\n- Responds quickly to customer concerns and issues.\n- Assists manager in determining needs, ordering, maintaining records, physical inventory, and storage for surplus.\n- Acts as an advocate for progressive material management concepts.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years of experience in a combination of purchasing, contracting, material management, distribution or other related areas including previous experience w/ material management systems and control of an inventory of $5M to $10M.\n- Previous experience in an acute care hospital including supervision of material management operations within a multi-site setting.\n- Experience w/ a variety of software applications w/ the ability to develop complex spreadsheets and write business communications.\n- Experience working in a union environment preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in business administration, finance, material management, economics or a related field.\n- Material Management Certification preferred.\n- Ability to coordinate effectively multiple projects and use time management skills, and independent judgment.\n- Significant knowledge of products/services and their market environment within the scope of Kaiser Permanente's procurement and logistics programs.\n- Excellent communication, team building, and organizational skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor of Materials Distribution", "reqid": "136382", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28824142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Physical Therapist\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Minimum 2 years experience in orthopedic manual therapy.\n- Long-term course or residency training preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824144/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Physical Therapist", "reqid": "136441", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28824144}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Masters Level Student Temp\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations and presenting results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.\n- This position contributes to a full range of project components.\n- Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.\n- Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets time lines for completion of required tasks as directed.\n- Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.\n- Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works w/ access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.\n- May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.\n- Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists w/ preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.\n- Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.\n- Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.\n- Assists w/ identification and development of training information.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Enrolled in or recent graduate of a MBA or other Masters level program w/ an accredited college or university.\n- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.\n- Strong project management skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to utilize at a working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.\n- Knowledge of SQL or SAS highly desirable.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: 12 weeks ++", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824146/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Masters Level Student Temp", "reqid": "136462", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28824146}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: SOX Internal Control Mgr [178]\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe SOX Internal Control Manager of the NCAL SOX & Financial Governance Department helps strengthen the internal control environment within Kaiser Northern California Region. This position is responsible for conducting internal control reviews based on operational management requests, monitoring/testing of SOX controls, coordinating SOX certifications for all in-scope mega processes, facilitating the development and maintenance of finance policy and procedures, management, reporting branding, communication and training. The position requires strong partnership and collaboration with multidisciplinary groups, including: the SOX PMO, Internal Audit Services, external auditors, Mega Process Leads, Business Process Owners and others.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Control Preparation Design Consulting - leading meetings and status as deliverables.\n- Control Walkthroughs - walkthrough workpapers as deliverables\n- Deficiency Remediation Consulting/Validation - sign-off on clients' action plan template (APT) as deliverables\n- Control Testing - test script workpapers as deliverables\n- Annual Certification status and presentations - presentations, reports and leading meetings as deliverables\n- Weekly dashboard and team meetings - status and comment on dashboard and participation in meeting as deliverables\n- Conduct monitoring/testing of SOX controls (for reliance by internal/external auditors) to ensure that key controls as designed are operating effectively in order to prevent financial errors or misstatement.\n- Conduct internal control reviews at the request of management to ensure that operational processes are working effectively, efficiently and in compliance with applicable policy or regulations.\n- Coordinate reviews and sign-offs of Segregations of Duties matrices for all in scope mega processes to prevent or mitigate conflicting roles and transactions within and across mega processes.\n- Coordinate year-end SOX certifications to ensure that all accountable process owners, functional executives and senior leadership have attested to the effectiveness of internal controls over the processes in their respective areas that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements as of a given year-end.\n- Facilitate the development and maintenance of Regional finance policies and procedures, including relevant communication and training. Policies and procedures provide guidance to business owners on what and how to conduct financial processes.\n- Publish weekly/monthly management reports and quarterly Newsletters to inform and update management and business owners on matters related to SOX, policies and procedures and internal controls.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 full year cycle SOX experience (e.g. must already have had SOX testing, SOX Control Matrix design, Control Walkthrough, SOX deficiency validation/ deficiency ranking justification, and annual certification experience).\n- Prior audit management experience (e.g. skill level of an 'Audit Manager' if candidate is coming from public accounting or equivalent title if coming from industry).\n- 6+ years of hands-on independent problem-solving, project management, and analysis experience in the finance, accounting, or auditing areas.\n- Bachelor of Arts or Science (B.A. or B.S) in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Health Care related degree.\n- Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Health, Health Administration, or other related field preferred.\n- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.\nCertified Inforamton System Auditor (CISA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or Certification in Control Assessment (CCSA) preferred\n- Strong proficiency and solid hands-on project management experience in the finance, accounting, or auditing areas.\n- Expert skills covering communication/influencing skills, internal control documentation, process narratives, process flows, risk assessments, and related areas.\n- Detailed understanding of and experience in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, including internal control scoping, documentation, testing and remediating control deficiencies.\n- Superb desktop application capabilities (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, SOX compliance software, and related applications).\n- Demonstrated strategic thinking skills to prioritize work in alignment with project objectives or goals, recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and the member/customer.\n- Demonstrated team focus skills by publicly crediting individuals who have performed well in order to encourage and empower them, as well as to set an example for others, letting people affected by a decision know what is happening, even if they are not required to do so, understanding sources of conflict within a team and takes steps toward effective conflict resolution, managing team meetings well by stating agendas and objectives, controlling time and making roles and accountabilities clear.\n- Proven techniques to analyze processes for effectiveness, efficiency in operations ,as well as SOX compliance, towards the identification of deficiencies, the writing of special projects/ review report, monitoring the progress of remediation and other diagnostics.\n- Proven emotional intelligence and cultural competency as shown through translating diversity initiatives into specific action plans to be implemented within one's area of accountability, creating a 'safe' and constructive environment where individuals feel comfortable communicating diverse ideas and initiating dialogue around differences, displaying awareness of the limitations and advantages of one's own and others' culture.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824145/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SOX Internal Control Mgr [178]", "reqid": "136429", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28824145}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist License Applicant SH [Oncall PTLA 2012]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist, responsible for the physical therapy management of patients.\n\nEssential Functions: - Under the direction and supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist, evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Must have submitted a completed application for licensure to Board of Medical Quality Assurance.\n- Must have completed or have a confirmed date to sit for written PT examination in the State of California or must be licensed in another state in U.S. and awaiting confirmation of licensure through reciprocity.\n- BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrates competency in age specifics related to assessing, treating and/or caring for varying patient populations including infants, children, adolescents, and elderly adults.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist License Applicant SH [Oncall PTLA 2012]", "reqid": "136523", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28824147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Sr Staff Assistant\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills Testing: Advanced level proficiency with Microsoft Word.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Staff Assistant", "reqid": "136605", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28824149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Area Director Imaging Services [San Rafael]\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nIn conjunction with the Chief(s) of Diagnostic Imaging, responsible for the operational, service and fiscal management of Diagnostic Imaging Services across the medical center or Service Area (typically multiple inpatient settings and/or large tertiary setting, and one or more outpatient settings). Develops a strategic approach to achieve an integrated service line for diagnostic imaging across multiple sites Directs the operations of full service, high volume, multiple imaging sites (inpatient and outpatient, 7 days, 24 hours) which generally includes Radiology, MRI, CT,Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography, Transport,and Imaging Reception & Files.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In conjunction with the Chief(s), directs the operations ofImaging Servicesto meet the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members across the service line.\n- Oversees all administrative, technical and clerical operations of the Imaging Services to ensure quality, access and budget goals are achieved.\n- Coordinates the operations of department across multiple sites by maintaining appropriate staffing levels, developing/monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality and regulatory standards.\n- Develops the strategic planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures imaging service levels are maintained during periods of construction and transition.\n- In conjunction with the Chief(s) of Diagnostic Imaging, develops and administers imaging standards and protocols for the delivery of medical imaging services in keeping with service, value, quality, and access goals of the organization.\n- Oversees fiscal management of the department, including forecasting and monitoring of operating performance.\n- Identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of service.\n- Directs the management of human resources, labor relations, employee and department safety and risk management issues.\n- Accountable for the on-going training and development of technical and administrative imaging staff.\n- Recommends the acquisition and implementation of new technology based on knowledge of developments in diagnostic imaging technology.\n- Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance programs.\n- Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission, MQSA, federal, state and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience as a manager in a full service imaging department required (minimum 5 years).\n- Bachelor's degree in Health Care, Business or equivalent experience required.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Previous leadership accomplishments in health care as well as demonstrated achievements in management and staff development required.\n- Demonstrated excellent communication skills and a track record of previous administrative project initiatives, labor relations and human relations skills.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of federal state and local regulatory standards required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience as a manager in a full service imaging department required (preferred 8 -10 years)\n- Previous experience managing in a union environment strongly preferred.\n- Certification as CRT, CNMT, or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) preferred.\n- Working knowledge and recent experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824148/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Area Director Imaging Services [San Rafael]", "reqid": "136547", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28824148}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Project Manager II, (Temporary Benefited)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Read, understand and review CPM schedules.\n- Expert in CPM scheduling techniques.\n- Synthesize CPM schedules from a variety of sources into one master schedule.\n- Independently develop detailed MS Project CPM schedule (2003 - 2010).\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues through the use of coordinated CPM schedules.\n- Coordinates with construction team (including the importation of information from Primavera project schedules), transition team, and functional implementation teams to develop and ensure adherence to detailed project plans.\n- Translate and communicate CPM project schedule in detailed and summary form for Executive leadership, Transition Team, and front line staff.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project scheduling process and outcome.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation, specifically CPM schedules and schedule risk assessments, for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices to meet project objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualification:\n- CPM scheduling knowledge\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shift. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Expected length of employment: up to 2.5 years. This is a Temporary Benefited position.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824140/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II, (Temporary Benefited)", "reqid": "136203", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28824140}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (CVICU)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824141/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (CVICU)", "reqid": "136376", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28824141}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II [# 1]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.\n- Provides blood transfusion information.\n- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.\n- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines.\n- Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- BLS certification required.\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824138/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II [# 1]", "reqid": "135890", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28824138}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II [# 2]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.\n- Provides blood transfusion information.\n- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.\n- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines.\n- Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- BLS certification required.\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-20 19:16:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28824139/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II [# 2]", "reqid": "135892", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28824139}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Dept Supervisor RN - PD\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nDuring one 8-hour shift, provides first-line operational supervision for assigned functional area of responsibility (e.g., MOB primary or specialty care department, urgent care, day/evening/night shift in emergency medicine department). Ensures that health care staff delivering ambulatory care/patient services provide high quality, accessible, cost-effective care, & patient-focused services to members that comply w/ KP standards as well as w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Within assigned area: implements, supervises/ monitors, & maintains clinical practice & quality management standards, budgets, & staff competencies/ development.\nEssential Functions:\n- In assigned area/function, supervises the operations and delivery of patient care services.\n- Ensures that staff provides highest quality of care which complies with the Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, federal/state/local requirements.\n- Establishes and maintains effective, collaborative relationships with physicians and other departments\n- Collaborates with nursing and other departments to resolve patient care issues, meet access demands, provide convenient hours of operation, improve the cost structure, and develop consistent policies and procedures.\n- Supervises and maintains patient care and quality service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Recommends and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Assists in developing and monitoring budgets and resource allocations and financial performance and identifies and recommends strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Supervises use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications.\n- Assists managers/ assistant managers in developing and maintaining the competency of all department staff.\n- Supervises and monitors the implementation of departmental polices and procedures which support the goals and business objectives of the department and organization.\n- Collaborates with physicians, department chief, and nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Measuring and improving internal and external customer satisfaction.\n- Assists in managing and resolving human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 134130\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Usually two (2) - three (3)years of previous clinical nursing experience in outpatient care required.\n- Usually two (2) years of previous supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of experience in nursing or health care related field such as management.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice (e.g., pediatrics) preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Computer skills to include 10 Key KSPM, data entry, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.\n\nNotes:\n- Will work days or evenings from 8am to 4:30pm or 4pm to 11pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28819002/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Dept Supervisor RN - PD", "reqid": "136384", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28819002}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Financial Project Manager\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, and analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to make informed strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis and communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\n- Assumes other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\n- Complexity: Works independently; accountable to complete work assignments.\n- Span of Control: May provide project supervision to junior staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field and minimum six (6) years of related experience OR master's degree in related field and minimum four (4) years of related experience.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following: general finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills and consulting skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Access.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28819000/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Project Manager", "reqid": "136300", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28819000}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Research Assistant\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nSupport investigators and other project staff in conducting research studies by collecting, analyzing and reporting data. Works under general supervision. Final review required for each phase of assignment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administer participant consent; answer questions regarding study purpose\n- Set up tracking tools and document procedures\n- Provide oral and written updates on data collection process and project status\n- Provide feedback on, and assist with piloting of, new data collection instruments\n- Orient and provide training to team members and/or clinical staff on specific project tasks. If assigned to clinical trial, may work with monitors at clinical sites\n- Adheres to compliance and privacy/ confidentiality requirements and standards\n- Adheres to GCP and compliance regulations for clinical trials\n- Responsible for reviewing own work to ensure data quality\n- Acquires and maintains knowledge of KP systems and databases\n- Resolves problems that arise during the completion of project tasks\n- May assist with tracking information for invoices\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree in a health-related field preferred.\n- Previous experience in research setting, preferred health research.\n- Ability to identify and solve problems.\n- Team-focused, detailed and goal-driven with professional oral and written communication skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Assist the investigators and research staff in conduct of clinical trials and research projects primarily in Dermatology.\n- Provide organizational and technical skills in data collection, maintaining and reporting.\n- Collects data through interviews and chart reviews.\n- Obtains participant consent, answering questions about the trials.\n- Ensure data quality.\n- Set up tracking systems, develop forms and study materials to enhance compliance with study treatment or protocols.\n- Prepares and ship bio-specimens per protocol.\n- Supports subject protection and regulatory compliance in all aspects of trial conduct.\n- Acquire and maintain knowledge of KP on-line systems.\n- Familiarity with medical terminology.\n- Previous experience in a research environment and health research preferred.\n- Experience with PCs and data software (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and EDC) preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n- The Research Assistant position will be based in the Los Angeles Medical Center.\n- This position may also require travel to other sites within the larger Los Angeles area.\n- This is a conditional position with benefits; the duration of employment will be based on the availability of grant funds to support the position.\n- Upon completion of the initial grant-funded project, the employee may be assigned to other grant-funded projects if operationally feasible.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28819001/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Assistant", "reqid": "136378", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28819001}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Nursing Dept Assistant Manager, RN\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including 2 years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within 2 years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818996/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Dept Assistant Manager, RN", "reqid": "136188", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28818996}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "El Cajon", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: El Cajon, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors' or Masters' or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n-Prefer physical therapist with manual therapy skills/ background\n-Understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways\n-Knowledge of /ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as: Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule (hours and days)varies\n-Position mayrequire weekend shift assignments in the IP/OP setting\n- Position may require travel to various PT locations in the San Diego Service Area\n- Position requires skill set to utilize computer based documentation system\n- Provide OP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center and future San Diego Service Area locations). Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818997/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "136240", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "El Cajon, CA", "uid": 28818997}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors' or Masters' or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n-Prefer physical therapist with manual therapy skills/ background\n-Understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways\n-Knowledge of /ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as: Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule (hours and days)varies\n-Position mayrequire weekend shift assignments in the IP/OP setting\n- Position may require travel to various PT locations in the San Diego Service Area\n- Position requires skill set to utilize computer based documentation system\n- Provide OP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center and future San Diego Service Area locations). Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818999/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "136246", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28818999}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Practice Specialist\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nRecognized content expert in area relevant to the work of the department. Oversees project work & staff on work related to area of expertise. Responsible for providing relevant content expertise to project leads & staff in support of project work. Builds & maintains key relationships with clients & departmental staff as appropriate. Acts as thought partner to project managers & provides expert advice on specific area of expertise. Provides leadership for the delivery high of quality & cost-effective consulting services/products to issues of key organizational importance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Effectively leads project team on work related to specific area of expertise.\n- Provides leadership for the design, development, and implementation of projects related to their area of expertise.\n- Manages the work of all project participants, including outside consultants and other department staff, when used.\n- Serves as a content expert for responsible area of expertise.\n- Provides assistance and advice to others in support of project work.\n- May provide expert consultation to multiple projects at any given time.\n- Effectively interfaces with clients to reach mutually acceptable agreements around project scope, objectives, deliverables, timeframes and outcomes.\n- Effectively facilitates interactions with clients and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.\n- Provides leadership and direction in accordance with the overall strategic direction of the department and organization.\n- Develops clear project plan that allows teams to achieve desired outcomes.\n- Monitors plan on an ongoing basis and proactively adjusts, as necessary, to resolve barriers and/or issues.\n- Oversees work to ensure high quality deliverables and adherence to timeframes and budget (when applicable).\n- Proactively identifies links between specialty work and broader organizational priorities and goals.\n- Identifies areas where specialty expertise may enhance work of department.\n- Effectively recognizes opportunities to enhance project work and/or achieve desired objectives by collaborating with staff outside their area of expertise and acts accordingly.\n- Contributes to a team environment that encourages collaboration, supports receiving and providing feedback and encourages participation from all levels of staff.\n- Adapts management style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance.\n- Actively provides feedback to staff in support of individual staff development.\n- Encourages staff participation in non-project related activities that support culture and values of the department and individual development.\n- Models behavior that staff wants to emulate.\n- Communicates in a manner that is proactive, timely, influential, persuasive and effective resulting in mutually acceptable agreements.\n- Ensures that all communications produced under his/her direction are timely and of high quality.\n- Participates in the development and management of department staff through coaching, providing and encouraging feedback, consistent application of department policies and procedures, conducting project based performance reviews, and other departmental activities.\n- Participates in development of staff through the sharing of new techniques and problem solving approaches specific to their area of expertise.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of department-wide activities that support the culture and values of the department.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's or Master's Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health, Health Administration or other related field preferred.\n- Typically at least five (5) or more years of experience in their field of expertise preferred. This may include but is not limited knowledge of care delivery, technical/analytic expertise, management engineering, planning, and research.\n- Experience in managing project staff including administration of departmental policies and guidelines, project based performance reviews and coaching.\n- Demonstrated expertise in a field of relevant to the work of the department.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration.\n- Knowledge of computer applications and knowledge of data systems.\n- Proven leadership skills in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation.\n- Demonstrates ability to work with various partners including Medical Group and/or Labor Partners.\n- Demonstrated understanding and general knowledge of healthcare industry and health policy trends.\n- Knowledge of the operations and/or business of Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- Kaiser Permanente knowledge preferred.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPHQ certificate preferred.\n- RN license preferred.\n- Strong clinical background with emphasis in quality processes.\n- Medical Center operations experience.\n- Computer experience in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818998/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Practice Specialist", "reqid": "136251", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28818998}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Moreno Valley", "description": "Title: Staff RN (Hospital) - MV\nLocation: Moreno Valley, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance w/ established standards of care, policies, & procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent w/ the Medical Center Vision, Mission, & Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality & effectiveness in work habits & clinical practice; & treats co-workers, patients, families, & all members of the health care team w/ dignity & respect.\nEssential Functions:\n- The RN demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, & functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license, ACLS & BLS certificate\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or equivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior twelve (12) months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Ventilator trainingrequired. Current\n\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818988/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN (Hospital) - MV", "reqid": "135013", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Moreno Valley, CA", "uid": 28818988}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: LVN - Outpatient - (Bilingual)\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nProvides nursing care to patients under the direction of a RN, utilizes observational skills to assess nursing intervention & assists medical staff to insure optimal patient care within established policies, procedures & standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, & co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, & respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department & the medical group\n- Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance w/ the patients established by the physician & a RN within scope of practice\n- Transcribes physician's orders as directed by policy\n- Communicates directly w/ RN to institute changes in plan of care; assists w/ & contributes to development of nursing care\n- Give specified medication orally, hypodermically, intramuscularly & topically\n- Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations & installations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations & enemas & utilizing equipment as required\n- Performs related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration & blood pressure readings; applying & removing dressings; may instruct patient in various self-administered treatments or procedures; obtains specimens; assures correct culture collection\n- Assists physician or other medical staff personnel w/ examinations & treatments by selecting & passing instruments, providing support & restraint to patient, draping & other assistance as directed or required\n- Within scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, & reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary & reports unusual conditions to the RN as established by policy & procedure in a timely manner; maintains intravenous flow rate, notifies RN of any problems & discontinues needles, except intra-cath & CVP lines\n- Identifies learning barriers\n- Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations & therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record\n- Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, & environment & proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, & other related methods\n- Provides a safe & therapeutic environment for patients & staff\n- Utilizes effective verbal & non-verbal forms of communication\n- Performs in other areas or units to which assigned as required by nursing administration to provide & maintain the established standards of care & safety\n- Participates in staff meetings & inservice programs\n- Assists in ordering & distribution of module supplies & equipment\n- Accepts verbal & teleph1 orders from physician\n- Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal & trach suctioning & sputum induction\n- Promotes, ensures, & improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality service\n- Performs other related duties as required\n- Age Related Competencies:\n- Skills assessments & validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e. infants, adolescents, elderly, etc) are proficient in identifying the special needs & behaviors associated w/ a particular patient population\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required\n- Current LVN license and BCLS certification.\n- Six (6) months recent medical office or acute care LVN experience\n- Extraordinary customer relations & quality service are critical to our success\n- We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skills and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Assists providers to manage in-basket folders in KP Health Connect\n- Provides ancillary support with the patient care\n- Able to provide physician's direct instructions to members and document appropriately in the patient's medical record\n- Effective communication/interpersonal skills\n- Health Connecttrained\n- Personal computer skills\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, days and hours will vary\n- Will work rotating weekends\n- Required knowledge of injectable and oral medication given in Family Medicine and Pediatrics\n- Must pass the Bilingual assessment test", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818989/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN - Outpatient - (Bilingual)", "reqid": "135035", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28818989}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures or completion of a KP or approved equivalent OR course within prior 12 months.\n- Ability to scrub as required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- CNOR certification", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818990/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "135090", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28818990}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Palm Desert", "description": "Title: LVN - Outpatient\nLocation: Palm Desert, CA\nProvides nursing care to patients under the direction of a RN, utilizes observational skills to assess nursing intervention & assists medical staff to insure optimal patient care within established policies, procedures & standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, & co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, & respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department & the medical group\n- Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance w/ the patients established by the physician & a RN within scope of practice\n- Transcribes physician's orders as directed by policy\n- Communicates directly w/ RN to institute changes in plan of care; assists w/ & contributes to development of nursing care\n- Give specified medication orally, hypodermically, intramuscularly & topically\n- Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations & installations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations & enemas & utilizing equipment as required\n- Performs related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration & blood pressure readings; applying & removing dressings; may instruct patient in various self-administered treatments or procedures; obtains specimens; assures correct culture collection\n- Assists physician or other medical staff personnel w/ examinations & treatments by selecting & passing instruments, providing support & restraint to patient, draping & other assistance as directed or required\n- Within scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, & reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary & reports unusual conditions to the RN as established by policy & procedure in a timely manner; maintains intravenous flow rate, notifies RN of any problems & discontinues needles, except intra-cath & CVP lines\n- Identifies learning barriers\n- Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations & therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record\n- Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, & environment & proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, & other related methods\n- Provides a safe & therapeutic environment for patients & staff\n- Utilizes effective verbal & non-verbal forms of communication\n- Performs in other areas or units to which assigned as required by nursing administration to provide & maintain the established standards of care & safety\n- Participates in staff meetings & inservice programs\n- Assists in ordering & distribution of module supplies & equipment\n- Accepts verbal & teleph1 orders from physician\n- Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal & trach suctioning & sputum induction\n- Promotes, ensures, & improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality service\n- Performs other related duties as required\n- Age Related Competencies:\n- Skills assessments & validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e. infants, adolescents, elderly, etc) are proficient in identifying the special needs & behaviors associated w/ a particular patient population\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current LVN license. BCLS Certification.\n- Six (6) months recent medical office or acute care LVN experience\n- Extraordinary customer relations & quality service are critical to our success\n- We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skillsand are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is a temporary position for approximately 90 days.\n- May float to other department within the Kaiser MOBs in the Lower Desert area.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818991/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN - Outpatient", "reqid": "135091", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Palm Desert, CA", "uid": 28818991}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA Degree in Nursing\n- Fetal Heart Monitoring\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am - 7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818992/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "135169", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28818992}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Downey, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 131605\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, or Surgicenter, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures or completion of a KP or approved equivalent OR course within prior twelve (12) months.\n- Ability to scrub as required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n\n\nNotes:\n- Will include weekends and holidays\n-Schedulework hoursbetween 7:00 AM to 5:15 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818993/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "135172", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28818993}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Fontana - Per Diem 2pm-10pm\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS.\n- One (1)-year recent (within past three 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two (2)years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818994/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Fontana - Per Diem 2pm-10pm", "reqid": "135217", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28818994}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Population Management Support Coordinator\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nIdentify, track, & contact patients for the purpose of achieving out reach program goals & achievements associated w/ improving the quality of care. Maintain records, statistics, & data bases associated w/ local, regional program goals & regulatory requirements. Under the direction of & in collaboration w/ other health care professionals assist patients in identifying & using resources that improve quality of care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under direct supervision, track patient populations to obtain statistical information related to specific program goals associated with health care management & assure that patient records are updated\n- Obtain from patients health care information, record data, maintain care management data bases, & generate reports relating to specific care management programs\n- Using established measures & criteria to identify patients within specific care programs\n- Under direct supervision & using established formats, develops letters, forms & other media required to educate & retrieve information from patients associated w/ specific care programs\n- Notify enrolled members in care management & health care classes & track attendance\n- Distribute educational materials\n- Contact patients by phone & correspondence in following up patient compliance w/ medication use, physician visits & reinforcing self care management skills\n- Support Physicians by generating annual screening, utilization, compliance, & other reports associated w/ care management & program performance\n- Under direct supervision uses data bases & reports to ensure patient conformity to specific care programs & regulatory compliance\n- Acts as a liaison between patient community & other Kaiser resources\n- Makes recommendations for patient referrals when necessitated by non-compliance to treatment regimens or otherwise necessitated to achieve program or regulatory compliance\n- Perform other related duties as may be assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of progressively responsible health care experience, preferred\n- Bachelors degree in Health Care, LVN, other similar course(s) of study preferred, or four (4) years of equivalent experience\n- Excellent customer service, verbal & writing skills, sufficient to author correspondence with minimal supervision\n- Fluency in the typical office software applications such as Word, Excel, Access, Power Point at a level sufficient to build data tables & develop queries\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Excellent written and verbal skills\n- Strong Critical thinking and analytical skills\n- Excellent interpersonal communication skills\n- Flexible and able to work independently\n- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.)\n- Masters in Public Health, Masters in Health Administration\n- Typing 40 WPM\n\n\nNotes:\n- Day Shift (start time may vary b/w 7:00 am-1:59 pm; typically start 9 am).", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818995/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Population Management Support Coordinator", "reqid": "135411", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28818995}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Operating Engineer - Plant\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nUnder general supervision, the Operating Engineer performs a variety of routine or skilled preventive maintenance duties in the repair, alteration, & modification of buildings, equipment & facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws.\n- Inspects equipment & facilities for proper operation & working condition; maintains routine records & determines type & extent of any malfunction of equipment and, as necessary; adjusts, disassembles & repairs or replaces parts or components, reassembles & tests for proper operation.\n- Reports more serious problems to Chief Engineer for instructions or maintenance scheduling.\n- May attend to gas fired steam boilers, hot water boilers & heaters; may make necessary adjustments to assure proper steam pressure, combustion, water flow, water level & proper operation of safety devices & auxiliary equipment.\n- Tests boiler water & adds chemicals as necessary.\n- May service & make repairs to heating, air conditioning & refrigeration equipment including fans, motors, radiators, thermostats, dampers & regulating controls; replaces filters & fluids as necessary; & maintains routine records of repairs.\n- Performs a variety of general semi-skilled to skilled maintenance, alteration & repairs to machinery, equipment or facilities as assigned or in accordance w/ basic skills & abilities, & standard procedures, diagrams or manufacturer instructions, i.e., performs routine electrical maintenance, replacement or alteration of circuit wiring, switches, control equipment & mechanisms, motors, transformers, relays, generators, appliances, fixtures, alarms, communication equipment, etc.\n- Performs general mechanical maintenance of hospital & clinic equipment, kitchen equipment, office machines & equipment, etc.\n- Normally excludes specialized & highly technical x-ray & surgical equipment requiring specific training, experience & materials.\n- Performs general plumbing maintenance - maintain, repair & make alterations to steam, gas, water, air, & sanitary plumbing pipes & fixtures.\n- Bend, cut, ream & thread pipe, wipe joints, test joints & pipe systems for leaks\n- Repair leaks & clear drain stoppages.\n- General welding - cutting, joining metals not requiring critical test tolerance or certification.\n- Performs a variety of routine maintenance duties such as repair & assemble extension cords, replace fuses, fluorescent ballast's & tubes, clean & lubricate motors & other machinery.\n- Clean sink & grease traps, replace & re-pack valves, assemble equipment, repair drape pull mechanisms & related items.\n- Performs a variety of routine manual duties as required, such as moving supplies, furniture, equipment, removing trash, scrap material, & replacing light bulbs, etc.\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting w/ other personnel, Health Plan members & the public.\n- Performs other related duties as required.\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience with in the last year in Building Plant Operations and Maintenance.\n- Associate of Arts degree in Engineering or technical disciplines in Plant Operations, HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, or equivalent.\n- Unlimited Stationary Engineers' license (LA City) or comparable license issued by legally constituted municipality in which a facility is located.\n- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Refrigeration License, 608 or must be obtained within 6 months of hire.\n- Valid CA Drivers License.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of equipment, controls, & building automation maintenance.\n- Ability to read & interpret blue prints, schematic drawings & technical manuals.\n- The Employer reserves the right to review & modify these requirements during the term of the agreement pursuant to paragraphs 1819 & 2101 in the Labor Agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818986/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operating Engineer - Plant", "reqid": "134468", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28818986}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Diag Imag Tech-Mammo I-PD\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nUnder general supervision, operates dedicated and specialized mammography radiographic equipment; formulates/calculates techniques and positions patients to produce diagnostic images of normal and abnormal human breast and associated tissue and related unusual changes for the use by physicians in making medical diagnoses. Within established/recognized scope of practice, uses independent judgment in critiquing radiographs and images, recognizing normal from abnormal tissue and taking additional required views such as magnification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws\n- Operates dedicated and complex mammography equipment in a patient care setting for the purpose of obtaining definitive diagnosis for positive findings on a mammogram\n- Selects correct technical factors relative to the requirements of the study and the patient's age, body habitus and pathology\n- Consistently processes radiographic images properly, utilizing automated equipment\n- Critiques image and makes necessary adjustments in technical factors, patient positioning, etc\n- Demonstrates knowledge of, and consistently uses, proper sterile techniques, and/or proper infection control technique\n- Conducts a patient interview to attain full understanding of procedure and ultimately obtaining consent of the patient\n- Assists with orientation and training of students and other Radiologic Technologists in all aspects of positioning, compression, exposure factors, film processing and quality assurance/control\n- Positions patients for mammography images\n- Accurately position patients including those with implants, taking into consideration body habitus and location of lesion\n- Utilizes and selects precise positioning techniques involved with additional/special views such as magnification, compression relative to the patient's condition or findings seen on images\n- Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of, and ability to perform required mammography Q.C. for mammography according to the requirements of the State of California and Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA)\n- Performs accurate calibration of mammographic equipment\n- Observes Regional and department safety policies\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of the age group served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs and provides the care needed in accordance with department policy\n- Adjusts technical factors relative to the requirements of the study\n- Modifies patient positioning techniques relative to the patient's physical and cognitive abilities with special consideration to the nature of the procedure and the patient's ability and willingness to cooperate under the tense circumstances\n- To the extent possible, positions patients in such a way as to avoid as much discomfort as possible\n- Stays in continual contact with any disoriented or confused patient\n- Exercises clinical judgment within the scope of practice\n- Consults with the radiologist or other clinician for purposes of clarifying orders and questionable images/structure.\n- Selects alternate or additional views appropriately relative to the patient's condition or findings seen on the images.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - two (2) years of full-time experience as a Radiologic Technologist including the performance of routine mammographic examinations/procedures in an acute care medical center, outpatient breast center or other FDA-certified facility\n- Graduation from an accredited school of Radiologic Technology\n- Associate degree in Radiologic Technology, preferred\n- Valid and current certification in Mammography issued by the California State Department of Health Services, Radiologic Health Branch\n- Valid and current certification as a Radiologic Technologist issued by the State of California Department of Health Services\n- Valid and current Registration as a Radiologic Technologist issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- Evidence of passing the advanced certification examination in Mammography issued by the ARRT, preferred\n- Female Technologist required\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge, principles and practices of radiologic, mammographic techniques, breast structures, anatomy, composition and pathology.\n- Demonstrated ability to perform Quality Control/Assurance functions required for mammography as specified by the State of California and Mammography Quality Standards Act.\n- Maintain compliance with all current organizational, state and federal regulations pertaining to required number and types of mammographic examinations to be performed within a specified time period; compliance with all required Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in Mammography.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Fluoroscopy certification\n- Operates mammography and radiographic digital and film processing equipment.\n- Knowledgeable about MQSA and ACR requirements\n- Will routinely perform screening, diagnostic mammograms and routine diagnostic x-ray exams\n- Computer knowledge of Radiology Information System (RIS), PenRad and Health Connect\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, days and hours may vary\n- May be required to rotate weekends and take stand-by call\n- Will be required to travel to Medical Offices within the Downey service area", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818985/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diag Imag Tech-Mammo I-PD", "reqid": "133965", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28818985}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic - Bilingual Preferred - Delano\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n\nNotes:\n- Physical Work Location is in Delano, CA.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818983/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic - Bilingual Preferred - Delano", "reqid": "133261", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28818983}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Appointment Clerk\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nThis position provides high level member assistance by scheduling various appointments requested, transferring calls appropriately, composing messages, and providing general information.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Operates in a high volume, highly structured call center environment by responding to incoming calls.\n- Determines the type of appointment requested or needed, reviews scheduling mix of various physicians/providers, and them makes appointment utilizing appropriate guidelines.\n- Prioritizes member needs and offers alternatives to members when appropriate.\n- Utilizes superior customer service skills to provide service to members when diffusing difficult member encounters.\n- Uses tact and diplomacy in handling difficult interactions with members.\n- Determine if calls are urgent or emergent by listening to the member, following established guidelines, and then transferring the call to a Registered Nurse when appropriate.\n- Composes messages for physician/providers, Registered Nurses or other medical staff based on member requests.\n- Responds in a courteous and professional manner to general questions, using on-line databases to provide information to any member or other personnel calling the center.\n- Identifies ways to improve quality of service to members and recommends steps used to accomplish these changes.\n- Must perform all of the above duties while meeting established standard of performance for quality and productivity.\n- Performs clerical duties which may include assigning new members a primary care physician, processing self-referral requests, calling patients and booking appointment for specialty appointments, calling members to cancel and reschedule appointments.\nPrinciple Job Duties and Skills:\n- Answer incoming calls.\n- Determine type of appointment needed, determine appointment availability and schedule appointments.\n- Prioritize member's need and offer alternatives to member when appropriate.\n- Determine if calls are urgent or emergent and refer to RNs as appropriate following established guidelines.\n- Compose messages to providers or other medical staff based on member requests.\n- Utilize databases to give information to members and other callers as requested.\n- Refer members to eligibility department as appropriate.\n- Notify members of appointment/scheduling changes by telephone as directed.\n- Schedule, reschedule and/or verify appointments.\n- Answer member inquiries.\n- Contact appropriate department to obtain medical record numbers of new enrollees.\n- Assist in resolving problems related to duplicate medical record numbers.\n- Initiate change of physician requests.\n- Initiate change forms for corrected medical record numbers.\n- Verify and update member demographics.\n- Perform on-line inquiry functions.\n- Perform data retrieval of computerized data.\n- Record and maintain activity logs.\n- Clear paper jams and other routine maintenance of printers/copiers.\n- Recommend procedure changes.\n- Train and orient new or less experienced personnel.\n- Serve as resource persons to co-workers and assist in problem solving.\n- Perform other activities and duties as directed.\n- Initiate telephone calls to physicians or other medical office staff when indicated to assist members.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 13\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or equivalent.\n- A minimum ofone (1) year of customer service experience in a service related industry, preferably healthcare.\n- Effective telephone communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills.\n- Must obtain passing score on Customer Care Simulation assessment (in lieu of typing test).\n- The Customer Care Simulation assessment score must be current within one (1) year (contact Local HR Office for testing).\n- Must be able to effectively communicate, verbally and in writing\n- In addition for external hires only -\n- Must complete Business Writing Skills Assessment\n- Must complete Service Orientation Assessment\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, hours will vary between 7:00 am - 7:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818982/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Appointment Clerk", "reqid": "130168", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28818982}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Research Assistant\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nSupport investigators and other project staff in conducting research studies by collecting, analyzing and reporting data. Works under general supervision. Final review required for each phase of assignment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administer participant consent; answer questions regarding study purpose\n- Set up tracking tools and document procedures\n- Provide oral and written updates on data collection process and project status\n- Provide feedback on, and assist with piloting of, new data collection instruments\n- Orient and provide training to team members and/or clinical staff on specific project tasks. If assigned to clinical trial, may work with monitors at clinical sites\n- Adheres to compliance and privacy/ confidentiality requirements and standards\n- Adheres to GCP and compliance regulations for clinical trials\n- Responsible for reviewing own work to ensure data quality\n- Acquires and maintains knowledge of KP systems and databases\n- Resolves problems that arise during the completion of project tasks\n- May assist with tracking information for invoices\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in research setting, preferred health research\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience in a health-related field\n- Bachelor's degree in a health-related field preferred\n- Ability to identify and solve problems\n- Team-focused, detailed and goal-driven with professional oral and written communication skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Direct patient interaction and ability to take tibia/ulna measurements & other duties for research.\n\n\nNotes:\n- The Research Assistant is a conditional position.\n- The duration of employment will be based on the availability of grant funds to support the position.\n- Upon completion of the initial grant funded project, the employee may be assigned to other grant funded projects if operationally feasible.\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need.\n- Work hours will vary between 8:30 am - 5:30 pm", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818981/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Assistant", "reqid": "127477", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28818981}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- EKG\n- ACLS\n- One (1) year acute yeartelemetry experience.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:15 am - 7:45 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:15 pm - 11:45 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818980/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "124525", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28818980}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr. Administrative Assistant IV - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides administrative and operational clerical support to department managers and/or staff. Responsibilities include answering phones and relaying messages/information to both departmental staff and callers; scheduling/calendaring meetings and conferences; main and or develop manual/automated filing systems; ordering/stocking office supplies; opening/sorting mail. Types/proofreads/composes correspondence; creates graphs and presentations; researches as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\nProvide advanced administrative and business operations support to vice president, executive director and staff. Responsibilities include however, are not limited to:\nManaging multiple calendars\nManaging email for leaders\nType/proofread/compose email correspondence\nParticipate in functional team meetings; coordinate logistics and act as scribe\nCreate graphs and pivot tables via excel\nResearch issues as needed; propose comprehensive solutions\nLead green initiatives for the administrative team\nFacilitate webex meetings including managing invites/rsvp's\nReport time for multiple functional areas\nMust have advanced power point skills in order to develop routine to complex presentations including graphics, sound and animation\nCoordinate small to large conferences\nDevelop and/or maintain filing systems\nOrder/stock office supplies\nOpen, sort and distribute mail\nOn/Off board employees\nProcure hardware/software for staff\nManage org chart, phone list and distribution changes for respective teams\nWell versed in KP policies and procedures\nAbility to work well in a team environment\nAbility to prioritize and balance workload while meeting priorities\nAbility to produce quality results in an extremely fast paced environment with ever changing priorities\nAbility to navigate all aspects of the Share Point data repositiory\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically seven (7) plus years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level, or related experience\n- High school diploma, GED or related experience\n- BA/BS preferred\n- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways\n- Ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of the organization and its functional policies and processes\n- Ability to manage dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors\n- Advanced writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed\n- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of two (2) or more of Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and/or Access, depending upon department or business needs.\n- Working knowledge of Lotus Notes email platform and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.)\n- Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers\nKP experience a plus", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818976/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Administrative Assistant IV - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "136467", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28818976}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager, Workforce Information\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe position of Manager, Workforce Information Account Management and Consulting is a key strategy role for Human Resources. This role is responsible to ensure that Kaiser Permanente has the appropriate workforce information and insight to meet both current and future business requirements. Timely and reliable workforce information is critical to core leadership and management decisions at KP as one of KP's five core Strategic Imperatives, 'Enabling Performance Through People'. As a people business, our key asset is the workforce, and information to manage this asset can help drive business success.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Workforce Information Consulting: Partner with assigned HR Business partners (region or function) to identify the key challenges around workforce information in their particular area of responsibility, analyze the business need and offer holistic solutions, including business process, best practices and guidance around interpretation of information. Works internally with the Workforce Information Data fulfillment and Solutions group to support their assigned HR Business partner(s). Evaluates and studies program wide Workforce metrics and KPI's, collaborates with Workforce Planning team(s); identifies gaps and risks, and brings it to leadership attention. May manage additional Workforce Information consultants in the future, as we expand the partnership program.\n-Workforce Information strategy: Supports the development of a workforce information strategy, business process, metrics, tools, and resources. Supports the development of national processes and helps to sustain these processes, tools, and resources across Kaiser Permanente\n- Solutions Adoption: Increases user adoption of Workforce Analytics that is in place, and plans for adoption of future functionality. Identifies opportunities for improvement, makes associated recommendations and implements as appropriate. Measures, monitors, and reports on progress of solutions adoption, with the goal of increasing Direct Access to Workforce Information.\n-Workforce Information Community Of Practice: Responsible for building and managing partner relationship with the extended Workforce Information community in Regions, National Business Units, and National Functions. In addition participates as a key member and contributor to forums involving Workforce Information at a national level. Acts as deputy leader for an ongoing community practice of workforce information leaders which may include executive leaders across Kaiser Permanente, with the goal of sharing and leveraging best practices across the organization.\n-Workforce Information steward: Act as a subject matter expert for matters regarding Workforce Information at Kaiser Permanente. Studies trends for KP's key Workforce metrics, identifies gaps and risks, and brings it to the appropriate leader's attention, enabling them to take action. Identifies industry best practices and best in class companies exhibiting Workforce Analytics and Planning functions, educates KP community and leadership on the findings, and integrates into the overall workforce information strategy.\n-5% travel required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Marketing, or other related field.\n-8-10 years of direct experience in business strategy consulting, workforce forecasting, operations analysis, data mining and modeling, product management, or related subject matter\n-At least 1 year of direct or indirect staff management experience.\n-At least 1 year of experience leading and managing project teams.\n-Strong consultative and research skills.\n-Strong business acumen (KP) and analytical strengths is a key for this role.\n-Experience developing and maintaining client / business partner relationships.\n-Strong knowledge of HR business processes and technology applications.\n-Ability to articulate how key external trends may impact internal direction and programs.\n-Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.\n-Strong facilitation and influencing skills.\n-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including development of strategic presentations. Expertise in a variety of workforce information-related tools and methodology. Must be familiar with using management dashboards to communicate results.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Highly desirable that candidate has strong knowledge and experience working with KP Regions, National Functions and HR Business functions (Benefits, Recruiting, Learning, HRSC, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to work with supervisory management at the regional and national level of an organization.\n-Proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications and developing presentations for middle management audiences.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818978/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, Workforce Information", "reqid": "136637", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28818978}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting Medicare Finance\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting for Kaiser Permanente's National Medicare Finance (NMF) will report to the NMF Controller and will lead the overall accounting and financial reporting of the Program's Medicare Revenue. He or she will direct the work of the NMF Accounting and NMF Payment Analysis, Research and Resolution (PARR) teams. Duties will include engaging with NMF partners to ensure accurate Medicare revenue reporting, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Model Audit Rule (MAR), overseeing the analysis of monthly Medicare payments, and resolving payment issues.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Direct the preparation, analysis and review of monthly Medicare revenue accruals and reserves for program-wide revenues of $12 billion for over 1 million Kaiser Medicare members\n- Manage the month-end close process to ensure NMF Medicare financial reporting is completed timely and accurately\n- Communicate financial results to NMF, Regional and Program Office financial leaders\n- Oversee the Medicare payment analysis and resolution processes\n- Identify and communicate risks and opportunities to NMF, Regional and Program Office financial leaders\n- Implement and oversee SOX and MAR compliant work processes and internal controls\n- Oversee the development, implementation and update of NMF Accounting and PARR policies and procedures\n- Manage internal and external financial audits including preparation and review of documentation and timely response to audit requests\n- Participate actively as a part of the NMF Management team in pursuing initiatives as they pertain to people, leaders, partners and financial performance that provide value to KP members and the communities we serve\n- Participate in NMF, regional, Program and Medicare business line initiatives including system implementations\n- Manage team of 2 managers and 11 staff in multiple locations\n- Hire, train, coach and manage staff and evaluate performance\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) years of management experience and ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field.\n-Requires expert knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and advanced knowledge of multiple related functions.\n-Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving and decision making skills\n-Strong analytic skills\n-Excellent written and oral communication skills\n\nPreferredExperience:\n-Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance\n-CPA or CMA\n-Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) reporting requirements\n-Familiar with the requirements of SOX and Model Audit Rule guidelines and programs\n-Demonstrated ability to lead financial reporting and financial variance analysis\n-Leadership skills and experience in managing goals through collaboration and teamwork\n-Experience with staff coaching and development\n-MBA\n-Experience in a health plan, healthcare system, multi-service provider setting, or public accounting firm\n-Thorough knowledge of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement for Medicare Advantage, Part D, HMO and Hospital Cost Report, and Meaningful Use of ElectronicHealth Records programs", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:04:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818977/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting Medicare Finance", "reqid": "136576", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28818977}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Longview", "description": "Title: HCA Certified Medical Assistant\nLocation: Longview, WA\nParticipates w/ the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused health care to patients. Provides clinical & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct & indirect patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge & skills. As approp the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, & under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g. diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g. signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g. vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e. chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g. PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify& address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - two (2) + years in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g. Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting, preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last one (1) - three (3) years, preferred\n- Must obtain State of Washington Health Care Assistant Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant and maintain current certification when assigned to a medical office building located in Washington State\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification, preferred\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $17.19 - $20.91\n\nNotes-\nWill be required to work Urgent Care on weekends\nWill need to backfill in Peds, IM and FP", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818971/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HCA Certified Medical Assistant", "reqid": "136379", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Longview, WA", "uid": 28818971}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant III\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide diverse administrative support requiring a thorough understanding of regional policies and procedures under minimal supervision of one or more individuals at the department head or director level.\nEssential Functions:\n- Open incoming mail, determine routing: may prepare responses to general nature inquiries\n- Establish, maintain or revise office and supervisors filing systems to meet needs and demands for records\n- Handle many telephone callers independently without direction from supervisor; determine which matters warrant supervisors attention\n- Prepare varied correspondence, reports, and tables, schedules related to supervisors work with little or no guidance\n- Some which may involve obtaining, organizing and planning suitable presentation of content\n- May take meeting minutes\n- Provide or arrange for varied office services, including purchasing, reproduction and distribution\n- Maintain supervisor's calendar and make changes in scheduling when needed\n- Schedule appointments and arrange for conferences and meetings\n- May include coordinating catering and food supplied at meetings or conferences\n- Maintain budget records, process requisitions, invoices and personnel forms\n- Make travel arrangements for supervisor and staff, including making reservations for transportation, hotel reservations and registration fees\n- Maintains and coordinates itineraries and preparation for travel related activities\n- Process expense reports and credit card billing statements\n- May also be accountable for tracking or maintaining department specific information in databases or systems\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three years experience utilizing progressively responsible administrative work/support skills\n- Good oral and written communication skills\n- Experience in customer service or client relations\n- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete detailed work with accuracy and within time line requirements\n- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment\n- Proficiency in taking and recording minutes\n- Working knowledge of specialized subject matter, specialized office equipment & complex office systems\n- Proficient in business software including MS Office, Excel and Power Point\n\nSalary Range- $15.52 - $24.85", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818972/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant III", "reqid": "136389", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818972}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: EFDA - Certified Dental Assistant - Agency - WA\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nProvide direct support to dentists, hygienists, denturists and other provider personnel in the delivery of dental care and service within a Kaiser Permanente dental office.\nEssential Functions:\n- PERFORM ALL OF DUTIES permitted as a dental assistant consistent W/ individual's\ntraining & in presence of or under the observation of licensed provider as referenced in State Dental Practice Act & related Administrative Rules. These duties to include but not limited to:\n-Apply topical anesthetic & desensitizing agents, as directed by provider\n-Removal of sutures & post-extraction & periodontal dressings\n-Retract patient's cheek, tongue, or other tissue during operation\n-Assist in placement or removal of a rubber dam\n-Remove debris created during operative procedures W/ vacuum device, compressed air, mouth washes, or water\n-Dry root canals W/ paper points\n-Place temporary filling material into endodontic access\n-Take impressions for periodontal night guard\n-Polish coronal surfaces of teeth W/ a brush or rubber cup after a dentist has determined teeth are calculus free\n-Train persons (patients) in techniques of oral hygiene & prevention of oral disease\nPlace films (dental radiographs), adjust equipment preparatory to exposing films, & expose films\n- IN SUPPORT of the practice of dentist provider who is not an orthodontist;\n- Preliminary select & size bands\n- Remove fixed orthodontic appliances\n- Check for loose bands & brackets\n- Remove ligature ties & head appliances\n- Place & remove arch wires, elastics & orthodontic separators\n- Take intra-oral measurements for orthodontic procedures\n- Remove supra-gingival orthodontic bracket bonding material W/ a hand piece that does not exceed 25,000 revolutions per minute\n- Place ligature ties & head appliances\n- ORGANIZE patient's dental record consistent W/ established guidelines, confirm its availability & assure that it is in order & ready for provider's use at time care & service is to be provided.\n- GREET, INTRODUCE SELF TO, & INFORM PATIENT of general treatment to be provided & provider to be seen consistent W/ established Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Guidelines\n- REVIEW HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE W/ patient & notify provider of reported conditions that could effect treatment\n- PROMOTE patient's emotional comfort by gaining rapport, instilling confidence & promoting tranquility\n- COMMUNICATE INFORMATION important to maintaining the proper scheduling & flow of patients consistent W/ information recorded in the patient's dental record\n- PREPARE, ORGANIZE, ARRANGE & PASS DENTAL INSTRUMENTS\nSUPPLIES & MATERIALS as requested by provider & required by established guidelines\n- ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN a CLEAR & CLEAN OPERATING FIELD\n- RECORD &/or VERIFY ALL PATIENT CARE & SERVICE RELATED INFORMATION on all necessary forms & documents\n- EXPOSE & PROCESS DENTAL RADIOGRAPHS as required consistent W/ established guidelines & radiology equipment use specifications\n- TAKE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE & ACCURATELY RECORD in patient's dental record\n- Place matrix retainers for alloy & composite restorations\n- Polish amalgam restorations\n- Remove supra-gingival excess cement\n- ASSIST IN MONITORING PATIENTS that are being administered nitrous oxide consistent W/ established guidelines.\n- Other duties appropriate for EFDA DA II as authorized by Board of Dentistry rules & regulations\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year as a Dental Assistant\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- Washington RDA license\n- Certificate in Dental Radiological Proficiency or KP equivalent\n- EFDA or KP Skill Equivalent\n- Pit & Fissure Sealant Certification or the ability to obtain certification within 120 days of hire date\n- CPR Certified or ability to become certified within 90 days of hire date\n- The individual applicant for this position must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the individual performing the selection interview, the following qualifications if he or she is to be selected. Furthermore, consistent with the fact that these qualifications are required for selection, they then must be satisfactorily maintained by the individual as a condition of continued employment.\n- Demonstrated competence in four-handed dentistry technique.\n- Satisfactory level of knowledge & proficiency in use of current dental materials, instruments & equipment.\n- Demonstrated ability to follow instructions & work effectively under both direct & indirect supervision.\n- Well organized in use of time & effort.\n- Demonstrated capacity to act in a professionally courteous manner when interacting with patients, providers & other employees - good interpersonal skills.\n- Excellent attendance record.\n- Candidate is required to pass a pre-employment dental assistant skills test.\n\nSalary Range:\n$19.61 - $23.69", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818973/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EFDA - Certified Dental Assistant - Agency - WA", "reqid": "136431", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28818973}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Marketing Communications Project Manager I\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Marketing Communications Project Manager supports the Promotion and Direct Marketing team in ensuring that project results fulfill client objectives, reflect Kaiser Permanente brand standards, meet all required criteria for accuracy and compliance, and are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. The Project Manager manages communications projects for multiple marketing and member retention programs for program-wide, regional, and/or service area clients. This position supports the Marketing Consultants in problem-solving, decision-making, and client contact. This position also collaborates with Brand Management, Creative Services, Operations and Production, and other Consulting Services staff to promote and support Integrated Marketing Communications goals.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide relevant project direction to client, team, or functional partners (e.g. Creative Services, Operations, Production units) to ensure completion within project parameters including budget and schedule. Interface with other functions (e.g., writing, editing, translation, photography, etc.) as required by project\n- Help gather additional input and assist in problem-solving as required\n- Support clients with appropriate contact and effective decision-making\n- Recommend and present creative drafts for review. Ensure that creative brief is approved by Brand Management, Consulting Services, and Creative Services staff\n- Develops formal project work plan (including schedule and cost estimates) for Marketing Communications projects of a moderately strategic and/or complex nature\n- Collaborate with program-wide, regional, and/or service area staff to share resources, procedures, and standards\n- Drafts talking points, FAQs, emails, and other support materials to complement tactical components of marketing communications programs\n- Opens routine and/or moderately complex projects as assigned and closes projects in a timely fashion, using departmental project management software applications\n- Open complex projects as assigned and close projects in a timely fashion\n- Route project for approval as appropriate and ensure all necessary signoffs are secured (regulatory, legal, brand, and client) prior to production\n- Continually track and document project status against timeline. Update project schedule in database to accurately indicate current status\n- Track project costs against established budget and report results to appropriate parties/stakeholders in a timely and accurate manner\n- Provide updates to key stakeholders and/or teams as applicable\n- Record time-keeping and invoice information for project file\n- Continually evaluate project components for effectiveness against criteria and develop alternative solutions as required\n- Take ownership of project issues and provide client consultation and service\n- Manage additional duties as necessary or assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience in writing and editing, leading marketing communications projects for diverse market segments, audiences & industries, and developing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans\n- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues in simple terms, both verbally and in written form\n- Demonstrated skills in communications project management from concept through completion\n- Familiar with computer-based publication design, reproduction & output processes, and software programs such as: Dreamweaver, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care industry experience preferred\n- Portfolio of work samples preferred\n\nSalary Range:\n$58,880 - $77,720", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818974/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Marketing Communications Project Manager I", "reqid": "136522", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818974}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Willoughby", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Intern\nLocation: Willoughby, OH\nThis position exists to provide those individuals, who intend to become registered pharmacists, with the knowledge and practical experience necessary for functioning competently and effectively upon licensure. The individual will obtain the supervised practical experience required for licensure as a registered pharmacist within all applicable legal requirements and Kaiser Permanente guidelines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide pharmaceutical care to patients under direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist\n- Perform clerical duties, such as answering telephones, POS cash register, computer entry, etc\n- Provide rational drug therapy by promoting the Drug Formulary of the Ohio Region\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- No previous experience required\n- Enrolled in an accredited College of Pharmacy\n- Licensed as a Pharmacy Intern in the State of Ohio", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818975/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Intern", "reqid": "133519", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Willoughby, OH", "uid": 28818975}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant III\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide diverse administrative support requiring a thorough understanding of regional policies and procedures under minimal supervision of one or more individuals at the department head or director level.\nEssential Functions:\n- Open incoming mail, determine routing: may prepare responses to general nature inquiries\n- Establish, maintain or revise office and supervisors filing systems to meet needs and demands for records\n- Handle many telephone callers independently without direction from supervisor; determine which matters warrant supervisors attention\n- Prepare varied correspondence, reports, and tables, schedules related to supervisors work with little or no guidance\n- Some which may involve obtaining, organizing and planning suitable presentation of content\n- May take meeting minutes\n- Provide or arrange for varied office services, including purchasing, reproduction and distribution\n- Maintain supervisor's calendar and make changes in scheduling when needed\n- Schedule appointments and arrange for conferences and meetings\n- May include coordinating catering and food supplied at meetings or conferences\n- Maintain budget records, process requisitions, invoices and personnel forms\n- Make travel arrangements for supervisor and staff, including making reservations for transportation, hotel reservations and registration fees\n- Maintains and coordinates itineraries and preparation for travel related activities\n- Process expense reports and credit card billing statements\n- May also be accountable for tracking or maintaining department specific information in databases or systems\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three years experience utilizing progressively responsible administrative work/support skills\n- Good oral and written communication skills\n- Experience in customer service or client relations\n- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete detailed work with accuracy and within time line requirements\n- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment\n- Proficiency in taking and recording minutes\n- Working knowledge of specialized subject matter, specialized office equipment & complex office systems\n- Proficient in business software including MS Office, Excel and Power Point\nSalary range: $17.06 - $22.54", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818947/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant III", "reqid": "135981", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818947}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Statistical Research Analyst II\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo assist and collaborate with CHR investigators in conducting research by providing high level technical and statistical expertise and support in data collection, management, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- With general guidance of the Principal Investigator or designee: 1) write computer programs to create analysis datasets and to conduct ongoing trial monitoring; 2) carry out data cleaning activities as needed and 3) assist in the preparation of materials for use in study reports, research manuscripts, and audiovisual presentation of study data. In close consultation with the Principal Investigator or designee, conduct formal statistical analysis.\n- In close consultation with study investigators, translate the research protocol defined variables into programmable, technical definitions through the use of the CHR Data Warehouse or other study-defined datasets.\n- Maintain records for all assigned deliverables, including tracking of analysis deliverables, archiving of trial analysis and associated documentation according to departmental guidelines.\n- Assure that all data collection methods in an assigned research study are consistent and comply with CHR data management specifications.\n- Functionally supervise the work of other Statistical Analysts I and II as needed.\n- Provide input as required at all meetings, discussions and activities covering aspects of statistical reporting on study activities.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years' experience in data analytics.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and experience.\n- Knowledge of statistics and research design.\n- Knowledge of principles of data integrity.\n- Knowledge of good programming and documentation standards.\n- Proven skills in project management, including the following attributes: efficient, collaborative, candid, open, and results-oriented. Establish clear performance contracts and project work plans.\n- Proficiency in the use of data and procedure step programming in SAS.\n- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.\n- Proactive issue avoidance or opportunity discovery.\n- Technical specification writing.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with health care data systems.\n- Health care or insurance industry experience.\n- Graduate level statistics and research design coursework. Coursework in programming standards and data integrity.\n- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations and KP applications.\n\nSalary Range: $27.76 - $36.65", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818948/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Statistical Research Analyst II", "reqid": "135989", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818948}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist - OR\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection and processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist with special procedures; mentor/orient students and new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff and other department needs.\n\nWeekend and Holiday Rotation May be Required\nEssential Functions:\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n- Perform order entry, specimen collection, and processing according to work instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements and collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age and/or condition.\n- Assure completeness and accuracy of specimen labeling.\n- Obtain and enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system.\n- Provide good customer service to all members.\n- Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the phlebotomy and laboratory service/technical assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs.\n- Act as resource for medical or laboratory staff.\n- Provide information and facilitate specimen or order problem investigation and resolution.\n- Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection and patient processing.\n- Facilitate communication between phlebotomists and laboratory service/technical assistants in problem solving and member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed.\n- Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff, and patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately.\n- Evaluate, process, and coordinate specimens for testing and/or shipping by following applicable WI.\n- Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze, or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity.\n- Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to client services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated. Complete appropriate forms as applicable.\n- Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels, and ensure tracking of each test ordered and each specimen collected and/or received.\n- Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens.\n- Perform all duties required of laboratory service/technical assistant.\n- Assist clinician or pathologists with bone marrow collection and processing.\n- Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast, and fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up and code blue response as required and ordered by clinician\n- Remain current in new and revised work instructions and lab and organizational policies.\n- Assist supervisor, coordinator, or specialist in identifying and reporting any procedural discrepancies.\n- Complete annual requirements.\n- Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\n- Support department workflow and records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks, and records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n- Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR\n- Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\n- High school diploma or equivalent\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles and techniques\n- Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\n- Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\n- Adaptable\n- Able to bend, stoop, reach and lift minimum of 10 pounds.\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with command of the English language\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\n- Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n- 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient, and/or difficult phlebotomy draws\n- National Phlebotomy certification\n- Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles and techniques and phlebotomy equipment\n- Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\n- Knowledge of Medical Terminology\n- Written and verbal communication skills\n- Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\n- Leadership skills\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.77 - $21.34", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818949/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist - OR", "reqid": "136000", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28818949}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Regional Medical Assistant\nLocation: Portland, OR\nParticipates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality and customer focused health care to patients in a manner that reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. Provides clinical and administrative support to clinicians and other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients.Clinical duties involve both direct (in person)& indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge and skills.As appropriate to the position's scope of authorized duties, the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs and contribute to a positive care experience and work environment.Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, and under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g., signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g., vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e., chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify and address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician.\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited Medical Assistant program\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last 1-3 years\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification\n\nSalary Range- $17.19 - $20.91", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818950/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Medical Assistant", "reqid": "136105", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818950}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvides customer-focused services to members in the technical aspects of pharmaceutical care, under the direct supervision of the pharmacist & in collaboration w/ the healthcare team.\nEssential Functions:\n- Actively supports organizational & dept'l policies & procedures w/in the Partnership\n- Seeks supervision/consultation or refers to another resource when unable to perform safely, effectively or w/in the role\n- Presents a professional appearance & approach w/ members & other employees; demonstrates honest & ethical behavior\n- Handles member & employee info w/ approp sensitivity & safeguards to ensure confidentiality & right to privacy, in compliance w/ HIPAA regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates & incorporates principles of safety, sterile product processing, & infection control into daily activities as outlined in organization's policies/procedures\n- Actively supports organizational & dept's policies/procedures, including established cash handling & asset mgmt\n- Contributes to the effectiveness of the team by working together by supporting, promoting & applying the established behavioral & interpersonal standards of conduct, as developed through the Labor/Mgmt Partnership, including those on attendance, mutual respect & support, honoring diversity, effective communication, & improving the work environment\n- Exhibits flexibility when work assignments need to be adjusted to meet service delivery needs & workload of team\n- Takes responsibility to identify, develop & adapt new policies & practices that improve service & quality of work\n- Ensures that all cash handling practices are in accordance w/ current reg'l & dept'l policies & procedures\n- Takes precautions to secure funds & to minimize the risk of robbery and/or theft\n- Places starting cash fund in cash register at the beginning of work-day & operates cash register according to established policies & procedures\n- Completes daily cash-out procedure, including balancing or documenting discrepancies\n- Accurately & completely compiles daily & month-end cash report\n- Maintains work logs as necessary\n- Ensures that cash discrepancies do not exceed reg'l averages\n- Demonstrates knowledge & ability to operate cash register systems to accurately complete the sales transaction\n- Greets members in an empathetic, sensitive & respectful manner throughout all interactions\n- Respects individual privacy & maintains strict confidentiality\n- Answers telephone, receiving, processing & relaying messages as needed w/ complete discretion in matters of patient confidentiality\n- Asks for approp ID, & records info consistent w/ reg'l policies & procedures to ensure the accurate sale of all prescriptions to the correct patient\n- Documents & follows through on all info concerning a drug dispensing irregularity\n- Maintains work & waiting areas in a neat & orderly manner at all times; regularly assists in the cleaning of the dept\n- Regularly unpacks & stores supplies, verifies items received against invoices, & stores perishables such as antibiotics in refrigerators\n- Checks invoices against orders to make sure that all items are received & charges are correct\n- Reports all discrepancies to the approp person\n- Accurately & completely inputs all prescriptions and/or patient data into the TOPS System\n- Coordinates the efficient operation of IV admixture service\n- Inputs refill info & responds to info given on screen appropriately\n- Perform other duties as assigned\n- This job description is not all encompassing of duties\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous technician work experience, preferred\n- Work experience in retail, business office or other service industry setting, preferred\n- Completion of an accredited Pharmacy Technician training program OR minimum two (2) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Post high school course in medical terminology, preferred\n- Certified as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT -Pharmacy Tech Certification Board or ICPhT - Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Techs) as of 1/1/2010 or current Pharmacy Technician employed in the NW Kaiser Permanente Region\n- Current Pharmacy Technician License in State where job is assigned\n- Demonstration of the ability to:\n- Speak and read English fluently\n- Write coherently, legibly and spell correctly\n- Communicate effectively in all forms: written, verbal and non-verbal\n- Provide customer-focused service\n- Calculate math accurately, especially aliquots, concentrations and dilutions\n- Demonstrate a history of reliable attendance\n- Make a positive impact on the team dynamics\n- Work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment\n- Properly process sterile products in both horizontal and vertical laminar flow environments.\n- Completion of a recognized technician training program, preferred\n- Calculate math accurately, preferred\n- Evidence of the following work experience and/or documented attributes: multi-tasking; cash handling; personal computer skills; attention to detail, preferred\n- Team player, preferred\n- Flexible, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $20.00 - $21.21", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818951/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician", "reqid": "136122", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28818951}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Family Practice/Internal Medicine\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nParticipates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality and customer focused health care to patients in a manner that reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. Provides clinical and administrative support to clinicians and other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients.Clinical duties involve both direct (in person)& indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge and skills.As appropriate to the position's scope of authorized duties, the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs and contribute to a positive care experience and work environment.Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, and under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g., signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g., vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e., chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify and address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician.\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited Medical Assistant program\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last 1-3 years\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.19 - $20.91", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818952/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Family Practice/Internal Medicine", "reqid": "136133", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28818952}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvides customer-focused services to members in the technical aspects of pharmaceutical care, under the direct supervision of the pharmacist & in collaboration w/ the healthcare team.\nEssential Functions:\n- Actively supports organizational & dept'l policies & procedures w/in the Partnership\n- Seeks supervision/consultation or refers to another resource when unable to perform safely, effectively or w/in the role\n- Presents a professional appearance & approach w/ members & other employees; demonstrates honest & ethical behavior\n- Handles member & employee info w/ approp sensitivity & safeguards to ensure confidentiality & right to privacy, in compliance w/ HIPAA regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates & incorporates principles of safety, sterile product processing, & infection control into daily activities as outlined in organization's policies/procedures\n- Actively supports organizational & dept's policies/procedures, including established cash handling & asset mgmt\n- Contributes to the effectiveness of the team by working together by supporting, promoting & applying the established behavioral & interpersonal standards of conduct, as developed through the Labor/Mgmt Partnership, including those on attendance, mutual respect & support, honoring diversity, effective communication, & improving the work environment\n- Exhibits flexibility when work assignments need to be adjusted to meet service delivery needs & workload of team\n- Takes responsibility to identify, develop & adapt new policies & practices that improve service & quality of work\n- Ensures that all cash handling practices are in accordance w/ current reg'l & dept'l policies & procedures\n- Takes precautions to secure funds & to minimize the risk of robbery and/or theft\n- Places starting cash fund in cash register at the beginning of work-day & operates cash register according to established policies & procedures\n- Completes daily cash-out procedure, including balancing or documenting discrepancies\n- Accurately & completely compiles daily & month-end cash report\n- Maintains work logs as necessary\n- Ensures that cash discrepancies do not exceed reg'l averages\n- Demonstrates knowledge & ability to operate cash register systems to accurately complete the sales transaction\n- Greets members in an empathetic, sensitive & respectful manner throughout all interactions\n- Respects individual privacy & maintains strict confidentiality\n- Answers telephone, receiving, processing & relaying messages as needed w/ complete discretion in matters of patient confidentiality\n- Asks for approp ID, & records info consistent w/ reg'l policies & procedures to ensure the accurate sale of all prescriptions to the correct patient\n- Documents & follows through on all info concerning a drug dispensing irregularity\n- Maintains work & waiting areas in a neat & orderly manner at all times; regularly assists in the cleaning of the dept\n- Regularly unpacks & stores supplies, verifies items received against invoices, & stores perishables such as antibiotics in refrigerators\n- Checks invoices against orders to make sure that all items are received & charges are correct\n- Reports all discrepancies to the approp person\n- Accurately & completely inputs all prescriptions and/or patient data into the TOPS System\n- Coordinates the efficient operation of IV admixture service\n- Inputs refill info & responds to info given on screen appropriately\n- Perform other duties as assigned\n- This job description is not all encompassing of duties\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous technician work experience, preferred\n- Work experience in retail, business office or other service industry setting, preferred\n- Completion of an accredited Pharmacy Technician training program OR minimum two (2) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Post high school course in medical terminology, preferred\n- Certified as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT -Pharmacy Tech Certification Board or ICPhT - Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Techs) as of 1/1/2010 or current Pharmacy Technician employed in the NW Kaiser Permanente Region\n- Current Pharmacy Technician License in State where job is assigned\n- Demonstration of the ability to:\n- Speak and read English fluently\n- Write coherently, legibly and spell correctly\n- Communicate effectively in all forms: written, verbal and non-verbal\n- Provide customer-focused service\n- Calculate math accurately, especially aliquots, concentrations and dilutions\n- Demonstrate a history of reliable attendance\n- Make a positive impact on the team dynamics\n- Work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment\n- Properly process sterile products in both horizontal and vertical laminar flow environments.\n- Completion of a recognized technician training program, preferred\n- Calculate math accurately, preferred\n- Evidence of the following work experience and/or documented attributes: multi-tasking; cash handling; personal computer skills; attention to detail, preferred\n- Team player, preferred\n- Flexible, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $20.00 - $21.21", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818953/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician", "reqid": "136168", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818953}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nProvides customer-focused services to members in the technical aspects of pharmaceutical care, under the direct supervision of the pharmacist & in collaboration w/ the healthcare team.\nEssential Functions:\n- Actively supports organizational & dept'l policies & procedures w/in the Partnership\n- Seeks supervision/consultation or refers to another resource when unable to perform safely, effectively or w/in the role\n- Presents a professional appearance & approach w/ members & other employees; demonstrates honest & ethical behavior\n- Handles member & employee info w/ approp sensitivity & safeguards to ensure confidentiality & right to privacy, in compliance w/ HIPAA regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates & incorporates principles of safety, sterile product processing, & infection control into daily activities as outlined in organization's policies/procedures\n- Actively supports organizational & dept's policies/procedures, including established cash handling & asset mgmt\n- Contributes to the effectiveness of the team by working together by supporting, promoting & applying the established behavioral & interpersonal standards of conduct, as developed through the Labor/Mgmt Partnership, including those on attendance, mutual respect & support, honoring diversity, effective communication, & improving the work environment\n- Exhibits flexibility when work assignments need to be adjusted to meet service delivery needs & workload of team\n- Takes responsibility to identify, develop & adapt new policies & practices that improve service & quality of work\n- Ensures that all cash handling practices are in accordance w/ current reg'l & dept'l policies & procedures\n- Takes precautions to secure funds & to minimize the risk of robbery and/or theft\n- Places starting cash fund in cash register at the beginning of work-day & operates cash register according to established policies & procedures\n- Completes daily cash-out procedure, including balancing or documenting discrepancies\n- Accurately & completely compiles daily & month-end cash report\n- Maintains work logs as necessary\n- Ensures that cash discrepancies do not exceed reg'l averages\n- Demonstrates knowledge & ability to operate cash register systems to accurately complete the sales transaction\n- Greets members in an empathetic, sensitive & respectful manner throughout all interactions\n- Respects individual privacy & maintains strict confidentiality\n- Answers telephone, receiving, processing & relaying messages as needed w/ complete discretion in matters of patient confidentiality\n- Asks for approp ID, & records info consistent w/ reg'l policies & procedures to ensure the accurate sale of all prescriptions to the correct patient\n- Documents & follows through on all info concerning a drug dispensing irregularity\n- Maintains work & waiting areas in a neat & orderly manner at all times; regularly assists in the cleaning of the dept\n- Regularly unpacks & stores supplies, verifies items received against invoices, & stores perishables such as antibiotics in refrigerators\n- Checks invoices against orders to make sure that all items are received & charges are correct\n- Reports all discrepancies to the approp person\n- Accurately & completely inputs all prescriptions and/or patient data into the TOPS System\n- Coordinates the efficient operation of IV admixture service\n- Inputs refill info & responds to info given on screen appropriately\n- Perform other duties as assigned\n- This job description is not all encompassing of duties\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous technician work experience, preferred\n- Work experience in retail, business office or other service industry setting, preferred\n- Completion of an accredited Pharmacy Technician training program OR minimum two (2) years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Post high school course in medical terminology, preferred\n- Certified as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT -Pharmacy Tech Certification Board or ICPhT - Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Techs) as of 1/1/2010 or current Pharmacy Technician employed in the NW Kaiser Permanente Region\n- Current Pharmacy Technician License in State where job is assigned\n- Demonstration of the ability to:\n- Speak and read English fluently\n- Write coherently, legibly and spell correctly\n- Communicate effectively in all forms: written, verbal and non-verbal\n- Provide customer-focused service\n- Calculate math accurately, especially aliquots, concentrations and dilutions\n- Demonstrate a history of reliable attendance\n- Make a positive impact on the team dynamics\n- Work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment\n- Properly process sterile products in both horizontal and vertical laminar flow environments.\n- Completion of a recognized technician training program, preferred\n- Calculate math accurately, preferred\n- Evidence of the following work experience and/or documented attributes: multi-tasking; cash handling; personal computer skills; attention to detail, preferred\n- Team player, preferred\n- Flexible, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $20.00 - $21.21", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818954/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician", "reqid": "136179", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28818954}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Packaging Clerk (Temporary 6/1/12 - 9/30/12)\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvides customer-focused services to members under the direct supervision of the pharmacist & in collaboration w/ the healthcare team.\nEssential Functions:\n- Actively supports organizational & dept'l policies & procedures w/in the Partnership\n- Seeks supervision/consultation or refers to another resource when unable to perform safely, effectively or w/in the role\n- Presents a professional appearance & approach w/ members & other employees; demonstrates honest & ethical behavior\n- Handles member & employee info w/ approp sensitivity & safeguards to ensure confidentiality & right to privacy, in compliance w/ HIPAA regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates & incorporates principles of workplace safety into daily activities as outlined in organization's policies/procedures\n- Actively supports organizational & dept's policies/procedures in asset mgmt\n- Contributes to the effectiveness of the team by working together by supporting, promoting & applying the established behavioral & interpersonal standards of conduct, as developed through the Labor/Mgmt Partnership, including those on attendance, mutual respect & support, honoring diversity, effective communication, & improving the work environment\n- Exhibits flexibility when work assignments need to be adjusted to meet service delivery needs & workload of team\n- Takes responsibility to identify, develop & adapt new policies & practices that improve service & quality of work\n- Ensures that all transaction practices are in accordance w/ current reg'l & dept'l policies & procedures\n- Provides a complete transaction receipt, order summary, & all required accompanying documents for each order\n- Validates each transaction appropriately\n- Packages, sorts, & manifests mail & off-site prescription orders for delivery\n- Meters & scans mail order packages for postage\n- Prepares manifests & packages to be delivered to approp area for pick up as scheduled\n- Retrieves empty & return-to-stock totes from warehouse\n- Sorts empty totes by location\n- Maintains & orders supplies related to packaging\n- Compiles, prepares & crushes cardboard\n- Delivers recyclable plastics to approp area for pick up as scheduled\n- Assists in prescription filing & reading voice recorders if time allows\n- Assists in Returns-to-Stock functions\n- Cleans Baker cells\n- Actively participates in dept'l quality assurance activities\n- Maintains work & waiting areas in a neat & orderly manner at all times; regularly assists in the cleaning of the dept; all shelves are washed thoroughly on a routine basis\n- Regularly unpacks & stores supplies, verifies items received against invoices, & stores perishables such as antibiotics in refrigerators per policies & procedures\n- Processes unclaimed or returned prescriptions for returning to stock\n- Monitors & maintains inventory & supplies to assure efficient work flow\n- Reconciles invoices at end-of-month as assigned by supervisor\n- Properly processes invoices & prescription records & archives in accordance w/ Reg'l policies & applicable State & Fed laws & regulations\n- Assures proper functioning of all drug storage equipment Supports physical inventory processes & policies, & adheres to Reg'l guidelines on Asset Management\n- Adheres to inventory control policies regarding ordering & receiving of drug inventory\n- Reads approp dept'l drug info\n- Follows established security Guidelines & Reg'l Policies\n- Promotes & adheres to established patient safety principles & procedures\n- Perform other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Work experience in retail, business office or other service industry setting\n- Evidence of the following work experience and/or documented attributes: multi-tasking; personal computer skills; attention to detail; team player; and flexible.\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Demonstration of the ability to: speak and read English comprehensively; write coherently, legibly and spell correctly; communicate effectively in all forms: written, verbal and non-verbal\n- Provide customer-focused service\n- Calculate math accurately\n- Exhibit reliable attendance\n- Make a positive impact on the team dynamic\n- Work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment\n\nSalary Range- $16.18 - $19.38", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818955/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Packaging Clerk (Temporary 6/1/12 - 9/30/12)", "reqid": "136184", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818955}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Dental Member Assistant - Coded Replacement\nLocation: Portland, OR\n***This is a Coded-Replacement position. Coding of 20 hours is for benefit purposes only. Weekly hours are not guaranteed***\n\nUnder the direct supervision of the Dental Office Manager/Dental Contact Center Supervisor, or their delegate, facilitate a timely and orderly process of serving the patient from appointment and provider scheduling to completion of office visit information. Assist other staff functions in support of members' needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Effectively communicate with members and other office employees.\n- Provide and request information of other departments and external firms.\n- Assist other staff members and providers as needed to ensure orderly and efficient patient care.\n- Explain to patients how they can get various information, e.g., our Information Center, their benefits office, etc.\n- Represent Kaiser Permanente in a positive manner.\n- Receive patients during check-in and check-out process.\n- Maintain current daily schedule.\n- Document arrivals, cancellations, reschedules, etc.\n- Instruct new patients to fill out Health Questionnaire and Personal Data Form.\n- Verify personal data on Visit Slip.\n- Update computer if personal data is incorrect.\n- Determine, explain and collect all frees for services rendered in accord with the individual patient's benefits, the Program's published fee schedule, and the cash handling policy.\n- Check reception area periodically to assure prompt attention for all patients.\n- Collect and review visit slips for proper completion and patients' treatment status.\n- Confirm future appointments.\n- Enter all visit slip data into the computer regarding treatment that was done, what was paid, billed, or waived, and further treatment that is needed.\n- Schedule patients' appointments with providers.\n- Schedule initial and return appointments according to established guidelines.\n- Cancel and reschedule appointments as necessary.\n- Answer staff questions regarding daily schedule.\n- Relay pertinent information that may affect treatment or patient flow.\n- Verify the printed schedule against the computer to double check for errors.\n- Ensure all dental records are available according to updated printed schedule.\n- Respond to chart requests made throughout the day.\n- Screen requests for emergency schedules and appointments according to established guidelines.\n- Notify auxiliary staff of emergency.\n- Respond to OPD-requests and route them to appropriate personnel.\n- Complete missing visit slip report.\n- Ensure all visit slips are accounted for.\n- Receive calls for office staff.\n- Take and relay messages according to office policy.\n- Assist in maintaining a clean and neat reception area and lounge.\n- Check, bundle and return records to Dental Record Center.\n- Complete a retained chart form for any charts held at facility.\n- Balance cash drawer, complete bank deposit and perform other cash duties.\n- In the event of an emergency, respond in accordance with established emergency guidelines.\n- Answer Health Record Pull General Update (HPGU) and send charts to other clinics as necessary.\n- Inventory business office supplies and forms.\n- Perform other duties as assigned by the Dental Office Manager.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of health care/dental care OR two (2) years of cash handling and/or customer service experience in a high volume customer service environment.\n- Two (2) years of dental office experience preferred.\n- Dental office and computer skills preferred.\n- High School diploma or GED.\n- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.\n- Excellent organizational skills, flexibility and ability to switch tasks frequently.\n- Professional telephone and patient reception manner.\n- Final candidates will need to complete the contact Center Simulation assessment with minimum competency score of 50th percentile or higher.\n\nSalary Range:\n$16.00 - $19.51", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818956/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dental Member Assistant - Coded Replacement", "reqid": "136185", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818956}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Medical Technologist - Oregon - Specialty Hematology\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThis job exists to aid clinicians in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases by accurately testing patient specimens, correlating data and reporting results in a timely manner to support quality patient care. Holiday and weekend rotation may be required for this position.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Problem solve to achieve acceptable test results and assure optimal system and instrument operations: formulate a plan of action for situations not addressed in standard operating procedures; interpret and verify lab findings; correlate test results with available clinical information and other laboratory data. Determine clinical relevance of findings by communication with providers. Analyze and evaluate each process of testing to assure that final results are valid and accurate. Serve as a resource for medical laboratory technicians, assistants & other laboratory personnel in trouble-shooting problems with analytical and pre-analytical phases of the laboratory testing process and in standard operational decision-making\n- Conduct laboratory testing: perform and report lab tests according to laboratory procedures. Initiate and implement a course of action with technologists, supervisors & technical specialists; organize workflow to accomplish efficient and accurate output; review and verify results for accuracy and credibility prior to release; record and report results in a timely manner\n- Ensure compliance with quality control and quality assurance programs including POCT, to affect highest quality patient care: perform quality control (QC) procedures with appropriate documentation; take corrective action to resolve problems; review unresolved problems with supervisor; report action limit results according to standard procedures; perform proficiency testing and report results. Collaborate with supervisor, technical specialist & other departments to address quality of service issues and to implement internal quality assurance monitors or projects. Evaluate method performance by performing weekly and monthly QC review and preparing monthly QC report as assigned\n- Maintain and update technical knowledge skills by actively participating in department meetings, continuing education and inservice instructions; develop operational procedures to ensure effective workflow in conjunction with supervisors & technical specialists. Assist in the training of technical students and/or new employees; review work; recommend improvements; provide input for performance evaluations when requested. Develop written training procedures; assist in the development and update of technical procedures; review and critique new procedures developed by others\n- Coordinate laboratory operations in support of the supervisor by monitoring workflow and by making adjustments as necessary to maintain optimum service level; serve as a resource for unresolved problems; advise providers and nursing service personnel of correct procedures for collecting, handling & processing specimens; assist providers in determining appropriate laboratory services to be used for patient care. Participate in review of proficiency testing critiques. Support MLT instrument partners. Included in these accountabilities, the following tasks are performed exclusively by technologist level staff or higher: primary instrument partner for major analyzers (e.g. High throughput chem & heme) others can act as secondary instrument partner, monthly QC review, perform more advanced testing\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Baccalaureate degree in Medical Technology or related science or working as a medical technologist at Kaiser Permanente in the NW Region prior to 2008\n- ASCP (MT) or ASCP (MLS) or NCA (CLS) certification or working as a medical technologist at Kaiser Permanente in the NW Region prior to 2008 and meeting the equivalency e.g. HHS Exam or CCLS. New Hires must obtain required certification within 90 days of hire.\n- Completion of structured program in medical technology that is recognized by ASCP or NCA or working as a medical technologist at Kaiser Permanente in the NW Region prior to 2008\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\n- Demonstrated verbal and written command of the English language adequate for providing training to laboratory and non-laboratory staff, for communicating specimen collecting and handling requirements and providing help and support to laboratory and other health care staff\n- Effective interpersonal and communication skills\n- Basic computer knowledge\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years recent clinical laboratory experience\n- Demonstrated ability to ANALYZE situations to make operational decisions to meet clinical needs\n- Advanced computer knowledge\n- Demonstrated skills in organizing, prioritizing and problem solving\n\nSalary Range:\n$31.53 - $35.99", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818957/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Technologist - Oregon - Specialty Hematology", "reqid": "136195", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818957}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: EFODA - Certified Ortho Dental Assistant\nLocation: Salem, OR\nTo provide direct patient care to orthodontic patients within a Kaiser Permanente dental office.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Instruct the patient in proper technique of orthodontic oral hygiene, e.g. the use of elastics, separators, face bow and removable appliances and proper tooth brushing technique.\n- Perform the following functions provided the dentist is on the premises and checks the patient before and after the functions are performed.\n- Remove cement from bands using an ultrasonic or hand scaler.\n- Recement loose orthodontic bands.\n- Take impressions for the following purposes: diagnostic models, counter and opposing models, fabrication of temporary removable orthodontic appliances ntraoral bite registration for study model articulation.\n- Remove any portion of an orthodontic appliance causing a patient discomfort and replace isomeric ligatures in an emergency when the dentist is not on the premises.\n- Evaluate each returning patient for loose or broken bands and/or unbonded brackets.\n- Place and remove ligature ties for adjustment of arch wires and/or bands.\n- Place and remove arch wires.\n- Preliminarily select and size bands.\n- Place and remove interarch elastics and/or spring orthodontic separators.\n- Place bracket on study model and fabricate tray for indirect bonding procedures.\n- Photograph patient for intraoral and extraoral diagnosis utilizing appropriate retraction technique and equipment.\n- Label and record all models, photographs and x-rays for presentation of case and later retention.\n- Properly finish study models consistent with the criteria established by the orthodontist.\n- As instructed, trace cephalometric x-rays for diagnostic purposes consistent with criteria established by the orthodontist.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Prefer no less than one (1) year of experience as a dental assistant preferred.\n- Prefer experience as an orthodontic assistant but willing to train preferred.\n- The individual must: Complete a dental assisting program (Accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association) or Complete a course of instruction in Orthodontic assisting (Approved by the Board) and pass the Basic and Expanded Function Orthodontic Examination (Administered by the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. DANB).\n- EFODA - Expanded Function Orthodontic Dental Assistant Certification, Oregon.\n- Oregon Certificate in Dental Radiological Proficiency.\n- CPR Certified or certified within 90 days of hire date.\n- EFODA (Expanded Function Orthodontic Dental Assistant) certification required within six (6) months of hire for those individuals working in the State of Oregon. Individuals working in the State of Washington must agree to successfully complete an equivalent Kaiser Permanente developed examination and certification process.\n- Those individuals working in the State of Oregon must possess a current Certificate of Dental Radiological Proficiency. Individuals working in the State of Washington must agree to successfully complete a Kaiser Permanente developed course in radiological proficiency.\n- Candidate is required to pass an EFODA pre-employment dental assistant skills test.\n- Demonstrated competence in four-handed dentistry technique.\n- Satisfactory level of knowledge and proficiency in the use of current dental materials, instruments and equipment.\n- Demonstrated ability to follow instructions and work effectively under both direct and indirect supervision.\n- Well organized and manages time well.\n- Demonstrated capacity to work in a fast paced, high performance environment.\n- Excellent attendance record.\n- Basic knowledge of sterilization and infection control equipment preferred.\nSalary Range:\n$17.39 - $21.72", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818958/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EFODA - Certified Ortho Dental Assistant", "reqid": "136200", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28818958}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist - OR Float\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection & processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist w/ special procedures; mentor/orient students & new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff & other department needs. A coded replacement is an employee who works varying shifts & in varying departments & locations as defined by the job posting. A coded replacement must be available two shifts per day & five days per week to include every other weekend. A coded replacement employee replaces staff for time away from work.\nEssential Functions:\no Perform order entry, specimen collection & processing according to Work Instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements & collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age &/or condition\no Assure completeness & accuracy of specimen labeling\no Obtain & enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system\no Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the Phlebotomy & Laboratory Service/Technical Assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs\no Provide information & facilitate specimen or order problem investigation & resolution\no Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection & patient processing\no Facilitate communication between Phlebotomists & Laboratory Service/Technical Assistants in problem solving & member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed\no Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff & patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately\no Evaluate process & coordinate specimens for testing &/or shipping by following applicable WI\no Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity\no Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to Client Services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated.\no Complete appropriate forms as applicable\no Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels & ensure tracking of each test ordered & each specimen collected &/or received\no Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens\no Assist clinician or Pathologists w/ bone marrow collection & processing\no Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast & fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up & Code 99 (Code Blue) response as required & ordered by clinician\no Remain current in new & revised work instructions & lab & organizational policies\no Periodically review procedure manuals, Quality System documents & organizational policies\no Assist supervisor, coordinator or specialist in identifying & reporting any procedural discrepancies\no Complete annual requirements (PPD, safety etc.)\no Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\no Attend & participate in staff meetings\no Support department workflow & records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks & records\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\no Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\no Valid Driver's License\no High school diploma or equivalent\no Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\no Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles & techniques\no Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\no Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\no Adaptable\no Able to bend, stoop, reach & lift minimum of 10 pounds.\no Demonstrated written & verbal communication skills w/ command of the English language\no Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\no Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\nPreferred Qualifications:\no National Phlebotomy certification\no Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles & techniques & phlebotomy equipment\no Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\no Knowledge of Medical Terminology\no Written & verbal communication skills\no Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\no Leadership skills\no 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient &/or difficult phlebotomy draws\nSalary 17.77 to 21.34", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818959/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist - OR Float", "reqid": "136209", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28818959}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Drug Stock Clerk\nLocation: Portland, OR\nUnder the direct supervision of the Pharmacy Distribution Supervisor, receives, stocks & returns pharmaceutical merchandise following established procedures. Is responsible for the organization & maintenance of proper inventory levels in Portland Pharmacy Distribution Center for distribution to the area pharmacies. Process pharmacy orders for delivery to designated locations and maintain proper records and documentation to support Sarbanes Oxley and several other regulatory agency requirements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ordering /Receiving/Picking\n- Receives deliveries of incoming pharmacy merchandise from vendors by verify the bill of lading and signing the delivery receipt, verifies contents of shipment with packaging slip and purchase order, notate quantity received and date on appropriate form as required; refer problems such as damaged items or discrepancies in shipping documents to warehouse supervisor\n- Inspects shipping container(s) for obvious signs of damage or mishandling\n- Obtain the supervisor's verification and approval signature and forward documents to accounts payable\n- Place received pharmacy merchandise into inventory; store pharmacy merchandise in appropriate areas and under proper conditions of storage; store pharmacy merchandise in appropriate areas under proper conditions of storage including refrigeration, controlled substance security, etc; notate quantity of merchandise stored on appropriate inventory document\n- Places merchandise in distribution & storage areas at the in the warehouse for picking\n- Rotates stock in order of expiration date\n- Complies w/ special handling & storage requirements for pharmaceuticals including chemotherapeutic agents, controlled substances, refrigerated & frozen items\n- Fill orders for hospital and clinic pharmacies by selecting ordered merchandise from inventory, preparing and packaging drugs and material supplies for shipment and processing appropriate records and documentation\n- Call location pharmacies and notify them of shorted items\n- Assist the warehouse supervisor in maintaining inventory by period review of inventory on hand vs. System Counts\n- Performs routine inspection of physical inventory to ascertain adequate, expiration dates, obsolescence & proper storage\n- Maintains receiving logs as required by security standards\n- Compares items, unit-prices, & quantities received against the invoice and/or purchase order\n- Resolves discrepancies as per established procedures\nReturns\n- Collects, itemizes, unit-prices, packages & ships expired and/or obsolete pharmaceuticals to approved reverse distribution vendor\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Obtains authorizing signature on invoices & requisitions & sends required documentation to Accounts Payable\n- Maintains inventory documents on file in an organized & secured manner as required by laws, regulations, polices & procedures\n- Maintains strict confidentiality on inventory usage & cost information\nOther Duties\n- Recycling of bottles and labels for locations using HIPPA guidelines\n- Make recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Performs other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma or GED\n- Computer and Keyboard Skills\n- Ability to operate lift truck\n- Ability to lift 50 pounds routinely\n- Good written and oral communication skills\n- Position requires sustained work activities on feet for entire shift\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous warehouse experience preferred\n- Previous ordering and inventory management preferred\n- Previous pharmacy experience preferred\n\nSalary Plan- $16.18 - $19.38", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818961/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Drug Stock Clerk", "reqid": "136287", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818961}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: EFDA Certified Dental Assistant - Temporary (90 days)\nLocation: Salem, OR\nProvide direct support to dentists, hygienists, denturists & other provider personnel in the delivery of dental care & service w/in a Kaiser Permanente dental office.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Perform all of the duties permitted a dental assistant consistent w/ the individual's training & in the presence of or under the observation of a licensed provider as referenced in State Dental Practice Act & the related Administrative Rules.These duties to include\n- Apply topical anesthetic & desensitizing agents, as directed by the provider\n- Removal of sutures & post-extraction & periodontal dressings\n- Retract a patient's cheek, tongue, or other tissue during an operation\n- Assist in the placement or removal of a rubber dam\n- Remove debris created during operative procedures w/ a vacuum device, compressed air, mouth washes, or water\n- Extra-oral procedures which are not hazardous\n- Inspect the oral cavity using a mirror\n- Dry root canals w/ paper points\n- Place temporary filling material into the endodontic access\n- Take impressions for periodontal night guard\n- Polish the coronal surfaces of teeth when a dentist or hygienist has determined teeth are free of calculus\n- Train persons (patients) in techniques of oral hygiene & prevention of oral disease\n- Place films (dental radiographs), adjust equipment preparatory to exposing films, & expose films\n- In support of the practice of a dentist provider who is not an orthodontist\n- Preliminary select & size bands\n- Remove fixed orthodontic appliances\n- Check for loose bands & brackets\n- Remove ligature ties & head appliances\n- Place & remove arch wires, elastics & orthodontic separators\n- Take intra-oral measurements for orthodontic procedures\n- Remove supra-gingival orthodontic bracket bonding material w/ a hand piece that does not exceed 25,000 revolutions per minute\n- Place ligature ties & head appliances\n- Train persons (patients) in techniques of oral hygiene & prevention of oral disease\n- Place films (dental radiographs), adjust equipment preparatory to exposing films, & expose films\n- Organize patient's dental record consistent w/ established guidelines, confirm its availability & assure that it is in order & ready for provider's use at the time care & service is to be provided\n- Greet, introduce self to, & inform patient of general treatment to be provided & provider to be seen consistent w/ established Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Guidelines\n- Review health questionnaire w/ patient & notify provider of reported conditions that could effect treatment\n- Promote patient's emotional comfort by gaining rapport, instilling confidence & promoting tranquility\n- Inform & answer patient's &/or parent's questions regarding care & service provided as directed by provider\n- Anticipates needs of provider in the delivery of patient care & service\n- Communicate information important to maintaining the proper scheduling & flow of patients consistent w/ information recorded in the patient's dental record\n- Prepare, organize, arrange & pass dental instruments, supplies & materials as requested by the provider & required by established guidelines\n- Establish & maintain a clear & clean operating field\n- Record &/or verify information in the patient's dental record according to established procedures\n- Other duties appropriate for EFDA DA II as authorized by Board of Dentistry rules & regulations\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED\n- One (1) year as a dental assistant or graduation from an ADA accredited dental assisting program\n- Certificate in Dental Radiological Proficiency\n- EFDA Certification w/in 90 days\n- CPR Certified w/in 90 days of hire date\n- Pit & Fissure Sealant Certification w/in 120 days of hire date\n- Candidate is required to pass a pre-employment dental assistant skills test\n- Basic knowledge of sterilization & infection control equipment preferred\n- Demonstrated competence in four-handed dentistry technique\n- Satisfactory level of knowledge & proficiency in use of current dental materials, instruments & equipment\n- Demonstrated ability to follow instructions & work effectively under both direct & indirect supervision\n- Well organized in use of time & effort\n- Demonstrated capacity to act in a professionally courteous manner when interacting w/ patients, providers & other employees - good interpersonal skills\n- Excellent attendance record\n\nSalary Range:\n$16.61 - $20.69", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818960/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EFDA Certified Dental Assistant - Temporary (90 days)", "reqid": "136269", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28818960}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Regional Eyecare Support Specialist\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide clerical support and administrative services to dispensing opticians, optometrists, ophthalmologists and contact lens technicians in arranging for and providing ophthalmic care to members in a manner that supports organizational goals and establishes quality of care and service behavior standards and projects a professional image of Eye Care Services to Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collect, secure and account for fees and monies and assure the secure and accurate maintenance of cash funds according to established cash control policies and procedures.\n- Using both automated and manual systems perform cashiering duties for optical dispensing, optometry, ophthalmology, and contact lens departments including handling of large cash deposits.\n- Compile and process, verify and forward accurate statistical data on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis using manual and automated systems, i.e., balancing deposits to POS printout and month-end, non-delivered eyeglass inventory.\n- Check in members for scheduled appointments, as applicable, following established Business Office Services procedures.\n- Register members for Optical Dispensing and Contact Lens Dispensing services (Optometry and Ophthalmology services as needed).\n- Determine and ensure proper application of all member vision benefit plans.\n- Answer calls on multiple-line phones.\n- Transfer, as appropriate, to other departments (Contact Lens, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Advice, etc.).\n- Respond to members' questions regarding benefits, status of orders, appointments, etc.\n- As needed, schedule appointments through HealthConnect for Optometry and Contact Lens following established appointing protocols.\n- Assist members with their ophthalmic needs (provider availability, pricing information, etc.) in a positive and professional manner.\n- Retrieve member Rx and billing information and fax or phone to outside optical centers, insurance companies, COB, Industrial Claims, and other Kaiser optical centers within our region as well as other regions.\n- Be able to properly read Rx information both from the written Rx and from the order, including lens type and lens material.\n- Coordinate with the Optical Lab and other optical offices to ensure the timely, accurate processing of optical orders and application of vision benefit allowances.\n- Transmit and monitor optical orders using the POS computer system.\n- Follow up to ensure the timeliness of optical orders requiring special handling, i.e., emergency and late optical orders.\n- Field all calls from the Optical Lab with questions concerning orders and resolve the questions or direct the question to the proper optician.\n- Assist in retail merchandising activities by ordering, pricing, cleaning, stocking items, and advising members of supplemental optical products and services, warranty programs and multiple pair discount opportunities in order to increase supplemental optical revenue.\n- Assist in training of new employees, modeling correct work ethics, guidance and coaching.\n- Aid and assist new employees with cash handling and balancing end-of-day receipts.\n- Assist in familiarizing new employees with policies, procedures and multiple computer systems.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) to two (2) years of experience in cashiering and customer service.\n- One (1) to two (2) years of demonstrated work experience as an optical support specialist in a medical office or related business, preferred\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in cashiering and customer service, preferred.\n- Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge and skills in effective communications, customer relations, typing, cashiering, and computer operations.\n- Working knowledge of basic cashiering principles, including ability to reconcile daily deposits when necessary.\n- Familiarity with personal computers.\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.\n- Must have demonstrated effective interpersonal and human relations skills.\n- Computer keyboarding skills and ability to quickly learn to operate multiple computer systems in a multi-user environment.\n- Able to operate standard office equipment, including 10-key calculator.\n- Able to work in a high-volume department and prioritize multiple assigned tasks.\n- Able to respond effectively to requests from members/patients, providers, and other coworkers.\n- Thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente organization structure, policies, and procedures, in particular, as it relates to the Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Principles of cash control and security, preferred.\n- Basic accounting or bookkeeping, preferred.\n- Ability to maintain a good working relationship between the reception area and Optical Dispensing, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Contact Lens Services, to ensure delivery of an effective and high quality Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Basic micro computer applications (spreadsheets and word processing), preferred.\n- Typing and 10-key by touch, preferred.\n\nSalary Range- $16.70 - $20.07", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818962/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Eyecare Support Specialist", "reqid": "136309", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818962}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Materials Coordinator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nAs a member of the Distribution Team, work within an assigned facility to facilitate all aspects of materials management services. This service supports the facility in the delivery of patient care by providing cost-effective, timely acquisition and replenishment of all supplies and services in support of national standards an Materials Management Policies and Procedures. Works under indirect supervision of the Distribution Manager and direction of the Area Materials Coordinator.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manage company assets.\n- Perform inventory analysis by calculating usage data to establish and maintain adequate inventory levels of all supplies needed to support facility operations.\n- Determine most cost effective and expedient method of acquisition, process appropriate paperwork.\n- Assure proper signature authorization.\n- Enter orders with the vendor and/or through automated systems using established process.\n- Monitor and update inventory levels of supplies using reports and forecasting tools.\n- Act as Materials Management Representative.\n- Investigate and resolve problems.\n- Negotiate and determine customer requirements and provide pricing and information using National agreements or research with local Strategic Sourcing.\n- Educate and inform staff regarding compliance updates policy and procedure.\n- Relay concerns and compliance information to Regional Strategic Sourcing.\n- Consultant, resource, and liaison for all materials management services. Meet with facility administration.\n- Department heads and team leaders to discuss clinic operations, budgetary concerns and inventory management.\n- Coordinate procurement of repairs for equipment and instruments via assigned vendor or Strategic Sourcing, select appropriate shipper and arrange handling, and notify and inform customer of action taken.\n- If loaner equipment needed, arrange for replacement ensuring required timeframe and customer requirements are met.\n- Inform customer of cost of replacement versus estimate of repair to determine appropriate action.\n- Arrange for return to vendor and prepare appropriate paperwork.\n- Coordinate transportation.\n- Receive, distribute and replenish inventory.\n- Handle product recalls, process returns, coordinate on-site product and equipment evaluations, perform cash purchases.\n- Assure proper utilization of company assets and lowering program costs by recycling supplies, equipment and furniture to other facilities throughout the region and ESP.\n- Provide support to other regionalized departments i.e. Property Accounting (asset tracking), Facilities (new facility start-up and remodels, FSWR), Recycling program (WOW, Toners), and EHS (Ergo).\n- Performs other duties as assigned and as time permits.\n- This job description is not all encompassing.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of automated on-line system experience.\n- One (1) year of inventory control experience.\n- One (1) year of materials management experience.\n- One (1) year of customer service experience.\n- Two (2) years of purchasing/materials management experience preferred.\n- Two (2) years of customer service experience preferred.\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills.\n- PC Proficiency.\n- Effective communication skills, both oral and written.\n- Tolerance of ambiguity.\n- Commitment to Task.\n- Conflict resolution skills.\n- Demonstrated effective time management skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and negotiate with multiple levels of staff.\n- Must be able to lift 50-65 lbs routinely.\n- Strong organizational skills.\n- Willingness to upgrade skills as needed.\n- Ability to retain information from multiple sources.\n- Demonstrated ability to work without direct supervision.\n- Medical supply familiarity preferred\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permenante System preferred.\n- Medical Terminology preferred.\n- Proven Leadership skills preferred.\n- Use of materials handling equipment and proper lifting technique preferred.\n\nSalary Range:\n$16.34 - $26.05", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818963/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Materials Coordinator", "reqid": "136317", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818963}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: HCA Certified Medical Assistant\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nParticipates w/ the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused health care to patients. Provides clinical & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct & indirect patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge & skills. As approp the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, & under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g. diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g. signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g. vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e. chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g. PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify& address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - two (2) + years in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g. Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting, preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last one (1) - three (3) years, preferred\n- Must obtain State of Washington Health Care Assistant Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant and maintain current certification when assigned to a medical office building located in Washington State\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification, preferred\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $17.19 - $20.91", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818964/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HCA Certified Medical Assistant", "reqid": "136328", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28818964}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: LPN - Primary Care\nLocation: Salem, OR\nParticipate w/the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused care to patients in a manner which reflects KP's organizational & nursing mission, vision & values. Provides nursing & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care service to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct (in person) & indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex nursing knowledge & skills. As appropriate to the LPN's scope of practice, the LPN's expected to have competent focused/limited nursing assessment & triage skills on routine or self-limiting health conditions, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Performs clinical tasks & procedures under the direction of a clinician within the scope of the LPN's professional training & individual competency. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician or registered nurse & under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares & organizes patient's office visit from known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside reports, etc.) & order entries are ready for clinician review prior to appointment time\n- Perform focused/limited nursing assessment & triage on routine or self-limiting medical conditions as directed by RN/clinician. Recognize when to defer to and/or assist w/comprehensive assessment for complex medical conditions by RN/clinician\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify & address health maintenance/care gaps w/patient & alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention\n- Recognize signs & symptoms of common & routine medical conditions/illnesses, abnormal verses new/existing & implements planned nursing & medical interventions as delegated by RN/clinician\n- Contribute to the development, implementation or modification of the individualized patient's plan of care under the direction of the RN/clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process\n- Assures exam/procedures room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms & educational materials are available & ready for using during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order & cleans room after use\n- Provides health teaching/education or advice on routine or self-limiting medical conditions, procedures, tests, surgeries, self-injections, etc\n- Utilize standardized tools determine patient's level of engagement in self-care as directed by RN\n- Used KP HealthConnect & information systems to document all pertinent data & outcomes of nursing care according to standardized procedures & policies such as & not limited to the use of SBAR, SOAP or APIE, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc. Update demographic/historical clinical data gathered in electronic medical records\n- Perform diagnostic test, therapies & procedures within scope of practice competently & w/maintenance of proficiency according to: a)specific department standards on core clinical tasks (see department's list of core skills); b) application of knowledge & skills appropriate to development age of patient; and c) established policies such as & not limited to patient safety, aseptic & sterile techniques & infection control\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current LPN license in Oregon and Washington.Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire.Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire.\n- AHA Health Care Provider level CPR certification\n- Demonstrated clinical nursing skills\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Allergy, Dermatology, Urology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- IV therapy experience or recent certification\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current working knowledge & clinical skills in providing routine care, education & advice in assigned department's clinical areaOR successful completion of appropriate competencies for assigned primary/specialty care department\n\nSalary Range:\n$19.46 - $25.68", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818965/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Primary Care", "reqid": "136332", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28818965}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: HCA Certified Medical Assistant\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nParticipates w/ the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused health care to patients. Provides clinical & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct & indirect patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge & skills. As approp the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, & under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g. diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g. signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g. vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e. chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g. PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify& address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - two (2) + years in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g. Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting, preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last one (1) - three (3) years, preferred\n- Must obtain State of Washington Health Care Assistant Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant and maintain current certification when assigned to a medical office building located in Washington State\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification, preferred\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system, preferred\n\nSalary Range- $17.19 - $20.91", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818966/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HCA Certified Medical Assistant", "reqid": "136336", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28818966}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonology\nLocation: Salem, OR\nProvide accurate testing of Pulmonary Function, assessment of medical necessity for durable medical equipment, and out-patient education in effective utilization of prescribed respiratory medical interventions. Meets ATS standards 90% of time.\nEssential Functions:\n- Pulmonary Function Testing: perform diagnostic testing with effective coaching and monitoring of patient effort to successfully perform testing procedures, utilizing computerized pulmonary function testing equipment.\n- Measured by quality control monitoring, pulmonary physician interpretation of test results.\n- Durable Medical Equipment Evaluations: perform respiratory durable medical equipment evaluations utilizing invasive and non-invasive diagnostic techniques to measure medical necessity for prescribed equipment. Inform and educate the patients of test results and use of prescribed equipment.\n- Measured by quality assurance monitors, Durable Medical Equipment personnel communications, pulmonary physician monitoring.\n- Communication: maintain patient medical records and department files in an accurate and legal manner. Distribute completed testing reports in a timely fashion. Collaborate with personnel including clinic nurses, physicians, and appointment clerks to operate an accurate and satisfactory patient appointment system. Resource lab Medical Director on a regular periodic basis and as needed.\n- Measured by quality assurance monitors, patient complaints, documentation of medical director meetings, professional staff communications.\n- Equipment: complete all necessary equipment maintenance and quality control programs. Maintain standardized infection control practices. Collaborate with Director on equipment service issues, quality control monitors and any other necessary reports.\n- Measured by completion of equipment maintenance records, quality control reports, current procedure manual.\n- Resource: provide information and education to professional personnel regarding pulmonary function testing and durable medical equipment. Develop and review department policies and procedures in collaboration with the department Director and lab Medical Director. Seek cost-effective strategies to reduce operating costs while maintaining adequate quality of testing. Act as a staff therapist in Respiratory Care Services as scheduled. Performs other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years experience in a full service Pulmonary function Lab. CPFT credentials or successful completion of the KSMC Respiratory Therapy Internship program.\n- 2 years experience as a staff Respiratory Therapist in Critical Care or successful completion of the KSMC Respiratory Therapy Internship program.\n- Certification as a Pulmonary Function Therapist by National Board of Respiratory Care (CPFT)\n- Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS).\n- Must be able to operate a computer and Pulmonary Function testing equipment, durable Medical equipment evaluations including drawing of arterial blood gages, use of oximetry.\n- Effective patient teaching/communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years as a Pulmonary Function Therapist and/or Respiratory Therapist.\n- Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician and Registry Eligible\n- ATS\n- Degree in Health Sciences.\n- Respiratory Therapy procedures and standards.\n- Computer applications. Medical gas systems.\n- Patient assessment.\n- Patient Education\n\nSalary Range:\n$25.77 - $32.39", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818967/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonology", "reqid": "136339", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28818967}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Orchards", "description": "Title: Regional Eyecare Support Specialist\nLocation: Orchards, WA\nProvide clerical support and administrative services to dispensing opticians, optometrists, ophthalmologists and contact lens technicians in arranging for and providing ophthalmic care to members in a manner that supports organizational goals and establishes quality of care and service behavior standards and projects a professional image of Eye Care Services to Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collect, secure and account for fees and monies and assure the secure and accurate maintenance of cash funds according to established cash control policies and procedures.\n- Using both automated and manual systems perform cashiering duties for optical dispensing, optometry, ophthalmology, and contact lens departments including handling of large cash deposits.\n- Compile and process, verify and forward accurate statistical data on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis using manual and automated systems, i.e., balancing deposits to POS printout and month-end, non-delivered eyeglass inventory.\n- Check in members for scheduled appointments, as applicable, following established Business Office Services procedures.\n- Register members for Optical Dispensing and Contact Lens Dispensing services (Optometry and Ophthalmology services as needed).\n- Determine and ensure proper application of all member vision benefit plans.\n- Answer calls on multiple-line phones.\n- Transfer, as appropriate, to other departments (Contact Lens, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Advice, etc.).\n- Respond to members' questions regarding benefits, status of orders, appointments, etc.\n- As needed, schedule appointments through HealthConnect for Optometry and Contact Lens following established appointing protocols.\n- Assist members with their ophthalmic needs (provider availability, pricing information, etc.) in a positive and professional manner.\n- Retrieve member Rx and billing information and fax or phone to outside optical centers, insurance companies, COB, Industrial Claims, and other Kaiser optical centers within our region as well as other regions.\n- Be able to properly read Rx information both from the written Rx and from the order, including lens type and lens material.\n- Coordinate with the Optical Lab and other optical offices to ensure the timely, accurate processing of optical orders and application of vision benefit allowances.\n- Transmit and monitor optical orders using the POS computer system.\n- Follow up to ensure the timeliness of optical orders requiring special handling, i.e., emergency and late optical orders.\n- Field all calls from the Optical Lab with questions concerning orders and resolve the questions or direct the question to the proper optician.\n- Assist in retail merchandising activities by ordering, pricing, cleaning, stocking items, and advising members of supplemental optical products and services, warranty programs and multiple pair discount opportunities in order to increase supplemental optical revenue.\n- Assist in training of new employees, modeling correct work ethics, guidance and coaching.\n- Aid and assist new employees with cash handling and balancing end-of-day receipts.\n- Assist in familiarizing new employees with policies, procedures and multiple computer systems.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) to two (2) years of experience in cashiering and customer service.\n- One (1) to two (2) years of demonstrated work experience as an optical support specialist in a medical office or related business, preferred\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in cashiering and customer service, preferred.\n- Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge and skills in effective communications, customer relations, typing, cashiering, and computer operations.\n- Working knowledge of basic cashiering principles, including ability to reconcile daily deposits when necessary.\n- Familiarity with personal computers.\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.\n- Must have demonstrated effective interpersonal and human relations skills.\n- Computer keyboarding skills and ability to quickly learn to operate multiple computer systems in a multi-user environment.\n- Able to operate standard office equipment, including 10-key calculator.\n- Able to work in a high-volume department and prioritize multiple assigned tasks.\n- Able to respond effectively to requests from members/patients, providers, and other coworkers.\n- Thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente organization structure, policies, and procedures, in particular, as it relates to the Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Principles of cash control and security, preferred.\n- Basic accounting or bookkeeping, preferred.\n- Ability to maintain a good working relationship between the reception area and Optical Dispensing, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Contact Lens Services, to ensure delivery of an effective and high quality Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Basic micro computer applications (spreadsheets and word processing), preferred.\n- Typing and 10-key by touch, preferred.\n\nSalary Range- $16.70 - $20.07", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818968/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Eyecare Support Specialist", "reqid": "136344", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Orchards, WA", "uid": 28818968}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Orchards", "description": "Title: Regional Eyecare Support Specialist\nLocation: Orchards, WA\nProvide clerical support and administrative services to dispensing opticians, optometrists, ophthalmologists and contact lens technicians in arranging for and providing ophthalmic care to members in a manner that supports organizational goals and establishes quality of care and service behavior standards and projects a professional image of Eye Care Services to Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collect, secure and account for fees and monies and assure the secure and accurate maintenance of cash funds according to established cash control policies and procedures.\n- Using both automated and manual systems perform cashiering duties for optical dispensing, optometry, ophthalmology, and contact lens departments including handling of large cash deposits.\n- Compile and process, verify and forward accurate statistical data on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis using manual and automated systems, i.e., balancing deposits to POS printout and month-end, non-delivered eyeglass inventory.\n- Check in members for scheduled appointments, as applicable, following established Business Office Services procedures.\n- Register members for Optical Dispensing and Contact Lens Dispensing services (Optometry and Ophthalmology services as needed).\n- Determine and ensure proper application of all member vision benefit plans.\n- Answer calls on multiple-line phones.\n- Transfer, as appropriate, to other departments (Contact Lens, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Advice, etc.).\n- Respond to members' questions regarding benefits, status of orders, appointments, etc.\n- As needed, schedule appointments through HealthConnect for Optometry and Contact Lens following established appointing protocols.\n- Assist members with their ophthalmic needs (provider availability, pricing information, etc.) in a positive and professional manner.\n- Retrieve member Rx and billing information and fax or phone to outside optical centers, insurance companies, COB, Industrial Claims, and other Kaiser optical centers within our region as well as other regions.\n- Be able to properly read Rx information both from the written Rx and from the order, including lens type and lens material.\n- Coordinate with the Optical Lab and other optical offices to ensure the timely, accurate processing of optical orders and application of vision benefit allowances.\n- Transmit and monitor optical orders using the POS computer system.\n- Follow up to ensure the timeliness of optical orders requiring special handling, i.e., emergency and late optical orders.\n- Field all calls from the Optical Lab with questions concerning orders and resolve the questions or direct the question to the proper optician.\n- Assist in retail merchandising activities by ordering, pricing, cleaning, stocking items, and advising members of supplemental optical products and services, warranty programs and multiple pair discount opportunities in order to increase supplemental optical revenue.\n- Assist in training of new employees, modeling correct work ethics, guidance and coaching.\n- Aid and assist new employees with cash handling and balancing end-of-day receipts.\n- Assist in familiarizing new employees with policies, procedures and multiple computer systems.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) to two (2) years of experience in cashiering and customer service.\n- One (1) to two (2) years of demonstrated work experience as an optical support specialist in a medical office or related business, preferred\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in cashiering and customer service, preferred.\n- Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge and skills in effective communications, customer relations, typing, cashiering, and computer operations.\n- Working knowledge of basic cashiering principles, including ability to reconcile daily deposits when necessary.\n- Familiarity with personal computers.\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.\n- Must have demonstrated effective interpersonal and human relations skills.\n- Computer keyboarding skills and ability to quickly learn to operate multiple computer systems in a multi-user environment.\n- Able to operate standard office equipment, including 10-key calculator.\n- Able to work in a high-volume department and prioritize multiple assigned tasks.\n- Able to respond effectively to requests from members/patients, providers, and other coworkers.\n- Thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente organization structure, policies, and procedures, in particular, as it relates to the Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Principles of cash control and security, preferred.\n- Basic accounting or bookkeeping, preferred.\n- Ability to maintain a good working relationship between the reception area and Optical Dispensing, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Contact Lens Services, to ensure delivery of an effective and high quality Eye Care Services program, preferred.\n- Basic micro computer applications (spreadsheets and word processing), preferred.\n- Typing and 10-key by touch, preferred.\n\nSalary Range- $16.70 - $20.07", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818970/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Eyecare Support Specialist", "reqid": "136346", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Orchards, WA", "uid": 28818970}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Beaverton", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse - Primary Care\nLocation: Beaverton, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner\n- Plans, implements, manages, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care across the care continuum\n- Facilitates member wellness and function and identifies needs for health care interventions\n- Utilizes appropriate assessment tools, processes, clinical pathways and guidelines to manage patient care\n- Integrates theory and research-based knowledge in the provision of direct and indirect nursing care\n- Performs and modifies therapeutic and preventive nursing measures and administers treatments and medications as authorized by law and determined by the State Board of Nursing\n- Performs skilled nursing tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment\n- Performs triage and telephone advice independently and within scope of the Oregon and/or Washington Nurse Practice Acts\n- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for staff, patients and family members\n- Participates in the research process\n- Documents the nursing care provided which demonstrates the application of the nursing process and complies with departmental and/or organizational standards\n- Facilitates coordination of care across all settings with particular attention to transitional needs\n- Functions within interdisciplinary teams in a manner that promotes coordination, mutual respect and timely response to the patient's health care needs\n- Acts as an advocate for individuals and groups with unmet health needs\n- Applies the knowledge and tools of continuous improvement in clinical practice and the delivery of health care\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years of experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last five years\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current state RN licensure\n- Current BLS/AED certification upon hire and to continue employment\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818969/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse - Primary Care", "reqid": "136350", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Beaverton, OR", "uid": 28818969}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Pre/Post RN, Outpatient\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the design.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, committed to team environment.\n- Utilizes professional communication techniques.\n- Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development.\n- Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.\n- Participates in an equitable rotation of voluntary overtime to cover possible late cases.\n- Performs accurate preoperative assessments including Preoperative Nursing Assessment.\n- Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for preoperative needs of patient\n- Initiates and facilitates exam room turnovers as needed, including light housekeeping, restocking.\n- Trained in phlebotomy; able to perform lab draws and sending specimens to lab for processing.\n- Adept in use of Health Connect, Op Time and Outpatient Epic.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years.\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing.\n- Current Oregon license as a Registered Nurse.\n- BLS Certification.\n- Able to type 20 words per minute.\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills.\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems.\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment.\n- Customer focused.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5 years Med/Surg or Critical Care Nursing experience.\n- Preoperative Clinic experience.\n- Phlebotomy skills.\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice.\n\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818945/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pre/Post RN, Outpatient", "reqid": "135870", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818945}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: Pre/Post RN\nLocation: Salem, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the design.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, committed to team environment.\n- Utilizes professional communication techniques.\n- Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development.\n- Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.\n- Participates in an equitable rotation of voluntary overtime to cover possible late cases.\n- Performs accurate preoperative assessments including Preoperative Nursing Assessment.\n- Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for preoperative needs of patient\n- Initiates and facilitates exam room turnovers as needed, including light housekeeping, restocking.\n- Trained in phlebotomy; able to perform lab draws and sending specimens to lab for processing.\n- Adept in use of Health Connect, Op Time and Outpatient Epic.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years.\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing.\n- Current Oregon license as a Registered Nurse.\n- BLS Certification.\n- Able to type 20 words per minute.\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills.\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems.\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment.\n- Customer focused.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5 years Med/Surg or Critical Care Nursing experience.\n- Preoperative Clinic experience.\n- Phlebotomy skills.\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice.\n\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818946/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pre/Post RN", "reqid": "135877", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28818946}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Cardiac Surgery\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide high-quality health care through active participation in pre-, intra-, & post-operative care for patients in CVT service via direct assessment and formulation/implementation of treatment plan under the guidance of the CVT team physicians.\n- Performing complete pre-operative work-up on patients & performing H & P & patient pre-operative teaching; harvesting conduits and first- assisting in the OR; making rounds & removing lines/tubes/drains on post-operative patients in the ICU and telemetry units; assisting w/discharge planning; assuming on-call responsibilities, & education.\n- Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance w/accepted medical/legal standards.\n- Provide all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), & State licensing guidelines.\n- Coordinate, develop and organize patient or department services or programs.\n- Collect data & quality & conduct audits as needed.\n- PA's have influence on capital and operating budgets through their requests for new equipment, supplies, and treatment of patients. PA's may also review and recommend reductions in duplicated or unnecessary items. PA's have a responsibility to provide care within Kaiser contractual agreements.\n- Provide primary medical care within limitations established by training, licensure and hospital/clinic protocols.\n- Ensuring that members receive high-quality, timely and appropriate care.\n- PAs consult with, report to, and arrange services through internal and external contacts.\n- Consistently supports compliance & the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy & confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, & adhering to applicable federal, state & local laws and regulations, accreditation & licenser requirements (if applicable), & Kaiser Permanente's policies & procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of approved PA or NP program with certification.\n- National certification\n- State medical (PA) or NP license\n- Valid BLS Certification\n- Annual recertification through CME as required by licensure.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common thoracic and cardiovascular anomalies.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.\n- Ability to first assist and harvest vein/radial artery in the OR.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.\n- Working knowledge of State health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations. Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of clinical experience including endoscopic vein/radial artery harvest.\n- Graduate of approved PA or NP program with licensure in Oregon\n- Minor surgery or surgical assist skills.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.\n- Working knowledge of State health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations. Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common medical disease and injuries.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.\n\nSalary Range:\n$52.16 - $76.65", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818943/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Cardiac Surgery", "reqid": "135185", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28818943}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Pre/Post RN, Outpatient\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the design.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, committed to team environment.\n- Utilizes professional communication techniques.\n- Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development.\n- Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook.\n- Participates in an equitable rotation of voluntary overtime to cover possible late cases.\n- Performs accurate preoperative assessments including Preoperative Nursing Assessment.\n- Utilizes knowledge of type of procedure to plan for preoperative needs of patient\n- Initiates and facilitates exam room turnovers as needed, including light housekeeping, restocking.\n- Trained in phlebotomy; able to perform lab draws and sending specimens to lab for processing.\n- Adept in use of Health Connect, Op Time and Outpatient Epic.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years.\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing.\n- Current Oregon license as a Registered Nurse.\n- BLS Certification.\n- Able to type 20 words per minute.\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills.\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills.\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems.\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment.\n- Customer focused.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5 years Med/Surg or Critical Care Nursing experience.\n- Preoperative Clinic experience.\n- Phlebotomy skills.\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice.\n\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818944/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pre/Post RN, Outpatient", "reqid": "135866", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28818944}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Operations Coordinator (120259) - Temporary\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nProvides the analytical support needed for a department to examine how it should allocate its physician and other provider resources across the entire spectrum of services and care that a department must provide to its patients. Generates reports and recommends possible solutions to the Chief and Physician Unit Leaders on how to distribute provider resources to meet appointment accessibility targets, surgical access targets and hospital coverage issues while still staying in budget.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates the overall analysis of how provider resources are allocated in the department to ensure that the department meets its performance targets in the areas of access, physician linkage, budget, and hospital coverage. Collects and analyzes data, reviews results with Chief and Physician Unit Leaders, and assists with implementation efforts. 50%.\n- Maintains and produces management reports to include appointment utilization reports, provider productivity reports, physician empanelment reports, and budgetary impact reports for functional unit, department, facility and/or regional management. Designs and produces ad hoc reports to meet specific client needs. Works to improve data quality, collection processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs. 40%. \n- Provides ongoing user education and consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data. 10%.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience working directly with management personnel (including physicians).\n- Previous experience working in a health care environment.\n- Associates degree or equivalent experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health administration or related field preferred.\n- Familiarity with appointment supply concepts.\n- Familiarity with mainframe patient information systems and computer software.\n- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, and critical thinking.\n- Excellent oral and written communication skills\n- Excellent customer service skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818933/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Coordinator (120259) - Temporary", "reqid": "136056", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28818933}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Perform Anthropometric Body measurements on Women and Infants\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Bilingual Spanish-English\n-Knowledge of Diabetes or experience in pediatric research\n\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818934/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "136090", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28818934}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Manager of Volunteer Services SA\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nLeads the planning, development, and integration of volunteer programs in accordance with the mission and goals across the Area. Manages staff and ensures they are in compliance with federal, state, local, and union regulations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Identifies new opportunities for volunteer assistance and negotiates the expanded volunteer roles throughout the Area.\n- Ensures the staff is in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements and does not perform any bargaining unit work.\n- In conjunction with KFH/P and TPMG leaders, managers, and supervisors, develops Area volunteer strategies, goals, and objectives.\n- Works with the community to develop and expand volunteer programs (e.g., pastoral care programs) which benefit both the community and Kaiser Permanente.\n- Develops additional revenue opportunities within the Area.\n- Continues to increase gift shop revenues, by introducing new items which better meet the customer's needs.\n- Oversees the volunteer services revenue centers (collection and disbursement).\n- Ensures Volunteer Coordinators and their staff provide a consistent and high quality volunteer programs.\n- Develops training programs for volunteers which meet or exceed regulatory requirements.\n- Manages the Volunteer Coordinators who are responsible for 800 - 1200 volunteers within the Area.\n- Develops and manages partnerships with local high schools and colleges.\n- Creates and manages new volunteer programs across the Area.\n- Liaison to community groups.\n- Recruits volunteers with skills that match the needs of individual hospitals and medical offices (e.g., language skills, accounting, customer service, retail sales).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant hospital volunteer administration and supervision experience required (usually 4 years).\n- Previous experience in events management and public speaking are required.\n- Previous retail management experience preferred.\n- BA/BS in Business Administration or related field or equivalent experience.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to manage a diverse group.\n- Management of multiple sites preferred.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818935/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager of Volunteer Services SA", "reqid": "136113", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818935}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Department Manager Leader\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818936/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Department Manager Leader", "reqid": "136125", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818936}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Service Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri 10:30am - 7:00pm,occasional weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818937/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "136145", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818937}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Senior Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri 10:30am - 7:00pm, occasional weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818938/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Physical Therapist", "reqid": "136148", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818938}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Manager of Support Services (1500)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nResponsible for managing the operations of a business group by directing staff in activities such as human resource administration, budget planning and control, tracking of compliance related activities, communications and department procedures. Functions as an internal resource for managers regarding all aspects of operations including hiring, on-boarding, performance evaluations, office logistics, travel & expense reimbursements and budget. Manages assigned projects to improve quality and/or service to include cost benefit analysis, development of alternatives and collaboration with users. Develops policies and procedures to respond to new or changing requirements. Utilizes various tools such as Microsoft Project and Access to manage and report on various project-related activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises staff in administrative and/or operational functions such as administrative support, budget management, communications and ensuring completion of all compliance training.\n- Ensures effective human resources administration to include recruitment, interview coordination, on boarding of staff, salary planning process, performance evaluation process and monitoring completion of compliance training.\n- Directs work schedules to meet department needs and resolves conflicting deadlines.\n- Plans and directs required logistical support such as computers, phones and office space requirements.\n- Manages the budget to meet the fiscal goals for capital, payroll and non-payroll expenses; performs financial and staffing analyses.\n- Reconciles accounts and budget reporting requirements, advises management of serious variances; recommends and implements solutions.\n- Creates narrative and quantitative management information reports for financial, departmental or operational analyses.\n- Tracks and analyzes monthly reports such as budget, operation activity, and department metrics; consolidates and analyzes for trends and variances.\n- Participates in various special projects.\n- Maintains specialized databases/tables and oversees processes and access to safeguard data integrity.\n- Develops and maintains multiple projects using Microsoft Project and monitors completion of milestones.\n- Identifies service, operational problems, issues, and manages projects to identify, research, develop and implement new procedures or policies.\n- May interact with KP executives and employees across the organization, as well as external representatives.\n- Serves as a liaison for the department/function to discuss complex administrative matters, business processes and project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.\n- Establishes partnerships with other functional areas and/or regions.\n- Provides consultation to project teams working on region-wide and/or inter-regional projects.\n- Supports standing committees or staff meetings to include agenda preparation, room arrangements, meeting minutes and follow up activities.\n- Directs event planning to include identification of accommodations, negotiations with facilities, planning for menu, audiovisual requirements, development, production and distribution of printed materials.\n- Ensures compliance with organization policies/procedures and regulatory agencies; effective utilization of personnel, materials, space, equipment and effective customer service.\n- Recommends and implements internal policies and procedures.\n- Interprets and applies company policies/procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum seven (7) years of experience managing staff and department operations.\n- Experience with budget management.\n- Experience developing new policies and procedures to meet changing department needs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration or other related field.\n- Master's preferred. May list of course work specific to related functional area.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly shifting priorities in managing a wide-range of projects; team player, tactful and diplomatic.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills.\n- User knowledge of advanced computer software and applications such as Lotus Notes, Access Databases, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint presentations, Excel pivot tables and functions.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818939/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager of Support Services (1500)", "reqid": "136159", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28818939}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Graduate Nurse Anesthetist (GRNA) /Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) [005]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nSelects and administers intravenous, spinal and other anesthetics prior to and during surgical or medical procedures as a member of the anesthesia care team and in accordance with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures. Monitors patient reactions and vital signs during and after anesthesia and takes remedial action when warranted. Submits postoperative report on patient condition, and maintains records of anesthetics administered. Performs procedures outside of the OR, in accordance with KP policies and procedures, established competency, and MD order. GRNA (Non-exempt) CRNA (Exempt).\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts and/or reviews anesthetic evaluation of patients prior to surgical proceedings, deliveries or other pertinent medical procedures in hospital setting.\n- Consults with anesthesiologists and/or surgeons.\n- Reviews patients charts, including permits, pre-operative medications, lab work, and any other significant variations, such as hearing aids, dentures, contact lenses, or other prostheses.\n- Conducts pre-anesthesia evaluations according to KP's policies and procedures as well as the department policy.\n- Develops the care regimen of assigned patients, reviews the care regimen with the supervising physician, and gains concurrence.\n- Implements the anesthesia plan.\n- Evaluates patients to identify apparent difficulties with airway control, etc.\n- Ensures that all pre-anesthesia evaluations are documented thoroughly according to policies and standards.\n- Explains tests, procedures and disease processes to patients and their family as indicated; explains the major anesthetic risks to patients as requested and documents that the risks are explained to patients.\n- Starts IV solution, administers selected anesthetic, choice of anesthetic consistent with patient safety, surgical need, possible post operative complications, and patients history and conditions.\n- Develops, implements and evaluates according to department policy, the care regimen of assigned patients and manages the patient care based on pre-anesthesia evaluation.\n- Participates with post anesthesia care unit personnel in a patient safety oriented interface when patients are transferred from the surgery suite.\n- Monitors patients' vital signs, such as blood pressure and observes any significant physical changes; informs anesthesiologist and/or surgeon of patient's condition and takes any necessary remedial action such as infant resuscitation when necessary.\n- Prepares and administers drugs as indicated for anesthesia requirements.\n- Keeps current accurate and complete record of procedures performed and patients' conditions immediately prior to the administration of anesthesia according to established standards.\n- Performs procedures done outside of OR, such as intubation, arterial line placement etc, in accordance with policies and procedures, competencies, and physician order.\n- Charts details of procedures done on progress notes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of anesthesia and eligible to take the certification examination given by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists.\n- Current California RN License.\n- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist and certified in the State of California.\n- Must obtain nurse anesthetist certification for the state of California within 90 days of employment.\n- BLS required.\n- ACLS preferred.\n- Demonstrated understanding of all regulatory requirements and legal consequences of anesthesia care.\n- Proven ability to exercise professional prerogatives based on sound clinical judgment.\n- Demonstrated track record of following the precautionary and preventive measures in giving patient care.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in teams and have proven communications and listening skills.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, adaptability and change management.\nCRNA - Additional requirements noted below are in addition to the qualifications noted above.\n- Must be eligible for Medicare/Medi-Cal enrollment. Medicare enrollment requires current certification by one of the following organizations: Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists or the Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818940/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Graduate Nurse Anesthetist (GRNA) /Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) [005]", "reqid": "136250", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28818940}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Chief Nursing Officer [Fresno]\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nThis role provides strategic leadership as the patient care executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions/services within the hospital organization. The Chief Nursing Officer provides direction, leadership, planning, organization and general management for all aspects of patient care ensuring integration of services and compliance with long range objectives and strategies, including the provision of excellent quality services and responsible fiscal management. This role represents nursing/patient care on the hospital executive leadership team, at the medical executive committee and medical staff committees. The Chief Nursing Officer has oversight for the professional practice of nursing and the provision of nursing care in all licensed or surveyable areas of the medical facility.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Develops effective working relationships with key stakeholders and operational leaders.\n- Manages organizational relationships in a way that builds and maintains a climate of trust and inspires commitment from others to achieve organization goals.\n- Works collaboratively with labor partners to achieve organization goals and objectives.\n- Participates in defined and established leadership meetings locally and regionally and establishes partnerships with medical facility and regional leadership groups.\n- Participates in medical staff activities and serves on selected medical facility committees.\n- Maintains strong collaborative relationship with medical director and medical staff leadership and coordinates with medical group partners to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care.\n- Executive level communication, presentation, leadership, analytical and problem solving skills required.\n- Effectively communicates with all internal and external constituents, including staff, colleagues, and physicians.\n- Produces and presents oral and written materials to address nursing, healthcare and organizational issues appropriate to the audience.\n- Communicates effectively as hospital's advocate to members of the community, continually seeking ways to improve and promote the public relations objective of the hospital and marketing services.\n- Creates an environment which recognizes and values diversity and designs strategies that address the unique needs of a diverse workforce, patient population, and community.\n- Participates in the academic community through advisory and collaborative efforts.\n- Provides a supportive and stimulating learning environment for nursing students.\n- Addresses and manages conflict in a constructive and productive manner.\n- Assesses the current environment and establishes indicators of progress toward cultural competency.\n- Provides an environment that engages staff and others in decision-making.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation.\n- In conjunction with medical facility leadership groups, determines the most cost-effective and efficient levels of patient care clinically and operationally and implements such locally.\n- Participates in hospital strategic planning process and collaborates with facility management team and the medical staff to develop the overall financial plan for the medical facility.\n- Assumes other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressive experience in clinical, management, and leadership roles within hospital operations.\n- Academic degree in nursing required. (Bachelor's or Master's degree)\n- Master's degree in Nursing or a related field required (Health Administration, Business, Public Health, or management).\n- National certification in nursing administration or advanced nursing administration required within three (3) years for an incumbent Chief Nursing Officer assuming position, and within one (1) year for a newly hired Chief Nursing Officer assuming position.\n- Demonstrated skills to work in a union environment.\n- Active and current registered nurse license in the state of California.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818941/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chief Nursing Officer [Fresno]", "reqid": "136256", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28818941}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Sr Consulting Data Analyst [Temporary]\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, and reporting data. This position functions both as a senior analyst and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs effective and user-friendly menu systems.\n- Develops accurate, easy to read, and useful information reports.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Tests complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity.\n- May assist with sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.\n- Assists with the definition of complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- May translate needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- May formulate specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- May communicate results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net, or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred; if not, experience with another mainframe operating system required.\n- Project management experience preferred.\n- Typically, two (2) plus years of related analytical, consulting, and health care experience preferred.\n- Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Finance, Health Care Administration, Public Health Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: 2 Years ++", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818942/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consulting Data Analyst [Temporary]", "reqid": "136279", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28818942}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [RN # 22s] - ICU\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek 1: Tues, Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Fri\nWeek 3: Wed, Sat\nWeek 4: Sun, Mon\nWeek 5: Tues, Sat\nWeek 6: Sun, Fri\nThis positions works 12-hrs shifts, 24 hrs per week.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818932/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [RN # 22s] - ICU", "reqid": "135439", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818932}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Milpitas", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Short Hour - Ambulatory Care\nLocation: Milpitas, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- PEDIATRICS - 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience caring for infants and children. NRP and PALS or PEARS preferred. Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) certificate required for nurses providing lactation counseling to new mothers.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818931/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Short Hour - Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "135410", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Milpitas, CA", "uid": 28818931}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Cytotechnologist III - Grade 860 (BRK 050)\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nUnder the direction of the Pathology Department Manager, performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality, utilizing efficient and safe processes. Stains, mounts, and studies cells of human body to detect evidence of cancer and pre-cancerous lesions, hormonal abnormalities, organisms, and other pathological conditions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares microscopic slides from specimens of blood, scrapings, or other body fluids, including Fine Needle Aspirations.\n- Prepares and stains slide to preserve specimen and enhance visibility of cells under microscope.\n- Examines slide under microscope to identify abnormalities in cell structure.\n- Reports negative pap smears evaluations as final diagnosis.\n- Reports abnormal pap smear results to Pathologist as preliminary finding.\n- Reports preliminary findings for all Non-GYN cytology results to Pathologist.\n- Coordinates activities in cytology laboratory.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Thirty six (36) months related experience as a Cytotechnologist plus the demonstrated ability to perform all cytology procedures in accordance with specifications set by the department head.\n- Bachelor's degree in science or related fields or graduated from a committee on allied health education and accreditation (CAHEA) accredited school of cytotechnology or other organization approved by health and human services (HHS); \n- Or certified in cytotechnology by a certification agency approved by HHS; (e.g., American Society of Clinical Pathologists);\n- Before September 1, 1992, have successfully completed two (2) years in an accredited institution (twelve (12) hours in science, eight (8) of which are in biology) and have twelve (12) months training in an approved school of cytotechnology; or have received six (6) months formal training in an approved school and six (6) months full-time experience,\n- Or before September 1, 1992, have achieved a satisfactory grade in an HHS proficiency test for cytotechnologists;\n- Before September 1, 1994, have two (2) years full-time experience or equivalent within the preceding five (5) years examining slides under the supervision of a physician certified in pathology and before January 1, 1969, be a high school graduate with six (6) months cytotechnology training in a laboratory directed by a physician and completed two (2) years full-time supervised experience in cytotechnology before 1/1/69;\n- Or on or before September 1, 1994, have two (2) years full-time experience or equivalent within preceding five (5) years in the U.S. and on or before September 1, 1995, have either graduated from a CAHEA-approved school or be certified as a cytotechnologist.\n- Valid/Current California Cytologist license required.\n- Ability to accurately describe cytologic conditions and provide appropriate differential diagnoses in writing.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818927/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cytotechnologist III - Grade 860 (BRK 050)", "reqid": "134889", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28818927}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker II (1471)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nThe primary role of the MSW II is to assist patients & families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues & practical arrangements related to the patient's illness. Under general direction of Social Work Manager/LCSW, delivers age-appropriate care to patients/caregivers in accordance w/ agency policy & procedure & state/federal regulations. The MSW II is a member of the healthcare team providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information & referral to community resources & other social work services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.\n- Provide counseling for disease acceptance & understanding.\n- Responsible for developing & implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients/families to cope &/or restore social, emotional, financial & environmental factors which affect(ed) by illness.\n- Completes psychosocial assessments.\n- Partners w/ patient to identify needs & develop/implement treatment plan.\n- Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources & external community/government resources to assist patient/family in developing short/long term care plans.\n- Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.\n- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services w/in Kaiser & community.\n- Assist patient/family w/ care & discharge planning.\n- Takes, reviews, evaluates & prioritizes written/oral referrals & maintains documentation.\n- Functions as part of the SNF Team to assure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members.\n- Collaborate w/ internal/external resources in Kaiser/community.\n- Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members & skilled nursing facilities.\n- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits.\n- Participates in UM/Quality Assurance.\n- Coordinate communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, field staff, members/families.\n- Works w/ referral sources to clarify/complete clinical & psychosocial information.\n- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Step I:< 2 yrs social work exp (MSW fieldwork not incl)\n- Step II: 2-4 yrs social work exp w/in the last 5 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl)\n- Step III: 4+ yrs social work exp w/in 10 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl)\n- 1+ yr post MSW exp in healthcare setting pref'd - MSW internship may be considered in lieu of\n- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education\n- LCSW pref'd\n- Inpt/Outpt Critical Care: Exp & comfort w/ issues pertaining to death, dismemberment, disfigurement & disability. Exp w/ ethical issues & documented exp. providing clinical svcs specific to anticipatory death, dying process & bereavement\n- Med/Surg: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp w/ wide variety of illnesses/condition & resulting needs\n- Oncology: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp w/ wide variety of oncological diagnosis & resulting coping & other psychosocial issues. Exp facilitating support groups\n- HIV: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp counseling re: loss & psychosocial issues specific to HIV/AIDS. Exp facilitating support grps\n- Maternal/Child: Exp providing clinical counseling re: high risk pregnancy, diabetes, genetic defects, & substance abuse. Exp & knowledge of appropriate community resources specific to newborns & their families. Exp w/ adoption/surrogate birth laws\n- Peds: Exp providing clinical svcs to children w/ acute & chronic med. conditions. Knowledge & Exp w/ child abuse reporting laws, procedures & agencies. Exp working w/ families of children diagnosed w/ wide variety of illnesses incl. childhood cancers, Cystic Fibrosis & Diabetes\n- Alzheimer's/Dementia: Exp working w/ elderly & other diagnosed w/ a wide variety of dementia. Exp w/ a wide variety of community resources to meet needs of this population. Exp's w/ the common stresses re: caregiving\n- Chronic Conditions: Exp providing clinical svcs to patients w/ multiple ongoing health conditions. Works w/ nursing to insure patients are as active & healthy as possible\n- Palliative Care: Exp in initiating/participating in end of life discussions w/ patients & families, assisting in hospice referrals, holding family confs, home visits & advanced care planning\n- Geographic Managed Care: Exp in crisis intervention, counseling & referral svcs to socially high risk women who are pregnant &/or parenting children under age 5 . Svcs are provided on an outpt basis incl. transportation, home visits, housing, infant supplies & referral svcs\n- Discharge Planning/UM: Exp planning discharges & Utilization Mgmt (if appl.)\n- Demonstrated ability to work on multidisciplinary team\n- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills\n- Knowledge of chronic & acute disease; how it impacts patient/family functioning\n- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone & written communication skills\n- Must be computer-literate &, preferably, exp'd in automated clinical info systems\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member\n- Must be able to master detailed & complex info regarding benefits & coord. of care\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n- Must be willing to work in a LMP environment", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818928/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker II (1471)", "reqid": "135007", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28818928}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care (120247)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- OUTPATIENT PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - Fifteen months full time staff RN ESRD experience (within the last 3 years). Requires three months (of the 15 months) full time experience in training patients in outpatient chronic peritoneal self care. CNN and CDN certifications preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1)2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Mon, Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm, Wed 1:00pm - 5:00pm", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818929/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care (120247)", "reqid": "135063", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28818929}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Cytotechnologist II - Grade 846 - [LAB-12-R035 - ROS CTII #30T] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nUnder the direction of the Pathology Department Manager, performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality, utilizing efficient and safe processes. Stains, mounts, and studies cells of human body to detect evidence of cancer and pre-cancerous lesions, hormonal abnormalities, organisms, and other pathological conditions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares microscopic slides from specimens of blood, scrapings, or other body fluids, including Fine Needle Aspirations.\n- Prepares and stains slide to preserve specimen and enhance visibility of cells under microscope.\n- Examines slide under microscope to identify abnormalities in cell structure.\n- Reports Negative Pap smears evaluations as Final Diagnosis. Reports abnormal Pap smear results to Pathologist as preliminary findings.\n- Reports preliminary findings for all Non-GYN cytology results to Pathologist.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 18 months experience as a Cytotechnologist I plus the demonstrated ability to perform, under minimal supervision, all cytology procedures including staining and screening, in accordance with specifications set by the department head.\n- Bachelor's Degree in science or related fields, or graduated from a committee on allied health education and accreditation (CAHEA) accredited school of cytotechnology or other organization approved by health and human services (HHS); or\n- Certified in cytotechnology by a certification agency approved by HHS; (e.g., American Society of Clinical Pathologists);\n- before September 1, 1992, have successfully completed 2 years in an accredited institution (12 hours in science, 8 of which are in biology) and have 12 months training in an approved school of cytotechnology; or have received 6 months formal training in an approved school and 6 months full-time experience, or\n- before September 1, 1992, have achieved a satisfactory grade in an HHS proficiency test for cytotechnologists;\n- before September 1, 1994, have 2 years full-time experience or equivalent within the preceding 5 years examining slides under the supervision of a physician certified in pathology and before January 1, 1969, be a high school graduate with 6 months cytotechnology training in a laboratory directed by a physician and completed 2 years full-time supervised experience in cytotechnology before 1/1/69; or\n- On or before September 1, 1994, have 2 years full-time experience or equivalent within preceding 5 years in the U.S. and on or before September 1, 1995, have either graduated from a CAHEA-approved school or be certified as a cytotechnologist.\n- Valid/Current California Cytologist license required\n- Ability to accurately describe cytologic conditions and provide appropriate differential diagnoses in writing.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment is up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818930/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cytotechnologist II - Grade 846 - [LAB-12-R035 - ROS CTII #30T] - Temporary", "reqid": "135137", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28818930}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30 (1355)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nResponsible for providing clinical nutrition care & services to patients/clients in response to protocol & physician's orders to include the following: assessment of Patient's nutritional risks/status, development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients, counseling of patients & family members, and education of patients, family members & caregivers. In addition, hospital Based RD work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, & work to establish quality standard w/ staff and services provided may be on medical center wide basis, in specialty area (e.g. ambulatory, maternal/child health, home health, hospice, etc.) &/or across the continuum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides comprehensive nutritional care, which is customer focused & cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards, to our members.\n- Provides nutritional screening & assessment of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention.\n- In accordance with physician orders, develop individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, & religious practices.\n- Conducts audits &/or menu reviews, & ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements & physician's orders for individual patients to include size, age, gender, cultural backgrounds, preferences, diagnosis, pain level, & religious practices.\n- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle.\n- Documents in the medical records as appropriate.\n- Coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality & accuracy of the food served to the patients.\n- Monitors the accuracy of the tray related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual.\n- Checks for quality of product & is responsible for corrections & quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor.\n- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, & follows the care & progress of the patients per protocol.\n- Participate in the design, development & implementation of high quality, cost effective food & clinical nutrition programs, policies & practices in the medical center, & ensure compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements.\n- Assists in the development, implementation & maintenance of nutrition care, & service standards.\n- Participates in the development & implementation of quality, service & performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services.\n- Contributes to the overall cost structure & service improvement goals of the Service Area.\n- Conducts quality assurance audits & participates in committees & meetings to receive & report information.\n- Assists in compiling audit information & standard setting.\n- Provide feedback to Division Food & Clinical Nutrition Services staff or menu modifications & revision.\n- Provides input to the budget process.\n- May provide in-service training to staff.\n- Participates in the organizations quality program.\n- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets & goals.\n- Performs quality audits, reviews work, & assists others to improve performance.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- May mentor, assist, review, assign, correct, organize and/or coordinate the work of new employees, students, Nutrition Aides, Nutrition Clerks, Nutrition Assistants and Diet Technician Registered but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian. If working in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), must have at least one (1) year of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian.\n- Bachelor's degree in Food &/or Nutritional Science.\n- Current registration w/ the Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA), & American Society for Partenteral & Enteral Nutrition.\n- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, & local regulations, & The Joint Commission requirements.\n- Strong communication, interpersonal, & customer service skills required.\n- Collaboration & problem solving skills required.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to position specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818926/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30 (1355)", "reqid": "134822", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28818926}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #7 OC/E]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818925/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #7 OC/E]", "reqid": "133681", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28818925}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (12-030M)\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:03:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818924/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (12-030M)", "reqid": "133226", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28818924}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Inpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 (ANT-201666)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Performs other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions: - Under indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies and sensitivities\n- Advises patients of directions for use, medication, storage requirements, importance or compliance, precautions and warning for medication therapy\n- Provides medical personnel with medication information drug therapy options, and pharmacokinetic dosing advice\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores and distributes pharmacy products\n- Verifies accuracy of medication preparation and dispensing by pharmacy personnel\n- Participates in assigned education and training programs\n- Provides direction to Pharmacists Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel\n- Performs other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License\n- B.S. in Pharmacy req'd, Pharm.D. preferred\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) card required for existing incumbents by 12/31/2010. Current BLS card required for new hires effective 12/20/2009.\n- Must be able to obtain an NPI# within one month in position\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for medical management plan\n- Aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapeutic agents\n- Emergency medication/drug monitoring\n- Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for the patient's medical management plan\n- Must have the ability to teach and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching\n- Possess excellent verbal/written communication skills\n- Operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment\n- Read fine print\n- Lift or transport 1-50 lbs\n- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping\n- Must be able to generate prescription labels\n- MUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat,32 hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818923/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 (ANT-201666)", "reqid": "132148", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28818923}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC6)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818920/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC6)", "reqid": "131683", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28818920}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC7)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818921/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC7)", "reqid": "131686", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28818921}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC8)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818922/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PACU Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (RN EVE OC8)", "reqid": "131688", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28818922}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nClinical Laboratory Scientist, (includes CLS Sr., CLS, and Entry Level CLS)\nUnder the general direction of the Laboratory Director, or their designee, performs pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical procedures and analyses to provide data for health maintenance, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Enhances quality of patient care and service through interdepartmental cooperation and quality assurance protocols.\nEssential Functions:\n- Correctly verifies that the proper specimen is being analyzed for the correct patients and that the correct test is being performed.\n- Judges the adequacy and qualities of specimens submitted for testing.\n- Analyzes clinical laboratory specimens following the standard methods and procedures approved by the Laboratory Director or designee.\n- Performs quality control procedures to ensure accuracy of clinical data.\n- Utilizes test reference ranges (including neonates, pediatric and adult) to determine reasonableness of test results.\n- Validates test results through correlation with test parameters (e.g. Hgb/Hct, anion gap, platelet count/smear, dipstick/micro etc.)\n- Confirms testing on all Critical Values to ensure accuracy prior to releasing of test results.\n- Performs routine preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on assigned instruments and equipment according to established schedule and procedure.\n- Performs and documents instrument function by checking and calibrating specific lab instruments and documents data.\n- Records on instrument logs any repairs, replacement, and maintenance needed of equipment.\n- Releases or reports results per Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.\n- Trains laboratory assistants on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\nAdditional Duties and Responsibilities:\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Entry Level - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Sr. - Trains laboratory assistants, and other Clinical Laboratory Scientists, on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice. Assist with Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities consistent with the Laboratory Quality Plan. Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Sr. CLS minimum 3 years of experience, CLS minimum 6 months of experience, Entry Level CLS = none.\n- Bachelor's degree in Clinical Lab Sciences or related field. Applicable military experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree.\n- Current California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License/Valid Temporary California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License for entry level CLS.\n- Computer application experience/proficiency preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nThis is a float position that will provide coverage for vacation/PTO.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818919/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist", "reqid": "130954", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28818919}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: HISTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN I [BRK191]\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nUnder the general direction of the Pathologist or Laboratory Manager, performs immunohistochemical stains and all other special procedures as required. Cuts, embeds, and stains histology specimens.\nEssential Functions:\n- Cuts, prepares, and stains slides from histology specimens\n- Correctly prepares special stains and solutions\n- Orders reagents, antibodies, and tool parts to ensure adequate supplies for the work\n- Evaluates equipment and reagent systems\n- Maintains equipment with documentation and reports repairs to manager\n- Maintains logbooks and slide files\n- Keeps abreast with company's current policies and immunohistochemistry technical updates\n- Writes and updates evaluation reports as well as procedures using NCCLS format\n- Performs other related duties as assigned\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of experience as a Laboratory Assistant\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- At least one (1) year of college chemistry\n- Demonstrated ability to perform all special stains used in the routine practice of pathology\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818916/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HISTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN I [BRK191]", "reqid": "128551", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28818916}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Recovery Room RN-OC\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nMay be required to work at KASC or GBASC\n\nProvides quality patient care for post-operative patients, in accordance with nursing Philosophy and approved standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs w/in the established standard of post-anesthesia and critical care nursing.\n- Utilizes the Standard of care in the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of post-operative nursing care.\n- Formulates care plans based on individual assessment of physiologic functions & problems identified pre-operatively & intra-operatively.\n- Provides nursing care Utilizing Clinical knowledge & expertise, reacting immediately to adverse physiological changes w/in seconds, to reverse and revive the patient's physiological functions.\n- Renders nursing care following aseptic techniques.\n- Assembles & communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care.\n- Executes proper use of equipment & supplies used in recovery room area.\n- Participates in the Surgery Department's Quality Assurance Program.\n- Promotes personal & professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing Courtesy, compassion respect & adherence to the standards.\n- Assumes other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years current recovery room or critical care experience required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR required.\n- ACLS certification required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Good oral and written communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.\n\nPreferred Skills:\n- Two years of Recovery Room or Critical care experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818904/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Recovery Room RN-OC", "reqid": "136472", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28818904}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Senior Accountant\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nThe Senior Accountant is responsible for preparing financial statements; providing timely & accurate financial information, analytic review & analysis of financial information to Division & Local Market Supervisors & Managers; preparing journal entries for major accounts, & assisting in the maintenance of the automated books of original entry. Management uses the financial statements to make operating decisions.Mistakes can have serious financial implications for the Division & Local Markets. This position has a low tolerance for error.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares & interprets monthly internal financial statements (consolidated & nonconsolidated), monthly & year-end external Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) & quarterly year-end Statutory Financial Reports.\n- Performs analytic review & prepares variance analyses. Interprets results for supervisors & managers. Prepares trend analyses using computer models & graphs. Prepares ongoing & special management reports from financial data.\n- Reviews automated books of original entry for all entities & ensures that entries posted are made in accordance w/ GAAP.Assists management in reading/interpreting financial reports. Assists in maintaining the automated general ledger system reports.\n- Prepares computer generated schedules & work papers for external/internal auditors, as well as, for federal/state regulators & facilitates the audits.Prepares & reviews journal entries for major accounts in order to generate accurate financial statements.Prepares, reviews & analyzes computer generated account reconciliations. Maintains the Division's chart of accounts in accordance w/ corporate guidelines.\n- Prepares tax filings for various jurisdictions.\n- Provides training, coaching & work assignments to Accounting Technicians, Accountant I (s), & Accountant II (s).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-3 years of experience as an Accountant II in a large corporate accounting department or 5 years w/ a large public accounting firm required.\n-Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration or equivalent years of experience in related field required.\n-Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), & Statutory Accounting Principles required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - CPA or MBA strongly preferred.\n - Proven general ledger accounting experience (preparing journal entries, ledger account reconciliation, variance analysis, month-end close process) in the accounting department of a large organization with progressively increasing levels of responsibility. Experience with accounting for investments, cash and bank account reconciliation, and familiarity with statutory accounting. Detail and results oriented, ability to meet deadlines consistently, advanced Excel and Access skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818905/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Accountant", "reqid": "136475", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28818905}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Receptionist-OC\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nEnsures interaction w/ patient/member constitutes a professional and satisfying customer experience through welcoming engagement, registering, and assisting patients/members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Welcomes members by addressing members by name and may provide general information or referring to appropriate staff, apologizing for delays in service, and other behaviors as appropriate\n- Registers patients/members including verifying eligibility; updating demographic information, including race, ethnicity and language preference; identifying FYIs and special features; coordinating appropriate assistance, creating new accounts and coverages, and performing other functions in HealthConnect as indicated by business needs\n- Upon request, verifies that pharmacy orders have been placed in HealthConnect\n- Upon request, verifies the status of laboratory results. Alerts health care team or member when results are listed as complete\n- Assists patients/members, when appropriate, w/ explaining specific member benefits and copays/applicable fees, and initiating and completing appropriate forms as needed\n- Initiates and processes paperwork related to the member visit, as appropriate\n- Conducts monetary transactions in accordance w/ established policies and guidelines, including receiving funds from patients/members; completing receipts; properly posting transactions; informing patients/members of available payment/Medical Financial Assistance; retrieving, reconciling, and returning the change fund\n- Facilitates the needs of the members by scheduling appointments at the request of members and providers in accordance w/ established protocol; informing members of appointment date(s); giving appropriate pre-appointment instructions; receiving, screening, and returning telephone calls as directed; taking messages and forwarding calls, as appropriate\n- Orders and maintains supplies for the reception area\n- Informs providers or staff of members needing immediate attention. Brings unusual situations to the attention of the appropriate staff\n- Performs other related duties, as appropriate\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diplomaorequivalent\n-1 year of customer service in an office setting required\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software\n- Demonstrates a working knowledge of Health Plan coverage types, for example (but not limited to) traditional & deductible products w/in 6 months of employment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current BLS certification preferred\n- 1 year of reception experience in a healthcare setting preferred\n- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred\n\nPreferred Skills:\n-In patient care environment ie: hospital ward, emergencyroom, ect. exceptional customer service skills essential. Experience with co-pay collection and reconciliation strongly recommended", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818906/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Receptionist-OC", "reqid": "136478", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 28818906}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Desktop Support Associate\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nIncludes technical support and guidance in planning, implementation and ongoing operations of LAN's and WAN's, and implementation of end user computing applications and devices for Kaiser Medical groups and business partners and employees. In general employees are responsible for responding to tickets (inquires or requests for services related to desktop hardware) originating from the National Help Desk Hotline. For requests that cannot be serviced over the phone, tickets are generated electronically through the hotline and distributed via network queue to the relevant location or business line to be resolved by Desktop employees: 1) Incident tickets: all secondary 'break/fix requests for electronic desktop equipment and 2) Add/Move/change tickets: moving and installing new personal computers and/or ordering and replacing equipment for assigned areas (e.g., building/installing computers for a new office).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Entry level position performing standard routine and often repetitive work under supervision of other staff.\n- Majority of time spent responding to and resolving tickets interacting directly with clients to resolve problems via phone, email, chat or in person.\n- Provides limited support for projects and administrative work.\n- Receives direct but not constant supervision. Typically requires some instruction and guidance from other higher level staff.\n- Identifies first level problems and escalates if necessary. Cannot make decisions independently aside from what is directly related to resolving ticket.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma.\n- A minimum of 1 year of desktop related experience providing routine end user support.\n- Knowledge of the Microsoft Windows environment; and familiarity with an IBM-compatible PC environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA degree in related field.\n- Certifications such as Microsoft's MCSE and/or A+.\n- Knowledge of computer hardware/software repair and formal training in the computer or electronics industry.\n- Good oral and written communication skills as well as time management skills.\n- Ability to work in a team environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818901/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Desktop Support Associate", "reqid": "133325", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28818901}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect-Program Management Cnslt/Spec\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nEncapsulates individuals who manage projects and programs within IT.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages small or moderately complex programs or multiple programs of smaller complexity.\n- Total managed Project budget may be up to $20M.\n- Project Complexity can be multiple sites and up to 20 integrated work tracks.\n- May manage a program team of national, regional and external project managers.\n- Develops and maintains the program plan.\n- Manages the work of the PMO and the program team.\n- Balances schedule, scope and budget within the program and re-negotiates with sponsor as needed.\n- Responsible for accurate time reporting for a program.\n- Engages with business partner in preparation of program/project financial materials for presentation to funding governance groups at specified project transition points.\n- Develops a quality assurance plan for the program.\n- Determines program resource requirements and procures resources.\n- Assigns work, sets priorities, provides guidance in the completion of tasks and review of program deliverables.\n- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project/program interdependencies.\n- Develops and manages program issue escalation and the resolution process.\n- Responsible for applying the risk management process.\n- Plays a key rolein negotiation of vendor contracts with IT Procurement.\n- Manages all phases of project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects and programs.\n- Ensures program alignment with business strategy and architecture.\n- Thought leader.\n- May manage 4 -7 project managers.\n- Effectively manage cross-functional team members.\n- Develop, coach & mentor others.\n- Manages a combined project team of up to 100 resources.\n- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during program.\n- Represents primary interface between business partner and ITfor a given program; is accountable for the delivery of that program.\n- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.\n- Develops and administers schedules and performance requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of Program/Project Management experience.\n- Demonstrates understanding of, and knowledge in IT methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project/program.\n- Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.\n- Recognized as authority in program management across IT.\n- Leverages program management experience and knowledge by acting as tutor on relevant training or by providing on-program PM learning to team members.\n- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.\n- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.\n- Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.\n- Requires significantly complex decision-making.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare industry knowledge\n- Information technology experience\n- Should have managed project budgets of up to $20 million.\n- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818900/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect-Program Management Cnslt/Spec", "reqid": "132849", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28818900}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Hospital Aide\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision of unit supervisor, and under direction of licensed staff, performs variety of non-professional patient care duties in inpatient hospital setting. Responsible and accountable for assigned tasks\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists with ongoing data collection; identifies changes in patient status and reports changes to RN/LPN; implements care plan under direction of licensed staff\n- Assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers\n- Demonstrates technical competence in basic nursing skills and use of simple equipment\n- Demonstrates basic competencies to work on specialty unit\n- Records data and nursing care activities in medical record following department/unit/JCAHO standards\n- Utilizes department and unit forms per procedures\n- Functions with awareness of and applies safety principles and standards, including patient, environment, and employee issues\n- Utilizes correct body mechanics\n- Reports incidents, work related injuries, unsafe equipment, or environment to supervisor or other appropriate person\n- Functions with awareness of and applies infection control principles and standards, including patient, environment, and employee issues\n- Functions within parameters of job description\n- Maintains confidentiality of patient/hospital information\n- Reports off when leaving unit\n- Reports pertinent patient data and problem to licensed staff, charge nurse, or supervisor\n- Remains calm in emergency patient care/unit situations; follows established protocols\n- Assists as directed during code 500 (chest compression and runner to lab)\n- Practices within hospital, department, and unit standards/policies/procedures\n- Locates and uses facility and hospital manuals, and other reference manuals/books when necessary\n- Completes mandatory JCAHO in-services annually\n- Completes CPR recertification of 24 months - level C\n- Attends at least three unit staff meetings\n- Reads/signs minutes of staff meetings not attended\n- Seeks guidance, direction, or supervision when unsure of procedures/actions needed\n- Participates in peer evaluation when requested by supervisor\n- Demonstrates sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities in area of specialization\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable\n- Hospital Aide Training Program or documented completion of equivalent military training course\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, and customer service\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year of Hospital Aide experience", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818897/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Hospital Aide", "reqid": "134176", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28818897}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Call Center Advice Nurse - Dekalb Tech\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThis position is responsible for providing telephone advice and education utilizing guidelines approved by the medical staff and for communication of advice given via an automated system. The Telephone Advice Nurse is an experienced registered nurse who utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone, adhering to organizational policies, procedures and guidelines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines, directing access to care to include emergent care, urgent care, routine and same day appointments, follow-up and self home care based on outcomes of nursing assessment, and documenting all calls according to established standards.\n- Communicates to physician, HCT or modules, member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Provides instruction and education on health maintenance and disease prevention utilizing appropriate guidelines.\n- Manages member interactions utilizing appropriate technologies and communications methods: Kp.org, CarePoint, Etc\n- Responds to emergencies according to Call Center and organizational policies and procedures.\n- Documents calls regarding lab results in accordance with established workflow\n- Instructs the patient or caller to call back if interventions discussed are not helpful or if additional signs and/or symptoms develop. Ensures caller understands and accepts advice/recommendations given.\n- Contributes to the development of guidelines, procedures, patient education, and training as assigned.\n- Participates in peer review I quality improvement and committee functions as assigned.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance; self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Is proactive in identifying ways Kaiser Permanente can improve customer service; works in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente departments.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current RN licensure in the State of Georgia\n- Minimum ofthree years of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- One year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred\n- Working knowledge of CRT and PC\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818894/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Advice Nurse - Dekalb Tech", "reqid": "136335", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28818894}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: RN, Diagnostic Imaging - Glenlake - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Diagnostic Imaging Services Registered Nurse is a licensed, registered nurse who has completed training in the care of ambulatory or inpatient after procedure requiring conscious sedation (i.e., interventional imaging). The incumbent utilizes a high level of knowledge of the procedure process and effectively communicates medical issues with physicians. He or she coordinates multidisciplinary care with hospital systems outside of the Kaiser Permanente Region and interprets data received prior to treatment and utilizes nursing judgment that is in line with treatment and the physician.The Diagnostic Imaging Nurse must always ensure the safety of all patients throughout the continuum of diagnostic and interventional procedures (pre, intra and post), inclusive of conscious sedation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Completes designated assessment of patient status prior to and upon completion of the procedure.\n- Intravenous catheter care, central line care, medication administration, cardiac monitoring, continuous VS assessment. Demonstrating technical expertise in the use of patient monitoring equipment.\n- Administers IV sedation medications as ordered by the physician and monitors patient.\n- Assist physicians in the performance of medical procedures, venipuncture, patient and family education, emergency care of Imaging patients, patient follow-up and scheduling of procedures.\n- Assess side effects of treatment and identifies additional health problems that may require medical attention.\n- Reviews laboratory data for abnormal or unusual results.\n- Provides emotional counseling and ongoing support to patients and their families in matters relating to the pre and post operative care of Imaging procedures, surgical intervention, the prognosis, and follow up care as needed.\n- Reports any pertinent findings or patient needs to the radiologist and other staff members.\n- Accurately completes and enters documentation of assessments, nursing interventions and patient's response in patient's medical record and other designated departmental forms.\n- Maintains current knowledge of possible side effects of contrast and medications used in the area.\n- Manages the labeling and processing of lab specimens.\n- Provides and ensures patient's understanding of post-procedure instructions.\n- Contacts patient the day after the procedure to assess post-procedural status.\n- Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies, including but not limited to, contrast reactions.\n- Ensures emergency crash cart, equipment and supplies are available and ready for use at all times. This includes, but is not limited to, completion of daily and monthly checklists.\n- Serves as an advocate for the patient. Facilitates transitions and coordination of care across the continuum.\n- Complies with radiation guidelines, including film badge care and procedures.\n- Manages narcotics in accordance with DEA regulations and organizational policy, completing all documentation accurately and completely.\n- Leads or participates in quality control monitoring and quality improvement activities and/or initiatives, such as proper functioning of equipment, timely stocking to ensure absence of expired supplies, etc. Reports maintenance or repair needs in timely manner.\n- Orders and maintains par levels of stock drugs and supplies within current manufacture or procedural expiration dates.\n- Orients new employees regarding diagnostic imaging nursing issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years to five (5) years of current experience as an RN in ICU, Imaging Department and/or ER\n- Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Georgia\n- ACLS Certified\n- BLS Certified\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN degree\n- Experience in an Diagnostic Imaging Department", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818895/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Diagnostic Imaging - Glenlake - FT (40)", "reqid": "136461", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28818895}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Emergency Department Medical Clerk\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct supervision, performs clerical and other non-direct patient care duties. Facilitates and expedites interdepartmental communication and procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides clerical support to staff\n- Facilitates communication between staff, other departments and outside services\n- Facilitates physician and staff access to patient information\n- Implements organizational policies and procedures\n- Participates in economical utilization of supplies\n- Ensures maintenance and availability of emergency equipment; maintains well-equipped and cleanly environment\n- Assists in orientation and evaluation of new personnel; assists in training and education of new personnel and other staff\n- Assists in documentation of patient care\n- Coordinates nursing care of patients scheduled for procedures by other departments\n- Institutes or assists with implementation of emergency measures for sudden adverse occurrences\n- Participates in committees for improvement of care\n- Transcribes physician orders to appropriate forms and requisitions (e.g. diagnostic tests, treatments, therapy, consultations, supplies, equipment, and other patient services) in order of priority\n- Ensures all parts of patient record is properly organized, identified, dated, numbered; ensures availability to authorized personnel; files emergency department records, results, and other forms or documents in patient chart; obtains previous medical records, outpatient records, x-ray films and other related records for patient chart as required\n- Maintains order and direction of emergency department chart flow system; matches forms and x-ray films to correct charts; compiles discharged patient charts according to departmental procedures; sends discharged patient charts to clinic records periodically during shift\n- Reviews culture reports daily; pulls emergency department record as needed; presents to charge nurse or physician for review and follow-up; documents action on emergency department record\n- Forwards and/or distributes various reports, forms, requisitions, requests and/or messages to other departments\n- Notifies concerned departments and/or personnel of changes in patient status; notifies other departments of special patient needs or requests; relays messages to other departments as required; arranges for patient admittance\n- Receives all incoming telephone calls; transfers or relays records or information as appropriate; receives all incoming reports, results, records, and other materials; distributes, files or forwards as appropriate\n- Notifies appropriate unit/department personnel of patient activity or status change; maintains various board information related to patient care; observes strict confidentiality of patient and staff information\n- Schedules follow-up clinic appointments for general patients in general and for patients who may have difficulties performing procedure themselves (e.g. blindness, impaired hearing, language barrier, lack of telephone at home) as directed by rn; schedules special tests with internal and outside facilities; documents appointment times; communicates information to nurse in charge of patient\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Knowledge of medical terminology\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, conflict resolution, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, teamwork, and written communication\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ward clerk experience", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818896/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Department Medical Clerk", "reqid": "111378", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28818896}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Nuclear Medicine Technologist\nLocation: Denver, CO\nOperates nuclear medicine imaging equipment to produce images of specified areas of the body in accordance w/ instructions of the Radiologist and/or designated physician, using knowledge of radiopharmaceutical techniques & procedures, anatomical & pathological relationships, & the contour & composition of body tissue. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates nuclear medicine imaging equipment to produce images of specified areas of the body in accordance w/ instructions of the Radiologist and/or designated physician, using knowledge of radiopharmaceutical techniques & procedures, anatomical & pathological relationships, & the contour & composition of body tissue.\n- Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships.\n- Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs.\n- Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients.\n- Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months subsequent experience operating nuclear medicine equipment or completion of an approved nuclear medicine program within the last twelve months including registration or certification\n- Completion of an approved training program in nuclear medicine technology plus currently registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT) in nuclear medicine or by the Nuclear Medicine Certification Board (NMCB)\n- Ability to operate nuclear medicine equipment & perform related technical procedures\n- Working knowledge of radiopharmaceutical techniques & procedures, anatomical & pathological relationships, & the contour & composition of body tissues\n- Ability to work independently\n- Ability to communicate effectively in a caring & courteous manner\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a nuclear medicine technologist preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-19 20:02:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28818891/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nuclear Medicine Technologist", "reqid": "136075", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28818891}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Call Center Training Assistant RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nImplement the Call Center training program under the guidance of Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Implement training of clinical staff per training guidelines\n- Conduct new hire training & ongoing training in accordance w/ the policies & procedures of KP On Call\n- Track & trend new hires during the post training period\n- Coach & mentor new hires during the post training period\n- Participate in the training of experienced employees who function in various roles\n- Conductaudio reviews & provide feedback to new employees\n- Conduct documentation review during the training period\n- Implement improvement plans for clinical staff that require additional training in order to meet department quality & performance standards\n- Collect performance data on employees in order to compile a training evaluation\n- Update & maintain the Training Manual as needed\n- Assist in conducting Training Evaluations\n- Report results of data collection to department manager\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 135506.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical experience in acute care areas of nursing and call center triage nursing.\n- Requires a strong clinical grounding including\n- Registered Nurse\n- BSN preferred\n- Must be fluent in spoken and written standard English\n- Fluency in Spanish is not required, but is desired\n- Requires strong interpersonal and excellent organizations skills including; excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels\n- Requires strategic thinking and team-oriented focus\n- Requires ability to work in a variety of software applications including Microsoft Office Applications\n- Requires proficiency in Avaya and Interaction Recorder Client\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer skills to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800500/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Training Assistant RN", "reqid": "136296", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28800500}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Nursing Project Coord RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations, & decision support for a broad array of complex clinical nursing & patient care issues. Provides subject matter expertise to teams chartered to address & develop recommendations for current/future operations & clinical processes/services. Promotes internal & external communications. Manages the project team, timelines, & budget.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, design/redesign, delivery, & management of nursing & patient care services\n- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structures & maintain high quality of patient care\n- Provides expertise on subject matter addressed by project team\n- Works w/ leadership & staff to implement programs\n- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of IT\n- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables\n- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research\n- Monitors & maintains timelines & budget\n- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants\n- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external group\n- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA/BS in related field (such as management, organization development, health services administration) required.\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Significant experience, usually three (3) - five (5) years in management and/or project management/operational planning.\n- Previous experience with Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- Specific subject matter expertise in health care operations, care delivery, and clinical processes.\n- Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan, and manage team-based projects.\n- Knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, with an understanding of KP, it's operations, social and legal environment; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong clinical background and experience in acute care areas and telephone triage.\n- Detail oriented individual with strong organizational and interpersonal skills is a must.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels including teaching and follow-up.\n- Requires the ability to work in a variety of software applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.\n- Strong computer knowledge and skills is required.\n- Experience in QI and Training processes is a plus.\n\n\nNotes:\n- 50% travel.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800494/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Project Coord RN", "reqid": "136131", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28800494}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Marcos", "description": "Title: Lab Assistant\nLocation: San Marcos, CA\nTo perform venipuncture and skin puncture and pre-analytical steps of laboratory testing.\nEssential Functions:\n- Selects the appropriate phlebotomy technique relative to the age and physical maturation of the patient.\n- Assesses the quality of blood to be drawn from the patient based on the patient's age, physical maturation and the test or study to be performed.\n- Performs venipuncture, finger stick or heel stick as required, proficiently on patients of all ages\n- Properly labels sample(s) and transports to laboratory or Clinical Laboratory as required.\n- Performs the pre-analytical phase of testing by bar coding, centrifuging, separating, logging, culturing\nand staining of bacteriological specimens.\n- Monitors and maintains appropriate inventory of supplies and reagents.\n- Prepares and instructs patient and performs diagnostic EKG procedures in the outpatient setting as ordered.\n- Download EKG orders and transmits results via MUSE (analog phone lines).\n- Perform computer and device maintenance or cleaning and troubleshooting as needed.\n- Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients and other personnel.\n- Performs other duties as required including checking in patients collecting appropriate revenue, accessioning test orders and giving preparation instructions to patients.\n- Handles difficult patients in a professional manner. Displays professionalism at all times, both in attitude and appearance.\n- Follows directives from all supervisors, leads and seniors.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma / GED or equivalent.\n- Valid Phlebotomist Certification. A valid certification is defined as issued under the New California State Phlebotomy Technician I and II Certification Law.\n- Six (6) months of phlebotomy experience in an acute care medical center or non-acute care setting.\n- One (1) year of Clinical Lab experience.\n- Relevant college courses in the life sciences preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to perform the duties/responsibilities of the job at a full satisfactory performance level.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months experience in an acute care hospital or equivalent setting.\n- Experience in computer / spec processing / EKG.\n- Data entry skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# SM13.\n- Work hours may vary between 7:00 am - 7:00 pm.\n- This is a North County position including rotating weekends.\n- May work various locations in North County Zone: one (1) weekend / month minimum.\n- General hours will be San Marcos Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 6:30 pm with a weekend rotation at San Marcos.\n- 50% travel.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800495/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lab Assistant", "reqid": "136143", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Marcos, CA", "uid": 28800495}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vista", "description": "Title: Supervisor Office Services\nLocation: Vista, CA\nSupports the operations of a single or multi-location department by providing supervision & direction to a staff of union and/or non-exempt employees engaged in clerical/ production activities. Serves as a resource for staff, resolves clerical/production issues, & monitors staff performance to ensure quality & productivity. Performs tasks critical to efficient workflow & quality.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supports the daily operations of the department by actively assisting & providing direction to subordinates as required\n- Coordinates multiple operational tasks supporting the department\n- Ensures projects are completed on schedule following established procedures & schedules\n- Interviews, trains, evaluates, & disciplines clerical/production staff\n- Provides work direction & guidance including coaching, professional development, & training\n- Maintains harmony among employees & resolves grievances\n- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of current & future applications that relate to the operations & the business requirements of the department\n- Acts as a liaison between management, other departments, & subordinates\n- Facilitates communication between related departments & own department\n- Interfaces w/ outside vendors\n- Responsible for maintaining data quality & quantity through regular audits\n- Resolves errors & complaints from client departments & other managers\n- Assists manager/supervisor in researching, compiling & creating reports from databases & spreadsheets for management reports\n- Performs ongoing operational tasks for professional unit, as needed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) year College Degree or two (2) years of equivalent work experience.\n- Prior supervisory or lead experience in a business environment required.\n- Prior experience in a health care environment preferred.\n- Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects, use time management skillsand independent judgment.\n- Strong customer serviceand interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management internal / external.\n- Must be self-sufficient with PC software applicationsand related technologies.\n- Proficient with word-processingand spreadsheet applications used by department.\n- Ability to train others on software applications that support the departments operations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English / Spanish) preferred.\n- Ability to interview, train, evaluate and disciple clerical staff.\n- Provides work direction and guidance including coaching, professional development and training.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800496/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Office Services", "reqid": "136156", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vista, CA", "uid": 28800496}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Clinical Specialist I\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, the CSI provides direct patient care which may include assessment, design of treatment programs, & implementation of treatment programs. Additionally, the CSI acts as a resource in their area of clinical specialty to staff & students. The CSI may arrange for, plan & deliver educational opportunities for internal & external customers both locally & regionally. The CSI reports directly to the Department Administrator or Assistant Department Administrator.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws.\n- Develops & implement in-service training programs in areas of expertise for students, staff, & clinicians inside & outside of their work location. Periodic reassessment of the effectiveness of these programs, rendering modifications as warranted.\n- Insure cleanliness of assigned area & proper functioning of patient care equipment by following department equipment maintenance policies & procedures.\n- Demonstrates professional competence in assessing patient's condition at the onset & through all phases of the physical therapy program:\n- Routinely obtain accurate & complete history through clinical observation & interaction w/ the patient.\n- Routinely perform appropriate examinations, using specialized evaluation procedures.\n- Consistently interpret evaluation findings correctly to determine nature & degree of dysfunction.\n- Routinely take usual & special precautions relative to the age, medical history & condition of the patient & the type of treatment being given.\n- Consistently establish measurable treatment goals & develop appropriate treatment plans to achieve those goals.\n- Regularly reassess clinical signs & symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress towards goals, & the need for modification of treatment and/or goals.\n- Routinely consult w/ the referring physician regarding treatment request which are contraindicated relative to the patient's physical condition or medical history.\n- Delegate appropriately to support personnel.\n- Demonstrate skill in the performance of physical therapy skills relative to musculoskeletal & neurological assessment & treatment procedures including:\n- Testing & treatment of spine & extremities using accessory & physiological joint motion.\n- Clinical testing to determine muscle strength, reflexes, sensation, coordination, range of motion, & other sensory motor skills.\n- Clinical analysis & treatment of postural, gait, & ADL disorders.\n- Administration of modalities & other physical agents.\n- Administrations of exercise programs/development of patient care programs.\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional, & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of the age group served.\n- Is able to assess data reflective of the patient's status & interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs & to provide care in accordance w/ departmental policy.\n- Routinely consider the patient's physical & cognitive abilities in the selection & administration of treatment procedures in treating the following types of patients: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, & geriatric patients.\n- Documents clinical activities in a timely, accurate, & comprehensive manner following department policies & procedures.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of full time experience (2080 hours = 1 year) OR enrollment in or completion of an APTA credentialed fellowship program; additionally, one (1) year of experience can be met by successful passage of an APTA specialty certification exam.\n- Completion of an accredited physical therapist training program with a certificate, BS, MS, or DPT degree.\n- Education: 200 hours of specialized education (can be completed via applicable continuing education course work, residency or fellowship hours/course work.\n- California Physical Therapist License or eligible.\n- Current CPR certification.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Completion of Pre-employment and annual physicals.\n- Completion of annual skills competency assessment.\n- Understanding/Competence in basic safety and infection control procedures i.e. proper body mechanics, universal precautions.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience working with chronic pain patients/APTA Certified Orthopeadic Clinical Specialist (OCS)\n- Experience in program development, curriculum development and group facilitation\n- Service oriented\n- Demonstrates caring and professional behaviors to reflect a high degree of courtesy and respect to members, patients and fellow employees\n- Computer knowledge of MS Word and Excel applications", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800493/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Specialist I", "reqid": "136022", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28800493}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Systems Administrator\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nDevelops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Evaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Extracts data from various databases for report generation.\n- Generates ad-hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.\n- Designs and develops reports to manage business processes.\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpreting data.\n- Serves as technical consultant on newly in products and technology.\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.\n- Coordinates systems support.\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.\n- Performs master file maintenance.\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles.\n- Monitors data quality and integrity.\n- Participates in business improvement project teams.\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.\n- Delivers training for end users on system.\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.\n- May perform user system training.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically three (3) or more years in business systems analysis and administration.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.\n- Ability to use multiple sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area served.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to understand, support and troubleshoot a variety of business systems/applications.\n\nNotes:\n- Business Systems Support and Maintenance\n- Off Hours and Travel based on Location /Timing of Off Campus Activities.\n- Rotating Weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800492/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Systems Administrator", "reqid": "136059", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800492}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lancaster", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Lancaster, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- Knowledge of Orthopedic surgery procedures and post-surgical care required.\n\nNotes:\n- Required to float to multiple departments.\n- Responsible for coordination of messaging within Orthopedics and Podiatry; Monitoring of other staff messages for compliance; Orthopedic DEXA screening management; troubleshooting for staff; Pre-and Postoperative patient education including pro-active post-op telephone follow-up; Nurse visits for dressing changes, cast change assessment, suture removal, and other nursing needs of Orthopedic and Podiatry patients.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800490/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "135080", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lancaster, CA", "uid": 28800490}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Step Down Unit RN-L2\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Current CA RN license and AHA BLS.\n-One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an adult acute care setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Care of stroke patients preferred.\n-ACLS\n-EKG proficiency\n-Telemetry/Stroke - two (2) years experience\n-Ventilator proficiency\n-PCCN Certificate\n- Basic computer skills to include Word\n\n\nNotes:\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800489/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Step Down Unit RN-L2", "reqid": "135100", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800489}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-CA RN license and AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level III NICU or successful completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS card\n- BSN preferred\n- NRP Instructor\n- Three (3) - five (5) years NICU experience preferred\n- Computer knowledge of Electronic Medical Record system\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule includes working rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800484/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "134933", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800484}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Blood Donor PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Blood Donor Center in apheresis and hemapheresis.\n- Must be able to perform all functions necessary for the collection of whole blood and apheresis.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA in Nursing or BSN\n- Experience in all aspects of blood collections within a Blood Donor Center.\n- Ability to lable and package blood bags and supplies.\n- Duties may include lifting of large quantities of blood units.\n- Must have one (1) year experience in a Blood Donor Center or unit within the last three (3) years.\n\nNotes:\n- Must travel to other facilities for satelite blood/platelet drives\n- May be required to work weekends, evenings and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800485/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Blood Donor PD", "reqid": "135029", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800485}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: RNP I /PA I\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nEssential Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience unless specified by department.\n- Graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Program.\n- Current California Physician Assistant license.\n- *National certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) (*Must be obtained from NCCPA for initial licensure, need not be maintained).\n- DEA registration number required\n-AHA BCLS & ACLS certification\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Basic computer skills\n- Previous Urgent Care experience.\n- Demonstrated positive interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to adhere to approved clinical protocols.\n- Ability to communicate effectively with managers, providers, colleagues and members.\n- Team player, ability to work well in a fast paced environment and excellent customer service skills.\n- Self-starter, innovative and flexible.\n- Possess the ability to provide effective service to internal and external customers.\n\nNotes:\n- Irregularly scheduled with rotating weekends and holidays.\n- This is a per diem position for backfill of PA's off for multitude of reasons.\n- Schedule may include day or evening shift.\n- Also required to cover all outlying clinic Urgent Cares that are attached to Riverside Medical Center with the exception of Coachella Valley.\n- Holiday shifts will be required per business needs and in accordance with Major/Minor shift commitment contract language.\n- Primary responsibility is for vacation relief and time off coverage, start time may vary depending on the scheduled time of EE being covered.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800486/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RNP I /PA I", "reqid": "135036", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28800486}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: RNP 1/PA 1 - PD\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nEssential Functions:\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience unless specified by department.\n- If department elects to hire a new grad NP, the California Furnishing Number and if applicable, the DEA Registration Number, must be obtained within 12 months of hire. In this case, the probationary period would also be extended from 6 to 12 months.\n- Graduate of an accredited RN and NP Program\n- Master's degree* (* effective 5/23/07 for those not previously grandfathered in)\n- Current California RN license\n- Current California Nurse Practitioner certificate\n- Maintain current national certification from approved organizations (American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, or the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board)\n- DEA Registration Number required\n- California Furnishing Number\n-AHA BCLS\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n- Knowledge of worker's comp rules and regulations\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem, temporary position for approximately 90 days\n- Hours will varydepending on department needs\n-May need to travel", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800482/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RNP 1/PA 1 - PD", "reqid": "134820", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28800482}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician:\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills.\n- Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish).\n- Prior work experience with psychiatric patients and substance abuse patients.\n- Basic computer skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800481/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.", "reqid": "134841", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28800481}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Echocard Techno\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder general supervision, performs echocardiograph procedures and prepares study for interpretation by cardiologist. Reviews data and may confer with the appropriate medical personnel. Reviews medical record to identify significant medical history. Supports the philosophy and complies with policies and procedures of the organization at the Cardiology Department.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs diagnostic studies to include 2-D, M-Mode, Doppler, color flow mapping, Stress\n- Transthoracic & transesophageal echocardiograms\n- Aids in preparation of records for interpretation, collection, & distribution of diagnostic data & reports\n- Ensure equipment is operational & available for procedures\n- Participate in developing & conducting in-service programs & patient care classes\n- Performs echocardiograph procedures, obtains necessary images, prepares study for interpretation by cardiologist, reviews data & may confer w/ appropriate medical personnel\n- Reviews medical record to identify significant medical history, which may include, but not limited to maintenance of equipment, supplies, logs, & files\n- Supports philosophy & complies w/ policies/procedures of organization & medical office department\n- Review, explain & clarify physician orders w/ patient or parent\n- Observe machine monitors. Perform routine diagnostic test\n- Assist physicians & medical staff w/ procedures, diagnostic examinations & treatments.\n- Restrain or support patient during procedures\n- Other procedures include Echocardiogram, Stress Test, & ultrasonic examinations\n- Prepare set-up sheets for physicians/therapists\n- Submit chart worksheets. Interview patients & collect patient data\n- Prepare exam results for interpretation by physicians. Read and/or interpret tracings & note findings. Read & assess diagnostic test abnormalities.\n- Consults w/ physician concerning test results & alert physicians to positive test results or test abnormalities\n- Call provider on positive test results\n- Perform accurate measurements & calculations on diagnostic test procedures\n- Cut & mount tracings, which best represent test patterns\n- Maintain current records of all testing\n- Record & maintain log of procedures & teaching files\n- Ensure equipment is available for procedures & examinations\n- Fill request for equipment & supplies. Maintain & order supplies. Inventory & replenish equipment & supplies. Rinse & clean instruments & equipment\n- Calibrate & adjust equipment in preparation for & during procedures\n- Operate ultrasound equipment including B-mode, real-time equipment & mobile ultrasound equipment\n- Operate equipment & reduce data from invasive (cardiac catheterization) & non-invasive diagnostic techniques\n- Clean & sterilize instruments, supplies & equipment. Clean, lubricate & perform routine preventive maintenance\n- Maintain equipment in good working order\n- Participate in developing & conducting in-service programs & patient care classes\n- Assist provider in patient examinations & procedures\n- Consult w/ provider concerning procedures & patient condition\n- Monitor & evaluate test readings during procedures\n- Prepare & position patients for diagnostic test & medical procedures\n- Assist physician during ultrasound examinations; attach EKG electrode leads\n- Perform echocardiograph diagnostic procedures\n- Treat patients using continuous mechanical ventilation\n- Assist physician in locating tumors and cardiac procedures\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of echocardiography with Doppler experience required\n- Graduate of an accredited echocardiography program or equivalent on the job training\n- Registered or registry eligible in echocardiography\n- Maintain current licensure/certifications required\n- Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of echocardiograph equipment and procedures\n- Ability to maneuver echocardiograph equipment which may exceed 500 lbs\n- Must be able to communicate in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS.\n- Exemplary customer service skills, phone etiquette, able to multitask and work in a fast paced high volume department.\n- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to problem solve and to utilize resources appropriately.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekends\n- This is a variable position, work start hours will vary between 7:30 am to 9:30 amand end times between 3:30 pm to 6pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800479/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Echocard Techno", "reqid": "133895", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28800479}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a Repost of 131240\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3)years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish). Level II\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Medical office background including vaccine administration.\n- High telephone volume work skills desired.\n- Travel Medicine experience preferred.\n- Ability to recognize and review high-risk situations with physician mentor.\n- Strong computer skills and ability to operate multiple computer systems.\n- Experience using multi-line telephones in a professional and friendly manner.\n- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills required.\n- BSN degree\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel & Healthconnect.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Provides pre-travel advice to Kaiser members for multiple Southern California Service Areas.\n- Evaluates need for immunization and medications based on member's travel itinerary.\n- Co-ordinates care with other health disciplines including lab, pharmacy and physicians.\n- Must work multiple San Diego Area Primary Care locations and any location assigned with Mobile Health Vehicle, NASSCO or at employer group.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800480/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)", "reqid": "134174", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28800480}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Diag Imag Tech-Sonog-PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, performs diagnostic ultrasound examinations & produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs which are used by physicians to diagnose disease processes & delineate both normal & abnormal human anatomy as well as pathological conditions in the organs of the abdomen, superficial structures such as the human breast & musculoskeletal, pelvis, gravid uterus & other areas of the human body as well as obstetrics (e.g., maternal uterus & Adnexa, fetal biophysical profile, amniocentesis) & interventional procedures such as biopsies, aspirations & drainage procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Identifies the impact of cultural diversity & lifestyle choices on patient condition & makes accommodations for such difference\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of the age group served\n- Demonstrates competence & understands the overall operational function of the department to include scheduling of patients appointments by telephone, mail, or in person utilizing OPAS\n- Prepares patients for examinations & explains procedures in order to ally apprehensions; consults w/ referring physician & radiologist regarding patient's medical history to determine the type of ultrasonic procedure required & to correlate patient's history w/ test to be performed\n- Demonstrates competence in the operation of diagnostic ultrasound equipment, real-time & mobile, to obtain quality diagnostic images\n- Performs special application exams/tests such as assisting physicians in sterile procedures such as surgery, operating ultrasound equipment in surgery & during special applications such as localizations, aspirations and/or biopsies\n- Selects transducer & adjusts equipment controls according to organ of interest, depth of field & other specifications of test; moves transducer by hand over area of interest & observes sound wave display screen in order to evaluate quality of ultrasonic pattern produced\n- Keys test data & patient information into ultrasound equipment computer to record test results & diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout or film; photographs images of organs shown on display module\n- Identifies & processes images & prepares images for interpretation; discusses test results w/ physician\n- Utilizes ancillary devices such as selective transducers, monitors, images; scans areas/regions of interest using B-mode, M-mode & real time techniques optimizing display parameters & recorded images ; notes significance of structures displayed & recognizes artifacts & equipment limitations\n- Operates various ultrasound emitters to scan pertinent anatomical areas & records the signal response in a photographic or other mode\n- Produces quality, diagnostic images taking into account transducer selection, technical factors, patient variables, image annotation, evaluation & selection of representative images, criteria for diagnostic quality, artifacts & improvement of sub-optimal images\n- Documents clinical activity in a timely, comprehensive & accurate manner\n- Observes all applicable regional, medical center, & department policies & procedures\n- Maintains standards of professional behavior established to enhance quality of service\n- Demonstrates effective communication skills\n- Demonstrates professional maturity in all interactions w/ patient & staff\n- Maintains equipment, supplies & work area in accordance w/ department guidelines\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 27\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current & valid registration as a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer issued by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) in the sub-specialty of OB-GYN\n- NT certification when performing Nuchal Translucency procedures in the OB-GYN department as stipulated in job code 30818\n- Depending on exact assignment, specialty registration in abdominal, cardiac, cardiovascular or vascular sonography may be required\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of & to apply the principles, theories, practices & techniques of diagnostic medical sonography\n- Demonstrated ability to operate ultrasound equipment in order to produce quality images , recognize normal human anatomy & pathological conditions & utilize ultrasound equipment to differentiate disease processes & artifacts\n- Two (2) years of clinical experience as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in an acute care medical center, preferred\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Medical sonography experience\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, hours and shifts will vay depending on departmenal needs\n- Will work rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800477/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diag Imag Tech-Sonog-PD", "reqid": "133472", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800477}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Diag Imag Tech-Sonog-PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, performs diagnostic ultrasound examinations & produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs which are used by physicians to diagnose disease processes & delineate both normal & abnormal human anatomy as well as pathological conditions in the organs of the abdomen, superficial structures such as the human breast & musculoskeletal, pelvis, gravid uterus & other areas of the human body as well as obstetrics (e.g., maternal uterus & Adnexa, fetal biophysical profile, amniocentesis) & interventional procedures such as biopsies, aspirations & drainage procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Identifies the impact of cultural diversity & lifestyle choices on patient condition & makes accommodations for such difference\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of the age group served\n- Demonstrates competence & understands the overall operational function of the department to include scheduling of patients appointments by telephone, mail, or in person utilizing OPAS\n- Prepares patients for examinations & explains procedures in order to ally apprehensions; consults w/ referring physician & radiologist regarding patient's medical history to determine the type of ultrasonic procedure required & to correlate patient's history w/ test to be performed\n- Demonstrates competence in the operation of diagnostic ultrasound equipment, real-time & mobile, to obtain quality diagnostic images\n- Performs special application exams/tests such as assisting physicians in sterile procedures such as surgery, operating ultrasound equipment in surgery & during special applications such as localizations, aspirations and/or biopsies\n- Selects transducer & adjusts equipment controls according to organ of interest, depth of field & other specifications of test; moves transducer by hand over area of interest & observes sound wave display screen in order to evaluate quality of ultrasonic pattern produced\n- Keys test data & patient information into ultrasound equipment computer to record test results & diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout or film; photographs images of organs shown on display module\n- Identifies & processes images & prepares images for interpretation; discusses test results w/ physician\n- Utilizes ancillary devices such as selective transducers, monitors, images; scans areas/regions of interest using B-mode, M-mode & real time techniques optimizing display parameters & recorded images ; notes significance of structures displayed & recognizes artifacts & equipment limitations\n- Operates various ultrasound emitters to scan pertinent anatomical areas & records the signal response in a photographic or other mode\n- Produces quality, diagnostic images taking into account transducer selection, technical factors, patient variables, image annotation, evaluation & selection of representative images, criteria for diagnostic quality, artifacts & improvement of sub-optimal images\n- Documents clinical activity in a timely, comprehensive & accurate manner\n- Observes all applicable regional, medical center, & department policies & procedures\n- Maintains standards of professional behavior established to enhance quality of service\n- Demonstrates effective communication skills\n- Demonstrates professional maturity in all interactions w/ patient & staff\n- Maintains equipment, supplies & work area in accordance w/ department guidelines\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 27\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current & valid registration as a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer issued by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) in the sub-specialty of OB-GYN\n- NT certification when performing Nuchal Translucency procedures in the OB-GYN department as stipulated in job code 30818\n- Depending on exact assignment, specialty registration in abdominal, cardiac, cardiovascular or vascular sonography may be required\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of & to apply the principles, theories, practices & techniques of diagnostic medical sonography\n- Demonstrated ability to operate ultrasound equipment in order to produce quality images , recognize normal human anatomy & pathological conditions & utilize ultrasound equipment to differentiate disease processes & artifacts\n- Two (2) years of clinical experience as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in an acute care medical center, preferred\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Medical sonography experience\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, hours and shifts will vay depending on departmenal needs\n- Will work rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800476/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diag Imag Tech-Sonog-PD", "reqid": "133474", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28800476}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - (KS-1290)\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder direction of a licensed pharmacist, transcribe abbreviated & symbolized information from physician's orders to patient' medication profile, through manual & computer entry. Select & prepare medications, pharmaceutical products, & intravenous admixtures, including chemotherapeutic agents. Assist in the dispensing & distribution of medications. Maintain pharmacy merchandise & equipment. Review medication cassettes for returned medication. Types unit dose & intravenous admixture labels. Transport pharmacy merchandise.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Review physician orders for completeness; transcribes appropriate information through computer order entry to generate patient medication profile by using pharmaceutical/ medical terminology, symbols, & abbreviations\n- Select & prepare medications & pharmaceutical products by name & dosage listed on physician's order, place merchandise in proper container w/ correct label, make required notations & initials physician's orders\n- Review physician's orders & patient medical record in order to determine whether allergies, sensitivities and/or reactions have been documented\n- Assure allergy/sensitivity information is recorded on patient medication profile\n- Alert pharmacist when prescribed medications may be contraindicated due to drug allergies, sensitivities, or interactions as indicated by information systems\n- Fill unit dose mediation cassettes from patient medication administration records by dispensing the appropriate supply through calculations based on dosage, strength & frequency of administration; perform substitution of drug equivalents through knowledge of generic, trade, chemical drug names & approved therapeutic equivalents; reviews medication administration record for appropriateness (i.e., drug entry, dosing frequency & documentation of administration), & advises appropriate licensed personnel of discrepancies\n- Maintain pharmacy inventory in designated areas; review pharmacy inventory for medications to be returned (i.e., expired products, deteriorated products, illegible labels, etc)\n- Assist the pharmacist in preparation, distribution, & record-keeping of controlled substances, i.e., narcotics, hypnotics, barbiturates, etc (Class II, III, IV, V), governed by federal & state law\n- Demonstrate the ability to distinguish controlled substances on physician's orders\n- Prepare required pharmacy products; use mathematical calculations & conversions from apothecary & avoirdupois to metric system\n- Prepare pharmacy products through an understanding of physical characteristics of medications, which require special packaging or handling\n- Prepare sterile admixture products, such as intravenous piggybacks, large volume parenterals, syringes, chemotherapy, & bulk manufactured products using techniques governed by aseptic parenteral admixture policies & procedures\n- Operate & maintain specialized pharmacy equipment (such as automated dispensing devices, IV compounding pumps, & unit dosing machines), cleaning, & performing periodic checks & adjustments\n- Chart all scheduled maintenance designed to ensure sterility according to protocol\n- Participate in the preparation, documentation, & scheduling of drug therapy for non-hospitalized patients\n- Assist or perform the duties of the inventory control assistant/stock clerk to prioritize & maintain maximum work flow in the pharmacy\n- Assist in medical office stocking-to-standards by organizing, replenishing stock, & preparing monthly recharges & credits\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must possess current California Pharmacy Technician (CPT)registration\n- Working knowledge of aseptic technique and ability to prepare sterile IV products\n- Ability to learn and willingness to prepare chemotherapeutic agents in locations where chemotherapy agents are prepared\n- Proficiency in oral and written communication skills\n- Ability to read, understand, and transcribe pharmaceutical information\n- Working knowledge of current drug forms, strengths, generic and trade name traditional and current equivalents\n- Requires working knowledge of, and the ability to become proficient in, the pharmacy computer system\n- Knowledge of federal and sate laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Must be able to stand for long periods of time, and communicate with co-workers and patients\n- Ability to lift/transport 1-50 lbs. Ability to do frequent bending, stooping, and reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- PR# KS-1290\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800478/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - (KS-1290)", "reqid": "133521", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28800478}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital - Labor and Delivery RN - Anaheim Per Diem Nightshift\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800475/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital - Labor and Delivery RN - Anaheim Per Diem Nightshift", "reqid": "132429", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28800475}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Radiology Asst II\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder limited supervision, performs routine patient care and assists RN and technologist or radiologist during procedures according to established guidelines; performs clerical and other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws\n- In accordance with established procedures, performs routine patient care such as: taking vital signs; giving prescribed amounts of Barium; assists patients with dressing/undressing; places patient on bedpan or urinal; positions patient on x-ray table; checks to ensure proper functioning of IV, catheters, drainage and respiration bags\n- Assists with transferring of patient from wheelchair or gurney to x-ray table\n- Drapes patient with lead apron as needed\n- Assists with biopsies and disposes of needles following established guidelines\n- Assists Nurse Anesthetist with anesthesia equipment according to established guidelines\n- Stocks all supplies; ensures that all equipment are operating properly and replaces if necessary; keeps a daily equipment log; reports malfunctions to engineering; processes all x-ray films\n- Greets patients, explains examinations, and describes possible reactions according to established guidelines\n- Verifies all forms for accuracy including screening for allergies and pregnancy according to established guidelines\n- Logs all patients in log book; makes patient's x-ray jacket, orders x-ray jackets and charts as needed; completes patient requisition and lab forms\n- Answers phones; coordinates transportation of patients from other departments\n- Wears radiation detection badge as required\n- Performs other related duties as required\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience working with the public.\n- CNA certification required OR MA with six (6) months of experience OR twelve (12) months of equivalent experience in a medical setting.\n- CPR certification during probationary period.\n- Typing skills & familiarity with general office equipment, including computers.\n- Ability to communicate effectively.\n- Familiarity with moving patients in a clinical setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in an Imaging Department as a Tech Assistant.\n- Knowledge of medical imaging terminology. - Familiarity with computers (Windows environment).\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position, schedule / shifts / days / hours will vary to accommodate department needs.\n- May require travel to all Diagnostic Imaging locations in the San Diego Service Area.\n- To cover CT, MRI, US and MAMMO at all locations as needed for vacation and sick coverage.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800465/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiology Asst II", "reqid": "122913", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28800465}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Investigation Specialist II (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nIn support to National Functions HR, investigates workplace complaints of violation of policy or law w/in the National Business Units received through the KP National Compliance Hotline or through other internal channels. Nature of investigations will vary in scope & seriousness, such that failure to investigate might subject the organization to serious legal & financial risk. Complaints to be investigated may include, amongst other categories, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, inappropriate mgmt practices, hostile work environment, workplace violence, & unfair treatment. Assesses, analyzes & draws conclusions from investigative evidence. Develops & presents investigative findings & recommendations for corrective action to HR Business Partner & mgmt, as approp. Identifies opportunities for systemic corrective action, & recommends changes to policies or operational practices and/or implementation of training to reduce recurrence of complaints. Serves as HR National Functions subject matter expert on investigative practice. Some nat'l travel may be required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Handles moderately complex to complex & difficult investigations\n- Conducts investigations & develops draft responses to external agency EEO discrimination charges for review by legal counsel\n- Provides consultative services to investigation specialist HRCs & managers\n- Activities may include, but are not limited to:\n- Conduct of investigations: W/in scope of position, leads & coordinates investigations requiring multiple investigators\n- Reviews & edits draft position statements & investigation reports prepared by junior staff\n- Investigates moderately complex to complex/serious workplace complaints of violation of policy or law w/in the National Business Units received through the Kaiser Permanente National Compliance Hotline or through other internal channels\n- Nature of investigations will vary in scope & seriousness, & may include, amongst other categories, investigation of complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, inappropriate mgmt practices, hostile work environment, workplace violence, & unfair treatment\n- Independently & w/ discretion, formulates plan, processes, & timetables to conduct accurate, complete & thorough investigations w/in specified timeframes & according to specified quality standards\n- Identifies, gathers & preserves relevant hard-copy & electronic documents & other evidence for the investigation\n- Identifies relevant witnesses, & conducts & documents interviews of those witnesses\n- May provide next-level review of investigations conducted by others\n- Assessment of evidence: Reviews, interprets, analyzes & evaluates statements, documents & physical evidence collected during the investigation\n- Develops & applies knowledge of employment discrimination laws, whistle-blowing laws, rules of evidence (e.g., hearsay, legal privilege) & other laws to investigation plan, investigation & report/response\n- Assesses credibility of witnesses & makes determinations regarding violations of law or KP policy\n- May provide next-level review of evidence gathered in other investigations\n- Development & presentation of investigative findings: Prepares comprehensive & accurate factual & analytical investigative reports to mgmt, human resources, and/or legal counsel\n- Systemic corrective action: Identifies & monitors trends of investigative activity by business unit & other parameters, to be determined\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) years of experience, with progressive responsibility in Human Resources, to include a minimum of three (3) years direct responsibility conducting employment-related investigations, and other relevant case management and investigation experience\n- Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Human Resources or directly related field, OR bachelor's degree with equivalent experience\n- Strong working knowledge of applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in developing and conducting training programs\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in conducting complex employment-related investigations and drafting reports on investigations\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in the application of conflict resolution techniques in complaint resolution procedures\n- Established ability to identify, analyze and differentiate investigation issues and processes in employee complaints\n- Ability to work independently, influence change, and compile analytical data and trend analysis\n- Excellent interpersonal skills (i.e., verbal and written communication)\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800443/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Investigation Specialist II (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "136205", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28800443}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Operations Specialist II -Executive and Business/Management Recruitment\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nOperations Specialist II\nExecutive & Business/Management Recruitment\nOakland, CA / Walnut Creek, CA**\n\n(**This position requires the individual to work in our Oakland, CA location four days per week and one day per week in our Walnut Creek, CA office.)\nHealth is our business\nMake it yours. At Kaiser Permanente, we realize that it takes more than expert medical care to be one of the nation's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Today we serve the health care needs of more than 8.9 million members and it takes advanced technologies, state-of-art facilities, and the people to support them. Come impact your future, and the future of care. Responsible for providing analytical/technical business support for a major project and/or department in a particular KP job family (HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Facilities, QA, etc.). Under the overall general guidance of a Director and/or Manager, responsible for researching data, performing analyses, presenting results, and making recommendations. Acts as program/policy specialist to assist department and/or cross-divisional groups with assignments/initiatives as required. Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in testing and implementing process improvements.\n\nIn this role, you will have an opportunity to use your exceptional multi-tasking skills as you assume responsibility for a broad scope of analytical and technical assignments. Your ability to research and analyze data and present your findings and recommendations will be invaluable to senior management. In addition, you must be able to focus on the total picture when you act as a program/policy specialist for the department and/or cross-divisional groups in testing and implementing process improvements.\nThe majority of your time will be spent providing complex administrative and project support, while at the same time independently developing and managing complex narrative and quantitative reports to meet informational requirements of the management team. In addition, you will research complex data needed to complete project milestones and/or reports, review monthly project financial reports, and consolidate, analyze and report on metrics data. You will serve as an administrative liaison with multiple groups within Kaiser Permanente, as well as external parties, and prepare confidential travel arrangements, expense reports, personnel reports, and correspondence for two Directors of Recruitment. Other duties will include: acting as executive recruiting assistant for confidential searches; onboarding new employees and contractors, including ordering laptops, cell phones, etc.; and other administrative functions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Independently develops/manages complex narrative and quantitative reports to meet informational requirements of KP management and external agencies and organizations for critical financial, departmental or operational analyses. Researches and collects complex information needed to complete project milestones and/or reports. (25%)\n- Identifies requirements for end-user systems applications, and designs and implements systems and processes to allow access to data and to safeguard data integrity. (20%)\n- Develops content for intranet site and coordinates with communication specialist. (5%)\n- Ensures activities meet expectations, utilizing project management techniques and tools to independently resolve scheduling issues and advises management of resolutions. (15%)\n- Creates monthly project financial reports in response to business needs; consolidates and analyzes results to provide variance analyses and performance metrics. (10%)\n- Participates in various complex special projects and provides analytical back-up support. (10%)\n- Interfaces with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function. (10%)\n- Provides complex administrative and project support to management using advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, MS Project, and/or PowerPoint). (5%)\n- Key responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives.\n- Contributions impact the completion of important projects and department objectives.\n- Errors would cause significant delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses.\n- Applies extensive knowledge of functional procedures and experience to make decisions independently.\n- Exercises judgment to determine the best way to navigate through barriers/problems to accomplish department objectives.\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of significant scope and complexity using judgment/experience with KP/department practices and procedures.\n- Issues are not clearly defined and solutions require significant problem solving experience to come up with solutions and recommendations.\n- Exchanges and interprets non-routine information and works in collaboration with others.\n- Communicates/presents detailed, complex department information to functional analysts and management.\n- Use extensive knowledge of department policies and procedures and exercises independent judgment to achieve unique/complex project work steps.\n- Works independently and checks in with manager at key project milestones.\n- Independently exercises discretion as needed to accomplish assignments.\n- Provides periodic work guidance/direction to and training of team members.\nQualifications:\nQualifications for this position include the following:\n - Minimum of seven years of administrative and operational support with increasing scope and discretion\n - Minimum of three years of strong analytical experience.\n - High School Diploma/GED equivalent\n - Proficiency working with a variety of online processes\n - Ability to acquire and use In-depth knowledge of the organization's policies, practices, practices, business principles, theories, concepts, and systems\n - Demonstrated ability to utilize advanced business theories/concepts to accomplish significant department projects and/or initiatives\n - Ability to exercise independent judgment and rely on experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities to make sound decisions\n - Advanced knowledge of Excel to create complex spreadsheets and reports\n - Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Project and/or PowerPoint used to create complex presentation materials with graphs, illustrations, etc. which conform with the established organizational format\n - Superior quantitative and analytical skills to create concise, detailed reports\n - Strong negotiating, influencing, and project management skills\nPreferred credentials/qualifications include the following:\n - BA/BS degree highly preferred\n - A strategic thinker with a good grasp of accounting and financial principles\n - Experience supporting more than one Director/Manager\n - Ability to work a flexible schedule if needed\nIf you are looking for an opportunity that is both professionally challenging and personally stimulating , we invite you to visit jobs.kp.org for complete qualifications and job submission details, referencing job number _____________. Kaiser Permanente is an EOE/AA employer. Drug-free workplace.\n\nKaiser Permanente was named a 2011 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times. Find out why by hearing from our employees at kp.org/jobs/video. Follow us on twitter.com/KPCareers or visit the KP Careers tab on facebook.com/KPThrive.\n\nThis position supports Kaiser Permanente's code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.\n\njobs.kp.org", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800444/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Specialist II -Executive and Business/Management Recruitment", "reqid": "136216", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800444}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Project Manager Lead\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position will primarily support the Director of Broker Strategy and the Manager of Broker Development.\n\nThe Lead Project Manager isresponsible for managing multiple projects of a strategic nature many of which will be unique and aligned with the execution of our broker strategy. They will work with initiatives and some operational processes on broker development and training.\n\nProjects will involve e-communications and internet based activities. Some data manipulation with excel pivot tables is required; therefore, knowledge in these areas, software and with B2B communications is desired. They also need to be able to work with power point and be capable of developing and making presentations to various audiences including leadership.\n\nThis position may also be involved with the development and management of specific training activities involving Continuing Education Credits for our life and health agents. This will include interactions with our field representatives and potentially vendors. \nEssential Functions:\n- Manages complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity\n- Leverages knowledge and prior experience to develop appropriate solutions\n- Manages development of business case and may present business case\n- Matches appropriate methods to identified client needs\n- Demonstrates knowledge of the risk management process\n- Participates in the application of the risk management process\n- Leverages knowledge of and trains Project Management methodology, skills, tools for team members\n- Converts business cases to business plans\n- Develops and executes user training plans\n- Stays abreast of enterprise-wide projects\n- Develops framework and manages the tracking of interdependencies within or across projects\n- Accountable for coordination of collection and validation of business requirements\n- May determine the impact of current/existing technologies on the project\n- Works on assignments of diverse and complex scope\n- Interprets less defined guidelines to make recommendations for process improvements and/or enhancements\n- Requires complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources\n- Oversees transition of project team members to new projects\n- Ensures lessons learned applied to future efforts\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional and/or KP objectives that have direct and significant business impact\n- Contributes to the development of the department's objectives\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources\n- Total project budget typically up to $25 Million\n- Project size typically multiple sites and/or multiple regions and/or up to ten (10) interdependent processes\n- Understands and consistently meets client expectations within scope of project role by responding promptly to client enquiries\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues\n- Requires complex decision-making\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems\n- Recognized as an expert in their functional area\n- Develops and sustains relationships with client management during projects\n- Helps people understand their role in the project and in improving performance\n- Keeps people informed about goals, priorities, resources and progress to keep them focused on performance needs and requirements\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment\n- Work is accomplished without considerable direction\n- Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives and performance requirements have been met\n- Provides input to and may conduct performance appraisals for team members\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n - Minimum Five (5) project management experience.\n - Demonstrates knowledge and experience re: use of change management process.\n - Demonstrates understanding of and applies knowledge in all phases of the project delivery life cycle.\n - Good collaboration, communication and presentation skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800445/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager Lead", "reqid": "136226", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800445}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Director - Strategic Sales (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nDirector - Strategic Accounts\nOakland, CA\n\n\nThis position reports to the Director of Medicare and State Programs and is directly responsible for developing and executing the overall sales and account management strategy for the employer group Medicare Line of Business. This position is accountable for meeting regional sales goals. Senior Retire Programs Consultants, Retiree Programs Consultants and Service Associates report to this position.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides strategic leadership.\n- Creates and executes a business strategy and plan for Group Medicare that is integrated with the Individual Medicare Strategy, commercial Account Management strategy, and Pricing Strategy.\n- Assures development of Strategic Account Planning for retiree accounts in collaboration with commercial account managers.\n- Successfully integrates with National Accounts for consistency of products and policies.\n- Builds external relationships with key customers/channels to understand their perspectives and create a feedback loop on policies, marketplace issues, and trends.\n- Develops strong collaborative relationships with other Directors and functional and service area leadership to develop and implement successful growth strategies for Medicare and State Programs.\n- Participates on the Medicare Strategy Team.\n- Leads regional and strategic initiatives.\n- Identifies opportunities and problems that warrant initiative attention.\n- Uses influence to engage key stakeholders and leaders.\n- Ensure Group Medicare perspective in represented in key initiatives.\n- Coaches and develops staff.\n- Provide direction for a consistent hiring and orientation process.\n- Create and model a coaching culture that supports continuous growth and development at all levels.\n- Share accountability with HPI for the development of curricula and tools that support Group Medicare for direct reports, account management and sales, and pricing.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 10 years of experience in a marketing and sales management with demonstrated leadership experience in sales, marketing and business development in the health care industry.\n- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation and influence.\n- 7 years of experience in directing and managing professional staff. Demonstrated history of results orientation.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or a related field or comparable professional experience required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800447/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director - Strategic Sales (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "136377", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800447}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Strategy Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSenior Strategy Manager\nKaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA\n\nSummary:\n\nPosition Summary: Provides oversight and leads strategy development for one or more lines of business which will inform the growth and market planning essential to KP's revenue, membership and margin goals. Strategy Senior Managers provide strategic-thinking, analytical and leadership skills that enable project teams to: 1) evaluate business issues; 2) design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc); 3) identify linkages and understand implications of any strategic decisions across lines of business; 4) bring technical/content expertise (competitive intelligence, utilization, financial analysis, market research, deep data analysis & programming); 5) vet findings and make formal recommendations to senior levels of KP leadership; 6) review/approve strategic recommendations. Incumbents would manage teams whose work includes development of multi-year market strategy plans, pricing strategies to achieve membership, revenue & margin goals, market research findings, competitive intelligence insights. Selects, develops, evaluates, and coaches strategy team personnel.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Works with Senior Director to develop scope of work for team, setting strategic and business direction, context & priorities for the team.\n - Provides oversight, coaching & management to individual contributors (e.g. Analysts, Market Strategy Consultants)\n - Educate and communicate goals, strategy, and methodologies clearly and persuasively\n - Collaborate with internal functional partners\n - Build effective and influential relationships with leadership (e.g., line of business VP, functional leads)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nMANAGEMENT/ BUSINESS EXPERIENCE\n8+ years content/functional experience in Healthcareand or strategicdevelopment and or management consulting and a minimum of 2 years of management experience; Or, Master's degree and 4-7 years experience.\n\nFUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS\nAdvanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of strategy development methods, practices and systems.\nAdvanced knowledge of analytic methods and tools.\nDevelops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.\nDevelops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\nViewed as functional expert in field within KP.\nApplies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.\nContributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\nBachelor's degree required (e.g. Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Sciences)\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAt least 8 years content/functional experience in Healthcareand or strategicdevelopment and or management consulting and 3-5 years of management experience\nMaster's degree strongly preferred (e.g., MBA, Economics)", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800446/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Strategy Manager", "reqid": "136290", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800446}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: PMO Plan Manager and SharePoint Administrator-OneLink-Pleasanton CA\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nPMO - Plan Manager & SharePoint Administration (2 YEAR DURATIONAL POSITION)\nKaiser Permanente\nPleasanton, CA\nThe OneLink Program is a program wide initiative to replace our aging legacy finance and supply chain applications across the program with a suite of primarily PeopleSoft (now Oracle) applications. The Project Management team partners with Kaiser Permanente's national KPIT organization, National Financial Systems, and business partners to understand the strategic direction and priorities of their businesses and assumes end-to-end accountability to ensure delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of that strategic direction. The Plan Manager in the Project Management Office (PMO) will manage the integrated project plan and schedules ensuring on-time completion of commitments, on-budget resource management, and provide project management metrics.\n\nThis position requires a dynamic and energetic project manager/senior coordinator with a strong customer service orientation who will be responsible primarily responsible for project schedule management but will also collaborate with Track management on communication, risk analysis, quality assurance and team management. Proven expertise in creating and maintaining detail resource-loaded, project schedules with an understanding of SDLC methodologies. Strong client relationship building skills are essential, as is the ability to manage highly complex, large-scale project schedules with multiple inter-dependencies. Familiarity with ERP and Business Reporting implementations, budgets, work plans and schedules, and deliverable and responsibility matrices is critical. PMI certification is a plus. Large scale experience with ERP programs and ERP business reporting is required, as is hands-on MS Project software expertise.\n\nAdditionally, candidate will also support and maintain program Sharepoint sites - setting up new sites as required, maintaining existing sites, troubleshooting issues and performance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Create and maintain Business Reporting Track project schedules, following appropriate methodology and planning standards and processes; load dates and resources to fully build out schedule for all phases of the project.\n- Ensure the accuracy and quality of the Business Reporting Project plan, which consists of multiple concurrent regional implementations.\n- Meet customer expectations, including:\nEnsure the Plan Management team meets SLA's for OneLink Track and Vertical Plans\nProvide excellent customer service to OneLink Track and Vertical leadership as measured by customer satisfaction surveys\nProduce OneLink plan management metrics / dashboard / trend reports\nDeliver Status Reportingthat meet the needs of IT and OneLink PMO leadership\n- Actively participate in process improvement initiatives in support of the OneLink Program, including:\nImplementing new and changed plan management processes (i.e., Build, Monitor/Control, Close, Reporting / Status on all Schedule / Resource areas) including providing review and feedback of proposed changes\nEnsuring OneLink Plan Management processes integrate successfully with Issue Management, Project Change Management and related PMO processes\nUtilizing all agreed upon Process Changes for Plan Management\n- Act as Change Agent for PMO Project Management Process. Ensure continued alignment between IT and Finance processes Alignment for OneLink Program voice and adoption Lead across the Program Team, including:\nParticipate in General and impacting Process meeting to represent OneLInk\nParticipate within OneLink Team to align with PMPA initiatives where appropriate\nWork to adopt PMPA initiatives as advocate for OneLink Program\n- Participate in defining and maintaining controls and standards to ensure schedules are built in a consistent manner, effectively maintained and appropriately backed up, including:\nBaseline schedules according to PMO guidelines and implement appropriate monitor and control processes into the schedules\nEnsure project plan deliverables are built into the schedules appropriately and coach track team as necessary on deliverable responsibilities, dependencies, templates, etc.\nEnsure established PMO controls are implemented within the schedules\nCoordinate initiation of new plans, ensuring budget and resource needs are understood and communicated\n- Support and maintain OneLink program SharePoint sites which includes:\n\nSite Maintenance and Administration: Provide day-to-day SharePoint Administrative support and maintenance for the OneLink Program.\no Create/Maintain user accounts & permissions\no Monitor disk space utilization and capacity; work with IT to address any disk space issues\no Develop and present site usage metrics and surveys as requested\n\nService Request and Defect Resolution: Respond to OL SharePoint service, defect and change requests. Maintain all issue, defect and change request logs. Submit and monitor service requests for Technical and Architecture support as needed.\nSite Design and Customizations: Contribute expertise around overall site design and integration of the SharePoint capabilities.\no Create SharePoint sites and site collections\no Work with team leads and/or managers on site Design ('look and feel')\no Provide direction on content structure, use of views, customized lists, etc.\nTraining and Education: Create and Maintain a 'OneLink SharePoint Support/Training' site\no Publish FAQ's\no Develop and Maintain Training Material as needed\no Provide Training on the navigation and use of OL SharePoint sites as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.\n- 7+ years progressive experience as a project coordinator/manager that includes managing schedules for implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets and direct experience in client relationship management.\n- Strong customer focus and excellent verbal and written communication skills\n- Broad understanding of ERP and ERP Business Reporting projects\n- Advanced experience with Microsoft Project\n- Ability to establish strong relationships and influence successfully in a matrixed environment\n- 2 years Sharepoint administration experience and expertise\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PMI Certification\n- Advanced MS Project skills with experience in fully resource loaded planning\n- Understanding of the health care and insurance industry\n- Familiarity with Clarity PPM tool (Workbench)\n- Advanced Sharepoint administration experience", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800448/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PMO Plan Manager and SharePoint Administrator-OneLink-Pleasanton CA", "reqid": "136392", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28800448}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Manager EEO Investigations (Walnut Creek, CA)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nDirects, manages and coordinates the activities of the Statewide EEO Investigations Unit in the National HR Compliance organization at KP, with jurisdiction over EEO investigation matters pertaining to all California employees across several company entities. Responsible for development and implementation of EEO Investigations Unit goals and objectives in alignment with National Compliance mandates and the National HR People Strategy. Accountable for ensuring Kaiser Permanente's commitment to fair and equitable treatment of employees through the efficient operation of the Statewide EEO Investigations Unit in a manner that is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and organizational policies and procedures in the area of discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity.Proactively engages key stakeholders as an effective change agent able to effectively solicit buy-in and visible support for change initiatives. Demonstrates an ongoing and active commitment to sustained and effective change, and to developing and actively encouraging new ideas. Anticipates and identifies opportunities for change.\nEssential Functions:\n - Manages the quality and consistency of investigations and resolution of formal and internal charges of discrimination, including appropriate assignment of cases to investigators depending upon severity and sensitivity of allegation(s), complexity of case, case volume and input from legal counsel. Exercise intervention as needed to clear any bottlenecks in the efficient and timely completion of individual investigations.\n - Assures appropriate coordination and preparation in dealing with KP's internal Legal Department, external counsel and government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, as well as Compliance Hotline Liaisons and company HR professionals as dictated by circumstances.\n - Implements and manages processes for investigations related to EEO and employee relations issues, whether reported through the company's Compliance Hotline, internally to HR/management or as an external agency charge. Accountable for ensuring that all processes are in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, provide for effective integration of investigations, minimize the organization's business risk and legal liability and effectively promote problem resolution.\n - Builds an effective workteam of technical experts in EEO investigations to support National Functions and the Business Units. Develops and presents specialized programs accordingly. Reviews and updates training material to ensure consistency with organizational policies and current laws and regulations. Ensures that the Investigation Unit staff participates in Human Resource training development as a consultant, presenter and panel expert.\n - Heads a centralized regional unit in NCAL but would be expected to work across the KP enterprise.\n - Provides daily management to mostly exempt employees.\n - Responsible for the people processes of the unit including performance reviews, performance management, resource management, objective setting and alignment and employee development, coaching and training.\n - Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n - Demonstrates significant business acumen. Ability to articulate a strategic picture by identifying trends and analyzing data. Able to identify training opportunities for HR professional to mitigate organizational risk.\n - Researches and stays abreast of regulations and statutes. Determines impact of implementation of new regulations and statutes and required notifications, changes, and training.\n - Develops strategies for communicating required changes and executes on plans to implement required changes\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 10 years of recent experience in EEO or Human Resources, minimum of 3 years of which includes direct responsibility for conducting employment related investigations in a lead or supervisory role, or the equivalent investigatory or case management experience, including the demonstrated ability to manage an investigations unit.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources, psychology, or relevant field. Relevant HR experience may be substituted for degree.\n- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n- Demonstrated experience working on integrated cross-functional and enterprise-wide efforts\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in a Union environment preferable.\n- Knowledge of health care industry preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800449/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager EEO Investigations (Walnut Creek, CA)", "reqid": "136421", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28800449}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Manager EEO Investigations (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nDirects, manages and coordinates the activities of the Statewide EEO Investigations Unit in the National HR Compliance organization at KP, with jurisdiction over EEO investigation matters pertaining to all California employees across several company entities. Responsible for development and implementation of EEO Investigations Unit goals and objectives in alignment with National Compliance mandates and the National HR People Strategy. Accountable for ensuring Kaiser Permanente's commitment to fair and equitable treatment of employees through the efficient operation of the Statewide EEO Investigations Unit in a manner that is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and organizational policies and procedures in the area of discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity.Proactively engages key stakeholders as an effective change agent able to effectively solicit buy-in and visible support for change initiatives. Demonstrates an ongoing and active commitment to sustained and effective change, and to developing and actively encouraging new ideas. Anticipates and identifies opportunities for change.\nEssential Functions:\n - Manages the quality and consistency of investigations and resolution of formal and internal charges of discrimination, including appropriate assignment of cases to investigators depending upon severity and sensitivity of allegation(s), complexity of case, case volume and input from legal counsel. Exercise intervention as needed to clear any bottlenecks in the efficient and timely completion of individual investigations.\n - Assures appropriate coordination and preparation in dealing with KP's internal Legal Department, external counsel and government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, as well as Compliance Hotline Liaisons and company HR professionals as dictated by circumstances.\n - Implements and manages processes for investigations related to EEO and employee relations issues, whether reported through the company's Compliance Hotline, internally to HR/management or as an external agency charge. Accountable for ensuring that all processes are in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, provide for effective integration of investigations, minimize the organization's business risk and legal liability and effectively promote problem resolution.\n - Builds an effective workteam of technical experts in EEO investigations to support National Functions and the Business Units. Develops and presents specialized programs accordingly. Reviews and updates training material to ensure consistency with organizational policies and current laws and regulations. Ensures that the Investigation Unit staff participates in Human Resource training development as a consultant, presenter and panel expert.\n - Heads a centralized regional unit in SCAL but would be expected to work across the KP enterprise.\n - Provides daily management to mostly exempt employees.\n - Responsible for the people processes of the unit including performance reviews, performance management, resource management, objective setting and alignment and employee development, coaching and training.\n - Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n - Demonstrates significant business acumen. Ability to articulate a strategic picture by identifying trends and analyzing data. Able to identify training opportunities for HR professional to mitigate organizational risk.\n - Researches and stays abreast of regulations and statutes. Determines impact of implementation of new regulations and statutes and required notifications, changes, and training.\n - Develops strategies for communicating required changes and executes on plans to implement required changes\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 10 years of recent experience in EEO or Human Resources, minimum of 3 years of which includes direct responsibility for conducting employment related investigations in a lead or supervisory role, or the equivalent investigatory or case management experience, including the demonstrated ability to manage an investigations unit.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources, psychology, or relevant field. Relevant HR experience may be substituted for degree.\n- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n- Demonstrated experience working on integrated cross-functional and enterprise-wide efforts\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in a Union environment preferable.\n- Knowledge of health care industry preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800450/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager EEO Investigations (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "136440", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28800450}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead OE Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides consulting services for a broad array of organizational areas. Develops organizational strategies and designs to meet current and future demands on the business. Leads and directs large-scale organization change efforts impacting multiple levels of stakeholders throughout the organization. Provides systemic solutions to implement, sustain, and optimize changes across the Program. Utilizes and provides leadership to a network of Organization Effectiveness, Organization Development, and/or Organization Change Management practitioners to design and implement solutions across the Program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides organization effectiveness consulting services for strategic initiatives within assigned function or region.\n- Serves as organization strategy and change consultant and content subject matter expert to leadership.\n- Develops project structure, approach and work plan.\n- Designs, develops, directs, and delivers organization change, organization design, and organization strategy programs.\n- Provides coaching to the most senior levels of leadership on organization-related issues.\n- Provides change management strategies and tactics to enhance effective implementation of organization initiatives.\n- Leads committees and work groups charged with implementing organization, department, or unit level improvement strategies.\n- Monitors and measures effectiveness of change programs delivered.\n- Works on assignments of the largest scope and complexity, impacting multiple functions and regions.\n- Recommends process improvements and/or enhancements.\n- Requires very complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources.\n- Provides leadership and mentoring to more junior OE consultants.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional or regional objectives that have direct and extremely significant business impact.\n- Requires a high degree of judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\n- Requires complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of extremely complex problems, which require creativity and innovation\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.\n- Provides professional/ technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across all lines of business\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Twelve (12) to Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in organization change, organization design, performance improvement, and/or benefits realization.\n- Experience leading large program teams (fifty (50) plus people) through complex change programs.\n- Working knowledge of/experience with all of the following functional areas: information technology, finance, sales and marketing, and operations.\n- Master's degree in business administration, organization development, human resources management, or a related field or equivalent experience.\n- Healthcare or health insurance knowledge preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of business operations, management practices and principles, and human resources management trends and practices.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Demonstrated competency in large group facilitation and project management.\n- Ability to analyze and synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative date.\n- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement innovative approaches.\n- In-depth knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new approaches and methods.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.\n- Expert knowledge of industry practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of all related fields.\n- Must be able to skillfully communicate with all Project Team Members, as related to all aspects of the project.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the following:\n- Oral communication, written communication, development of summary-level presentations, strong facilitation skills, coaching of managers, customer service, interpersonal relations, influence/negotiation, creativity/innovation, conflict resolution, assessment and feedback, team building, teamwork, and leadership.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800432/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead OE Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "134050", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800432}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Regional LPN\nLocation: Portland, OR\nParticipate w/the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused care to patients in a manner which reflects KP's organizational & nursing mission, vision & values. Provides nursing & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care service to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct (in person) & indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex nursing knowledge & skills. As appropriate to the LPN's scope of practice, the LPN's expected to have competent focused/limited nursing assessment & triage skills on routine or self-limiting health conditions, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Performs clinical tasks & procedures under the direction of a clinician within the scope of the LPN's professional training & individual competency. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician or registered nurse & under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares & organizes patient's office visit from known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside reports, etc.) & order entries are ready for clinician review prior to appointment time\n- Perform focused/limited nursing assessment & triage on routine or self-limiting medical conditions as directed by RN/clinician. Recognize when to defer to and/or assist w/comprehensive assessment for complex medical conditions by RN/clinician\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify & address health maintenance/care gaps w/patient & alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention\n- Recognize signs & symptoms of common & routine medical conditions/illnesses, abnormal verses new/existing & implements planned nursing & medical interventions as delegated by RN/clinician\n- Contribute to the development, implementation or modification of the individualized patient's plan of care under the direction of the RN/clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process\n- Assures exam/procedures room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms & educational materials are available & ready for using during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order & cleans room after use\n- Provides health teaching/education or advice on routine or self-limiting medical conditions, procedures, tests, surgeries, self-injections, etc\n- Utilize standardized tools determine patient's level of engagement in self-care as directed by RN\n- Used KP HealthConnect & information systems to document all pertinent data & outcomes of nursing care according to standardized procedures & policies such as & not limited to the use of SBAR, SOAP or APIE, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc. Update demographic/historical clinical data gathered in electronic medical records\n- Perform diagnostic test, therapies & procedures within scope of practice competently & w/maintenance of proficiency according to: a)specific department standards on core clinical tasks (see department's list of core skills); b) application of knowledge & skills appropriate to development age of patient; and c) established policies such as & not limited to patient safety, aseptic & sterile techniques & infection control\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current LPN license in Oregon and Washington.Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire.Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire.\n- AHA Health Care Provider level CPR certification\n- Demonstrated clinical nursing skills\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Allergy, Dermatology, Urology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- IV therapy experience or recent certification\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current working knowledge & clinical skills in providing routine care, education & advice in assigned department's clinical areaOR successful completion of appropriate competencies for assigned primary/specialty care department\n\nSalary Range- $19.46 - $25.68", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800379/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional LPN", "reqid": "136066", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28800379}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: LPN\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nParticipate w/the Health Care Team in delivering quality & customer focused care to patients in a manner which reflects KP's organizational & nursing mission, vision & values. Provides nursing & administrative support to clinicians & other health care team members to offer a variety of health care service to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct (in person) & indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex nursing knowledge & skills. As appropriate to the LPN's scope of practice, the LPN's expected to have competent focused/limited nursing assessment & triage skills on routine or self-limiting health conditions, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs & contribute to a positive care experience & work environment. Performs clinical tasks & procedures under the direction of a clinician within the scope of the LPN's professional training & individual competency. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician or registered nurse & under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares & organizes patient's office visit from known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside reports, etc.) & order entries are ready for clinician review prior to appointment time\n- Perform focused/limited nursing assessment & triage on routine or self-limiting medical conditions as directed by RN/clinician. Recognize when to defer to and/or assist w/comprehensive assessment for complex medical conditions by RN/clinician\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify & address health maintenance/care gaps w/patient & alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention\n- Recognize signs & symptoms of common & routine medical conditions/illnesses, abnormal verses new/existing & implements planned nursing & medical interventions as delegated by RN/clinician\n- Contribute to the development, implementation or modification of the individualized patient's plan of care under the direction of the RN/clinician\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process\n- Assures exam/procedures room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms & educational materials are available & ready for using during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order & cleans room after use\n- Provides health teaching/education or advice on routine or self-limiting medical conditions, procedures, tests, surgeries, self-injections, etc\n- Utilize standardized tools determine patient's level of engagement in self-care as directed by RN\n- Used KP HealthConnect & information systems to document all pertinent data & outcomes of nursing care according to standardized procedures & policies such as & not limited to the use of SBAR, SOAP or APIE, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc. Update demographic/historical clinical data gathered in electronic medical records\n- Perform diagnostic test, therapies & procedures within scope of practice competently & w/maintenance of proficiency according to: a)specific department standards on core clinical tasks (see department's list of core skills); b) application of knowledge & skills appropriate to development age of patient; and c) established policies such as & not limited to patient safety, aseptic & sterile techniques & infection control\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current LPN license in Oregon and Washington.Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire.Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire.\n- AHA Health Care Provider level CPR certification\n- Demonstrated clinical nursing skills\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Allergy, Dermatology, Urology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- IV therapy experience or recent certification\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current working knowledge & clinical skills in providing routine care, education & advice in assigned department's clinical areaOR successful completion of appropriate competencies for assigned primary/specialty care department\n\nSalary Range- $19.46 - $25.68", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800380/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN", "reqid": "136070", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28800380}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Longview", "description": "Title: RN\nLocation: Longview, WA\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/She works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\nProfessional Competencies\n- Demonstrates personal commitment to service and to socially relevant practice\n- Demonstrates ethical and legal behavior in all professional activities\n- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions\n- Understands and provides competent care to a diverse population\n- Practices health care team building and leadership skills\n- Participates in population-based care activities\n- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems\n- Participates in ongoing continuing education activities and shares knowledge with other health care team members\nClinical Competencies\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner\n- Plans, implements, manages, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care across the care continuum\n- Facilitates member wellness and function and identifies needs for health care interventions\n- Utilizes appropriate assessment tools, processes, clinical pathways and guidelines to manage patient care\n- Integrates theory and research-based knowledge in the provision of direct and indirect nursing care\n- Performs and modifies therapeutic and preventive nursing measures and administers treatments and medications as authorized by law and determined by the State Board of Nursing\n- Performs skilled nursing tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment\n- Performs triage and telephone advice independently and within scope of the Oregon and/or Washington Nurse Practice Acts\n- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for staff, patients and family members\n- Participates in the research process\n- Documents the nursing care provided which demonstrates the application of the nursing process and complies with departmental and/or organizational standards\n- Applies effective oral and written communication skills in interacting with patients, families and members of the health care team. This includes effective negotiation and conflict management skills\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years\n- Current RN license in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire. Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\n- High School diploma or GED\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\nSalary Range- $32.45 - $46.67\n\nNotes:\nWill require telephone-based work\nWill need to backfill in Peds, IM and FP\nMay require working Urgent Care on weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800382/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN", "reqid": "136076", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Longview, WA", "uid": 28800382}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Pharmacist\nLocation: Portland, OR\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults w/ health care practitioners to establish high quality patient drug therapy plans & outcomes.\n- Monitors patient's to insure therapeutic outcomes & minimize adverse drug effects.\n- Consults patients in a professional & efficient manner to ensure patient understanding of drug therapy plans & outcomes.\n- Contacts & confers w/ the prescriber in a timely manner to clarify & answer questions regarding drug product selection to facilitate appropriate patient outcomes.\n- Serves as a role model by demonstrating a contemporary attitude & focusing on patient care outcomes.\n- Accurately reviews, interprets, & fills prescriptions/orders to ensure patient safety.\n- Accurately compounds & prepares medications or supervises same.\n- Improves patient care outcomes be developing knowledge & skills in new areas of pharmacy practice as they arise through literature review, continuing education, & collegial sharing of information.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of department mission statement & objectives by assisting in development & achievement of location specific goals.\n- Demonstrates a complete understanding & complies w/ all pharmacy department & location policies & procedures concerning the responsibilities of a pharmacist & support personnel.\n- Mixes IV additive solutions & chemotherapy using aseptic technique.\n- Monitors, surveys, & inspects facility medication storage sites to ensure safe, appropriate drug storage.\n- Maintains a cost conscious attitude in the daily function of the pharmacy.\n- Uses reference materials or alternative sources of information when necessary.\n- Maintains a professional appearance, observes the suggested departmental dress code & wears identification badge.\n- Maintains a professional attitude & image; leads by professional example.\n- Attends to personal affairs so as not to interfere w/ the work schedule.\n- Maintains cleanliness of self & work area.\n- Demonstrates good judgment in the ability to organize & assist in directing workflow to maintain appropriate service levels.\n- Demonstrates ability to set goals, plan, organize, & take tasks to completion.\n- Demonstrates consistent ability to be a productive employee.\n- Answers phone calls as necessary.\n- Exercises independent judgment w/in the limits of authority.\n- Influences others to strive towards location & departmental objectives.\n- Maintains current knowledge of & complies w/ state & federal laws, rules & regulations.\n- Demonstrates knowledge & support for continuous quality improvement programs in the location, department, & region.\n- Demonstrates a complete understanding & complies w/ established regional employee relations policies & procedures.\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of inventory control principles to establish/ensure appropriate cost effective asset management.\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of professional practice standards.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of Kaiser Permanente pharmacy benefit structure.\n- Maintains a contemporary working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente automated systems.\n- Communicates appropriate information regarding formulary & target drug alternatives & is effective in increasing provider compliance & member acceptance to assure appropriate drug utilization.\n- Consults w/ appropriate personnel in mattes of uncertainty.\n- Makes informed, rational, & timely decisions.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Degree in Pharmacy\n- Current Pharmacy license in OR or WA, or receipt of Pharmacy license upon hire.\nSalary Range- $56.57 - $63.53", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800383/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist", "reqid": "136098", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28800383}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Director, Nursing Operations\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nUnder the general direction of the Assistant Administrator of Clinical Services/Chief Nursing Officer, serves as the primary nursing operations leader to identify and implement systems and processes that support and promote effective and efficient patient flow/throughput across the healthcare continuum. Develops, implements, leads, and evaluates systems and processes that will optimize the interdisciplinary approach to the patient experience resulting in optimal clinical outcomes, appropriate utilization of resources, and appropriate and accurate reimbursement. Creates and maintains sustainable nursing processes for internalization and repatriation of Kaiser patients to Kaiser hospital(s).\nProvides leadership, communication, and supervision to the department staff to ensure regional strategic initiatives are operationalized. Position is directly responsible for: Hospital Administrative Supervisors, Staffing Office, Float Pools, other departments as assigned.\nAccountable for executing operational and regional strategic initiatives directed at patient flow, utilization, internalization of Kaiser patients and interdisciplinary care delivery. Responsible for assuring assigned departments, services and initiatives consistently operate in a way that achieves exceptional performance.\nAccountabilities are realized through collaboration with key stakeholders including but not limited to physician leaders, labor partners, other clinical and support managers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop, implement and maintain systems and processes that will optimize the interdisciplinary approach to patient flow/throughput while maintaining high quality patient care and improving operational effectiveness\n- Lead hospital based regional initiatives related to patient flow/throughput and internalization\n- Identify and implement strategies consistent with the regional strategic plan with a focus on quality outcomes, repatriation, reduction of length of stay, medical necessity and level of care\n- Identify and champion new programs, systems, processes, and organizational initiatives which improve clinical and financial outcomes\n- Facilitate collaborative relationships within nursing and across clinical disciplines and health care settings\n- Provide direction to and is accountable for assigned departments' operational, quality, service and fiscal results\n- Direct and manage the assigned fiscal and human resources in support of organizational goals and objectives: establish and communicate department goals and objectives; provide supervision of department managers and assess accountabilities; resource management; department productivity targets; employee, patient and physician satisfaction\n- Prepare annual operating budgets for assigned departments. Manage the financial performance of the departments on an ongoing basis\n- Promote the use of quality data to design, facilitate and improve the patient care experience\n- Collaborate with the Professional Staff to maintain acceptable standards of medical care, treatment, patient safety and hospital services for all persons admitted to or treated in the Hospital\n- Operate as a leader role model for managers and staff. Collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization\n- Partner with physician leadership\n- Demonstrate behaviors consistent with the organizations values for labor-management partnership\n- Facilitate success of teams and individuals\n- Create and support a leadership team and culture that is decisive, action-oriented, inspiring, and poised to act on opportunities that improve patient service, quality and safety\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 8 years of experience in a hospital or health care setting\n- Minimum of 5 years of middle or senior management experience in a progressive medical center\n- Budget development experience Knowledge:\n- Bachelor's degree (or Master's degree) in Nursing\n- Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration or related field\n- Current Oregon RN license upon hire\n- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR w/ AED certification w/in 90 days of hire\n- Demonstrated ability to lead system wide initiatives, interacting across multiple divisions and departments\n- Proven ability to analyze data and make appropriate recommendations based on that data\n- Knowledge of process improvement and change management methodologies\n- Experience with strategy development and systems theory\n- Knowledge of regulations and standards regarding nursing and healthcare facilities\nSkills/abilities\n- Leadership: team building, facilitation, managing and measuring work, instilling trust\n- Adaptability\n- Critical thinking\n- Oral communications\n- Analytical problem solving\n- Business acumen\n- Systems thinking\n- Superior written and oral communication\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of Labor Relations in a union environment\n- Certification in clinical specialty or nursing administration\n- Member of professional organization\n- Minimum of 3 years of director level experience in acute care setting\n- Payroll/financial systems/budget experience", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800385/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Nursing Operations", "reqid": "136432", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28800385}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Director, Clinical Informatics\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Director provides leadership in strategic operational planning, projects, enhancements, and implementations for the electronic medical record and other interfaced clinical systems for Kaiser Sunnyside and Westside Medical Centers. With the goal of achieving a world-class electronic medical record, The Director of Clinical Informatics is responsible for clinical informatics quality, stake holding for patient safety and clinical end user efficiency; and working collaboratively with Information Technology (IT) resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide effective leadership, consultation and direction for all constituents of clinical informatics at KSMC\n- KSMC lead for KSMC KP HealthConnect/electronic medical record (EMR) implementations and benefits realization\n- Interacts positively with multiple hospital departments to build and foster collaborative relationships with constituents, including, but not limited to: Nutrition, Pharmacy, Radiology, Lab, Health Information Management, Patient Access Services, Patient Care Units/Nursing, Regional Surgical Services, Labor/Management Partnership\n- Collaborate with KPHC/Information Technology to ensure adequate end-user support for clinical needs on 24/7 basis\n- Ensure clinical informatics representation and participation on key councils, committees, workgroups etc.\n- Ensure multiple opportunities for clinical end user input to design and implementation of clinical informatics services\n- Continually build knowledge base relative to workflow and process improvement\n- Collaborate with leadership in the identification and enhancement of work place design and process improvement opportunities\n- Utilize effective communication skills in 'translating' the needs of constituents to the technical team and 'translating' the impact of constituent requests and limitations of the technical team to the constituents\n- Participate with KPHC Trainers and Clinical Services Educators in ensuring effective end-user orientation and training programs for all clinical system users.\n- Recommend education requirements for all personnel who document in the electronic medical records\n- Ensure all regulatory education requirements are met\n- Manage the verification and documentation of staff competencies with the electronic medical record\n- Use creativity in meeting the needs of large numbers of end users who work multiple shifts with numerous priorities\n- Collaborate with the development of clinical decision support tools in KP HealthConnect, such as alerts, reminders, order sets, reports, templates, and quality metrics to monitor compliance\n- Establish policies and procedures related to clinical systems, such as downtime management, as required\n- Develop, manage and maintain clinical policies, procedures, and protocols that support The Joint Commission 'Information Management' standards\n- Coordinate with educators and managers to educate personnel and physicians regarding documentation policies and procedures\n- Monitor and manage documentation compliance tools and provide system data and reports to support compliance efforts\n- Ensure departmental compliance with all hospital policies and procedures\n- Ensure HealthConnect meets or exceeds professional standards of clinical practice\n- Ensure that Joint Commission, local, state, and federal laws and standards, and other regulatory issues/requirements are addressed during the implementation of assigned clinical systems\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of health care experience with 3 years of experience in a multi-departmental leadership position\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing\n- Must possess knowledge of redesigning clinical processes to improve efficiency and patient care, preferably in conjunction with the implementation of a clinical information system\n- Must have understanding of, and experience with, application of technology in a health care environment\n- Must be able to demonstrate well developed and proven organizational, problem solving, analytical, and project management skills\n- Must be able to function in a dynamic environment subject to impromptu changes in schedules and priorities\n- Must be able to demonstrate or acquire report-writing and data management skills\n- Must be able to work well independently with little direction\n- Ability to use Microsoft Office products and databases\n- Oregon Registered Nurse license\n- EPIC proficiency (certification in at least one domain)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Nursing or related field\n- Certificate in Informatics\n- Experience in a facility/system utilizing electronic medical records, preferably EPIC products", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800384/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Clinical Informatics", "reqid": "136437", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28800384}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Radiologic Technologist\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nJob Purpose: To provide diagnostic services in a hospital and/or clinical setting, to include clerical duties as required. To perform all duties in a manner that promotes team concepts and reflects the KPNW Mission and philosophy.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performing diagnostic radiological procedures, utilizing diagnostic radiographic equipment.\n- Using skills and abilities required for age of patient served to include: routine, emergent, portable, surgical and fluoroscopic examinations in accordance with department policies and procedures.\n- Film processing\n- Understands, use the current RIS and PACS system\n- Work under the supervision of radiologist on an as needed basis\n- Work with radiologist: on film Quality Assurance, exam clarification\n- Perform EKG (As required)\n- Patient/transport\n- File work\n- Restocking supplies/cleaning\n- May also have cash handling and patient registration updating responsibilities\n- Other (as assigned)\n- Participate in an on-call or standby schedule as required\nPhysical Requirements:\n- Standing, bending, twisting, reaching, lifting; from a standing position working at or above shoulder level; pushing/pulling weights at or above 20 pounds; walking; wearing lead aprons or other protective equipment\n- Proper use of lift equipment\n- Occasional squatting; kneeling and stairs\n- As needed use of ECG equipment\nEquipment Operation:\n- Daily use of diagnostic Radiology equipment\n- Daily use of computer/telephones\n- Daily use of film processor and multi-format/laser camera\n- Daily use of diagnostic aides\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Daily use of diagnostic equipment, Imaging and health care computer system\n- General knowledge of radiology equipment and exams to perform fluoroscopy, surgery, portable exams and routinely radiographic exams\n- Completed AMA approved program in radiology technology\n- American Registry of Radiological Technologist (ARRT)\n- Licensure in state(s) where assigned.\n- Registry: American Registry of Radiological Technologists (ARRT ) Certification within 90 days of hire.\n- BLS and AED certified within 30 days of hire.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Organizational skills, time management, prioritization, planning; attention to detail; problem solving, decision making, judgment; technical skills; initiative; communication, interpersonal skills, customer relations, organizational relations\n- Adaptability; following Policies and Procedures; flexibility\n- PACS\n- Digital equipment\n- Professional experience as a Radiographer with variety in imaging\n\nSalary Range: $28.04 - $34.24", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800355/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiologic Technologist", "reqid": "133744", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28800355}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Day [Med Surg Tele] - Es220\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nSchedule: May include weekends and after hours based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800256/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Day [Med Surg Tele] - Es220", "reqid": "136038", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800256}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Department Manager Leader RN 40/hr Day [Med Surg Tele] - Es219\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nSchedule:\nMay include weekends and after hours, based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800258/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Department Manager Leader RN 40/hr Day [Med Surg Tele] - Es219", "reqid": "136041", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800258}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 40/hr Day [EU231]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule:\nMay include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800259/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 40/hr Day [EU231]", "reqid": "136045", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800259}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 16/hr Day Sat/Sun [EU230]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule:\nMay include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800260/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 16/hr Day Sat/Sun [EU230]", "reqid": "136048", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800260}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 40/hr Day [EU229]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule:\nMay include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800262/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator/Case Manager/Discharge Planner RN 40/hr Day [EU229]", "reqid": "136052", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800262}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Need to administer Anthopometric measurements to adult and Infant participants\n-Data Entry of study visit information\n-Processing of Blood specimens may be required\n-Must be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.\n-Staff must have a California Drivers License.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Bilingual Spanish-English\n\n\nSchedule: Part-time, Regular; 30hrs week; Day shift; Wed, Thurs, Fri - 8:00am to 5:00pm & Sat - 7:00am to 1:00pm\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800261/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "136055", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800261}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Perform Anthropometric Body measurements on Women and Infants\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Bilingual Spanish-English\n-Knowledge of Diabetes or experience in pediatric research\n\nSchedule: On-Call, Regular; Day shift; Wed, Fri -8:00am to 1:30pm & Sat - 7:00am to 1:30pm\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800263/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "136079", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800263}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Research Assoc I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position coordinates a small scale project(s) e.g., less than one year, under 100k annually and works under general supervision with final review required for each phase of assignment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates recruitment of participants & develops information packets for the participants\n- Monitors & tracks participant progress throughout the project & provides follow-up as needed\n- Assists w/development of research instruments\n- Trains research assistants\n- Edits & manipulates data; performs data manipulation to produce progress reports including basic statistical analyses\n- Maintains project records & reports\n- Reviews literature relating to research project\n- May conduct detailed, complex in-person or telephone interviews\n- May be responsible for data quality assurance\n- May coordinate a small scale research projects\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites\n- Assists with development of research instruments\n- Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed\n- Performs literature searches and review of journal articles\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - two (2) years of experience in one or more of the technical areas required\n- Professional certification (e.g., RN, RHIT, RD, etc.) may substitute for two years of experience\n- Experience with interviewing & chart review\n- Bachelor' degree or equivalent experience in public health, health care administration, epidemiology or other related field preferred\n- Basic knowledge of questionnaire design & simple data analysis & interpretation\n- Knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet design, & database applications\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree or equivalent experience\n- Well-organized and extremely detail oriented - Prior project coordination experience\n\n++ This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800266/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Assoc I", "reqid": "136112", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800266}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Need to administer Anthopometric measurements to adult and Infant participants\n-Data Entry of study visit information\n-Processing of Blood specimens may be required\n-Must be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.\n-Staff must have a California Drivers License.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Bilingual Spanish-English\n\n\nSchedule: Full-time, Regular; Day shift; Tue, Wed, Thurs,Fri -8:00am to 5:00pm & Sat - 7:00am to 4:00pm\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800265/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "136096", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800265}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites\n-Assists with development of research instruments\n-Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed\n-Performs literature searches and review of journal articles\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Well-organized and extremely detail oriented\n- Prior project coordination experience preferred\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800270/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "136119", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800270}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nRecruits and screens study participants. Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Edits and codes questionnaire data. Prepares forms and maintains accurate records and files.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers participants' questions and assists in screening, recruiting, and consenting patients.\n- Contacts patients who do not respond to mailings.\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants.\n- Conducts structured telephone or in-person interviews w/study participants.\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Prepares, mails, and processes questionnaires.\n- Assists in tracking study participants.\n- Prepares data for electronic processing.\n- Keeps accurate records and files.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites\n-Assists with development of research instruments\n-Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed\n-Performs literature searches and review of journal articles\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a research/health care environment preferred.\n- Previous interviewing experience preferred.\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, preferred.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience preferred.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Telephone skills required.\n- Familiar w/medical terminology.\n- Familiarity w/editing/coding questionnaires preferred.\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Well-organized and extremely detail oriented\n-Prior project coordination experience preferred\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800271/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Asst", "reqid": "136128", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800271}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II [Pedi IBS Personal Trainer] - North Valley [HP 1of 2]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nResponsible for teaching Adolescent Irritable Bowel Syndrome patient education classes to Kaiser Permanente members according to standardized curriculum for topic area. Disseminates current information regarding concepts, skills and resources relevant to the topic area. Must be able to work throughout the North Valley area (Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento locations). Must be willing to substitute for other instructors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years work experience with pediatric patient population.\n- Knowledge of pedagogy and group process.\n- Group facilitation skills.\n- Ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nMust be able to work throughout the North Valley area (Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento locations).", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800276/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II [Pedi IBS Personal Trainer] - North Valley [HP 1of 2]", "reqid": "136165", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800276}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II [Pedi IBS Personal Trainer] - North Valley [HP 2of 2]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nResponsible for teaching Adolescent Irritable Bowel Syndrome patient education classes to Kaiser Permanente members according to standardized curriculum for topic area. Disseminates current information regarding concepts, skills and resources relevant to the topic area. Must be able to work throughout the North Valley area (Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento locations). Must be willing to substitute for other instructors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years work experience with pediatric patient population.\n- Knowledge of pedagogy and group process.\n- Group facilitation skills.\n- Ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nMust be able to work throughout the North Valley area (Folsom, Roseville, and Sacramento locations).", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800278/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II [Pedi IBS Personal Trainer] - North Valley [HP 2of 2]", "reqid": "136167", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800278}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: HEALTH INFORMATION CODER I\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, is responsible for accurate coding of all inpatient, and outpatient services, procedures, diagnoses and conditions, working from the appropriate documentation in the medical record. Classification systems include ICD-9-CM, CPT, HCPCS as well as other specialty systems as required by diagnostic category. All work carried out in accordance with the rules, regulations and coding conventions of the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), ICD9, CMS, OSHPD, and Kaiser coding guidelines. As needed, Coders II may assist and be a resource for data integrity for other employees who need clarification and assistance in coding. Positions assigned to this classification are differentiated from those assigned to the Hospital Coder I classification in that only the former are typically characterized by the performance of a higher, more complex and responsible level of work generally associated with - but not limited to - the coding of in-patient Medicare medical records/data. Coders II also differ from Coders I in the type and amount of supervision received; responsibility for data comprehensiveness and quality assurance; direction provided to other staff; data analysis, knowledge of procedures related to the sequencing of diagnoses and interventions, as well as data management policies and procedures; required quantity and quality performance standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Review medical records to identify diagnoses/procedures\n- Demonstrates a comprehensive, expert-level of knowledge of all procedures concerning the sequencing of diagnoses, procedures such as but not limited to those outlined in ICD-9-CM, CPT, Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set, Medicare guidelines and other appropriate classification systems\n- Demonstrates knowledge of anatomy and physiology to interpret general medical classifications for coding discharge data\n- Assigns Codes and codes all diagnostic and operative information from the medical record using ICD-9-CM, CPT and HCPCS coding classification systems and independently quality checks own work\n- Selects the DRG for each inpatient case and optimizes hospital payment legitimately and ethically by utilizing approved coding guidelines and conventions\n- Reviews DRG discrepancies from the fiscal intermediary to ensure the appropriate per case DRG assignment\n- Verifies and abstracts, all medical data from the record to complete a data abstract on each hospital encounter\n- Ensures that all data abstracted is consistent with guidelines outlined by JCAHO, OSHPD and CMS, regional and local policy\n- Interacts with physicians to clarify and accurately document patient diagnostic and procedural information\n- Enters patient information into the computerized inpatient and outpatient medical record databases\n- Ensures timely record availability by meeting established coding and abstracting productivity standards\n- Independently conducts medical record documentation auditing to monitor physician compliance with regulatory requirements i.e., Physician Review Project, Confidentiality/Security of Systems\n- Maintains and complies with policies and procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Consistently supports the precepts of corporate compliance and Principles of Responsibility\n- Answers the telephone\n- Acts as an expert resource\n- Perform other duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n57812 - HIM Coder I:\nCCA, RHIT, or RHIA required and CCS eligible\n- Two years of continuous hospital experience in coding/abstracting within the last five years.\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification: Certified Coding Associate (CCA) and eligibility to become a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)\n\nOR:\n\n57813 - HIM Coder II:\nCCS, RHIT or RHIA required\n- Must have at least three (3) years hospital inpatient experience coding within the last five years\n- Certification: This position requires certification as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)\n-Completion of classes in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, ICD-9 and CPT coding conventions, and disease process from an accredited program\n- Must maintain a minimum often (10) CE units annually. Must maintain current coding credential\n- Knowledge of analysis, assembly, terminal digit filing, and physician's incomplete processing preferred\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and utilize auditing skills related to coding quality and compliance\n- Basic PC skills\n- Ability to understand the clinical content of a health record, including the most complicated records\n- Must be able to meet quantity and quality standards established for Coders II\n- Must be able to pass Kaiser coding test at 75%\n- Must also be able to communicate with physicians in order to clarify diagnoses/procedures and sequencing of diagnoses\n- Will abide by the AHIMA coding code of ethics\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Additional qualifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSkills Testing: PC Skills & Coding Test (pass at 75%)", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800284/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HEALTH INFORMATION CODER I", "reqid": "136383", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800284}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Consulting Data Analyst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder close supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as an analyst and as a statistical analytics programmer.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.\n- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Partners with clinical quality service lines to identify issues within operations for focus improvement efforts.\n- In collaboration with the clinical lead, coordinates on-going, multiple projects, including all aspects of data management.\n- Develops databases and reports that draw from Health Connect, STATIT/PiMD, MIDAS and other data systems.\n- Supports workgroups or committees including preparation of meeting materials, logistics, minutes and follow-up.\n- Completes other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least one (1) year programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Project management experience desirable.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases preferred.\n- Analytical consulting experience preferred.\n- Bachelor of arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Strong ability to apply analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous Quality Improvement experience in a health care setting (usually 2 yrs).\n- Thorough understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.\n- Skilled in medical record reading and review.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative / qualitative analysis.\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800240/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Consulting Data Analyst", "reqid": "135758", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800240}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Staff Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nIndependently provides most complex administrative support & project coordination for senior executive(s), & as needed, for other senior management members. * 'Executive' is defined as the direct reports to the Regional President & the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Medical Director & is on the KP Executive Payroll or the TPMG equivalent, including Area Managers, MGAs, PICs & the COO.\nEssential Functions:\n- Independently provides most complex administrative support & project coordination for senior executive(s), & as needed, other senior management members to include the following.\n- Provides administrative support for assigned area of responsibility that exists within an executive's* jurisdiction; represents executive to ensure required action is timely.\n- Manages inquiries (phones, email, in person) & directs to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; independently responds to routine to most complex inquiries.\n- Schedules the daily appointments for the executive.\n- Manages multiple calendars to include arranging more complex special events requiring solid understanding of broad business requirements & coordination of ambiguous dependencies.\n- Coordinates arrangements for executive meetings& other events.\n- Collects information for the executive to prepare for meetings& other events.\n- Makes travel& lodging arrangements for the executive as required.\n- Independently composes complex & detailed correspondence for senior executive(s) using in-depth KP knowledge, business acumen/functional knowledge; independently researches & updates department documents. May use intermediate to advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint, &/or Access functions & other software applications as needed.\n- Independently designs & creates reports & participates in special cross-functional projects that require complex project coordination & independent judgment, in response to business needs.\n- Manages executive travel & business expense budgets, as well as billing & payment authorization for planned & unplanned expenses & special events; handles recharges across business units.\n- Anticipates & proactively resolves potential budget overages.\n- May assist the executive &/or Finance liaison w/ the development of preliminary budgets for cost center(s).\n- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.\n- Coordinates executive assistant workflow across KP departments; designs & implements new processes as needed.\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of considerable scope & complexity using judgment/experience w/ KP/department practices & thorough knowledge of the executive's area of responsibilities.\n- Exchanges & interprets non-routine information; works in collaboration w/ various levels of staff & management.\n- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.\n- Uses thorough knowledge of KP/department policies & procedures but may deviate from established procedures to address unique/complex project work steps.\n- Works independently & checks in w/ manager at key project milestones.\n- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to & training of team members.\n- Exercises independent judgment& acts on behalf of executives within scope of authority.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7) plus years experience performing administrative support functions for senior or executive level management.\n- Experience in coordinating & providing support to large complex projects.\n- HS or GED, BA/BS preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of appropriate protocols for managing the phone, email, & office of executive & equivalent officers.\n- Expertise w/ word processing, spreadsheet, & graphics & presentation software required.\n- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.\n- Advanced level proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) & Lotus Notes.\n- Ability to create tables; merge documents; create pivot tables; & develop graphics & PowerPoint presentations from notes.\n- Strong proficiency w/ office equipment, including troubleshooting & training others.\n- Excellent customer service & oral & written communication skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800241/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Staff Assistant", "reqid": "135763", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800241}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Quality Specialist (1445)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThis position supervises & monitors one or more of the following activities, continuing medical education, quality assurance, medical staff services & quality projects.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the daily quality activities, ensuring timely & accurate data collection, and follow up of issues & quality of work\n-Coaches staff & ensures their competency\n- Coordinates & facilities staff support to various committees (e.g., quality, accreditation) which includes agenda preparation & monitoring of outstanding issues\n- Provides reports based on timely & accurate data collection, identifies trends & monitors issues\n- Develops implements & monitors quality department's policies & procedures; ensures they are in compliance w/ The Joint Commission, NCQA, CME, federal, state & local requirements\n- Assists in developing & revising QA monitors to meet accreditation/regulatory standards\n- Monitors the budgets, researches variances, & identifies opportunities to reduce costs\n- Develops, implements, coordinates, & evaluates the CME programs, credentialing & privileges for permanent or temporary physicians & allied health providers\n- Assists in preparation of educational materials & course objectives\n- Maintains link between medical staff affairs & quality improvement, risk management, and continuing medical staff education\n- Coordinates & prepares for CME, accreditation, licensing, & quality surveys/audits\n- Maintains & monitors the various quality databases which may include quality reviews, CME, credentials & privileges, & provider profiles\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant (typically 2-3 yrs) quality improvement or accreditation experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health care related field or business administration\n- Previous supervisory experience recommended\n- Ability to perform statistical analysis\n- Current knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Knowledge & experience in application of adult learning theory in program development\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800242/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Quality Specialist (1445)", "reqid": "135818", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28800242}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Service Unit Assistant Department Manager RN (87)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nAssists in managing a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuums, which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the operations of a single or multiple units.\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & is in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal client's expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Recommends & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care. Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Assists in providing on going staff development. Implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensure they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ physician team leader, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years ofsupervisory experience required.\n- Previous nursing experience in outpatient care preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience in nursing or health related field.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800243/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Assistant Department Manager RN (87)", "reqid": "135853", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28800243}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant (120258)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- On/off boarding for MD's and residents.\n- Updating home pages, schedule MD evals, meeting reminders, minutes, and ordering meals.\n- Schedule all pediatric sedation cases, including Pediatric MRI, CT, OPPC, Hem/Onc patients needing procedural sedation.\n- This position will also include scheduling Bronchoscopy for ICU MD's.\n- Provide data management for this group of MD's, report cards, dashboards, quality metrics, etc.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (45WPM), Excel, Powerpoint, Access, & Advanced level Word.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800244/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant (120258)", "reqid": "135888", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28800244}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - InPatient\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Neurological and acute care experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800245/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - InPatient", "reqid": "135894", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28800245}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Manager Administrative Services (RWC-921009-BDC)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nProvides administrative support in a staff capacity to a diverse functional area or business group by directing such activities as budget planning and control, personnel administration, training, communications and workflow procedures. Identifies, coordinates and implements numerous projects/programs to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of operations and service. Provides support and advice to management. Resolves complex problems, many of which do not have easily definable solutions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures compliance with organization policies/procedures and regulatory agencies, effective utilization of personnel, materials, space and equipment, and effective customer service.\n- Recommends and implements internal policies and procedures.\n- Interprets and applies company policies/procedures.\n- Manages the budget to meet the fiscal goals for capital, payroll and non-payroll expenses.\n- Performs financial and staffing analysis.\n- Coordinates reconciliation of accounts and budget reporting requirements.\n- Advises management of serious variances and recommends and implements solutions.\n- May include managing complex transfer pricing agreements.\n- Supervises multiple ancillary functions, such as secretarial support, systems development, communications and training.\n- In addition, provides human resources support to the entire functional area, including managing the hiring, salary determination and performance evaluation processes.\n- Directs the units' participation in diversity employment programs.\n- May compile statistics and produce reports (EEO/AA) for human resources and management.\n- Facilitates/administers training and educational programs, such as professional development, systems training and train-the-trainer programs.\n- May conduct training sessions.\n- Identifies service and operational problems and issues.\n- Provides project management support to identify research, develop and implement solutions.\n- Edits/produces any organizational unit communications, such as newsletters and directories.\n- Represents the organizational unit on administrative matters.\n- Establishes partnerships with other functional areas and/or regions.\n- Provides consultation to project teams working on region-wide and/or inter-regional projects.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Direct a staff of Admitting representatives including responsibility to schedule and balance workload for a 24/7 hospital operation, including staffing and arranging coverages, perform on-boarding functions, including interviewing, hiring, and coordination of training both locally and regionally, and monitor performance, resolve performance issues and deliver appraisals to all Admitting Staff.\n- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures, including readiness for external and internal surveys or audits, and readiness for disaster-recovery.\n- Timely completion and submission of observational audits of staff for patient satisfaction and SOX compliance.\n- Ensure coordination with other departments in the medical center to provide quality patient services and efficient workflows to ensure patient safety / care.\n- Meet operating performance metics as outlined by senior leadership.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience managing a multi-disciplinary staff of professionals, technical and non-exempt employees.\n- Experience developing education and training programs.\n- Experience with budget management/ development.\n- May require significant experience in the functional area.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Business Administration, or other relevant field.\n- Master's preferred.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly shifting priorities in managing a wide-range of projects.\n- Team player, tactful and diplomatic.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills.\n- User knowledge of computer systems/applications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in Access Management / Admitting strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800247/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Administrative Services (RWC-921009-BDC)", "reqid": "135916", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28800247}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Manager Utilization Management (MGR-KT-MOD-04242012)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThis position develops, coordinates, & manages the administrative & operational activities that are directly associated w/ the utilization management of medical services provided to Kaiser's members. In addition, it works independently & establishes priorities for staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Chairs & Co-chairs local committees focused on creating, implementing & monitoring work plans to achieve UM targets & performance improvement\n- Shares accountability w/ other medical center leadership for the daily monitoring of utilization indicators & performance, identification & escalation of problems, & initiation & evaluation of action plans for achieving medical center targets & improve the quality of care & services\n- Participates & provides UM expertise on local & regional committees, including UM Peer, UM Chiefs/Directors, Quality, TPMG, other departments & contracted/planned providers\n- Manages projects related to chart reviews & conducts utilization data analysis (avoidable days, readmissions, UMAB, PRS reports, one-day stays, DRG's, LOS, PDR's, etc.) for trending & development of performance improvement initiatives\n- Partners w/ the UM Chief & KFH/TPMG local medical center leadership, to engage the following areas in the development & implementation of a comprehensive utilization management, work plan to meet or exceed medical center targets\n- Identifies & incorporates (as appropriate) evidence-based best/successful practices (e.g. care paths, innovative discharge planning/case management models, etc) into efforts to improve quality of care/service & reduce costs\n- Collaborates w/ interdisciplinary teams across the continuum of care including, but not limited to (HBS, TPMG Sub-specialty departments, Nursing, MSW, PT/OT, HH, Hospice, SNF, CCM, Behavioral Health, Rehabilitation, etc.) to ensure patient care is effectively provided, clinically appropriate, service oriented, safe & cost effective\n- Ensures compliance w/ regulatory/accreditation (NCQA, MDQR, CMS, Medical, DMHC, DOL, The Joint Commission, etc.) requirements related to UM by partnering w/ other departments & facilitating workgroups in maintaining survey readiness\n- Directs staff review of the UM related aspects of treatment & discharge plans (Case Managers, Discharge Planners, Patient Care Coordinators, etc.) to ensure high quality & cost-effective discharge planning\n- Supports UM staff in negotiating barriers or systems issues to expedite patient services during the hospital stay\n- Accountable for oversight of UM activities (e.g., the appropriate use of InterQual, other criteria/guidelines), MIDAS, & the denial process\n- May be responsible for claims management, repatriation, & ambulance\n- May be responsible for oversight of coordination of care in planned & contract hospitals/providers\n- Consultation & collaboration w/ TPMG/KFH Medical Center leadership to ensure discharge-planning activities are HR related activities\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee, department safety, & risk management issues\n- Responsible for all aspects of staff management including, hiring, development/training, performance reviews, & terminations integrated into the broader service area utilization management initiatives\n- Manages department budget & finances & develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum ofthree (3)years of experience in management /leadership in a hospital or outpatient setting\n- A minimum ofthree (3)years of experience in utilization management activities required\n- BSN or BA in health care related field or equivalent experience required\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Current California RN licensure\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, NCQA, & other local, state,& federal regulations\n- Demonstrated skills in leading& facilitating the efforts of multidisciplinary groups\n- Demonstrated strong communication, problem-solving& analytical skills", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800249/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Utilization Management (MGR-KT-MOD-04242012)", "reqid": "135953", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28800249}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Research Asst\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nRecruits and screens study participants. Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Edits and codes questionnaire data. Prepares forms and maintains accurate records and files.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers participants' questions and assists in screening, recruiting, and consenting patients.\n- Contacts patients who do not respond to mailings.\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants.\n- Conducts structured telephone or in-person interviews w/study participants.\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Prepares, mails, and processes questionnaires.\n- Assists in tracing study participants.\n- Prepares data for electronic processing.\n- Keeps accurate records and files.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Need to administer Anthopometric measurements to adult and Infant participants\n-Data Entry of study visit information\n-Processing of Blood specimens may be required\n-Must be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds.\n-Staff must have a California Drivers License.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a research/health care environment preferred.\n- Previous interviewing experience preferred.\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, preferred.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience preferred.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Telephone skills required.\n- Familiar w/medical terminology.\n- Familiarity w/editing/coding questionnaires preferred.\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Bilingual Spanish-English\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800248/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Asst", "reqid": "135960", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800248}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager (1509)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800250/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager (1509)", "reqid": "135966", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28800250}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager (1508)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule: Variable hours\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Tues, Wed, Thurs\nWeek 2: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800251/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager (1508)", "reqid": "135976", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28800251}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Nursing Shift Supervisor (1404)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts & weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care & compliance w/ regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.\n- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.\n- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.\n- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.\n- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- ACLS certification strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800255/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Shift Supervisor (1404)", "reqid": "135986", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28800255}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Eve [PACU/ASU/GI/POM] - Ep302\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800252/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Eve [PACU/ASU/GI/POM] - Ep302", "reqid": "136031", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800252}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Eve Operating Room - Ep301\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri. May include weekends and after hours based on departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800254/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager RN 40/hr Eve Operating Room - Ep301", "reqid": "136036", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28800254}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5201492]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800226/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5201492]", "reqid": "135105", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28800226}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220247] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat\nWeek II: Sun, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri\n\n++This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800227/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220247] - Temporary", "reqid": "135107", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28800227}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220248] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Sun, Mon,Wed, Thurs, Fri\nWeek II: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat\n\n++This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800228/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220248] - Temporary", "reqid": "135111", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28800228}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220249] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Mon,Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat\nWeek II: Sun,Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri\n\n++This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800229/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [5220249] - Temporary", "reqid": "135112", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28800229}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Emergency (ED) Clerk\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Greet, assist and register patients that present for treatment.\n- Receive, make and transfer telephone call promptly, courteously, and efficiently.\n- Ability to work accurately with a high volume of work in a past paced setting.\n- Demonstrate and maintain professional conduct to include dealing courteously, tactfully, and patiently with patients, co-workers, and consumers.\n- Alphabetize filing.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School graduate/GED\n- Medical Terminology Certificate\n- Six (6) months experience in a hospital/clerical setting or medical office.\n- Knowledge of CICS/REGP.\n- Reception and cash handling experience\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800230/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency (ED) Clerk", "reqid": "135127", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28800230}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS)/CLS/Senior CLS (2012-20 D)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nClinical Laboratory Scientist, (includes CLS Sr., CLS, and Entry Level CLS)\nUnder the general direction of the Laboratory Director, or their designee, performs pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical procedures and analyses to provide data for health maintenance, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Enhances quality of patient care and service through interdepartmental cooperation and quality assurance protocols.\nEssential Functions:\n- Correctly verifies that the proper specimen is being analyzed for the correct patients and that the correct test is being performed.\n- Judges the adequacy and qualities of specimens submitted for testing.\n- Analyzes clinical laboratory specimens following the standard methods and procedures approved by the Laboratory Director or designee.\n- Performs quality control procedures to ensure accuracy of clinical data.\n- Utilizes test reference ranges (including neonates, pediatric and adult) to determine reasonableness of test results.\n- Validates test results through correlation with test parameters (e.g. Hgb/Hct, anion gap, platelet count/smear, dipstick/micro etc.)\n- Confirms testing on all Critical Values to ensure accuracy prior to releasing of test results.\n- Performs routine preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on assigned instruments and equipment according to established schedule and procedure.\n- Performs and documents instrument function by checking and calibrating specific lab instruments and documents data.\n- Records on instrument logs any repairs, replacement, and maintenance needed of equipment.\n- Releases or reports results per Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.\n- Trains laboratory assistants on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\nAdditional Duties and Responsibilities:\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Entry Level - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Sr. - Trains laboratory assistants, and other Clinical Laboratory Scientists, on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice. Assist with Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities consistent with the Laboratory Quality Plan. Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Sr. CLS minimum 3 years of experience, CLS minimum 6 months of experience, Entry Level CLS = none.\n- Bachelor's degree in Clinical Lab Sciences or related field. Applicable military experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree.\n- Current California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License/Valid Temporary California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License for entry level CLS.\n- Computer application experience/proficiency preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\n\nWeek 1: Sun: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM, Thurs, Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM\nWeek 2: Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Sat: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800232/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS)/CLS/Senior CLS (2012-20 D)", "reqid": "135262", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28800232}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Director Optical Services Delivery\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nOversees management of optical retail locations within Kaiser Permanente's Northern California region. Leads team of regional service area managers and local branch managers to meet financial, operational, and customer service goals across 40 optical retail locations. Builds consistent and efficient operations within the optical service line, and partners with local optometry and ophthalmology leadership to ensure strong local coordination and goal alignment. Oversees all aspects of store operations to ensure strategic and tactical objectives are met for the service line. Provides strategic input to overall market positioning of Vision Essentials.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides overall leadership to optical KPNCservice area managers & medical center-based branch managers.\n- Hires & facilitates training & development of branch managers & optical sales office staff.\n- Reviews progress & performance on an on-going basis.\n- Provides regional oversight of branch office operations in the following areas: sales/revenue, marketing/merchandising, store layout design & remodels, capital budgets, customer service, & staff training in areas of product presentation & sales.\n- Participates in regional optical management team that provides overall leadership on strategic & tactical decision & participates on other committees/workgroups as needed.\n- Evaluates staffing needs & monitors overall supply/demand balance in stores.\n- Helps develop & oversee programs to ensure operational excellence in the stores.\n- Guides service area managers regarding HR management & personnel actions.\n- Partners w/ marketing team to ensure effective development & implementation of promotions & overall store merchandising & inventory management.\n- Coordinates implementation of new products & oversees local marketing efforts.\n- Coordinates development & execution of branch manager management & sales training programs.\n- Oversees patient sales & service activities performed by dispensing opticians, cashier/receptionist, & contact lens staff in optical sales branches.\n- Helps ensure that service exceeds customer expectations & that customer service problems are resolved efficiently.\n- Works w/ chiefs of optometry & ophthalmology & branch managers at each location to develop shared goals for the Vision Essentials service line.\n- Assists in the design of new or renovation of existing optical sales offices to accommodate growth & maintain a competitive position.\n- Develops & implements standards for space, equipment, instruments, & furnishings based on changing needs & industry trends.\n- Works w/ optical sales manager & KFHP health plan representatives to promote sales of prepaid optical benefits.\n- Assures compliance by optical sales personnel of JCAH & Medical Board of Quality Assurance requirements as well as ANSI Z-80 standards, to provide quality of care to Optical Sales patients.\n- Eliminates/addresses barriers (resource, staffing, political) impeding the successful completion of projects/key initiatives.\n- Tracks competitive landscape & makes recommendations on strategies to ensure service line competes effectively on product line, price, service, & overall market position.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant management experience, ten (10) + years, and demonstrated success in a role that has required a broad scope leading and managing others.\n- Experience should include financial management, program development, customer service, quality improvement, HR, sales, and project management.\n- Experienced in sales, marketing and merchandising techniques, labor relations, and human resources management preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, or comparable field of study.\n- Masters' degree in business or relevant area preferred.\n- Track record of leading through influence and collaboration.\n- Demonstrated performance in operational and strategic analysis and planning, analytical techniques, contract analysis and negotiations.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Superior communication, consulting, facilitation, negotiation, problem resolution, change management skills and consensus building skills.\n- Ability to communicate persuasively and effectively to a wide range of internal and external customers.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with peers and others both internal and external to KP.\n- Strong leadership and project management skills.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Ability to successfully lead others in accomplishing work projects and meeting designated goals.\n- Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.\n- Adaptable to changing priorities.\n- Demonstrated ability to uphold highly sensitive and confidential information and to exercise good judgment in all settings.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis. Advanced computer skills and knowledge of data systems.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of optical dispensing, contact lens fitting, lens fabrication, and production bench work.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800222/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Optical Services Delivery", "reqid": "134742", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28800222}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Technician (HAY-201504)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed Pharmacist, may perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other non-discretionary tasks, including removing drugs from stock; counting, pouring, or mixing pharmaceuticals; placing product into a container; affixing label(s) onto container; packaging and repackaging.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other non-discretionary tasks.\n- Removes drugs from stock.\n- Counts, pours and mixes pharmaceuticals.\n- Places products in container and affixes labels onto containers.\n- Performs packaging and repackaging tasks.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Pharmacy Technician Registration.\n- Requires successful completion of a qualifying exam and the Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Program.\n- Working knowledge of current drug forms, dosage strengths, and generic & trade name, and traditional equivalents.\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws/regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to read, understand and transcribe pharmaceutical information.\n- Must possess verbal and written English-speaking communication skills.\n-Mustbeabletoeithertype30WPMor6,000KPH.\n- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer system and other equipment.\n- Must be able to stand for long periods of time with frequent bending/stooping/lifting or reaching.\n- Ability to lift or transport items of 1-50 lbs. weight.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Must pass background check. \nSkills testing: Typing (30 WPM or 6,000 KPH)\n\nSchedule: Relief Pool position; 16 hours a week,day shift,variable schedule\n\nSpecial Requirements This position will be required to work across facilities: Hayward, Union City, Fremont", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800225/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Technician (HAY-201504)", "reqid": "134960", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28800225}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Cashier - Grade 3 (PCC-400031)\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nUnder direct supervision and control of a licensed pharmacist, provides in-person and telephone reception, receives and directs new and refill prescriptions for further processing. This position also packages and sells prescriptions and pharmaceutical merchandise and assists pharmacy personnel with clerical functions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide in-person and telephone reception\n- Receives and directs new and refill prescriptions for further processing\n- Packages and sells prescriptions and pharmaceutical merchandise\n- Assists pharmacy personnel with clerical functions\n- Performs other duties as required\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months general clerical/cashier experience\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Effective customer service and telephone reception skills\n- Effective written and verbal communication skills\n- Ability to read understands and transcribes pharmaceutical information from the prescription form.\n- Good clerical ability and mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide)\n- Ability to stand for long periods and to read fine print\n- Ability to learn and accurately operate cash register, pharmacy computer systems and other equipment\n- Ability to lift/transport up to 50 lbs\n- Light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking and frequent bending, stooping and reaching\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos Ability to write simple correspondence Ability to communicate effectively information to other health care providers, patients and visitors\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSchedule:\n\nMon, Tues, Fri: 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Sat: 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800220/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Cashier - Grade 3 (PCC-400031)", "reqid": "133826", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28800220}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Vision Services Assistant I - Grade 180 (12-020D)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nA Vision Services Assistant (V.S.A.) is a member of the Eye Services team, providing direct support to the providers (ophthalmologists and optometrists) and the Eye Services operation, while working under the direct supervision of the Chief of Ophthalmology or designee(s). The V.S.A.'s primary role will be to enhance to provider interactions with their customers utilizing specific knowledge, objective ophthalmic testing and practicing special technical skills in the Eye Services specialty. The VSA will maximize opportunities for flexible operations within vision services by assisting with provider visits as well as supporting department operations with clerical services (e.g., making appointments, scheduling surgical procedures, taking messages, registering patients, etc.).\nEssential Functions:\n- Measures and records intraocular pressure (tonometry), neutralization of spectacles (lensometry), automated visual fields, autorefraction (in preparation for the subjective refraction by the provider), autokeratometry, anterior chamber angles, vital signs, and pupillary response and other objective ophthalmic testing procedures.\n- Measures complete visual acuity's for all ages and ocular diagnoses, including Snellen charts, HOTV charts, color vision, and stereopsis.\n- Administers topical eye medications per specific physician order in preparation for testing as permitted by state law and regulation.\n- Performs other objective ophthalmic testing and automated image capture as indicated.\n- Makes and cancels Optometry, Ophthalmology, medical clearances, and diagnostic appointments.\n- Obtains and prepares the appropriate medical information (records, files, forms, diagnostic results) for the provider.\n- Records relevant medical information for the provider (i.e., assessments, plans, interventions, and spectacles) completes forms and other necessary data entry.\n- Documents concise and relevant medical and ocular histories in the medical record.\n- Escorts patients to exam rooms and prepares them for examination.\n- Instructs eye patients by providing relevant information, per provider protocols.\n- Witnesses patient consent signature and signs forms.\n- Electronically, set up lab, x-ray and other requisitions, as needed.\n- Labels specimen and Pathology Requests forms.\n- Documents the specimens following departmental specific procedures.\n- Sets up and assists with minor surgical procedures of the eye, as needed by setting up supplies, handling instruments, etc.\n- Anticipate provider needs (preparation of supplies, instruments, and equipment).\n- Cleans (changing cleaning solutions, as needed), wraps, labels and re-stocks instruments. Maintains equipment and orders/stocks supplies.\n- Orders and maintains inventory par levels of supplies, forms, medications, etc. as needed.\n- Keeps work area clean.\n- Calls patients with messages from providers and documents disposition.\n- Documents, updates and processes records relating to provider appointments.\n- Performs surgical scheduling functions, as needed.\n- Answers phones, makes appoints, takes messages.\n- Maintains provider and department files, as needed.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or an in-house Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant program, or have at lease one (1) year (1,000 hours or more per year) of experience as a Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant, or have one (1) year (1000 hours or more per year) recent experience of assisting physicians or Optometrists in an eye care setting.\n- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).\n- BLS.\n- Must successfully complete PARRS II, AutoReg, and be able to work with electronic medical record system.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills, including legible handwriting.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.\n- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams required.\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800221/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Services Assistant I - Grade 180 (12-020D)", "reqid": "133989", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28800221}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Laboratory Asst II\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder the direction and oversight of the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager, or designee, within the scope of Unlicensed Laboratory Personnel as described in B&PC 1269, receives and processes specimens, performs clerical tasks and performs phlebotomy. May operate automated or semi-automated test equipment, or plate and process microbiology specimens under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed person, as authorized by the California lab law.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Draws blood from patient's finger, heel, or vein, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.\n- Obtains the correct amount and type of specimen.\n- Documents all requests and released results of lab work accurately.\n- Informs physicians of released lab results.\n- Completes appropriate routing, handling, and processing of various medical specimens.\n- Orders, distributes and stocks supplies as needed.\n- Trains and reports on the work performance of other Laboratory Assistants.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).\n- Must be able to perform all Laboratory Assistant I duties.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\n\n++NOTE: Must have own reliable car and be able to drive to 5 different sites in the Sacramento Area++\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: This position is expected to continue for2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800216/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Asst II", "reqid": "133351", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800216}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Imaging Assistant - Grade 3 - Temporary\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nAssists in the accomplishment and coordination of Radiology functions under the Direction of the Radiology Physician, Director or Designee.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists patients by escorting gowning, post procedure cleaning, dressing, and aiding technologists in the communication of instruction and direction.\n- Transports patients utilizing wheel chairs, Gurneys, patient beds, and additional equipment as needed.\n- Assists in the placement and removal of patients on or near imaging equipment.\n- Assists technologists in the preparation of patients and room by organizing supplies, linens, equipment, and pre and post procedure clean up.\n- Assists technologists with the coordination of patient exam by communicating with referring areas and confirming exam times and preparation, and coordinating patient throughput.\n- Assists technologists by organizing documents, ensuring prior exam information is available, screening documents are complete, and preparatory test results are available.\n- Assists technologists by providing physical, informational, and directional assistance to patients.\n- Assists technologists in supply inventories, orders and stocking.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months experience in a Radiology or Medical environment with direct patient interaction.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Ability to read, write and comprehend Radiology and medical information.\n- Ability to learn and become proficient in KP computer systems.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills including legible handwriting.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact courteously with the public, health plan members and co-workers.\n- Presents self in a professional manner.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Sun, Mon\nWeek II: Fri, Sat\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800212/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Imaging Assistant - Grade 3 - Temporary", "reqid": "132839", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28800212}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Imaging Assistant - Grade 3 - Temporary\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nAssists in the accomplishment and coordination of Radiology functions under the Direction of the Radiology Physician, Director or Designee.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists patients by escorting gowning, post procedure cleaning, dressing, and aiding technologists in the communication of instruction and direction.\n- Transports patients utilizing wheel chairs, Gurneys, patient beds, and additional equipment as needed.\n- Assists in the placement and removal of patients on or near imaging equipment.\n- Assists technologists in the preparation of patients and room by organizing supplies, linens, equipment, and pre and post procedure clean up.\n- Assists technologists with the coordination of patient exam by communicating with referring areas and confirming exam times and preparation, and coordinating patient throughput.\n- Assists technologists by organizing documents, ensuring prior exam information is available, screening documents are complete, and preparatory test results are available.\n- Assists technologists by providing physical, informational, and directional assistance to patients.\n- Assists technologists in supply inventories, orders and stocking.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months experience in a Radiology or Medical environment with direct patient interaction.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Ability to read, write and comprehend Radiology and medical information.\n- Ability to learn and become proficient in KP computer systems.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills including legible handwriting.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact courteously with the public, health plan members and co-workers.\n- Presents self in a professional manner.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Fri, Sat\nWeek II: Sun, Mon\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800213/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Imaging Assistant - Grade 3 - Temporary", "reqid": "132843", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28800213}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Emergency Department Clerk - Grade 4 (367)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Greet, assist and register patients that present for treatment.\n- Receive, make and transfer telephone call promptly, courteously, and efficiently.\n- Alphabetize filing.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typing of 35 wpm.\n- Ability to work accurately with a high volume of work in a past paced setting.\n- Demonstrate and maintain professional conduct to include dealing courteously, tactfully, and patiently with patients, co-workers, and consumers.\n- Ability to solve problems.\n- Must be able to work as part of the team in a fast paced environment in an organized manner.\n- Must have good customer service presentation.\n- Dependable work record.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (35 WPM)\n\nSchedule: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM\n\nWeek 1: Mon, Thurs\nWeek 2: Mon, Fri", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800210/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Department Clerk - Grade 4 (367)", "reqid": "130945", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28800210}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Tracy", "description": "Title: Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100 (On Call 01)\nLocation: Tracy, CA\nUnder direct supervision, cleans and maintains an assigned area, and performs a variety of environmental services duties in and around the medical center in order to maintain a neat, orderly, sanitary, and safe environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates and utilizes equipment needed to include cleaner, wet mop unit, dust pan, dust mop, back vacuum, automatic floor scrubber, shampoo machine, high speed buffer, carpet extractor, wet/dry vacuum, floor buffer, wall washer and utility cart.\n- Operates and utilizes sanipac, compactor and bailer.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products cleans patient areas to include restrooms, discharge beds, woodwork, horizontal surfaces, TVs cabinets, furniture, glass, walls, floors, all affixed items, replenish dispensers, remove soiled linen and trash.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products, cleans auxiliary areas to include medication room, nursing station, tub room, soiled utility rooms, storage areas, staff lounge, quiet rooms, offices, exam rooms, treatment rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, elevators, water fountain, ice machines, telephones, all horizontal surfaces and high dusting.\n- Replenishes supplies such as: paper-towels, toilet paper, soap, plastic liners, paper cups and seat covers.\n- Reports unsafe conditions such as defective or damaged equipment.\n- Assures sharp objects are in proper containers, follows safety rules established by the department and uses proper body mechanics such as lifting techniques.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience preferred.\n- Moderate to heavy lifting ability required.\n- Ability to operate all types of floor machinery and other housekeeping related equipment.\n- Ability to lift 50 lbs., carry items of 25 lbs., push carts up to 200 lbs.\n- Ability to perform frequent pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting and reaching.\n- Job requires extensive standing and walking.\n- Ability to understand and communicate effectively.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800207/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100 (On Call 01)", "reqid": "130426", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Tracy, CA", "uid": 28800207}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU (Nights, 24) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Thurs, Fri\nWeek II: Sun, Mon", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:46:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800202/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU (Nights, 24) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "129282", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28800202}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Pathology Assistant - OC\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo assist the pathologists by dissecting & describing all surgical pathology specimens for histologic processing & coordinating case distribution for histologic processing in the gross dissection lab.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares cases to be grossed-in by logging in surgical pathology specimens in the tissue laboratory, assigning succession numbers, checking tissue-examination forms & specimens for completeness & accuracy, & labeling specimen cassettes w/ accession numbers by differentiation according to varied specimen requirements.\n- Assists the pathologists in the assurance that all anatomic pathology departmental copies of reports & necessary tissue blocks are maintained in chronological/numerical order & according to appropriate storage requirements. Clarifies, resolves, & documents problems involving pathology reports, tissue blocks, or glass slides.\n- Files & maintains microscope slides & paraffin blocks of surgical pathology, cases.\n- Serves as a resource to clinical staff by answering questions or inquiries, i.e., pathology diagnosis w/in their scope of practice.\n- Maintains instrumentation, performs formalin monitor, prepares stains & maintains pertinent documentation.\n- Assists in the evaluation & development of new procedures, methods, quality assurance monitors, & instrumentation.\n- Participates in the training or orientation of staff & students.\n- Gathers block materials & prepares for shipping items sent for consultation or as requested by providers.\n- Coordinates special stains; re-cuts blocks & secures & distributes reports.\n- Coordinates the distribution of surgical pathology reports to physicians & medical records w/ the Pathology Secretary.\n- Perform other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 year of previous work experience in a pathology assistant capacity.\n- Bachelor's degree.\n- Certified as a pathologist assistant from a national accrediting body (i.e., American Society for Clinical Pathologists) required or be an MD w/ a background in anatomic pathology.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800164/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pathology Assistant - OC", "reqid": "136231", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28800164}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: DCSM Business Operations Manager-FT\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nTo provide business and administrative support to the DC/MD Area Administrator.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Completes special projects and other duties as assigned by the DC/MD Area Administrator.\n- Creates business cases to support the DC/MD Service strategy goals and vision.\n- Monitors and compiles service area variance reports for capital payroll and non payroll budgets.\n- Produces power point presentations agendas meeting minutes and data spread sheets.\n- Manages the DC/MD AA's work schedule applying judgment skills to triage for appropriate time frames when committing the meeting to the AA's calendar Functions as the initial contact for internal and external customers contacting the DC/MD AA.\n- Schedules and coordinates meetings using lotus notes tools managing the IT phone support and preparation of appropriate supporting documentation.\n- Assists in the pre sign off management of the KRONOS time sheets of the DC/MD AA direct reports and maintains the KRONOS exceptions sheets for 5 year time period.\n- Works as a team member in partnership with the Senior Executive Assistant II and MAPMG physicians in the DC/MD Area Suite.\n- Arranges business travel and hotel accommodations Prepares expense summary monthly for signature.\n- Prepares P card statement for signature recharging expenses to the appropriate cost centers.\n- Provides support to the DC/MD Administrator maintaining confidentiality of written and spoken information.\n- Manages and sorts incoming and outgoing mail preparing documents for signature.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration health care administration/related field or relevant experience required.\n- Proficiency in Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint required.\n- Discretion in handling sensitive and confidential materials required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year of relevant financial management and administrative support experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800165/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "DCSM Business Operations Manager-FT", "reqid": "136252", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28800165}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Operating Room RN-OC\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nProvides quality patient care in accordance with nursing philosophy, approved standards, and applicable regulatory laws. Functions as a scrub or circulating nurse in all areas of surgical specialties.\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilizes the standard of care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of perioperative nursing care during the surgical process.\n- Directs the coordination of efforts of the OR team members in rendering perioperative nursing care while in the roll of the circulating, scrub, pre-op or recovery nurse.\n- Develops a perioperative nursing care plan on each surgical patient.\n- Ensures a safe supportive environment for staff, physicians and patients.\n- Assembles and communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care in the perioperative nursing process.\n- Maintains current skill and knowledge of surgical procedures and principles of sterile techniques.\n- Executes proper use, care, handling and processing of equipment, supplies and instrumentation used in the area of surgical specialty.\n- Participates in operating room Quality Assurance program.\n- Promotes personal and professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing courtesy, compassion, respect and adherence to the standards.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of current operating room experience required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation required.\n- Experience in scrub and circulating roles in major surgical specialties required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.\n- Recent ambulatory surgery experience preferred.\n- May be required to work at Kensington or Gatihersburg", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800167/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operating Room RN-OC", "reqid": "136318", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 28800167}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Radiology Technologist - OC\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nTakes x-ray exposures of patients as requested by referring physicians. Explains x-ray procedure to pa-tients, assures safety of patients, reviews films to assure appropriate images, & prepares files & reports.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient, confirms image to be taken, & explains x-ray procedure to patient.\n- Reviews patient\u2019s medical history prior to performing x-ray procedure & confirms that patient has signed a contrast media consent form if needed.\n- Takes x-ray exposures of patient following protocol for position of body, intensity of radiation, & time of exposure.\n- Processes film & inspects images to determine that images meet the requirements of radiologist.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient information files showing patient\u2019s name, date of x-ray, referring physician, & number of exposures.\n- Prepares & submits reports showing the number & type of x-rays.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or equivalent education.\n- Completion of formal training in radiologic technology.\n- RT certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a radiologic technologist preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800170/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiology Technologist - OC", "reqid": "136385", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28800170}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Administrative Supervisor-FT\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nProvides leadership for the coordination of all specialties & ancillaries in the multi-specialty medical center on his or her shift.The role supports the Medical Center Administrative Director to achieve market leading performance in the areas of clinical quality, market growth, financial performance & member satisfaction with the care experience.Works closely with facilities to ensure the Multidisciplinary Medical Center is in excellent condition & provides an environment that is welcoming, therapeutic & professional.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides, articulates, & integrates a vision that aligns operational activities & strategic targets w/ organizational mission, vision & values for the Multi-specialty Medical Center at Capitol Hill.\n- Manages & monitors performance by facilitating problem solving & conflict resolution relating to all operational issues.\n- Manages relationships within the Medical Center & service lines to enhance team work & accountability for the effective delivery of service across the continuum of care.This includes, but is not limited to: ancillary services, call center, medical delivery system (hospital & sub-acute), products, provider services & quality resource management.\n- Supports initiatives to manage & measure clinical quality.Supports the identification, evaluation, & monitoring of quality & service performance goals. Ensures compliance w/ internal policies & with external regulatory, licensing, & accrediting agencies, including health information management.\n- Leverages resources & manages financial & non-financial resources & information.Shares best practices, recognizes & capitalizes on size, scale, & capabilities, & continuously seeks opportunities to improve fiscal performance. Assist w/ financial performance management & supports Service Line Directors' budgets. Champions & ensures continuous improvement in all operational activities:\n- Support initiatives that monitor appointment access, patient flow activities & implementation of actions that assure coordinated care between departments.\n- Provides immediate service recovery for member concerns and resolves in a timely and effective manner.\n- Supports initiatives relating to disaster response and employee health and safety.\n- Represent and participate in community benefit events and service organizations to create a climate of civic responsibility within Medical Center.\n-Promotes staff development and acts as a role model.\n- Manages available information technology systems (KP Health Connect, Payroll applications, and medical applications).\n- In partnership with Facilities Operations Leaders, ensures the maintenance of a safe and secure environment for customers and staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 5 years of current clinical experience in an acute care environment plus2 years of supervisory experience required.\n- Demonstrated clinical and managerial competence appropriate to area(s) of responsibility is required.\n- Bachelor's of science in nursing degree required (must be completed within 18 months of hire).\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- BLS and ACLS required.\n- Familiarity with all pertinent laws, regulations, and standards of nursing practice is required.\n- Demonstrated competence with financial management principles and standard software applications in a Windows environment is required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Masters preferred\n- Critical Care, Emergency Room nursing experience preferred. - PALS preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800169/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Supervisor-FT", "reqid": "136351", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28800169}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: CT Technologist - OC\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nPerforms computerized tomography (CT) examinations of patients as requested by referring physicians.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient, confirms image to be taken, explains procedure to patient, & is sensitive to patient's anxiety about procedure.\n- Reviews patient's medical history prior to performing CT procedure & confirms that patient has signed a contrast media consent form.\n- Positions patient on examination table & monitors patient's condition during examination.\n- Introduces intravenous contrast material as directed by radiologist.\n- Controls & adjusts CT equipment to assure that images meet requirements.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient information files showing patient's name, date of CT examination, referring physician, & nature of examination.\n- Prepares & submits reports showing the number & type of examinations.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 1 year of experience as a CT Technologist or registry eligible ARRT advanced certification in CT required; however, for new hires in classification, certification must be obtained w/in 12 months of hire.\n- A minimum of 2 years of recent experience as a Radiological technologist w/ ARRT required.\n- High school diploma / GED required.\n- Graduate of a certified/accredited ARRT program required\n- Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- Specialized training in computerized tomography required.\n- Certification by American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- Current on CEUs w/ ARRT required.\n- ARRT advanced certification in CT required or w/in 12 months of employment for new hires.\n- Venipuncture competency checks off or must acquire competency check off w/in 3 months of hire.\n- Required to stand, push, pull & lift patients.\n- Position requires ability to concentrate on fine detail w/ constant interruption & attend to tasks for 20 to 45 minutes at a time.\n- Must be able to adjust routine to accommodate patient or department w/out affecting departmental flow.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n- May be required to lift objects heavier then 50 pounds, perform difficult manipulative skills & h&-eye coordination skills, walk & stand for prolonged periods, see objects closely & hear normal sounds w/ some background noises.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Knowledge of customer focused service requirements of the organization.\n- Ability to communicate pleasantly & effectively w/ members & coworkers.\n- Demonstrates good oral & written communication skills", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800172/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Technologist - OC", "reqid": "136395", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28800172}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Mammographer - OC\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nTo operate mammographic equipment to take x-ray exposures of patients as requested by referring physi-cians.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient & explains mammographic procedure to patient.\n- Reviews patient's medical history prior to performing mammographic procedure & confirms that pa-tient has signed a contrast media consent form if needed.\n- Takes x-ray exposures of patient following protocol for intensity of radiation & time of exposure.\n- Processes film & inspects images to confirm that images meet requirements of radiologist.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient files showing such information as patient's name, date of x-ray, referring physician, & number of exposures.\n- Prepares & submits reports as by state & federal regulations.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Mammography Technologist or registry eligible ARRT advanced certifi-cation in Mammography (must be obtained w/in 6 months of hire) w/ 2 years of recent experience as a Radiological technologist w/ ARRT required. - High school diploma / GED required.\n- Specialized training in mammographic technology required.\n- Certification by American Registry of Radiologic Technology required. - Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR certification required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification as a mammographic technologist w/ the ARRT preferred .", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800173/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Mammographer - OC", "reqid": "136404", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28800173}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: CT Technologist - OC\nLocation: Reston, VA\nPerforms computerized tomography (CT) examinations of patients as requested by referring physicians.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient, confirms image to be taken, explains procedure to patient, & is sensitive to patient's anxiety about procedure.\n- Reviews patient's medical history prior to performing CT procedure & confirms that patient has signed a contrast media consent form.\n- Positions patient on examination table & monitors patient's condition during examination.\n- Introduces intravenous contrast material as directed by radiologist.\n- Controls & adjusts CT equipment to assure that images meet requirements.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient information files showing patient's name, date of CT examination, referring physician, & nature of examination.\n- Prepares & submits reports showing the number & type of examinations.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 1 year of experience as a CT Technologist or registry eligible ARRT advanced certification in CT required; however, for new hires in classification, certification must be obtained w/in 12 months of hire.\n- A minimum of 2 years of recent experience as a Radiological technologist w/ ARRT required.\n- High school diploma / GED required.\n- Graduate of a certified/accredited ARRT program required\n- Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- Specialized training in computerized tomography required.\n- Certification by American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- Current on CEUs w/ ARRT required.\n- ARRT advanced certification in CT required or w/in 12 months of employment for new hires.\n- Venipuncture competency checks off or must acquire competency check off w/in 3 months of hire.\n- Required to stand, push, pull & lift patients.\n- Position requires ability to concentrate on fine detail w/ constant interruption & attend to tasks for 20 to 45 minutes at a time.\n- Must be able to adjust routine to accommodate patient or department w/out affecting departmental flow.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n- May be required to lift objects heavier then 50 pounds, perform difficult manipulative skills & h&-eye coordination skills, walk & stand for prolonged periods, see objects closely & hear normal sounds w/ some background noises.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Knowledge of customer focused service requirements of the organization.\n- Ability to communicate pleasantly & effectively w/ members & coworkers.\n- Demonstrates good oral & written communication skills", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800174/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Technologist - OC", "reqid": "136398", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 28800174}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: QC Lead MRI Technologist - FT\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nProvides guidance & assistance to staff performing magnetic resonance imaging (CT or MRI) examina-tions. May perform CT or MRI examinations as needed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares work schedules to assure that sufficient number of staff is available for patient appointments.\n- Assures that staff explains CT or MRI procedures to patients & that consent forms are obtained.\n- Provides training & guidance to assure that equipment is properly & safely operated.\n- Assists staff to confirm that images meet requirements of radiologists.\n- Performs quality control for procedures & equipment. Documents systems failures & variances in the appropriate logbook & arranges for service when necessary.\n- Makes arrangements for maintenance & repair of CT or MRI equipment by contractor.\n- Orders equipment, film, & supplies & assures that inventories are properly managed.\n- Assures that patient information files are prepared & filed correctly.\n- Reviews & submits reports showing the number & type of examinations conducted.\n- Performs duties as a CT or MRI Technologist as required.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years recent experience as a CT or MRI technologist required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Graduation from an accredited ARRT program or CT or MRI certificate program required.\n- Being current in ARRT or ARMRIT CEU requirements required. - Certification by American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- Advanced ARRT certification in CT or MRI required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Venipuncture competency check off w/in 3 months of hire required.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800175/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QC Lead MRI Technologist - FT", "reqid": "136413", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28800175}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Intern-Undergrad Business Operations\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nWe're looking for big ideas-6.9 petabytes is a good start. That's how much data we manage and store in Information Technology at Kaiser Permanente-more than the Library of Congress can claim. We're home to some other big ideas, like creating KP HealthConnect, the nation's largest electronic medical record system. Using social media and text messaging to help members engage in their own care. And developing predictive modeling tools that anticipate health issues before they're an issue.\n\nIt's the kind of thinking that's shaping the future of technology, health care, and the lives of all 8.6 million of our members. If you're ready to contribute your own big ideas, join us.\n\nWe are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working within a healthcare environment with an emphasis on technology.\n\nKaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting and improving healthcare for its 8.7M members, and to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments and learn new business tools. In addition, you will attend enrichment classes for your professional development.\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES:\nThe internship includes, but is not limited to the following:\n - Work on a designated project to solve a business problem\n - Through exposure to leadership, project management and business planning activities, develop a foundation for basic requirements necessary to be successful in a business environment.\n - Assist with preparing status reports\n - Track, document and communicate progression of tasks and provide follow-up to ensure on-time completion.\n - Learn new applications needed to complete assigned work such as MS Project and other MS office products and analytics\n - Job shadowing in other functional areas is highly recommended and fostered\n - Perform additional job-related duties as required\nIntern Project:\n - Daily COSO Log tracking and reporting.\n - Daily tracking and follow up of the SOX In-Scope Applications 6.H Waivers.\n - Consolidate and prepare meeting materials for 6.H\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.\n - 2.8 GPA\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Motivated individual with enthusiasm and energy. Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and follow through on work.Interest in technology and applicability to KP's business model.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern-Undergrad Business Operations", "reqid": "136330", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Business Consultant-HIE Program\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe position will be accountable for conducting systems analysis, process development and implementations of health information exchange technology products. Additionally, this individual, interacting with various cross-functional teams, will ensure that release-specific implementations are documented and executed per established project plans. The position requires close collaboration with the HIE implementation lead, HIE testing lead, and various business stakeholders. On-time and on-budget project delivery is a key requirement of this position.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Independently initiates, investigates, documents, and analyzes clients' systems requirements in complex project areas such as: new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n - Independently assesses scope and impact of client business needs to define a project and leads partnering IT services in accomplishing those needs.\n - Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional requirements, IT functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.\n - Develops complex business cases with cost, service, benefit and ROI dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n - Presents completed business cases for leadership approval.\n - Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective IT solutions that support client business processes and functional requirements for complex IT projects or tasks on large IT projects.\n - Evaluates existing application products that could address client requirements and develops recommendations where appropriate.\n - Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies.\n - Conducts and/or participates in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n - Conducts workflow, process diagrams and gap analysis to identify system, application and/or hardware needs.\n - Identifies overlaps and related processes.\n - Collaborates with client in implementation of the planning, marketing, training and operating of automated systems.\n - Designs and implements training programs for train-the-trainers for clients of new and enhanced applications.\n - Provides product expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n - Manages the installation and first-use of new applications.\n - Understands and delivers on Service Level Agreements.\n - Performs risk analysis.\n - Develops and implements communication and escalation plans and resolves issues.\n - Developsproject plans for specific client's IT project or project or tasks on large moves, adds & changes (MACs) and Plant Maintenance and Remodels (PR&Ms).Uses the associated project planning tools.\n - Provides knowledge transfer as appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n - A minimum of 5 years of experience documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and developing business cases to support IT solutions.\n - Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n - Contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.\n - Complete understanding and ability to work independently in application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n - Full knowledge of industry practices.\n - Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n - Ability to effectively coordinate and perform product implementations\n - Ability to respond appropriately to various stakeholders with competing release priorities\n - Experience with Agile development and SDLC project methodologies\n - Demonstrated experience performing national and regional product delivery\n - Creates and follows detailed, repeatable processes for both new and existing client implementations.\n - Ability to work in a cross functional capacity with development, QA, documentation, support, and other individuals or teams\n - Develops test plans for alpha and beta releases per client requirements\n - Performs product demonstrations for current and prospective clients\n - Performs product implementation and training for clients\n - Promotes and maintains a positive relationship with other technical staff and departments to support the successful implementation of KP solutions\n - Proven track record with on-time and on-budget project delivery\n - Solid understanding of industry-standard testing techniques and tools, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, and user testing\n - Solid understanding of application infrastructure requirements\n - Proven track record working with third party vendors\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Master's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience\n - Experience in healthcare industry\n - Experience working for large organizations\n - Understands the various deployment options and requirements of KP solutions\n - Knowledge of Epic's Care (KP HealthConnect) HIE module functionality\n - Proven track record implementing health information exchange platforms and services\n - Proven understanding and knowledge of health information technology solutions and stacks", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800148/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Business Consultant-HIE Program", "reqid": "136359", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28800148}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Compliance Analyst Senior\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Compliance Analyst Senior position will act as consultant/mentor in compliance issues for the NW regional ITcompliance initiatives, and reports to the IT SOX and HIPAA Specialist. This position must have a working knowledge of HIPAA, ARRA/HITECH, SOX and other associated governmental and local laws as they pertain to compliance as well helping to manage ITGCs. Participating in pre-audit assessments in preparation for final audits, driving post-audit recommendations for improvements, and assuring follow up and accuracy on all corrective actions will be a cornerstone for this role.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Independently analyzes/investigates and documents a risk and readiness assessment that will provide feedback for compliance issues often involving complex projects.\n- Identifies and documents issues and their fit into non-functional requirements.\n- Evaluates workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications for appropriate compliance.\n- Conducts workflow, process diagrams and gap analysis to identify the status of system, application and/or hardware compliance.\n- Collaborates with client in implementation of the planning and testing to ensure compliance integrity.\n- Participates in frequent telephone calls and Webex sessions with corporate compliance personnel to understand compliance initiatives in the organization and communicate our regional progress in achieving compliance in these areas.\n- Designs and implements training programs for clients that will reinforce KP and Regional compliance, privacy and security policies awareness.\n- Develops and implements communication and escalation plans and resolves issues.\n- Provides knowledge transfer as appropriate.\n- Possesses strong meeting facilitative skills in leading detailed discussions and being decisive and influential while remaining a positive influence.\n- Practices excellent organizational skills in managing multiple tasks.\n- A self-starter who works well limited supervision.\n- Maintains a culture of compliance, ethics, and integrity at all times.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of experience documenting compliance policy requirements, analyzing risks and compliance processes, and developing compliance training to support IT initiatives.\n- Thorough knowledge of compliance, privacy and security policies and practices.\n- Contributes to the development of new policies and maintenance of existing policies.\n- Complete understanding and ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.\n- Knowledge of industry compliance best practice principles.\n- Intermediate level skills in using MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced skills in using the MS Office suite.\n- Strong project management knowledge.\n-Currently possessing, or in the process of achieving, a professional certification (i.e. CISA, CIA, CISSP, etc.)", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Analyst Senior", "reqid": "133628", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28800143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Technical Application Specialist, ETL (Tech Application Spec CSE)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nResponsible to ensure operational Clarity ETL quality and timeliness for all regions. Works directly with the vendor staff for ETL quality, error resolution and problem-solving. Supports the Clarity Operations team with participation in designing and implementing new operational model processes and practice. Interface with the client, analyze business needs, determine business solutions and implement appropriate system configurations and changes to applications/software.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nResponsibilities include but may not be limited to:\n\n- Responsible to ensure operational Clarity ETL quality and timeliness for all regions.\n- Identifies areas for systems improvements and assists with determining priorities of systems upgrades and enhancements.\n- Collaboratively works with the vendor partners, clients and other Technical Specialists to streamline work flow and processes.\n- Oversees collaboration with implementation teams to ensure that Epic release changes, testing and implementation, are performed to quality standards.\n- Evaluates potential projects and assigns Technical Specialists to the team and reports on progress.\n- Utilizes analysis to collaborate with users, analysts and consultants to determine solutions and required configurations to meet business requirements.\n- Change request management including cost estimation, project documentation and user training.\n- Designs and runs reports, gathers statistics and makes presentations regarding the supported software.\n- Manages internal or vendor ETL work for implementations into production, makes adjustments as necessary.\n- Identifies areas for work flow and process improvements. Vets ideas with vendor and KP teams and works through applications improvements to implement.\n- Understands the impact of the application on the organization and interdependencies. Articulates and communicates this impact to other employees and Business Partners. Leads discussions on organizational impact to lead to application optimization.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.\n- Ensures the delivery of work for the team.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in MIS, CS or a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in analysis of complex business requirements, systems upgrades, workflows and application capabilities.\n- Thorough knowledge of ETL processes, especially those of the Epic application.\n- Considered functional expert in field, if within KP.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories, practices and methods.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- Knowledge of clinical workflows in the healthcare industry.\n- Knowledge and/or direct experience in business / operational area supported by application.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800141/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Technical Application Specialist, ETL (Tech Application Spec CSE)", "reqid": "128982", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28800141}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate\n- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care\n- Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.\n- Administers medications\n- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care\n- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate\n- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel\n- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver\n- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor\n- Takes charge duties as assigned\n- Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice\n- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience working with electronic medical records\n- One year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty\n- Coursework in basic EKG", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800129/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse", "reqid": "134308", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800129}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate\n- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care\n- Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.\n- Administers medications\n- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care\n- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate\n- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel\n- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver\n- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor\n- Takes charge duties as assigned\n- Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice\n- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience working with electronic medical records\n- One year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty\n- Coursework in basic EKG", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800130/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse", "reqid": "135106", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800130}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate\n- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care\n- Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.\n- Administers medications\n- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care\n- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate\n- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel\n- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver\n- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor\n- Takes charge duties as assigned\n- Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice\n- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience working with electronic medical records\n- One year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty\n- Coursework in basic EKG", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800131/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse", "reqid": "135251", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800131}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Waipahu", "description": "Title: Medical Technologist\nLocation: Waipahu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, performs chemical, microscopic, and bacteriologic tests to provide data for use in treatment and diagnosis of disease. Applies techniques used in fields of bacteriology or mycology, parasitology, histopathology, hematology, serology, manual, and/or automated chemistry, radioimmunoassay, or morphological examinations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts laboratory testing; initiates and implements course of action based upon standard operating procedures; collaborates with other technologists, supervisors, and technical specialists\n- Organizes work-flow to accomplish efficient and accurate output; reviews and verifies results for accuracy, and credibility prior to release; records and reports results in timely manner\n- Problem-solves to achieve acceptable test results and assures optimal system and instrument operations; formulates plan of action for situations not addressed in standard operation procedures\n- Interprets and verifies lab findings with regard to type and quality of specimen submitted; correlates test results with available clinical information and other laboratory data\n- Analyzes and evaluates each process of testing to assure final results are valid and accurate\n- Serves as resource for medical laboratory technicians, assistants, and other laboratory personnel in trouble-shooting problems with automated and other equipment, and in standard operation decision-making\n- Takes corrective action to resolve problems; reviews unresolved problems with supervisor; reports action limit results according to standard procedures\n- Performs proficiency testing and reports results\n- Coordinates laboratory operations in absence of supervisor by monitoring workflow and making adjustments as necessary to maintain optimum service level\n- Advises providers and nursing service personnel of correct procedures for collection, handling, and processing of specimens; assists providers in determining appropriate laboratory services to be used for patient care\n- Participates in review of proficiency testing critiques\n- Maintains and updates technical knowledge and skills by actively participating in department meetings, continuing education, and in-service instructions; assists in development of operational procedures to ensure effective workflow\n- Assists in training of technical students and/or new technologist employees; review work; recommend improvements; provides input for performance evaluations, when requested\n- Assists in development of technical procedures and in writing training procedures; reviews and critiques new procedures developed by others\n- Detects and repairs subtle instrument and/or reagent problems\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Appropriate clinical internship\n- Bachelor's degree in medical technology from accredited school\n- Valid Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Technologist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Certified Medical Technologist (MT) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) by the National Credentialing Agency (NCA)\n- Good knowledge and skills of general clinical lab\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, on the telephone, and supervising others\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800132/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Technologist", "reqid": "135996", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Waipahu, HI", "uid": 28800132}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Respiratory Therapist Assistant II\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nMaintains all respiratory therapy equipment throughout Kaiser Medical Center as well as inventory listing of same. Regularly checks respiratory supplies and replaces used items. Delivers respiratory machines and equipment as requested.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Gathers, disassembles, washes, disinfects, reassembles, checks, and distributes respiratory therapy equipment throughout Moanalua Medical Center (MMC). Completes appropriate paperwork regarding same and routes to Bio-Med or Maintenance where indicated. Informs supervisor of equipment that needs disposition and/or replacement. Maintains inventory listing of items, e.g., machinery, smaller equipment, etc., in Respiratory Therapy Department\n- Maintains respiratory equipment in state of readiness. Provides orderly equipment storage area with items correctly packaged, labeled, and stored. Helps with development of new or revised equipment setups\n- Checks respiratory therapy supplies on all floors assigned to this department's responsibility and maintains adequate inventories. Performs weekly inventory on disposables, informing supervisor of needed supplies. Keeps specialty area (CCU, NICU, Pediatrics, Telemetry) stocked with disposables and works with area supervisors to keep par-levels and items at optimum level\n- Delivers ventilators and respiratory equipment upon request of therapists, nurses, or physicians throughout MMC. Serves as liaison between Coordinator and nursing areas for equipment and supplies. Resolves equipment-related problem where applicable. Calls vendors for equipment rental or return of rentals\n- Coordinates and follows up on preventive maintenance on all respiratory equipment with BIOMED\n- Maintains clean and orderly area for equipment processing, assuring single direction flow from dirty to clean area\n- Maintains current CPR card. Performs compressions during codes when necessary\n- Adheres to established department policies and procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- high school diploma; or equivalent related experience\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Basic knowledge of respiratory equipment and supplies\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, organizational skills, and initiative\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six months of experience in a respiratory therapy environment or related experience\n- Post high school coursework/training/experience with respiratory equipment or student in respiratory program", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800133/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Respiratory Therapist Assistant II", "reqid": "136021", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800133}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Account Manager\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nContinuously improves business relationships with customers to optimize growth potential in each account. Achieves and sustains optimal business position in a group. Optimizes potential for sustainable growth and achieving margin requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes and improves risk position in a group\n- Renews group at the right rate. Renews group with the right product and benefit mix\n- Expands opportunities for strategic growth with all Kaiser Permanente products and services\n- Uses pricing and products to create opportunities for growth. Contributes to competitive positioning of Kaiser Permanente in the marketplace\n- Engages purchasers and channels to demonstrate value and build commitment to Kaiser Permanente. Develops and fosters a consultative relationship with decision makers in Health Plan and Worker's Compensation programs\n- Manages own book-of-business to achieve organizational objectives\n- Develops and executes account plans to ensure attainment of group-specific goals. Analyzes and prioritizes data for developing purchaser strategy\n- Designs, coordinates, and educates partnership activities with purchasers\n- Contributes to team's success by sharing learnings and specialty expertise. Provides feedback to other team members\n- Seeks to improve integrity of process and better align to meet process performance measures.\n- Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement. Participates in assessing and evaluating ideas. Implements enhancements or modifications as appropriate\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within six months of hire)\n- Valid driver's license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill analytical thinking, business ethics, commitment to learning, initiative, interpersonal communication, results driven, decision making, business systems, change adaptability, influence, Kaiser Permanente labor partnerships, and marketplace acumen\n- Demonstrated job specific knowledge of and skill in building customer partnerships, competitive intelligence, consultative selling, devises sales approaches and solutions, financial management, Kaiser Permanente organization/values/legacy, Kaiser Permanente business channels, Kaiser Permanente pricing, Kaiser Permanente products, Negotiation, presentation, sales opportunity analysis, strategic management, and teamwork\n- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet applications and mainframe operations relating to collections\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in marketing, public health, business administration, or related field", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800134/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Manager", "reqid": "136325", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800134}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kaneohe", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant\nLocation: Kaneohe, HI\nUnder direct supervision, performs clinical laboratory procedures using manual equipment. Maintains required records and data; assists laboratory technician and medical technologists.\nEssential Functions:\n- Obtains laboratory specimens such as blood, urine, and sputum directly from patient\n- Using centrifuge, separates plasma or serum from whole blood; checks specimen acceptability for testing; labels, distributes, and stores samples appropriately; measures/weighs appropriate samples; provides information to technicians and technologists to be used in further laboratory testing\n- Maintains and operates equipment such as centrifuges used to prepare samples for testing; keeps quality control maintenance charts on such equipment as well as refrigerators and freezers within department; tends automatic equipment as appropriate to prepare specimens for analytical testing\n- Inoculates bacteriological specimens on culture media; prepares smears for staining\n- Performs input of data via computer CRT/keyboard; handles inquiries on laboratory specimen requirements and handling; keeps detailed records of all tests performed; reports laboratory findings to authorized persons\n- Assists in transporting items between laboratory, clinic and hospital locations; maintains packing/shipping training and certification as appropriate to remain in compliance with applicable regulations\n- Performs glucose testing using a Point-of-Care testing device\n- Performs bleeding time test under direct supervision\n- Prepares solutions, reagents, and stains, following standard laboratory formulas and procedures; cleans and sterilizes laboratory equipment and instruments; maintains laboratory stock of supplies and chemicals\n- Maintains neatness and cleanliness of work area\n- Maintains customer focus; demonstrates principles of service excellence in all activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three months of experience in clinical laboratory setting\n- High school diploma/Equivalent combination of education (lesser) & experience may be considered in leiu of requirements\n- Current Adult Heartsaver AED CPR or Adult CPR/AED certification (within six months of hire)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, oral communication, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Phlebotomy experience\n- Phlebotomy training\n- Post high school coursework in biology, chemistry or related science\n- Certified Clinical Laboratory Phlebotomist (CLPlb) by the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel, Inc. (NCA)\n- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800135/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant", "reqid": "136397", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Kaneohe, HI", "uid": 28800135}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Management Assistant Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides complex administrative and operational clerical support to department managers and/or staff. Serves as resource person to staff, members, and outside vendors. Researches, plans and arranges special events. Responsibilities may include answering phones and relaying messages/information to both departmental staff and callers; scheduling/calendaring meetings and conferences; maintaining filing systems; ordering/stocking office supplies; opening/sorting mail. Types/proofreads/composes correspondence; creates graphs and presentations; researches issues as needed. Additional responsibilities may include data gathering, compilation of findings utilizing spreadsheets, graphics and database software; tracking expenditures; managing expense reports; participating in budget development; training, and monitoring work of other support staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers phones, takes messages, screens calls, and greets KP visitors or outside vendors. May monitor emails for others\n- Manages the manager's calendar, and schedules/plans meetings. Researches, plans and arranges special events including hotel and conference facilities. Makes travel arrangements for the department/staff or manager\n- Writes detailed correspondence for managers and staff; independently updates department documents as needed\n- Creates reports, presentation materials with charts and illustrations, and proofs content for accuracy\n- Inputs data and maintains established databases; gathers and researches information. May analyze data\n- Researches and collects information needed to complete project tasks or reports.\n- Interfaces daily with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function\n- Tracks expenditures to include billing and payment authorization on behalf of the dept manager; authorizes recharges across business units. Manages expense reports\n- May participate in budget development for equipment and supplies. May be responsible for tracking expenditures and variances to budgets\n- Administers programs, projects, and/or processes specific to operating unit served.\n- May serve as administrative liaison for others within and outside organization regarding administrative issues relating to purchasing, personnel, facilities, and operations.\n- May conduct department-specific training\n- May establish work priorities and scheduling. May train, monitor and check work of other administrative support staff\n- May research and develop department administrative policies and procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years administrative assistant or related experience\n- High school diploma or equivalent related experience\n- Type 50 wpm\n- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete detailed work with accuracy and within time line requirements\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, interpersonal relations, oral communication, written communication, organization, customer service, teamwork, project management, problem solving, decision making, results orientation, influence, leadership, and group process facilitation\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field\n- Specialized knowledge related to department (e.g. finance, compliance, benefits)\n- Proficiency in taking and recording meeting minutes", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800136/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Management Assistant Senior", "reqid": "136446", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800136}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Health Information Specialist\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, maintains confidentiality of health information. Reviews requests for health information. Abstracts case histories. Releases information as authorized by patient. Prepares medical records for use in legal proceedings. Supports compliance and Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics and integrity. Adheres to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains and ensures confidentiality of health information as prescribed by law and hospital policy\n- Follows policies and procedures for control, use and release of health information: to and from other health care facilities and physicians for continued care. for legal proceedings and subpoenas. to state and federal agencies, attorneys, insurance carriers, employers, educational institutions and researchers. to patient or next of kin\n- Releases health information as authorized by patient\n- Assists and accommodates telephone callers and walk-in clients\n- Performs duties of Health Information Clerk and Aide\n- Serves as representative for Custodian of Medical Records in absence of Health Information Coordinator\n- Ensures validity of request and authorization\n- Reviews and analyzes physician notes and diagnostic test results. Abstracts case histories. Identifies protected information. Secures specific authorization from patient prior to release of protected information\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care and/or service\n- Adheres to and maintains current knowledge of Principles of Responsibility, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance\n- On regular, sustained basis, cooperates with other staff members both within and outside department in accomplishment of own job duties as well as assisting others in accomplishing theirs. Serves as team player and role model for other employees in organization, always exhibiting traits of courtesy, caring, helpfulness and respect. Conducts self in service-oriented manner that is attentive, pleasant, cooperative, sensitive, respectful and kind when dealing with members, visitors, public and all employees\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- Assists physicians in preparation for depositions\n- Participates in in-service meetings. Recognizes areas for improvement. Suggests items for agenda\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in medical terminology, medical record science and routine hospital procedures\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, systems thinking, and teamwork\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six months of medical records experience\n- Knowledge of related federal and state regulations", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800137/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Information Specialist", "reqid": "136448", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800137}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Health Information Specialist\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, maintains confidentiality of health information. Reviews requests for health information. Abstracts case histories. Releases information as authorized by patient. Prepares medical records for use in legal proceedings. Supports compliance and Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics and integrity. Adheres to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains and ensures confidentiality of health information as prescribed by law and hospital policy\n- Follows policies and procedures for control, use and release of health information: to and from other health care facilities and physicians for continued care. for legal proceedings and subpoenas. to state and federal agencies, attorneys, insurance carriers, employers, educational institutions and researchers. to patient or next of kin\n- Releases health information as authorized by patient\n- Assists and accommodates telephone callers and walk-in clients\n- Performs duties of Health Information Clerk and Aide\n- Serves as representative for Custodian of Medical Records in absence of Health Information Coordinator\n- Ensures validity of request and authorization\n- Reviews and analyzes physician notes and diagnostic test results. Abstracts case histories. Identifies protected information. Secures specific authorization from patient prior to release of protected information\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care and/or service\n- Adheres to and maintains current knowledge of Principles of Responsibility, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance\n- On regular, sustained basis, cooperates with other staff members both within and outside department in accomplishment of own job duties as well as assisting others in accomplishing theirs. Serves as team player and role model for other employees in organization, always exhibiting traits of courtesy, caring, helpfulness and respect. Conducts self in service-oriented manner that is attentive, pleasant, cooperative, sensitive, respectful and kind when dealing with members, visitors, public and all employees\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- Assists physicians in preparation for depositions\n- Participates in in-service meetings. Recognizes areas for improvement. Suggests items for agenda\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in medical terminology, medical record science and routine hospital procedures\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, systems thinking, and teamwork\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six months of medical records experience\n- Knowledge of related federal and state regulations", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800138/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Information Specialist", "reqid": "136450", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800138}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Ward Clerk\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct or indirect supervision of supervisor, contributes to patient care by performing clerical and non-professional tasks directly and indirectly related to patient care and unit functioning. Responsible and accountable for tasks delegated.\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers phones in unit and manages calls appropriately; takes phone reports from lab, diagnostic imaging, and other departments accurately, and delivers to proper nurse; calls and schedules clinic appointments for patients who need help, when directed by RN/LPN; refers all calls from physicians to appropriate nursing staff\n- Uses system to order entry for appropriate departments; uses system to access test results from appropriate departments; uses system to verify ADT information; uses manual system when computer is down\n- Answers PTS and keeps station ready and available; retrieves medication and supplies and delivers to proper place/person\n- Reports maintenance problems immediately\n- Reviews face sheet for errors; prepares chart and kardex on admission; orders outpatient or old charts and ensures receipts; assembles chart and maintains in proper order; ensures that patient weight, allergies, pap smear, and consents are on chart; records changes in physician or other basic data and updates in computer system; files final reports of diagnostic tests promptly in right chart; maintains inpatient chart by thinning, preparing new forms, etc.; processes chart to prepare for patient transfer; pulls chart and prepares it for discharge; compiles discharged patient's chart and puts into proper order\n- Maintains inventory of unit supplies; orders non-stock items as directed; orders stock items to maintain par level; maintains inventory of unit/departmental/hospital forms and chart; transport/arranges for transport of supplies and equipment between units or departments as needed\n- Xeroxes and processes charts and other documents as directed by supervisor or RN\n- Communicates ADT information to admitting department and shift supervisor/bed control\n- Answers nurse call console and refers patient calls to appropriate person\n- Picks-up blood/blood products from lab as directed by RN, non-controlled medications from pharmacy, and supplies/equipment from other departments\n- Calls acuity forecast to staffing office by designated times; tallies and completes daily acuity sheets; calls updated acuity; completes additional tasks on individual units per standards/procedures or supervisor instructions\n- Transcribes physicians orders to appropriate medical record and other forms accurately; completes request forms/orders entry for diagnostic tests, consultations, referrals; schedules special tests with in-house and outside agencies and documents appointment; makes arrangements for patient transport to outside agencies and departments\n- Transmits messages and other pertinent information to appropriate staff members; picks up, sorts, and delivers unit and patient mail\n- Remains calm in emergency patient care/unit situations\n- Completes required in-services annually; participates in orientation of new clerical staff\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in Medical Terminology\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Type 30 wpm\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in conflict resolution, decision making, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, written communication, organizational skills, time management, and initiative\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in transcribing physician's orders, computer skills, and setting up and maintaining file systems\n- Post high school coursework in commercial or vocational secretarial science", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800125/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ward Clerk", "reqid": "128052", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800125}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Speech and Language Pathologist - Rehabilitation Services\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision and according to guidelines of American Speech/Language/Hearing Association, provides and ensures high quality and cost effective speech-language pathology, evaluation, and treatment services. Collaborates with physicians, hospital, SNF, clinic, outreach, home care, other agency staffs, and families to facilitate appropriate communication of health management. Participates in case management activities that promote appropriate admission and discharge to/from hospital, SNF, clinic, home care, and other agencies. Specializes in identifying and assessing patients in need of cognitive, communication, and swallowing therapy. Counsels patients and caregivers, teaching skills to families and staff. Provides case management of caseload and discharge planning. Coordinates services with other staff, caregivers, and community resources (e.g., public and private agencies). Acts as patient advocate and coordinator. Functions as liaison between communicatively impaired individuals and care-giving system.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides evaluation, diagnosis and care plan development related to cognitive, communication, and swallowing disorders\n- Provides direct or indirect communication and swallowing therapeutic and counseling intervention in hospital, SNF, clinic; coordinates appropriate referrals for speech-language pathology follow-up with contract and community services\n- Provides backup coverage during other speech-language pathology staff absence\n- Provides continuing formal and informal education for professional staff\n- Coordinates, develops, and facilitates group treatment, education and related materials for clients and caregivers\n- Develops and maintains reports and data with outcome results pertaining to caseload management, quality assurance and peer review issues\n- Collaborates with other personnel to identify goals and objectives for discharge planning needs\n- Participates in stroke rounds, SNF patient care Rounds and other patient care meetings where caseload is involved\n- Participates in peer review and QA studies and meetings as delegated by supervisor\n- Participates in development of materials and programs under direction of immediate supervisor\n- Obtains review and co-signature of supervisor on written reports and documentation as requested by ASHA for CFY certification\n- Maintains own continuing education to keep abreast of clinical evolution\n- Develops and teaches in-service programs for professionals in cognitive, communication, and swallowing disorders and health promotion as delegated by immediate supervisor\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Speech/Language Pathology from American Speech/Language/Hearing Association Educational standards board accredited program\n- Successful completion of Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) under supervision of a licensed speech/language pathologist\n- Valid Hawaii Speech/Language Pathologist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Strong diagnostic, evaluation, counseling, and case management skills working with interdisciplinary teams\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, and customer service\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800127/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech and Language Pathologist - Rehabilitation Services", "reqid": "132480", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800127}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Manager - Sales Operations\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nResponsible for the effective day to day sales support activities of the Sales Operations Department. Oversees MSBD compliance requirements, administers Sales Incentive Plan, serves as training lead for MSBD division; serves as key liaison with health plan administration, serves as 'in-house' expert for workflow, desktop and system support, oversees broker assignment and compensation administration. Directs support activities of Sales and Account Management CRM tool; supports regional membership growth and revenue generation initiatives; consistently consults with department managers to recommend process improvements; oversees creation of processes to meet compliance needs for regulatory agencies. Supervises assigned staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\nProcess Improvement\n- Serves as key liaison with health plan administration; supports marketing line of business, new and renewal sales activities; supports sales and account managers with implementation of operational installment of national and local systems; maintains effective processes to ensure timely and accurate renewals.\n- Consults with sales and account managers to recommend process improvements for each one of business.\n- Meets all implementation, renewal metrics and goal measurements for ongoing performance dashboard.\n- Develops effective relationships with other departments; maximizes effectiveness and efficiency of processes involving same.\n- Monitors and enhances processes and workflow; ensures proper completion of paperwork and updating and/or maintenance of supporting sales and marketing systems in accordance with departmental parameters and goals.\n- Represents Sales and Marketing departments on all inter-regional committees involving Hawaii processes including national initiatives for current and future programs.\n- Serves as liaison with IT to facilitate departments' systems related support needs, including, but not limited to, internal sales and marketing databases, mainframe, software needs and hardware maintenance.\n- Ensures proper installation of Hawaii Sales and Marketing regional performance dashboard.\n- Manages and maintains Hawaii sales and marketing regional performance dashboard.\n- Provides consultative services on creation of system to support marketing incentive initiatives and broker commission payment for sales and marketing.\n\nTraining\n- Serves as training lead for sales and marketing departments; trains newly hired personnel on Kaiser Permanente internal system, departmental policies and procedures; keeps staff abreast of industry and/or company developments; assists with internal annual compliance training.\n- Designs, develops and maintains department training and informational websites and internal access databases.\n\nCompliance\n- Serves as sales and marketing's compliance expert for commercial service agreement.\n- Represents department on regional compliance issues as they pertain to products and services.\n- Oversees creation of processes to meet compliance needs for regulatory agencies.\n- Oversees development of policies and/or processes to incorporate necessary process or communication changes into existing activities; creates new processes or communication activities when needed.\n- Trains all staff on new regulations; concentrates training efforts on employees heavily impacted by changes.\n- Serves as 'in-house' product expert; maintains knowledge of all Hawaii region HMO and POS product variations, group and individual benefit plan designs.\n- Oversees DOL products sold as required and regulated by state prepaid healthcare act; complies and provides monthly reports to state department of labor and industrial relations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years process improvement experience in sales & marketing area.\n- Two years management experience\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or related field or equivalent related experience.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of organizational principles.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in analytical thinking, communication, decision making, developing others, directing work, group process facilitation, influence, interpersonal relations, meetings management, motivating others, problem solving, process management, project management, quality management, results orientation, team building, written and verbal communication.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Life and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure).\n- Thorough understanding of Managed Care industry.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Sales and Marketing principles.\n- Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma quality principals.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800128/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager - Sales Operations", "reqid": "133084", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28800128}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alpharetta", "description": "Title: LPN - Pediatrics - Alpharetta - FT(40)\nLocation: Alpharetta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800122/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Pediatrics - Alpharetta - FT(40)", "reqid": "134557", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Alpharetta, GA", "uid": 28800122}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Nurse - LPN - Pediatrics - Glenlake - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800121/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse - LPN - Pediatrics - Glenlake - FT (40)", "reqid": "134709", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28800121}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Nurse - LPN - Pediatrics - Glenlake - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800123/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse - LPN - Pediatrics - Glenlake - FT (40)", "reqid": "135639", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28800123}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alpharetta", "description": "Title: LPN - Pediatrics - Alpharetta - FT(40)\nLocation: Alpharetta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800124/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Pediatrics - Alpharetta - FT(40)", "reqid": "135795", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Alpharetta, GA", "uid": 28800124}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: LPN - Ambulatory Medicine - Glenlake - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800120/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Ambulatory Medicine - Glenlake - FT (40)", "reqid": "133198", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28800120}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Claims and Referral Supervisor\nLocation: Denver, CO\nSupervises, coordinates & evaluates the activities of personnel engaged in processing Claims & Referrals. Insures claims are accurately adjudicated & approved in accordance w/ departmental policies for the Rocky Mountain Region & Local Markets. Accountable for creating a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Maintains knowledge of & assures departmental compliance w/ KP's Principles of Responsibility & policies & procedures, & applicable regulatory requirements & accreditation standards. Responds appropriately to observed fraud or abuse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises & coordinates the activities of personnel in the Claims & Referral Department\n- Represents the organization's claims & referral process to include contract interpretation, implementation & compliance w/ Regulatory\nAgencies eg, DOI, IRS, HCFA, NCQA\n- Administers personnel policies & procedures w/ respect to counseling, disciplinary action & grievances\n- Interviews, hires & evaluates department personnel\n- Schedules & assigns work\n- Approves time cards, vacations & other time off requests\n- Evaluates & develops new & existing procedures, recommends & implements new procedures to improve operating efficiency & customer service\n- Maintain current information & knowledge of all applicable Kaiser policies, local, state & federal laws & regulations, & accreditation standards\n- Ensures that the training activities incorporate all applicable KP policies, local, state & federal laws & regulations, & accreditation standards\n- Supervises assigned staff\n- This includes interviewing, selecting, training, motivating, evaluating, counseling, disciplining & terminating in compliance w/ EEO/AA goals & personnel policies of the organization\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience in a medical claims processing environment, including 2 years of supervisory experience\n- Previous experience in an automated medical claims processing environment required\n- bachelor's degree in business or health care or related field\n- Equivalent experience will be considered\n- Extensive knowledge of medical terminology, CPT-4 & ICD-9 coding\n- Thorough knowledge of state, federal & Medicare regulations pertaining to claims processing\n- Working knowledge of various health insurance products such as PPO, HMO, POS & indemnity\n- Effective verbal, written & interpersonal skills are required", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800112/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Claims and Referral Supervisor", "reqid": "133983", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28800112}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nProvides administrative & operational clerical support to department managers and/or staff. Responsibilities may include answering phones & relaying messages/information to both departmental staff & callers; scheduling/calendaring meetings & conferences; maintaining filing systems; ordering/stocking office supplies; opening/sorting mail. Types/proofreads/composes correspondence; creates graphs & presentations; researches issues as needed. Maintains & supports a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance for assigned department. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ applicable regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards as they relate to assigned department. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides complex administrative and/or project support to the department head, managers and/or staff members to include the following answers phones, takes messages, screens calls, & greets KP visitors or outside vendors\n- May monitor emails for others\n- Manages the manager's calendar, & schedules/plans meetings\n- Researches, plans & arranges events including hotel & conference facilities\n- Makes travel arrangements for the department/staff or manager\n- Writes detailed correspondence for managers & staff; independently updates department documents as needed\n- Creates reports, presentation materials w/ charts & illustrations, & proofs content for accuracy\n- Researches & collects information needed to complete project tasks or reports\n- Interfaces daily w/ KP employees across multiple organizations & external parties as a liaison for the department/function\n- Tracks expenditures to include billing & payment authorization on behalf of the dept manager; authorizes recharges across business units\n- Manages expense reports\n- Performs other department specific duties as assigned\n- For Essential Responsibilities In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 4 years of administrative assistant support to a person or unit of an organization at the manager/director level\n- HS graduation or equivalent, plus 2 years of related college course work\n- Equivalent education & experience may be considered\n- Typing test required\n- Must be at least 70% proficient at an intermediate level in Microsoft Word & Excel\n- Demonstrates a progressively higher level of proficiency in most of the following areas word-processing & spreadsheets, which includes the creation of graphs & charts; importing documents/data; creation of formulas & macros\n- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize & prioritize work assignments\n- Effective verbal, written & interpersonal skills required", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800113/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant", "reqid": "133493", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28800113}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fort Collins", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse\nLocation: Fort Collins, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates health & mental health status through collection, assessment & recording of relevant clinical data, both subjective & objective.\n- Documents actions & interventions through the use of an electronic medical record.\n- Uses data to identify health care problems & create plan.\n- Prioritizes patient's needs.\n- Health teaching & health counseling to patients & their families.\n- Reviews & monitors therapy & treatment plans for patients.\n- Initiates appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly.\n- Conducts office visits & extensive telephone callbacks for triage & assessment of patients requiring follow-up care.\n- Assists prescribers in medication group visits, & provides follow-up screening and education for patients in intensive outpatient program.\n- May lead educational groups as needed.\n- Triages emergency situations & initiates appropriate nursing interventions and referral.\n- Executes delegated medical functions (including ordering or reviewing labs and other screening tests, and prescription refills) which deliver aspects of care that implement and are consistent with the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or advance practice nurse prescriber.\n- Administers oral and injectable medications as directed by legally authorized physician or advance practice nurse prescriber.\n- Provides therapy and treatment that is supportive and restorative to life and well-being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules and regulations for delegation), supervision of, teaching others.\n- Venipuncture required based on operational needs.\n- Collects subjective and objective data.\n- Analyzes reports, and record data.\n- Referring to medical or community agencies per Kaiser Permanente guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance.\n- Leads health care team by influence and role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation and providing outstanding support for physician practices. Patient advocate.\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives.\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado. Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program & completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience & guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.\n- Minimum of 1 year experience in a mixed model, which would include Adult & Pediatrics w/ trauma experience, or family medicine experience, w/i the past 2 years required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire.\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand Kaiser Permanente customer needs.\n\nSpecialty Requirements/ Responsibilities/Preferences Evaluates health and mental health status through collection, assessment and recording of relevant clinical data, both subjective and objective. Documents actions and interventions through the use of an electronic medical record. Uses data to identify health care problems and create plan. Prioritizes patient's needs.Health teaching and health counseling to patients and their families. Reviews and monitors therapy and treatment plans for patients. Initiates appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly.Conducts office visits and extensive telephone callbacks for triage and assessment of patients requiring follow-up care. Assists prescribers in medication group visits, and provides follow-up screening and education for patients in intensive outpatient program. May lead educational groups as needed. Triages emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions and referral. Executes delegated medical functions (including ordering or reviewing labs and other screening tests, and prescription refills) which deliver aspects of care that implement and are consistent with the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or advance practice nurse prescriber. Administers oral and injectable medications as directed by legally authorized physician or advance practice nurse prescriber.Provides therapy and treatment that is supportive and restorative to life and well-being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules and regulations for delegation), supervision of, teaching others. Venipuncture required based on operational needs.\nPreferred Skills -\n\n**********THIS ON-CALL POSITION IS FOR LOVELAND/FT COLLINS ***********\nPosition is expected to float to other departments/facilities as needed. Will work days/evenings/weekends based on operational needs\nAbility to do venipuncture based on operational needs.\nUnion Disclaimer:\nThe union and the company are currently investigating the duties of this position.", "date_new": "2012-05-18 19:45:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28800114/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse", "reqid": "134010", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Fort Collins, CO", "uid": 28800114}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Research Nurse II\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nThe Research Nurse II will be responsible for the coordination of the clinical research within the department. Further responsibility to lead the Research Nurse Team will include monitoring & raising the standard of nursing input within this team.The Research Nurse II will be involved in ensuring that any research undertaken within the department safeguards the well being of the patients & is conducted within ICH Good Clinical Practice Guidelines for Research. In conjunction w/ the multidisciplinary team facilitate the production of good quality of research. He/She will be instrumental in implementing team objectives to enhance the performance & development of the research nurses.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Duties & responsibilities in the areas of.\n- Clinical Research Coordination: Review & lead the development & implementation of Clinical Research undertaken within the department to assess & evaluate the progress of on-going clinical trials & research undertaken in the unit.\n- Maintaining an accurate account of the status of the projects & to regularly update the department on the status. To safeguard interest of patients by liaison w/ relevant trial personnel & contribution to trial design & protocol & ensure compliance w/ ICH GCP Guidelines.\n- To ensure that all proposed research projects carried out in the department are reviewed by the Institutional Review Committee (IRB) prior to commencement & that updates & amendments are reported in a timely fashion.\n- To drive & encourage the participation in original research carried out in the department. To provide advice & support to other members of the multidisciplinary team w/ regard to ICH & GCP, project development, implementation, completion & dissemination.\n- Liaison w/ pharmaceutical sponsors regarding feasibility & implementation aspects of proposed clinical trials.\n- Liaison w/ the multidisciplinary team to promote & oversee the appropriate referral & recruitment of patients to research within the unit for which the post holder has a designated responsibility.\n- Ensure that all ICH GCP required documentation is kept in a clearly track able system & is stored in for the appropriate time at all times to ensure clear, accurate records, developing data collection, case report forms & design of database where required.\n- To establish & maintain good working relationships w/ supporting clinical services.\n- To establish & maintain good channels of communication w/ other departments within the Medical Center, other Medical Centers, non-commercial bodies & pharmaceutical sponsors.\n- In conjunction w/ or in the absence of, the Department Manager, monitors & plans in advance workload of the department ensuring it is adequately resourced. In conjunction w/ the lead clinician and/or Department Manager develops & updates a strategy for clinical research within the department.\n- Clinical Service & Professional Responsibilities: To work as part of the multidisciplinary team & contribute to the ongoing development of the department.\n- Develop standards for research practice & ensure these are reviewed & updated on a regular basis. Also to review other relevant departmental standards to ensure they are applied appropriately.\n- To provide ongoing advice & information to patients/members w/ regard to their participation in clinical research in order to facilitate effective informed consent.\n- To assist the clinicians in the assessment of patients/volunteers for eligibility for research & monitoring of their condition throughout their participation.\n- To be responsible for maintaining strong relationships & positive communication channels w/ other key personnel. Works within the scope of professional conduct.\n- To be responsible for developing & sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills & professional awareness in accordance w/ KP policies.\n- To drive & encourage the participation in original research carried out in the department for self & junior members of the team. Due regard must be given for the sexual orientation, age, customs, values & spiritual beliefs of patients in accordance w/ 'Equal Opportunities' practices.\n- To observe the confidentiality of patient information at all times, both in accordance w/ the Data Protection Act.\n- To be conversant w/ major incident & fire procedures as they relate to clinics. To be conversant w/ & adhere to all clinical protocols.\n- To adhere to KPSC Policies, guidelines & current legislation including Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities & the No Smoking Policy.\n- Personal Education, Training & Development: To keep up to date w/ departmental, FDA, ICH & state regulation developments for the management of clinical research ensuring timely, effective implementation of changes.\n- To keep up to date w/ current & potential research & information relevant to the care of patients in the clinical area. To attend courses as deemed relevant & to attend meetings & conferences as appropriate.\n- Prepare results of research & present as posters or scientific presentations at meetings & conferences as appropriate.\n- Staff Management & Development: To act as a leader, resource & role model.\n- May be responsible for the supervision, mentoring, training of other research nurses & junior staff including Research Associates. May provide feedback & evaluation as applicable.\n- To facilitate & maintain effective communication within the research team.\n- Travel: Position may require travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least three (3) to five (5) years registered nursing experience.\n- Administrative or clinical research experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree may be substituted for one (1) year work experience.\n- Nursing licensure in the state of California required.\n- CCRC or CCRP preferred.\n- Human Subjects Protection training required within 90 days of employment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) highly preferred\n- Professional experience in clinical research, particularly with projects working with children\n- Direct professional interaction with children preferred\n- Experience measuring body composition, height, weight, and other physical exam components\n- Working knowledge of diabetes and gestational diabetes\n\nNotes:\n- This is a conditional, benefitted, full-time position lasting approximately five(5) years. Study duration and position is conditional and based on grant funding. Upon completion of the initial grant funded project, the employee may be assigned to other grant funded projects if operationally feasible.\n- May require weekend and evening work, including limited (likely only one-time) travel outside of CA for training.\n- Research Nurse will provide support to the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study, which is an observational epidemiologic study aimed at clarifying the associations between levels of glucose intolerance during pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. The Research RN will be responsible for the recruitment and retention of subjects.Will conduct physical examinations and ensure laboratory tests are performed. Administer questionnaires to study participants and provide oversight of a research associate on the team. The Research RN will work with the research associate to collect project data and develop and implement quality improvement measures to ensure quality data. Participate in study meetings, conference calls and writing group meetings.Other duties as assigned.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763307/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Nurse II", "reqid": "135800", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28763307}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Project Manager I\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the first job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the entry level, a Project Manager may lead projects that impact a single functional area or service area. It is responsible for working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Masters Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Three (3) or more years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced Excel skills and data retrieval / processing / analysis skills.\n- Computer experience in MS Word and PowerPoint.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763306/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager I", "reqid": "135820", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763306}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Manager Ambulatory Care Dept\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nResponsible for the administrative & business management of a small (less than 20 FTEs) or medium size (less than 50 FTEs) department providing ambulatory patient care services. Through clinical nurse supervisors and/or assistant nurse managers, ensures patient care staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements; implements & maintains clinical & patient care practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Manages operations & services that add value & are integrated w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ strategic, business, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages outpatient operations & through nurse supervisor(s) and/or assistant department nurse manager(s) is responsible for the delivery of nursing services & outpatient care which are integrated w/ business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards & performance measures\n- Ensures that services meet members', physicians', & internal clients' needs in a changing & competitive health care market\n- Achieves integrated services across the continuum of care & manages & ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services, & operations by designing & implementing systems, processes, & methods to evaluate & improve patient care across the continuum of care\n- Ensures patient care staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, NCQA, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, nursing & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff-mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Provides for on going staff development\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals & business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience (usually four (4) years)in health care related field required.\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- Usually three (3) to five (5) years of experience in ambulatory care management / supervision or other related clinical area.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices, operations and local, state and federal regulatory standards.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763308/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Ambulatory Care Dept", "reqid": "135830", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763308}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Project Manager I\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the first job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the entry level, a Project Manager may lead projects that impact a single functional area or service area. It is responsible for working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Masters Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Three (3) or more years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.\n- 10-key adding machine skills.\n- Data entry skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763309/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager I", "reqid": "135833", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28763309}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Coding Project Manager - LAMC\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasicQualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CCS, PC or RHIT certificate.\n- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.\n- Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763310/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coding Project Manager - LAMC", "reqid": "135849", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28763310}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - SB\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years of coding experience.\n- Able to provide feedback to physicians and leadership on federal and state coding, medical documentation, compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Computer experience in MS Word or Excel.\n- Data entry skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Travel between facilities may be required.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763311/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - SB", "reqid": "135858", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763311}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - WLA\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years of coding experience.\n- Able to provide feedback to physicians and leadership on federal and state coding, medical documentation, compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Computer experience in MS Word or Excel.\n- Data entry skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Travel between facilities may be required.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763312/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - WLA", "reqid": "135864", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28763312}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - Parsons\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763313/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - Parsons", "reqid": "135872", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28763313}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Patient Educator RN\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nCollaborates with other educators, managers, physicians, and other healthcare providers to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and programs/classes based on member/patient and needs, as well as department, organizational goals/objectives and regulatory needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts educational needs assessments to design and develop programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental needs.\n- Coordinates implements and evaluates programs.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes assessment of physiological and /or functional status using protocols, initiates appropriate interventions.\n- Develops individualized member/patient/family education plan focusing on self management, delivers member/patient/family education (individual or group) specific to disease state.\n- Provides direct group or one-on-one health education services to members and the public.\n- Reviews and recommends high quality, culturally appropriate written and audio visual health content.\n- Consults with physicians and other health care providers re: member/patient specific clinical and health related issues and education needs.\n- Participates in multi disciplinary care teams and committees.\n- Collects data; plans and prepares reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget.\n- Serves as expert clinical resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Participates in establishing department policies and protocols that support regulatory standards (JOINT commission, NCQA, MediCal).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (usually 4 years) required\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience in education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5)years.)\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- CPR instructor preferred.\n- Adult learning and behavior change knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- BLS/CPR certification\n- CDE preferred\n- Assessing/teaching patients with Diabetes, Heart Disease and other medical issues\n- PC applications (Microsoft Office / PowerPoint/ Excel)\n- Classroom and 1:1 instruction\n- Computer knowledge of KP Health Connect and KP Main Frame systems\n- Ability to work in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams\n- Excellent customer service skills\n- Ability to work in a Labor/Management-Partnership environment\n\nNotes:\n- This is Full-time, variable position between the hours of 7:30 am - 9:30 pm.\n-Valid CA Driver's license and dependable transportation required\n- Other work locations include: Moreno Valley Community Hospital in Moreno Valley and the Riverside Medical Center (10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside). Additionally, Heacock MOB, Wildomar MOB, and other areas in the Riverside Service Area as needed.\n- The work schedule varies depending on program needs and will require one (1) or more evenings per week and/or weekends\n- Will require lifting and moving program supplies that could be up to 50 lbs.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763314/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Educator RN", "reqid": "135873", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28763314}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rancho Cucamonga", "description": "Title: Learning Consultant Non-Exempt\nLocation: Rancho Cucamonga, CA\nssesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology, and customer service for management and area personnel. May collaborate with training vendor.\n- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel.\n- Maintains training schedule for team members.\n- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation.\n- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality. Assesses the effectiveness of training programs.\n- Makes recommendations for improvements.\n- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management.\n- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams.\n- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs.\n- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures.\n- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service, and quality improvement literature, research, and projects.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, usually four (4) or more years in developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects.\n- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis.\n- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field.\n- Master's preferred.\n- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills.\n- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis.\n- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required.\n- May require some traveling throughout the state.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Member services experience strongly preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763315/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Learning Consultant Non-Exempt", "reqid": "135886", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Rancho Cucamonga, CA", "uid": 28763315}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: RNP I/PA I\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations.\n- Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery.\n- Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes.\n- Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan.\n- Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician.\n- Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year experience unless specified by department\n- Graduate of an accredited RN and NP Program\n- Master's Degree* (* effective 5/23/07 for those not previously grandfathered in)\n- Current California RN License\n- Current California Nurse Practitioner Certificate\n- Maintain current national certification from approved organizations (American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, or the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board)\n- California Furnishing Number\n- AHA BCLS\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n- If department elects to hire a new grad NP, the California Furnishing Number and if applicable, the DEA Registration Number, must be obtained within 12 months of hire. In this case, the probationary period would also be extended from 6 to 12 months\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Good Customer Service Skills.\n- Skilled with KP Health Connect\n- Experience with ambulatory women's health issues.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763299/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RNP I/PA I", "reqid": "134790", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763299}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Carson", "description": "Title: Health Educator II - (Bilingual)\nLocation: Carson, CA\nAssesses, designs, implements, presents, & evaluates health education programs & services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts needs assessments, establishes priorities, designs, implements, & evaluates basic health education programs, protocols, & standards\n- Coordinates a wide range of health education services, including establishing effective referral & publicity systems, monitoring quality & documentation, providing scheduling & logistical support, & facilitating use of community services to promote the delivery of cost effective health education services\n- Provides direct group or one-on-one health education services to members & the public\n- Reviews, develops, & recommends high quality, culturally appropriate written & audio visual health education materials\n- Consults w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services\n- Coordinates health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, & community health events\n- Specializes in a specific area of health education (e.g., HIV nutrition, chronic disease, health promotion) as required\n- Prepares reports, grants, proposals, & documentation as assigned\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required\n- Master's degree in a field related to the position and/or the following certifications: Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD), Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR), Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition (CSP) or Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA)\n- Previous usually one (1) year of experience in providing and coordinating health education services\n- Previous experience in curriculum development\n- Demonstrated knowledge of behavior change, adult learning theory, group process theory and application\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems\n- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment\n- Two (2) years of recent teaching/program planning, preferred\n- Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience, preferred\n- Knowledge of behavior change, adult learning theory, preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to use effective verbal and written communication skills, preferred\n- Curriculum and materials development, preferred\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CHES preferred\n- Customer service skills\n\nNotes:\n- Must be able to cover Evening classes\n- Travel to MOB's and Regional meetings\n- Must pass the Bilingual assessment test", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763301/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Educator II - (Bilingual)", "reqid": "134921", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Carson, CA", "uid": 28763301}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-CA RN license and AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level III NICU or successful completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS card\n- BSN preferred\n- NRP Instructor\n- Three (3) - five (5) years NICU experience preferred\n- Computer knowledge of Electronic Medical Record system\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule includes working rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763303/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "134931", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28763303}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-CA RN license and AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level III NICU or successful completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS card\n- BSN preferred\n- NRP Instructor\n- Three (3) - five (5) years NICU experience preferred\n- Computer knowledge of Electronic Medical Record system\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule includes working rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763302/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "134929", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28763302}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redlands", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: Redlands, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors' or masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Outpatient setting experience\n\n\nNotes:\n-10% of travel\n- Other work location: 9985 Sierra Ave Fontana Medical Center (may be asked)\n- Saturdays included", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763304/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "134950", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redlands, CA", "uid": 28763304}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant I - PD\nLocation: Downey, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting, and evaluating diagnostic tests and examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses and treats both chronic and episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes and documents the health care plan and prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation with a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder and releases the patient.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years experience as a Physician Assistant\n- Graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Program.\n- Current California Physician Assistant license.\n- *National certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) (*Must be obtained from NCCPA for initial licensure, need not be maintained).\n-AHA BCLS\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Assertive interpersonal skills interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner\n\n\nNotes:\n- Required skills: Adult and Pediatric Ambulatory Care. Ability to work with physicians and members in a confident and concise manner. To function with minimal supervision, problem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment. Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment. Will be responsible for assuring appropriate documentation, discharge instructions and arrangements for follow-up care.\n- Will be assigned to all of Family Medicine modules including Urgent Care, Surgical Urgent Care at the Orchard MOB, Rosecrans MOB, Cudahy MOB, Lynwood MOB, Whittier MOB, Primary Care Connections and/or Bellflower MOB.\n- Ability to work 4, 8, or 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week, weekends, days, evenings and holidays.\n- Hours may vary\n- Start time will vary depending on departmental needs\n- Other duties as needed", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763305/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant I - PD", "reqid": "135415", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28763305}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Dietitian I/II\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nProvides nutrition education & clinical services within established guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities\n- Assesses member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements & evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written & audiovisual), protocols, procedures & standards for health/nutrition education\n- Plans, participates & evaluates community events & coordinates use of community resources as appropriate\n- Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up & referrals to government, community and/or other KP facilities for continuity of nutrition care\n- Educates/counsels members, family & caregivers regarding health & nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes)\n- Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet member's lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis & religious affiliation\n- Consults & educates physicians & other health care providers regarding member & population specific nutrition/health related issues\n- Participates in multidisciplinary care teams & committees\n- Collects data, plans, prepares & implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits\n- Develops grants & proposals for health/nutrition programs\n- Plans, conducts & evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team & physicians\n- Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)\n- Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning & education for appropriate nutrition intervention\n- Develops, implements & monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening & assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education & based on the patient's age, nutrition & psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background & religious affiliation\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year) and/or hospital experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.\n- Must be a current Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.\n- Pre-RDs may be considered if candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND not more than six (6)months have passed since completing the SPP, AND candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within six (6) months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems.\n- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment\n\n\nNotes:\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763289/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dietitian I/II", "reqid": "134640", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28763289}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ F180-3 Per Diem Day DOU\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or equivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior 12 months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm-11:30 pm.\n- Position Control # F180-3\n- This is a per-diem position", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763290/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ F180-3 Per Diem Day DOU", "reqid": "134661", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763290}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hosp/ F325 PT Night 32Hr 8hr DOU Charge\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or equivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior 12 months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control # F325ReliefCharge RN Position\n- Works 'Payday' weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763291/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hosp/ F325 PT Night 32Hr 8hr DOU Charge", "reqid": "134665", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763291}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hosp/ F326 PT Night 8hr 32 Charge DOU\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or equivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior 12 months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control # F326ReliefCharge RN Position\n- Works 'Payday' weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763292/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hosp/ F326 PT Night 8hr 32 Charge DOU", "reqid": "134666", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763292}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (JMV-6832)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- PR# JMV-6832\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763294/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (JMV-6832)", "reqid": "134676", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763294}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (JMV-6831)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- PR# JMV-6831\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763293/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (JMV-6831)", "reqid": "134678", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763293}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6828)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nProvides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional. Includes managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesizes a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Successful completion of a pharmacy practice residency or ambulatory care residency, or equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.\n- Current California Pharmacist license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Advanced residency, fellowship or board certification, preferred.\n- A doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree, preferred.\n\nKnowledge Required:\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review.\n- Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & chemotherapeutic agents, as required.\n- Emergency medication & drug monitoring, as required.\n- Sources of current drug information and medical literature.\n\nSkill/Abilities Required:\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.\n- Teaching ability and evaluation.\n- Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.\n- Learn & operate pharmacy computer system (s) & other equipment and software.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with others on the patient care team.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# JMV-6828\n-Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763295/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6828)", "reqid": "134679", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763295}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital Labor and Delivery RN - Anaheim Per Diem Nightshift\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763284/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital Labor and Delivery RN - Anaheim Per Diem Nightshift", "reqid": "132430", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28763284}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full time equivalent experience in pediatric acute care or pediatric ambulatory care.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a variable position, work hours may vary between 7:00 am - 7:00 pm.\n- Travel may be required", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763280/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "130801", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28763280}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Communications Operator\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder direct supervision, places various specialized calls; receives incoming calls; pages medical center personnel, initiates emergency procedures, provides inpatient information as appropriate - adhering to HIPAA guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide exceptional customer service to both our internal & external customers\n- Provide courteous & cooperative service on each & every encounter\n- Must possess strong interpersonal skills & the ability to multi-task\n- Receive & correctly route incoming calls\n- Effectively & quickly handle various codes (blue, red, secure, etc), including Overhead Paging\n- Provide patient information as appropriate & adhere to all HIPAA guidelines\n- Report equipment malfunction as needed\n- Orient new staff, or less experienced Operators\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 12\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months experience providing front line customer service\n- Busy phone experience preferred\n- Working knowledge of PC's\n- Type 25 wpm.\n- You must take & pass the typing test prior to the end of the posting period or your bid will be bypassed\n- Test must be current within one (1) year. Please contact Human Resources for testing.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prior PBX experience preferred.\n- Ability to work weekends\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel and Lotus Notes.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is a 24/7 department\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763276/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Communications Operator", "reqid": "127979", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763276}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Research Assistant\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nSupport investigators and other project staff in conducting research studies by collecting, analyzing and reporting data. Works under general supervision. Final review required for each phase of assignment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administer participant consent; answer questions regarding study purpose\n- Set up tracking tools and document procedures\n- Provide oral and written updates on data collection process and project status\n- Provide feedback on, and assist with piloting of, new data collection instruments\n- Orient and provide training to team members and/or clinical staff on specific project tasks. If assigned to clinical trial, may work with monitors at clinical sites\n- Adheres to compliance and privacy/ confidentiality requirements and standards\n- Adheres to GCP and compliance regulations for clinical trials\n- Responsible for reviewing own work to ensure data quality\n- Acquires and maintains knowledge of KP systems and databases\n- Resolves problems that arise during the completion of project tasks\n- May assist with tracking information for invoices\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in research setting, preferred health research\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience in a health-related field\n- Bachelor's degree in a health-related field preferred\n- Ability to identify and solve problems\n- Team-focused, detailed and goal-driven with professional oral and written communication skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Direct patient interaction and ability to take tibia/ulna measurements & other duties for research.\n\n\nNotes:\n- The Research Assistant is a conditional position.\n- The duration of employment will be based on the availability of grant funds to support the position.\n- Upon completion of the initial grant funded project, the employee may be assigned to other grant funded projects if operationally feasible.\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need.\n- Work hours will vary between 8:30 am - 5:30 pm", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763275/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Assistant", "reqid": "127481", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28763275}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Ana", "description": "Title: LVN I (Bilingual)\nLocation: Santa Ana, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies.\n- Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair. \n- Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.\n- Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Perform other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 25\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse,\n- Current Basic Life Support card.\n- Zero (0) to one (1) year LVN experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prefer two (2+) years experience working in mental health field\n-Good at problem-solving, developing workflows, and working independently\n\nNotes:\n-Must pass the bilingual assessment test\n-Having this position is new to the Orange County Psychiatry department, and employee will be integrally involved in developing workflows for department", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763267/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN I (Bilingual)", "reqid": "113249", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Ana, CA", "uid": 28763267}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Business Consultant/Analyst-Healthcare Claims Auditor (Downey, CA or Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nBusiness Consultant/Analyst-Healthcare Claims Auditor\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA or Downey, CA\n\nSubject matter expert representing Statewide Claims Operations for all aspects required to defend cases referred to the department by Legal.Support legal complaints and litigations by providing financial data and Claims analysis on open and closed cases.\n\n- Partner with Kaiser Legal team on claim related court cases, litigations and intent to sue.\n- Determine which documentation is relevant to cases received from Kaiser Legal and supply all requested documentation.\n- Prepare advanced trend data analysis and reports pertaining to legal complaints and litigations. Performs ad hoc projects/studies of moderate scope utilizing data analysis skills.\n- Provide root cause analysis driving reoccurring errors and rework through data analysis and auditing.\n- Subject Matter Expert responsible for giving depositions on behalf of CCA. Give input, review and declarations.\n- Develops and leverages relationships with peers, supervisors and management, both internal and external to CCA. Manages common resource demands and coordinate information relevant to legal cases between Northern CA and Southern CA for Statewide litigations and court cases.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of three (3) to five (5) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline preferred.\n- Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional, functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area.\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.\n- Assists in developing test plans.\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.\n- Measures outcomes against an internal standard of excellence.\n- Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organizational unit.\n- Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.\n- Listens actively and demonstrates sensitivity to patients/customers, encouraging them to discuss concerns, interests, needs, and difficult issues.\n- Consistently monitors own work and seek further experiences to ensure continual quality patient/customer service and delivery.\n- Monitors others' work to ensure quality and alignment in meeting member/customer needs; takes action to maintain standards.\n- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.\n- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs.\n- Consistently asks clarifying questions in order to understand the importance of assignments/projects in relation to operational unit goals.\n- Prioritizes work in alignment with project objectives or goals.\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and the member/customer.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763258/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consultant/Analyst-Healthcare Claims Auditor (Downey, CA or Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "135969", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28763258}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Scrum Developer-Excel, VBA and Access Developer\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Scrum Developer is a member of a Scrum Development Team working in an Agile development framework. Work is accomplished as a Team and requires someone who can work well in a collocated team environment on a cross functional team of different skilled individuals all responsible for estimating, design, analysis, programming, testing, and deployment readiness.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Move seamlessly between programming, testing, analysis, design, writing documentation, etc. to meet team commitments.\n - Support a suite of software products that directly support our Underwriting, Actuarial, and Account Management user communities.\n - Leverage different technologies including Java, Oracle database, opens source reporting tools, and other programming languages in a Microsoft environment.\n - Estimating, analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, etc. associated with the specifics necessary to fulfill the Teams commitments to complete Product Owner stories within a two week Sprint.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - BA in business, or BS in computer science, or four years equivalent work experience.\n - Minimum of 2 years of verifiable programming expertise building applications with the following technologies Excel and VBA.\n - Expertise in writing applications in Excel with VBA in direct support of a 'business cycle' and be able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in the technologies used to build and test applications in a Microsoft environment.\n - Minimum of 2 years of experience using one of the more common databases is required; Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Access.\n - Excel development\n - Must have experience with relational databases and their associated concepts, Oracle, DB2, UBD, SQL Server would all be acceptable.\n - Proficiency with a diverse range of problem solving techniques and the ability to work with a Team to solve problems, make recommendations, and think through alternatives / options.\n - In-depth ability to analyze, test, program, and make good technical programming decisions to ensure correct and accurate programs are developed for deployment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Former experience with a Scrum Development Team\n - Java, and/or C/C++\n - Knowledge or experience with source code repository software\n - Skill using tools to access data stored in Oracle, BD2, SQL Server, Access databases.\n - Skills with any type of SQL (PL-SQL, T-SQL, etc.).\n - Skilled in tools used to analyze data, Crystal, Business Objects, Cognos, etc.).\n - Development in a Microsoft environment\n - Direct support of underwriting, actuarial, account management type of applications/products", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763259/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Scrum Developer-Excel, VBA and Access Developer", "reqid": "136027", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763259}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Database Marketing Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nWe are seeking a top tier marketing analytics expert tolead and manage a wide range of analytic projects essential to Kaiser Permanente's Medicare membership goals. Provide analytical/strategic-thinking and leadership skills that enable the teams to: 1)identify key business issues; 2) design and execute teststo drive direct marketing response; 3)bring technical/content expertise in deep data analysis; 4) vet findings and present formal recommendations to senior leadership; 5) create reports to inform critical strategic issues.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Works with senior leadership to identify key issues and solutions in business processes, campaign planning/execution, results/insights, and recommendations.\n- Manages major marketing strategy and analytic projects, create media mix recommendations, identify channel optimization tactics\n-Develops analytic framework required to analyze marketing strategy, channel efficiency, online/offline attribution, etc\n-Leverages predictive tools to enhance direct response targeting\n- Partners with statisticians in response model build\n- Owns the outcome - represents findings in the form of actionable insights to stakeholders and senior leadership\n-Serves as subject matter/technical expert on tracking data and external lists\n- Knowledgeable and experienced in test-and-learn framework, test design, sizing, and statistical analysis to ensure accurate test execution and read\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Bachelor's Degree or related professional experience (4 years) in lieu of education.\n - Minimum of 4 years related experience; Or, Master's degree and 1-3 years experience.\n - Thorough knowledge of direct marketing analytics and reporting .\n - Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, market strategy practices, and standards.\n - Excellent analytic and problem solving skills.\n - Excellent data management skills coupled with extensive experience in relational databases and data quality.\n - Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts of database marketing/direct marketing.\n - Skilled in MS Excel, Access, Cognos and other databases/analytics tools.\n - Must know how to manipulate databases, to extract, analyze, and report data.\n - Excellent communication skills and the ability to produce Microsoft Powerpoint presentations.\n - Empirical experience in SAS and/or SQL\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Master's degree preferred (Business, Public Health, etc.\n - At least 5 years related experience preferred.\n - Experience/knowledge in Health Care industry.\n - Formal training and experience in statistics, mathematics, and quantitative analysis.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763260/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Database Marketing Consultant", "reqid": "136109", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763260}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Analyst SOX\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a Senior Analyst, SOX for the SOX Program Management Office (PMO) Business Team located in Oakland, CA. The incumbent is accountable for a variety of activities in conjunction with the program test strategy and documentation with guidance from senior members of the SOX PMO Team to determine the most efficient and effective alternatives.\nThe incumbent will monitor the progress of testing based on a preset testing strategy, and support the test planning with Internal Audit Services, reporting the information out to appropriate parties as required. The incumbent may also assist in performing testing and general work paper reviews. The incumbent will also assist SOX PMO team members in the creation of documentation regarding SOX PMO guidance including the maintenance of guidance on the SOX website. The incumbent will develop relationships with parties across the organization to ensure a sustained understanding of SOX control requirements in areas such as documentation and evidence. The incumbent will work with direction from management to document processes and perform process improvement activities.\nEssential Functions:\n-Participates in the analysis of current controls, and process information to assist in the coordination of testing by Internal Audit Services or to improve process efficiencies.\n- Works with SOX PMO team members determining impact on status of open deficiencies and remedial action plans. Adjusts plans accordingly based on information determined with assistance from PMO Managers.\n- Performs on-going project management. Provides accurate and comprehensive status reporting to all levels in timely manner.\n- Performs reconciliation and maintenance of reports and inventories, ensuring alignment with the narratives and SOX Tool, GRC.\n- Supports the SOX PMO Managers and learn the Business Mega Areas.\n- Provides management with timely and accurate assessment of project status updates, narratives, work papers and other documentation.\n- Develops relationships with the organization's Internal Audit Services, Mega process teams, Regional SOX teams and process and control owners.\n- Recommends modifications to established practices and procedures and successfully handles a full range of assignments and projects.\n- Independently initiates, identifies and coordinates the analysis, determines and takes action or provides recommendations to appropriate parties.\n- Performs special studies/projects of moderate scope as assigned, which may require independent development of innovative analytical approaches to resolve issues.\n- Participates in multiple cross-functional and/or multiple cross divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources, and system/process specifications.\n- Accesses data and documentation from the KP SOX Tool (Paisley GRC 4.0) and updates documentation as required. Creates and runs reports from the Tool as needed to perform job functions and provide updates.\n- Interacts with external consultants in facilitating the testing process. Ensure efforts are not duplicated.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of five (5) to seven (7) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline-", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763261/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Analyst SOX", "reqid": "136155", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763261}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: P-Underwriter\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnderwriting's overarching function is to anticipate key business, marketplace and competitor dynamics in developing and implementing strategies to optimize business results which include retention and growth targets while mitigating risk. Primary focus is on establishing the appropriate rate and conditions of offering to achieve revenue, membership and margin goals. Additionally, processes and policies are managed to support optimal customer service while collaborating with Sales/Account Management partners to optimize business opportunities and effective solutions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establish effective business relationships with Sales and Account Management to execute a business plan that optimizes our opportunities across a book of business\n- Produce accurate quotes in compliance with Underwriting & authority guidelines and state & federal laws for existing and prospective business\n- Participate in the execution of account and/or book of business plans to ensure attainment of goals\n- Lead limited peer review to ensure accuracy & appropriateness of quote\n- Adhere to business processes and policies that support for all job levels particularly in areas of rate actions, benefit structure, customer engagements, etc.\n- Meets established department turn around goals by balancing deadlines\n- Comply with new and existing policies, procedures, and methodologies\n- Comply with continuous quality improvement programs\n- Strategize with internal customers on implications of decisions on business outcomes\n- Assist in positioning Underwriting as an integral partner in the creation of effective business solutions\n- Establish relationships with Sales/Account Management to understand business potential with purchasers, brokers & consultants\n- Develop solutions that establish credibility with Sales/Account Management and external customers\n- Acquire and exhibit knowledge of the external business environment to add value\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of work experience performing analysis is required.\n- Demonstrated computer literacy including Excel and Word.\n- Sound written and verbal communication.\n- Ability to accurately calculate algebraic rating formulae.\n- Ability to work with incomplete or imperfect information and develop reasonable assumptions.\n- Ability to balance conflicting deadlines and meet established departmental turnaround goals.\n- Good organizational skills and the ability to work under pressure.\n- Ability to work cooperatively with others.\n- Ability to adapt to changing policies and procedures.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years related experience performing analysis work.\n- Experience in functions relating to health insurance or providers, such as marketing, membership services or accounting, reporting or rating, large group health underwriting, actuarial or benefit contract functions.\n- Strong understanding of benefits, Kaiser Permanente rating principles and methodologies, group enrollment guidelines, legal restrictions on reporting and rating and an understanding of how health care products are marketed and delivered to groups.\n- Awareness of the market environment for health care accross all regions.\n- Bachelor's degree preferred or a minimum of one year of equivalent experience in business administration, health care administration, mathematics, statistics, financial analysis or a related field.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763263/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "P-Underwriter", "reqid": "136225", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763263}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: National Medicare Administration Intern\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nNational Medicare Administration supports the Medicare Line of Business execute yearly initiatives. Most our of support is through program and project management activities. Types of projects: Sales and Marketing Initiatives for enrollment people and developing business requirements for the supporting systems.\n\nProject and Responsibilities:\n - SharePoint Development - We are in the process of utilizing SharePoint (Document repository and collaboration tool) as part of our project management tool set.\n - We need to build the capabilities, creating job aides for the capabilities, ensure people are trained and monitor the sharepoint sites for compliance.\n - We would like the intern to play a significant role on this project. The project will also include managing a project plan, developing status reports and presenting to a larger group.\nAlternate Project:\n - Project Coordination Support for one of our initiatives- Taking meeting notes, building project plans, documenting process flows, creating PowerPoint presentations.\nSkills the Intern will learn and develop:\n - How to run a project.\n - How to communicate to varying levels within a large organization, learn a tool - Sharepoint.\nQualifications:\nBASIC REQUIREMENTS:\n - College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree. 3.0 GPA or above\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment.\n - Analytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.\n - Leadership potential.\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Visio, and Lotus Notes.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n - Students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or related field.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763262/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "National Medicare Administration Intern", "reqid": "136228", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763262}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Administrative Service Consultant - Self-Funding\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAdministrative Service Consultant\n\nThis position is responsible for the following:\n\n- Provide on-going account services to self-funding plan sponsors\n- Provide on-going financial and claims utilization reports to plan sponsors within the service level agreed\ntimeframes\n- Identify and escalate claim funding defaults and billing delinquencies that require executive involvement\nMarketing, Sales & Retention\n- Provide on-going support to National and Regional Sales & Account Management\n- Manage, monitor and distribute Employer Reports\n- Proactively identify and resolve potential issues and problems\n- Research and respond to any questions from plan sponsor on employer reports\n- Participate and contribute to new and innovative self-funding product features\n- Participate and make recommendations on new self-funding product and benefit configurations\n- Coordinate self-funding administrative contracts & stop-loss policies\n- Coordinate self-funding performance guarantees.\n- Must be able to manage full range of daily operational needs (including pre/post implementation needs,\nbenefit structure definition, claims, eligibility, ID card and SPD development, benefit changes, Open\nEnrollment processes, pharmacy issues, employer reports, stop-loss insurance etc.)\n- Must be able to provide resolution of claim, eligibility and payment issues, strategizing with accounts on\nutilization trends and recommended benefit plan design changes, etc.).\n- Working knowledge of self-funding plan administration\n- Minimum of 5 years technical experience in health insurance or managed care disciplines\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years of account services experience required\n- Minimum five (5) years of technical experience in health insurance or managed care disciplines\n- Upward progression of assignments to a senior level position is strongly desired\n- Technical experience in one or more of the following areas is strongly desired: Self-Funding Administration, Benefit Plan Design, Contracts, Broker Compensation, Group Billing, Membership & Eligibility, Claims Administration, Product Development, Sales & Account Management, Employer Services, Member Services, Case Installation.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration or other related fields is strongly desired\n- Graduate degree in one of the above disciplines is a plus\n- License or certification in Sales w/in the managed care or health benefits industry is a plus\n- Working knowledge of self-funding plan administration\n- Working knowledge of group benefit plan designs\n- Working knowledge of health claims processing\n- Working knowledge of self-funding market\n- Knowledge of stop-loss insurance\n- Competency in a variety of software applications that are routinely used in the communication, analysis & presentation of data: MS Word, Excel, Project, Visio, PowerPoint & Adobe Acrobat.\n- Ability to read, understand & analyze claim utilization reports & a variety of operational metrics", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763253/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Service Consultant - Self-Funding", "reqid": "135714", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28763253}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Senior Underwriter\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nSenior Underwriter\nKaiser Permanente, Clackamas, OR\nSummary:\nUnderwritings' overarching function is to anticipate key business, marketplace and competitor dynamics in developing and implementing strategies to optimize business results which include retention and growth targets while mitigating risk. Primary focus is on establishing the appropriate rate and conditions of offering to achieve revenue, membership and margin goals. Additionally, processes and policies are managed to support optimal customer service while collaborating with Sales/Account Management partners to optimize business opportunities and effective solutions.\nEssential Functions:\nPartner with Regional Underwriting, Sales and Account Management and other key internal stakeholders to create and execute a business plan that optimizes our opportunities across the National Account book of business.\n - Produce accurate quotes in compliance with underwriting & authority guidelines and state & federal laws for existing and prospective business\n - Develop and execute account and/or book of business plans to ensure attainment of goals primarily on complex cases\nLead peer review including the most complex cases to ensure accuracy & appropriateness of quote\n - Manage business processes and policies that support for all job levels particularly in areas of rate actions, benefit structure, customer engagements, etc.\n - Meets established department turn around goals by balancing deadlines\n - Recommend and implement new and interpret existing policies, procedures, and methodology\n - Recommend and implement continuous quality improvement programs\nStrategize with internal customers to ensure KP business processes are in alignment with organizational and external customer goals when appropriate.\n - Ensure Underwriting is an integral partner in the creation of effective business solutions\n - Establish relationships with Sales/Account Management and internal stakeholders as well as external customers that optimizes business potential with purchasers, brokers & consultants\nDevelop creative solutions that increase credibility with Sales/Account Management and customers\nAcquire & exhibit knowledge of the external business environment to add value\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 4 or more years progressive experience in rating, underwriting, marketplace evaluations, and/or financial analysis in a managed care environment.\nFunctional/Technical Knowledge & Skills\n - Proven leadership skills with ability to determine key business issues.\n - Ability to manage multiple priorities and engage appropriate internal and external stakeholders to meet organizational pricing and underwriting goals.\n - Ability to remain calm under pressure and work with stakeholders to resolve group specific rating and underwriting issues to mutual satisfaction of all customers.\n - Demonstrated ability to communicate complex underwriting and business requirements to multi-level audiences for both internal and external stakeholder review.\nCustomer & Industry Knowledge\n - Identifies, maintains, and applies knowledge regarding the healthcare industry, Kaiser Permanente's competitors, and regulatory legislation to work.\n - Effectively meeting customer needs; building productive customer relationships; taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty\n\nEducation/Training\n - Bachelor's degree preferred in mathematics, statistics, business administration, or a related field or applicable related work experience.\nCompetencies:\n - Analytical thinking\n - Building Customer Partnerships\n - Teamwork\n - Planning/Organizing/Time Management\n - Continuous Quality Improvement\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Large Group Underwriting preferred; or five years quantitative analysis experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763255/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Underwriter", "reqid": "135915", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28763255}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alameda", "description": "Title: PeopleSoft Business Analyst-Specialist (Alameda, CA)\nLocation: Alameda, CA\nThis position is responsible for the development, documentation and refinement of processes and system enhancements associated with supporting Kaiser's HR and Benefits programs. The Business Analyst Specialist is responsible for collecting data and providing analysis for complex business issues, particularly in relation to PeopleSoft HCM and HR Helpdesk system enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Requirements definition and analysis: Collects and researches specific client requirements for projects and/or production support efforts, identifies requirements, gathers workflow data and basic system and reporting specifications. Develops, implements, and supports common business processes and tools. Recommends alternatives to address problems.\n - User Acceptance Testing coordination: Works with end users to coordinate roles tasks associated end user testing including development of test plans, test cases and identification of test data.\n - Project execution and tracking: Participates in project management process, including participating in project meetings or leading business analyst activities. May document issues, action items, user requirements, or deliverables from project meetings. Performs a variety of project related activities, including analysis or preparation of documentations and presentations. Accomplishes all work within established methodologies and standards. May be required to lead small project teams.\n - Business User/Owner Application Support: Provides 2nd tier application support for assigned application(s). May research functional issues according to defined prioritization/severity scheme. Influences client and gains commitment to changes required.\n - Customer Service: Actively engages clients through all phases of the project life cycle, ensuring client satisfaction through timely communication and consistent completion of deliverables within communicated timeframes.\n - Business and process improvement: Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement; makes associated recommendations as appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum eight (8) to twelve (12) years of related professional experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Contributes to the development of concepts, techniques and standards in general business analysis, as well as IT principles and practices.\n- Skills required: Analysis/documentation of processes, methods, solutions, etc.\n- Interpretive - translates business processes and requirements into system specifications.\n- Advanced knowledge of information technology and applications.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763250/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PeopleSoft Business Analyst-Specialist (Alameda, CA)", "reqid": "133505", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Alameda, CA", "uid": 28763250}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Education Assistant\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Educational Coordinator is responsible for the successful coordination and administrative aspects of programs, documentation and assigned training for KSMC Staff Development\nEssential Functions:\n- Support Nurse Educators, CNSs, and e-Learning & Web Specialist as requested to support logistical needs related to professional development courses\n- Maintain the descriptions of educational content on the Staff Development website and paper catalog by working with Nurse Educators, CNS, e-Learning & Web Specialist, and Word Processing staff. Assist Nurse Educators, CNS, e-Learning & Web Specialist with logistical needs (i.e., schedule, classrooms/virtual classroom tools)\n- Partners with Nurse Educators, CNSs, and e-Learning & Web Specialist to maintain up-to-date descriptions of educational content on the Staff Development website and paper catalog. Maintain documents as required for regulatory compliance\n- Coordinate with Director of Staff Development, Nurse Educators, CNSs, and e-Learning & Web Specialist to input course locations, schedules, and course descriptions into KP Learn, Healthstream, or other E-Learning system\n- Provide rosters to instructors and report on attendance and key metrics\n- Manage registrations and resources for educational offerings\n- With Director of Staff Development maintain continuous improvement processes for education record tracking that meets internal and external compliance requirements\n- Partner with e-Learning & Web Specialist to troubleshoot Healthstream and KP Learn or other ELearning systems\n- Support Nurse Educators and CNSs to ensure appropriate formatting and brand identity is maintained\n- Partner with Director of Staff Development, Nurse Educators, CNSs, and e-Learning & Web Specialist to update and maintain department web page\n- Coordinate the master schedule of all training opportunities for Staff Development as well as design. Maintain the yearly online course calendar\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience working with a learning management system, including working with an IT department to troubleshoot/enhance system\n- 2 years of demonstrated skill teaching/facilitating in a classroom setting\n- Bachelor's degree in education, or health management field or equivalent experience\n- Demonstrated skill delivering reports, metrics evaluation, and budgeting\n- Demonstrated skill in managing a database\n- Mastery of MS Office software applications\n- Problem identification and resolution skills\n- Demonstrate customer focused service skills\n- Proficient writing and grammar skills\n- Thorough understanding of the PC and Windows environment\n- Demonstrated Understanding of project management fundamentals\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1year ofexperience working with a learning management system, including working with an IT department to troubleshoot/enhance system\n- Prior experience in Education or Staff Development department\n- Proficient knowledge of learning management systems, project management fundamentals, and business software applications\n- Demonstrated understanding of keep in principles, practices, and training approaches\n- Proficient knowledge in a variety of audio visual configurations\n- Proficient skills in facilitation, classroom management, and basic curriculum design\n- Proficient skills in Kaiser software applications,i.e., KP Learn, Meeting Room Manager, Healthstream and Web design\nSalary Range: $20.13 - $26.59", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763235/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Education Assistant", "reqid": "135845", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28763235}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Manager, Regional Large Group Sales\nLocation: Portland, OR\nConducts day to day management of sales team for mid size group commercial market segment (51+ eligible employees.) Is responsible for achieving commercial new group membership enrollment forecast for assigned segment. Monitors daily performance and workflow of sales staff to deliver on expectations for quota achievement, sales pipeline development and persistency/retention targets. Manage and enhance relationships with regional brokers. Create new sales distribution channels and manage and enhance existing sales channels for mid group market segment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manage sales team for mid size group commercial market segment with more than 51 eligible employees. Maximize growth opportunities in this market segment.\n- Consistently achieve membership forecast and manage staff to expectations for consistent quota achievement, retention and sales pipeline development.\n- Develop staff's skills with the objective of creating excellence in new sales.\n- Ensure a high level of service is provided to group customers and their brokers, agents and advisors.\n- Manage and maintain positive, active relationships with regional brokers, agents and general agents.\n- Develop and manage new marketing distribution channels and enhance existing sales channels, e.g. brokers, direct, business coalitions, etc.\n- Monitor Kaiser Permanente's competitive position in the commercially brokered regional mid/large size group market. Oversee the collection of commercial market and competitive information by staff. Identify competitive strengths and effectively use this knowledge as the basis for an effective strategy and approach. Recognize competitive weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Recommend changes in marketing strategy to segment Director to maximize Kaiser Permanente's competitive position.\n- Develop and implement strategic action plans to achieve forecast for regional mid to large size market segment.\n- Support the Director of Regional Accounts, participate in the development of the annual commercial forecast and participate in annual rate setting.\n- Participate in new and existing large group rate review meetings.\n- Direct the development of annual sales staff book of business and strategic new sales plans.\n- Review the viability/equity of territory, account and broker assignments annually at a minimum.\n- Leverage internal and external resources to meet growth and member retention objectives.\n- Attend regional and national training programs and special seminars to keep abreast of new health care/employee benefit laws, programs and national issues. Continually seek professional development and require same of staff. Acquire and maintain detailed knowledge of Kaiser Permanente programs/products, industry practices and differentiating elements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3+ years of experience in health plan, commercial group insurance, group insurance brokerage or consulting, disease management or related field\n- 3+ years of management experience in sales or account management with verifiable track record of department and staff quota achievement.\n- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of healthcare sales experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Continuing education as required by Oregon and Washington's Department of Insurance\n- Valid drivers' license\n- Oregon and Washington Insurance License acquired within 90-day probationary period\n- Demonstrated track record of successful staff development, and thorough understanding of sales/marketing principles and techniques.\n- Ability to establish positive, professional relationships with key market customers and their advisors\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Management experience with multiple distribution channels, products and/or market segments.\n- Masters in marketing, MBA or related graduate level designation\n- Demonstrated track record of personal sales or account management achievement\n- Thorough understanding of commercial employee benefits, insurance industry and HMO regulations, including State and Federal laws\n- Demonstrated organizational and problem solving skills\n\nSalary Range:\n$87,750 - $120,050\nTarget Sales Incentive:\n$44,100", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763236/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, Regional Large Group Sales", "reqid": "135958", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28763236}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: New Member Navigator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Medicaid Member Navigator aids newly enrolled individuals and their families to successfully access health care services within Kaiser Permanente and to identify and assist members to access non-KP benefits and community services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide orientation to the KP integrated care system and PCP model for all new Medicaid members. Orientation includes but is not limited to; available KP & Medicaid resources such as the KP Nurse Advice Line, Exceptional Needs Program, dental care, transportation and translator services\n- Verifies that members have received their ID card and have the information needed to select a PCP for themselves/family members\n- Educates member on the appropriate use of health care resources\n- Through the use of a telephonic screening process, identifies members that have unmet needs or active concerns. This may include ethnic & language considerations to care, social issues, chronic disease including mental health, disabilities or current pregnancy\n- Assist member with finding & accessing needed services and medical care, including but not limited to PCP selection, appointing, RX refills, transportation arrangements, and assistance for making contact with outside resources or benefits\n- Refers cases to the Exceptional Needs Program for assistance & guidance when complex issues or concerns are identified\n- As directed by RN, makes other arrangements & referrals and communicates findings/actions to the PCP or other providers\n- Through population review, re-contacts previous outreach members to follow-up on overuse of ED and missed appointments; reinforcing appropriate use of resources\n- Provides general administrative support to the Medicaid program through recordkeeping, scheduling meetings and filing as requested\n- Accurately documents all activities and communicates issues or concerns to manager or ENCC RN in a timely manner\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years experience in health related customer service, medical office practice or other patient-related experience in the ambulatory setting\n- High school diploma\n- 1 or more years of college or technical training\n- Knowledge of Medical terminology\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 3 years of experience in health related customer service, medical office practice or other patient-related experience in the ambulatory setting\n- Associates Degree in Business Administration, Communication, Marketing, or health related field\n- Experience with outreach programs\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively use Microsoft Word and Excel and the ability to quickly learn new computerized systems such as appointing programs\n- Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to establish rapport with patients/members\n- Ability to manage multiple work priorities and requests from members\n- Must demonstrate initiative and excellent problem solving skills\nSalary Range:\n$18.28 - $24.11", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:32:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763237/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Member Navigator", "reqid": "136086", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28763237}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Team Development Consultant\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide performance improvement and team development services to unit-based team leaders and their teams to function as high performing teams. Services include: co-lead consultation and coaching in facilitative leadership practices, developing high performing teams, performance improvement methodologies, and conflict management; and, team facilitation for performance improvement, team development, conflict management, and interpersonal communication skill building. Also provide assessment for UBT leader and team training needs in the areas of developing high performing teams, process and service improvement, and leadership development.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide team development consultation and facilitation to UBTs to improve workgroup effectiveness, interpersonal and group communication, and to help resolve intra-group conflict\n- Provide performance improvement consultation and facilitation to UBTs to: assess current team performance; educate on the performance improvement cycle; and engage the team in a variety of performance improvement methodologies, such as Rapid Cycle Change\n- Provide one-on-one and leadership team coaching to UBT leaders in facilitative leadership practices; meeting effectiveness; data-based decision making; effective communication and team engagement strategies; and conflict management\n- Provide consultation and training to UBT reinforcing sponsors to support performance improvement within their UBTs\n- Performs other duties as requested\nSecondary Functions:\n- Identifies UBT leader and team needs and influences their learning and change\n- Contracts with UBT leaders and their teams using objectives, scope of work, services provided, resources and timelines\n- Makes recommendations of consulting/facilitation interventions\n- Routing business expenses such as local travel, business meals, and resources through the UBT reporting structure\n- influence UBT leaders to proactively use engagement principles, recognition and reinforcement\n- Front-line operational team leaders and their teams function in rapid-fire environments within tightly-prescribed meeting timeframes, so communication and interventions must be planned to occur as efficiently as possible\n- Assist UBT leaders to manage different, and at times, conflicting goals of a complex organization and encourage them to surface and address interpersonal conflict within their teams/departments\n- Maintain knowledge of change initiatives where UBTs can be a platform for implementing, such as Service Excellence, and integrate into UBT consultation and development\n- Maintain perspective of Regional Operating Plan goals while providing service to UBT leaders and their teams, acknowledging their interests but acting to help ensure organizational success\n- Maintain high level of trust and credibility with UBT leaders and teams, and their managers throughout the region\n- Coordinate, when appropriate, services from other functional areas, to address a wide range or issues and needs\n- Balance the goals, needs, values and perspectives of the organizational while promoting effective management and facilitating change\n- Deliver UBT interventions such as process improvement; communication skill-building; or interest-based problem-solving, within tightly prescribed timeframes, while promoting effective team development and facilitating change\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years experience in providing team development facilitation and consultation to front-line supervisors and front-line teams\n- 5 years experience providing process improvement interventions, such as Rapid Cycle Change, to front-line teams\n- Post graduate degree or equivalent experience in Adult Education, Training, and Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration or other related fields\n- Demonstrated ability to provide performance improvement interventions, such as process improvement facilitation and team development interventions, to front-line teams and their leaders\n- Demonstrated knowledge and effective facilitation of performance improvement methodologies, such as Rapid Cycle Change (using PDSA)\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 5 years post graduate experience as a Performance Improvement-Team Development Consultant in a health care environment\n- Post graduate degree in Adult Learning, Organization Development; Behavioral Sciences or equivalent\n- Demonstrated Performance Improvement, Team Development, Leadership Development and Management Consulting skills working with front-line supervisors/teams in a KP Region\n- Knowledge of and skill in facilitating improvement methodologies such as Rapid Cycle Change (Plan-Do-Study-Act) or Lean\nSalary Range:\n$77,220 - $105,780", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763233/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Development Consultant", "reqid": "131975", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28763233}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: RN - Dual License - Oncology\nLocation: Salem, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates personal commitment to service and to socially relevant practice.\n- Demonstrates ethical and legal behavior in all professional activities.\n- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions.\n- Understands and provides competent care to a diverse population.\n- Practices health care team building and leadership skills.\n- Participates in population-based care activities.\n- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems.\n- Participates in ongoing continuing education activities and shares knowledge with other health care team members.\nClinical Competencies\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner.\n- Applies effective oral and written communication skills in interacting with patients, families and members of the health care team. This includes effective negotiation and conflict management skills.\nOrganizational Competencies\n- Recognizes the impact of systems on health care delivery.\n- Acts as an advocate for individuals and groups with unmet health needs.\n- Applies the knowledge and tools of continuous improvement in clinical practice and the delivery of health care.\nAdditional Accountabilities:\n- Completes and maintains ongoing competency for assisting MDs with procedures performed in the Oncology department according to department standards including set-up, occasional procedure assisting, clean-up and post-procedural care of patient within 30 days of hire and thereafter\n- Accurately prepares patients for pre and post Oncology procedures (abdominal paracentesis/thoracentesis), and/or BM biopsy, including positioning, draping (if required), and skin prep, if directed by provider, within 30 days of hire and thereafter\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years\n- High school diploma or GED. Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current RN license in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire. Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates accurate understanding of clinic and/or infusion room scheduling within 30 days of hire and thereafter\n- Demonstrates ability to complete required documentation in EMR for Assessments, infusions, treatments, encounters, and coding within 30 days of hire\n- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge of Oncology pathophysiology and principles of epidemiology, within a multicultural context, in administering cancer care\n- Demonstrates proper sterile technique according to KP standards for specific procedures within 30 days of hire and thereafter\n- Demonstrates proper handling of biopsy specimens as necessary (while this is normally the lab tech's task, all staff should be familiar enough to assist when needed)\n- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of HAMP (High Alert Medication Program) and consistently uses process\n- Demonstrates ability to recognize and respond to adverse reactions during chemotherapy administration at time of hire and thereafter\n- Demonstrates proper technique for venipuncture, lab draws and labeling, Groshong and Groshong PICC, Port-a-cath access and care, exchanges, use of CADD Pumps and infusors, and use of administration sets and IV equipment within 30 days of hire and thereafter\n- Demonstrates understanding and correct administration of drug sequence\n- Demonstrates correct technique for Piggy-backs and Pushes\n- Demonstrates knowledge of blood transfusion and blood product infusion policies and procedures\n- Demonstrates correct administration of IVIG, DDAVP, and Iron\n- Demonstrates correct use of infusion pumps, portable 02 tanks, pulse oximeter, and infusion recliner chairs\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills.\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\n- Previous Ambulatory Nursing Experience\n- Experience in Oncology Specialty\n- Certification in Chemotherapy Administration\n- ACLS\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763234/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN - Dual License - Oncology", "reqid": "132387", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 28763234}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Mountain View", "description": "Title: Health Education Assistant\nLocation: Mountain View, CA\nUnder supervision, maintains efficient operation of the health education center & provides program support & assistance to the department & internal & external customers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains the daily operations of the health education center\n- Assists members, physicians, staff, instructors, & community in utilization of health education services\n- Assesses individual needs, consults, & recommends resources & referrals\n- Maintains & recommends updates of all multi-media health information resources, including inventory, ordering, & database management of all materials\n- Manages & schedules logistics for classes & programs\n- Coordinates conference room use, tracks attendance statistics, & enrolls members & the community for classes\n- Supervises & trains health education volunteer staff\n- Assists in processing & tracking financial documents, e.g., revenue cost centers, class fees, etc.\n- Supports the development of departmental strategic goals & priorities\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year full time or 2 years part time experience in the last 5 years in Health Education or a customer/patient service area in a health care setting\n- Previous experience in customer/patient service area in a health care setting required\n- Associates of Arts required or equivalent years of experience (3 years)\n- Bachelor of Arts preferred in health care related field\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nSchedule: Tues, Wed, Thurs 1:00pm - 5:00pm; Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763207/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Assistant", "reqid": "135635", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Mountain View, CA", "uid": 28763207}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Health Education Assistant\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nUnder supervision, maintains efficient operation of the health education center & provides program support & assistance to the department & internal & external customers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains the daily operations of the health education center\n- Assists members, physicians, staff, instructors, & community in utilization of health education services\n- Assesses individual needs, consults, & recommends resources & referrals\n- Maintains & recommends updates of all multi-media health information resources, including inventory, ordering, & database management of all materials\n- Manages & schedules logistics for classes & programs\n- Coordinates conference room use, tracks attendance statistics, & enrolls members & the community for classes\n- Supervises & trains health education volunteer staff\n- Assists in processing & tracking financial documents, e.g., revenue cost centers, class fees, etc.\n- Supports the development of departmental strategic goals & priorities\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Oversees and trains HE volunteers; maintains store items and inventory\n- Assists intructors and clinical health educators with class information\n- Assist with the massage appts, blood pressure program, prenatal appts\n- Oversees the Lending Library and various and sundry duties\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year full time or 2 years part time experience in the last 5 years in Health Education or a customer/patient service area in a health care setting\n- Previous experience in customer/patient service area in a health care setting required\n- Associates of Arts required or equivalent years of experience (3 years)\n- Bachelor of Arts preferred in health care related field\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 mos experience in health education or similar front office setting\n- Knowledge of medical terminology, PC applications, word processing\n- Excellent written & oral communiction skills", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763209/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Assistant", "reqid": "135669", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28763209}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II (120254)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763208/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II (120254)", "reqid": "135671", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28763208}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Quality Specialist\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nIn collaboration with the clinical lead, provides analytical support and coordinates quality management and performance improvement processes related to quality assessment; performance improvement; clinical documentation review; risk management; infection prevention and control; patient safety; and/or accreditation, regulation and licensing. Under the guidance of a program director or manager, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing data analysis, providing recommendations on data collection/reporting and presenting results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Partners with clinical quality service lines to identify issues within operations for focus improvement efforts.\n- In collaboration with the clinical lead, coordinates on-going, multiple projects (e.g., supporting the clinical service line model).\n- Develops timelines and agenda items.\n- Helps identify best methods and processes for performance improvement, including developing project plans, facilitating group process and training related to data collection/reporting.\n- Support groups through the full rapid improvement cycle.\n- Helps identify and recommend actions to correct activities and processes.\n- Analyzes, interprets information and makes recommendations on data collection.\n- Presents data in a graphical format to support leadership groups and committees strategic planning and decision-making.\n- Analyzes and compiles data into spreadsheets and databases.\n- Helps identify and communicate alternative solutions to projects as needed.\n- Abstracts data using Health Connect; runs reports and communicates results of analysis effectively to key stakeholders.\n- Maintains and coordinates audits.\n- Assists with developing audit methods to assess performance improvement and to ensure regulatory compliance.\n- Based on audit results, creates and presents reports using various systems and databases (e.g., MIDAS focus studies).\n- Supports workgroups or committees (e.g., peer review).\n- Prepares meeting materials, including agendas and minutes; coordinates conference room logistics; monitors and follows up with action plans).\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Manages on-going multiple quality projects for the East Bay Risk department.\n- Conducts needs assessment to plan projects, coordinates and monitors support services/staff, develops timelines, agenda items and presents findings.\n- Analyzes, interprets information, and makes recommendations regarding The Joint Commission standards, CME requirements and credentialing/privileges.\n- Designs and drafts proposal plans for sponsor approval.\n- Monitors project costs, timelines, staffing, space and equipment needs.\n- Recommends project strategy.\n- Identifies best methods and processes; develops project planning, group process facilitation, training and appropriate information of technology.\n- Serves as resource to the Risk and Patient Safety committees.\n- Designs communication plans to implement recommendations.\n- Identifies and recommends procedures to correct activities and processes.\n- Develops and revises standards, policies, procedures and processes, such as improving the link between Quality Outcomes/ Improvement, Risk management, AR&L and Credentialing / Privileges.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability in managing databases, developing reports and data analysis using Excel and Access (3-5 years).\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology or health care related field OR equivalent experience.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement; accreditation and licensing.\n- Strong problem solving, project management and teamwork skills.\n- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Access and Power Point).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management partnership.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (typically 3-5 years) in health care facility. \n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Current knowledge of The Joint Commission, Title 22 and NCQA required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.\n- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.\n- Valid CA driver's license and personal means of transportation preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763210/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Quality Specialist", "reqid": "135693", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763210}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Credentials Senior Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAccountable for the delivery of management & consulting services which provide support to the Medical Group, Region, CSA's, medical centers, & medical offices for credentialing issues. Accountable for systems & quality improvement processes that ensure compliance w/ Regional Credentials policies & procedures, program, regulatory, & accrediting agencies credentials requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the design, development, coordination, & quality of the credentialing process\n- Creates operations & communications processes that support organizational strategies & business objectives\n- Provides consulting services regarding regulatory, legal, accreditation program, & Regional credentialing standards throughout the region\n- Manages the credential budget\n- Manages credentialing function for TPMG Human Resources Department\n- May coach, train, & direct work of credentialing staff\n- Creates & manages credentials budget\n- Works w/ practice site Credentials & Privileges Coordinators to share & implement best practices whenever feasible\n- Interprets requirements & disseminates information to all involved parties to assure necessary compliance, compatibility, & continuous quality improvement of credentialing processes\n- Informs Medical Group & KFH/P leadership of key issues & acts as Medical Group agent in influencing changes in program & agency requirements\n- Partners w/ appropriate Program, Regional, CSA, Medical Group individuals & groups, accrediting bodies, & external consultants to develop & implement systems & processes that meet requirements & adhere to Regional Credentialing policies & procedures\n- Collaborates w/ interregional peers to identify & implement best practices\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually 5+ years) in health care in an administrative or managerial position related to credentialing &/or accreditation\n- Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration, Public Health, or related field, or equivalent experience required\n- Master's Degree preferred\n- Certification as Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) preferred\n- Extensive knowledge of the credentialing process, accreditation, & regulatory standards\n- Significant knowledge of Federal & State regulatory requirements & accreditation standards e.g., The Joint Commission, TITLE 22, NCQA, NPDB, & certifying agencies\n- Strong organization & communication skills & attention to details required\n- Demonstrated problem-solving skills & initiative\n- Proficient w/ Medical Terminology\n- Ability to lead & facilitate processes through influence & collaboration\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763211/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Credentials Senior Consultant", "reqid": "135716", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763211}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule: Variable nights and alternating weekends from 11:00pm to 7:30am", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763214/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager", "reqid": "135761", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763214}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: TPMG HR Generalist\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThis position performs day-to-day administration of Physician Human Resources practices, policies, & programs covering several or all of the following areas: recruitment, selection, hiring processes, employment record keeping, benefits administration, compensation, Workers' Compensation, &/or regulatory compliance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists facility leadership w/ the application & interpretation of TPMG Physician Human Resource practices, policies & legal compliance\n- Assists w/ the physician recruitment, application, interview, selection, hiring, & physician employment contracts, & on boarding processes\n- Participates in & may conduct new physician orientation process\n- Ensures that I-9's are secured & maintained\n- Accountable for physician employment record keeping process\n- Ensures that physician contracts are maintained & are up to date\n- Performs local physician worker's compensation tasks\n- Acts as liaison w/ the Regional TPMG Worker's Compensation department\n- Performs local physician benefit & compensation tasks\n- Acts as a liaison w/ the Regional Benefits & Compensation department\n- Performs other related Physician Human Resources duties as assigned\n\nSecondary Functions:\nProject Management:\n- Plans and coordinates activities of project(s) to ensure the goals or objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame\n- Prepares status reports for various phases of projects\n- Confers with management and other staff on procedures for accomplishing projects and to resolve problems\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or related field or equivalent work experience\n- Knowledge of HR related laws & regulations, such as FLSA, ADA, etc\n- Strong interpersonal & conflict resolution skills\n- Effective communication & presentation skills\n- Proficient w/ software used within department\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763213/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "TPMG HR Generalist", "reqid": "135798", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28763213}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763215/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "135835", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28763215}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Nurse II\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Nurse II (CTN-II) is a proficient level position which, under the guidance & supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI) & clinical trials administrative management, assists in ensuring that the integrity & quality of the clinical trial(s) are maintained & conducted in accordance w/ federal, state & local regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, & KP (KP) policies & procedures. W/ direction from the PI, this position coordinates research activities as outlined in the Major Responsibilities below. The CTN-II works independently, assumes increased responsibilities, & requires periodic supervision. This position is also responsible for protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Support & comply w/ the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente Code of Conduct) & w/ guidance from PI, assist w/ ensuring compliance w/ KPNC IRB approved protocols.\n- Actively plan, prepare, & participate in any external & internal compliance monitoring &/or audits & inspections to protect research participants, assure operational effectiveness of the program, & reduce risks to the organization.\n- In collaboration w/ PI, plan, & implement recruitment procedures for potential participants.\n- W/ supervision, manage enrollment of participants into the trial (screening, randomization, follow-up, data collection), & any study-related procedures as required by protocol.\n- Participate in the ongoing informed consent process w/ PI to ensure that research participants & their families have their questions answered & understand the patient/participant Bill of Rights, consent form, & participant's responsibilities in the study.\n- Utilize knowledge of disease processes to observe & report adverse events & protocol violations/deviations in a timely & accurate manner to the PI & Sponsor to ensure the health, safety, & welfare of the participant.\n- Adhere to scope of practice, utilize, & document the nursing procedures to plan, deliver, & evaluate goal focused, individualized, safe, age-specific care as it relates to research participants w/ both non-complex & complex medical conditions.\n- Record & abstract data from source documentation onto case report forms (paper or electronic) in a timely manner.\n- W/ direction from PI &/or working w/ the Regional Regulatory Support staff, process new IRB research proposals, amendments, continuing review applications, protocol violations, & adverse events in accordance w/ KP & departmental policies & procedures & federal regulations, if applicable.\n- Actively identify & participate in training, education, & development, quality control activities to improve own knowledge & performance to sustain & enhance professional development as a proficient research nurse participating in the conduct of clinical trials.\n- Adhere to Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (GCP), federal, state, & local regulations, & KP policies & procedures to ensure confidentiality, privacy, & security of clinical research interactions & participant information, support high quality implementation, conduct of clinical trials, assure maintenance of research activities, documentation to IRB & responsible use of operational research databases in compliance w/ KP policies.\n- May supervise non-licensed & licensed research staff.\n- Perform job functions according to the factors listed below under Job Criteria & other duties as assigned by appropriate management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years recent clinical nursing experience in a hospital, clinic or similar health care setting required.\n- 2 years clinical trials research experience required.\n- Project management skills required.\n- Minimum of a diploma from an accredited nursing school required.\n- Bachelor's degree preferred and may be substituted for 1 years work experience.\n- Master's degree may be substituted for 2 years work experience.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n- Current IATA/DOT certification required.\n- Current ACRP or SoCRA certification required or willingness to obtain within 1 year of hire.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- Willingness to obtain other certifications, if required.\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment, or willingness to learn and demonstrate proficiency within six months from hire.\n- Possess thorough knowledge and understanding of policies, procedures, and regulations governing human subject research, and the incorporation of them in the daily conduct of research and safety of participants.\n- Possess proficient knowledge and skills to identify and process clinical information to determine if documentation is accurate, complete, and to ensure procedures contain appropriate safeguards.\n- Demonstrate effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.\n- Attention to detail and accuracy.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks with multiple deadlines.\n- Demonstrate prioritization and organizational skills.\n- Demonstrate project management skills.\n- Possess strong medical terminology skills.\n- Demonstrate basic drug calculation skills.\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills.\n- Possess nursing skills (i.e. phlebotomy, performing vital signs, nursing assessments, etc.).\n- Comprehensive knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, methods and procedures of basic medical and/or clinical research processes.\n- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of human research protection regulations, policies, procedures, and standards as applied to IRB and compliance operations. Comprehensive knowledge of clinical trials research and research regulations, as well as significant clinical trial experience in a specific therapeutic area.\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.\n- Team lead experience strongly preferred.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong Medical/Surgical Nursing experience with background in care of Cystic Fibrosis patients\n- Clinical research coordinator experience\n- Current knowledge of Good Clinical Practice\n- Experience in project management and quality systems management a plus\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for 1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763217/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Nurse II", "reqid": "135867", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763217}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nRecruits and screens study participants. Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Edits and codes questionnaire data. Prepares forms and maintains accurate records and files.\n\nCVRN WAVE VTE Study is a study funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The long-range objective of this project is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) in adults. The overall objective of this project is to develop a well-characterized cohort of adults with initial VTE that can be used to facilitate comparative effectiveness research into contemporary VTE management strategies and long-term outcomes within real-world practice settings.\n\nThe ICD Study (Analysis of device shock patterns among patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators) is a study funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The overall objective of this study is to gain understanding of the patterns and appropriateness of device shocks among patients in community practice undergoing ICD implantation for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. Our specific aims include evaluating the timing, frequency, and predictors of appropriate and inappropriate ICD shocks among patients in community practice. The rationale for performing this study is that once the frequency and predictors of shocks following ICD implantation in routine clinical practice are understood, patients considering ICD implantation for primary prevention of SCD, the clinicians caring for them, and policy makers will be better equipped to estimate the net risks and benefits of this therapy when considering options for primary prevention of SCD.\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers participants' questions and assists in screening, recruiting, and consenting patients.\n- Contacts patients who do not respond to mailings.\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants.\n- Conducts structured telephone or in-person interviews w/study participants.\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Prepares, mails, and processes questionnaires.\n- Assists in tracing study participants.\n- Prepares data for electronic processing.\n- Keeps accurate records and files.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Preparing and distributing study materials.\n- Copying, filing and tracking study documents.\n- Maintaining subject and data tracking systems.\n- Preparing data for electronic processing.\n- Scheduling and attending study meetings; preparing minutes.\n- Assisting the Principal Investigator in the preparation of manuscripts for publication, retrieval of research articles, and presentation preparation.\n- Responding to participant questions and requests.\n- Screening, recruiting, scheduling, and interviewing study participants.\n- Maintain and update website content\n- Drafts study manuals of procedures.\n- Other duties as required to assist Principal Investigator and Project Managers with administrative and research activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a research/health care environment preferred.\n- Previous interviewing experience preferred.\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, preferred.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience preferred.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Telephone skills required.\n- Familiar w/medical terminology.\n- Familiarity w/editing/coding questionnaires preferred.\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.\n- Able to work successfully with a wide variety of internal and external project staff and research participants\n- Dependable, punctual, detail-oriented, and able to follow detailed protocols precisely.\n- Professional manner with a high degree of courtesy, tact, and sensitivity.\n- Work well independently as well as part of a larger multi-disciplinary research team.\n- Experience with medical terminology and word-processing and spreadsheet software programs preferred.\n- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat software highly desirable. \n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for 2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763218/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Asst", "reqid": "135903", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763218}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Director Supply Chain Management\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThis position provides leadership, direction and ensures proper execution of operations responsible for sourcing and logistics and financial performance at a specific medical center complex. Leads, and manages the medical center's sourcing and logistics services, which usually includes purchasing and contracting services, distribution (internal/external),storage, perioperative services, inventory control systems, linen and laundry, mailroom, transportation and new facilities space and operations planning. Develops and implements policies/procedures that support the regional and national purchasing goals to achieve maximum savings and great efficiencies. Ensures compliance with established regional and national goals and standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration with Facilities Services & EH&S, develops & implements an asset management strategy for the medical center complex that is supportive of local customer requirements, financial goals & capital planning efforts & which responds to regional & national sourcing strategies & the Safe Medical Device Act.\n- Partners with other departments & medical center leadership to achieve results in a collaborative manner, as related to changing healthcare regulations & legislation, service & other strategic initiatives.\n- Ensures products are high quality, cost effective, distributed in a timely basis & achieves a high level of compliance regarding Kaiser Permanente standards for products & equipment.\n- Builds & manages a distribution network that allows products to be delivered to the facilities through an external vendor or internally.\n- Provides leadership, education & support to physicians & medical center complex staff to develop their understanding of current materials management practices/products which support operational & financial goals.\n- Leads, manages & develops the materials management staff responsible for material products & services.\n- Performs typical human resource management activities such as hiring, reward & recognition, performance review, professional development, discipline.\n- Establishes & implements standards of performance relative to quality & service, & ensures standards exceed member, medical center & regulatory expectations.\n- Promote a team environment & ensures staff is trained, complies with policies/procedures, reduces costs & maintains targeted service & customer satisfaction levels.\n- Develops & presents cost reduction recommendations to area management to assist them in meeting their budgets & operational goals.\n- Identifies sourcing opportunities for cost reductions, service improvements & product standardization to the national & regional purchasing & logistics teams.\n- Partners with local Finance in identifying medical & non-medical supply cost trends.\n- Develops cost saving metrics & leads site product utilization savings efforts to ensure that all goals are met.\n- Develops & tracks the material management department budget plans including payroll & non-payroll.\n- Accounts for variances in the materials management department budget.\n- Ensures compliance with established regional & national product standards including adherence to national policy 15A, Internal Controls for Departmental Purchasing Activities of Health Plans & Hospitals for all purchasing activities to ensure optimal use of national contracts, appropriate use of purchasing channels, utilization of expert advice & internal controls.\n- Assumes other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial experience (seven (7) years) in a combination of purchasing, contracting, materials management or other related areas, including previous experience with material management systems and control of an inventory of $5m - $10m.\n- Significant experience (five (5) to seven (7) years) of demonstrated ability to analyze problems, make recommendations and implement solutions.\n- Progressive management experience (usually six (6) to eight (8) years) in a health care setting.\n- Previous budget development and management experience (usually one (1) to three (3) years).\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration, finance, materials management, economics, or a related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Demonstrated competence in operation of inventory control systems and software applications with the ability to develop complex spreadsheets and write effective business communications.\n- Knowledge of federal, state and local regulations including Title 22 along with The Joint Commission and CMS requirements.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763220/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Supply Chain Management", "reqid": "135962", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28763220}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Manager Environmental Health and Safety [EHandS]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages and implements environmental health and safety (EH&S) programs for the Area which include hazard identification evaluation and control, accident/injury prevention, hazardous materials/waste management, emergency preparedness, fire/life safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and environmental regulatory compliance. Responsible for the management of the daily Area operations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Implements policy and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, regional, and local laws and for the reduction of EH&S liabilities and maintains the departments quality assurance programs.\n- Assists in specific areas for the development of health and safety programs.\n- Ensures customers receive quality service by acting as a consultant/resource for local administration, managers, physicians and staff on all matters related to environmental management, industrial hygiene and safety.\n- Performs needs assessments; conducts and participates in multi-disciplinary team conferences, and reviews customer satisfaction reports.\n- Based on results, develops new programs or enhances existing programs providing quality EH&S services.\n- Acts as administrative liaison for all EH&S regulatory agency inspections and surveys, including The Joint Commission, Cal-EPA, DOHS, Cal-OSHA, Department of Agriculture and the State Fire Marshall.\n- Communicates strategies, priorities and recommends corrective actions to facility leadership, department managers and employees. Monitors the Service Area budgets and researches/explains variance.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and enhance quality of services.\n- Develops, implements, and presents EH&S training programs for the different facilities.\n- Conducts comprehensive audits of facility(s) EH&S programs to identify areas for improvement.\n- Collaboratively develops plans of action with department managers.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial EH&S experience (usually 5 - 7 years).\n- Previous supervisory experience in a union environment.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations required.\n- Bachelor's degree in EH&S, Natural Science, Engineering or related curriculum, or equivalent years of experience required.\n- Associate Safety Professional or Industrial Hygienist in Training certificate preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763221/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Environmental Health and Safety [EHandS]", "reqid": "135983", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28763221}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Project Manager (Member Marketing Communications)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Marketing Communications Project Manager supports the Consulting Services team in ensuring that project results fulfill client objectives, reflect Kaiser Permanente brand standards, meet all required criteria for accuracy and compliance, and are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. The Project Manager manages communications projects for multiple marketing and member retention programs for program-wide, regional, and/or service area clients. This position supports the Communications Consultants in problem-solving, decision-making, and client contact. This position also collaborates with Brand Management, Creative Services, Operations and Production, and other Consulting Services staff to promote and support Shared Services Marketing Communications goals.\n\nThis Project Manager II position focuses on supporting the execution of marketing projects for Products (HealthWorks, Self-Funding).\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Provides creative direction & tracks progress against objectives to ensure that project solutions are appropriate for the targeted audience, meet project specific criteria, reflect brand standards & are consistent w/ strategic marketing & member retention goals.\n - Develops communications project plans of a strategic or complex nature, which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics & resources required, & designs processes to address these problems.\n - Establishes effective professional business relationships w/ clients either alone or in cooperation with a Consultant.\n - Instructs & educates clients on all aspects of project. Accountable for the development of project documentation for executives & other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes & best practices..\n - Assists consultants in developing Marketing Communications plans that support strategic marketing efforts. In support of the Consultant, may meet w/ clients to analyze short & long-term business requirements.\n - Assists in the development of training & mentoring new Project Managers & Project Coordinators.\n - Cultivates & reinforces appropriate group values, norms, & behaviors.\n - Provides guidance to team on performance & productivity issues.\n - Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resource allocation.\n - Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis, & leads the assessment of the collected data & development of action plans.\n - Plans & facilitates meetings, making formal presentations to various audiences that establish the procedures regarding the implementation of project outcome.\n - Provides leadership to communication project teams in support of high-impact, multifaceted marketing & member retention programs.\n - Projects are typically divisional, regional & (in some cases) multiregional in scope; they are also strategic & complex, requiring in-depth evaluation of key issues.\n - Project outcomes must serve to effectively differentiate Kaiser Permanente's market position to a broad array of targeted member, prospective member and/or purchaser audiences.\n - Project results must meet strategic objectives as well as demonstrate appropriate & consistent application of Kaiser Permanente brand identity standards.\n - Drawing on extensive experience & skills, may lead multidisciplinary, interdepartmental teams on high-visibility, complex member, marketing & new media projects designed to increase recognition of Kaiser Permanente as a leader in quality health care.\n - Plays a pivotal role in identifying key issues, formulating project direction, facilitating problem-solving & bringing projects to closure.\n - Assume other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in communications, marketing, advertising or design required or other related field.\n - Minimum 3 years Project Managerment experience to include writing and editing, leading marketing communications projects for diverse market segments, audiences & industries (consumer and business-to-business), and developing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans.\n - Creative and independent problem-solving skills.\n - Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n - Thorough familiarity with computer-based publications design and reproduction processes.\n - Superior verbal, written and interpersonal skills.\n - Portfolio of work samples must demonstrate mastery of complex, high-impact projects.\n - Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n - Effective leadership, communications project management, and consulting skills.\n - Demonstrated ability to analyze key project issues and recommend appropriate communications solutions.\n - Demonstrated success in leading strategic project teams with multiple stakeholders.\n - Knowledge of health care industry dynamics and trends.\n - Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Communications project management experience in health care preferred.\n - Master's degree in communications, marketing, advertising or design is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763223/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Project Manager (Member Marketing Communications)", "reqid": "136229", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763223}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasant Hill", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT or PSWA or MFTA\nLocation: Pleasant Hill, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position is for the Adult Team.\n- Position may be subjected to relocate to other DSA sites.\n- Duties consist of individual and group therapy along with case management, crisis evaluations, short-term therapy, hospital consultation, and working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.\n- Provide case management services for adult, child, adolescent and teen patients with the persistent and/or chronic mental illness.\n- Conduct initial and ongoing DSM-based mental health evaluations and diagnoses.\n- Provide family-focused treatment planning, and conflict resolution service.\n- Coordinate care across various internal and external service modalities.\n- Complete and maintain computerized documentation of treatment services.\n- Participation in Department and Service Team meetings as well as educational activities as approved by Supervisor.\n- Maintain current licensing status and complete related continuing education and KP-defined competency training.\n- Work with adult, children, adolescents and their families.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources.\n- Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs.\n- May conduct evaluations in Medicare, Social Security, and state disability cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR MFT:\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required.\n- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California.\n- Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years)\nOR PSWA:\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\nOR MFTA:\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college or university.\n- Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire.\n\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience providing clinical treatment for adult, children, and families.\n- Expected to lead cognitive behavioral and/or dialectical behavior therapy group programs for adult, children, adolescents and teens in a variety of diagnosis-specific curricula (eg; anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD, panic disorder, post -traumatic stress disorder, etc-).\n- Experience with providing group-based mental health services.\n- Applicants are expected to be comfortable working with an ethnically and culturally diverse patient population.\n- Credentialing and Privileging approval for WCR Medical Centers.\n- Evening hours and evening/weekend hospital consultation (on-call) service is required per operational need.\n- Hours may be subject to change due to operational needs.\n- Weekdays and weekends to be scheduled.\n- Bilingual preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763198/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT or PSWA or MFTA", "reqid": "135078", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasant Hill, CA", "uid": 28763198}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or Psychologist (PhD) - No. 171\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Job includes performing crisis interventions/evaluations, phone screening/triage and providing short -term treatment for adults in individual and group treatment.\n- To provide intensive/persistent psychotherapy/case management for active parity diagnosed patients.\n- To provide psychiatric consultation and perform on-call services to ED and Medical Center/Hospital.\n- To participate on Triage Service to screen/triage by phone or in person.\n- To work collaboratively with Adult Team including modules members and general staff.\n- To perform other clinical duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nMFT (963007): Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required, Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n\nOR\nPsychologist (963005): PhD, PsyD, or EdD in clinical or counseling required from an accredited college or university, Current valid license to practice psychology in the State of California, and Minimum of two years professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or board certified psychiatrist. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n\nOR\nLCSW (963010):\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated relevant work experience providing psychotherapy to adults.\n- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Short Term Therapy with general adults.\n- Have experience and skills to do phone and in person triage, crisis intervention, cognitive behavioral treatment, and general Short- term treatment.\n-Familiarity with psychotropic medications and working knowledge of patients on medication.\n- Experience and skillful in evaluating and treating adults with anxiety and depression problems, work stress, marital andrelations problems, and severe mental illnesses, e.g., bipolar disorder and psychosis, schizophrenia.\n-Demonstrated experience and training working with patients with diagnosis covered under the mental health parity law whichincludes OCD, SPMI, Depression, and Eating Disorders.\n- Bilingual/bicultural in Cantonese, Mandarin, or Spanish desirable. - Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills, good teamwork, articulate, and comfortable using PC.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763199/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), or Psychologist (PhD) - No. 171", "reqid": "135097", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28763199}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (030112modnp)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year of experience within the past three (3) years as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Completion of master's program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763200/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (030112modnp)", "reqid": "135113", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28763200}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Service Unit Department Manager-Oncology Clinic\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763201/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Department Manager-Oncology Clinic", "reqid": "135122", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763201}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (030112modnp2)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year of experience within the past three (3) years as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Completion of master's program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763202/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (030112modnp2)", "reqid": "135114", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28763202}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SSAD40)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Will support Graduate Medical Education activities for Redwood Cityand Quality Dept Admin functions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous work experience in health care or academic settings.\n- Familiarity with medical terminology.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (45 WPM), advanced level Microsoft Word, intermediate level in Excel and PowerPoint", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763203/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant (SSAD40)", "reqid": "135357", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28763203}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT Assistant, Psych Social Work Assistant, Psychological Assistant, (Temporary)\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Practice in an adult psychiatric clinic setting.\n- Provide individual and group brief Psychotherapy and crisis intervention to an adult psychiatric population.\n- Telephone screening as needed.\n- Facilitate at least 2 psychotherapy groups.\n- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with colleagues.\n- Consult with medical and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, evaluations, strengths and deficits.\n- Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with therapeutic regimens, including adherence to prescription medication within the scope of practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW): Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT): Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years).\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist Assistant: Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college of university.\nOR\n- Psychiatric Social Work Assistant: Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college of university.\nOR\n- Psychological Assistant: PhD, PsyD or EdD in clinical or counseling psychology. Completion of a pre-doctoral internship - minimum of 1 year (1500 hours). Current valid registration as a Psychological Assistant with the Board of Psychology of the State of California. Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire as a Psychological Assistant.\n\nOutpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nInpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and Psychotherapeutic methods and clinical case management in a hospital, outpatient clinic or agency.\n- Must demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise in diagnosis, evaluation and treatment planning for adult individuals and groups.\n- DBT skills a plus.\n- Experience treating psychiatric trauma conditions preferred.\n-Ability to work well in a team setting, have experience and be comfortable working with culturally diverse patients and colleagues.\n- Bilingualskills preferred\n-Experience working with Psychiatric issues of medically complicated patients preferred\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary. Regluar Evening hours required for at least 20% of time. Expected length of employment: up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763191/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT Assistant, Psych Social Work Assistant, Psychological Assistant, (Temporary)", "reqid": "134755", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28763191}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180 [MED2] - [Bilingual Cantonese or Mandarin]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n- Bilingual Chinese required - must be able to speak either Cantonese (primary)and/or Mandarin. (Must pass Cantonese at QBS level 1)", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763192/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180 [MED2] - [Bilingual Cantonese or Mandarin]", "reqid": "134763", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28763192}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Intake Claims Cashier - Grade 3 - Float\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of the manager, assists patients/clients, obtains appropriate authorizations, and collects point of service cash sales and payment on accounts, intake forms and requests to be processed by the department. Maintains change fund and fulfills change requests for facility personnel and refund for patients/clients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures and secures change fund/revenue documents, keys are in possession at all times, and follows system security requirements at all times\n- May maintain change fund, balance twice daily, fulfill change requests for facility personnel and patient refunds, and reports any discrepancy immediately to Supervisor\n- Collects, records, and processes point of service cash sales for miscellaneous revenue, forms processing, letters, copies of medical records, etc.\n- Assists patients and clients, obtains appropriate information and authorization, and intakes forms and requests to be processed by Claims, Medical Secretaries, and other designated facility departments\n- Logs all forms in the tracking system, may order patient medical record and release records, forms and letters to patient or authorized designee\n- May process simple forms such as school forms, immunization and information to outside providers\n- May open correspondence, date stamp, track as requested, and route appropriately\n- May provide customer service, by providing patient with copy of their appointment, immunization, and registration history and may release patient information and forms\n- Accounts for daily revenues per cash policy\n- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills\n- Answer phones, screens and direct calls\n- May perform other related clerical duties as required\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience working in a medical office, hospital or clinic environment, preferred\n- Experience handling cash with demonstrated ability to balance large sums of money accurately and consistently, preferred\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Must be able to pass medical terminology test, PC skills test and typing test (25wpm or keystroke equivalent)\n- Basic PC and keyboarding skills\n- Ability to use 10 Key\n- Ability to analyze, make decisions and follow through within the parameters of job duties\n- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a complex environment to meet deadlines\n- Must be service oriented with strong customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment\n\nSkills Testing: Medical Terminology, PC Skills, Typing 25WPM\n\nSchedule: This position is on-call, 0hrs per week. Work locations include: South Sacramento, South Valley, Elk Grove, and Promenade Medical Building.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763196/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intake Claims Cashier - Grade 3 - Float", "reqid": "134853", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28763196}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fremont", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Weekend Short Hour - Ambulatory Care, (No. 4634) OB/GYN - IVF\nLocation: Fremont, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- WOMEN'S HEALTH (OBSTETRICS SPECIALTY) - 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in women's health practice (perinatal; gynecology) required; training in and ability to perform prenatal non-stress testing may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763189/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Weekend Short Hour - Ambulatory Care, (No. 4634) OB/GYN - IVF", "reqid": "134618", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fremont, CA", "uid": 28763189}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pinole", "description": "Title: Cashier Receptionist, (Temporary)\nLocation: Pinole, CA\nThe cashier/receptionist is a member of the health care department team who functions under the direction guidance and supervision of the department manager, assistant manager, or designee. The cashier/receptionist greets and checks in all patients reporting to the medical office in a professional and courteous manner. This position is responsible for accurate check-in, check-out where applicable, information capture and revenue collection per procedures. Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients with questions and concerns. Requires extensive use of the computer.\n\nEssential Functions:\nReception, Check-In, Check-out (where applicable)\n1. Greet and assist patients that present\n- Follow appropriate patient registration/check-in policies and procedures\n- Verify and/or update all demographic information, for example Personal Physician Selection, Language Preference\n2. Working knowledge of Health Plan coverage types, for example (but not limited to) traditional, deductible, etc.\n3. Check in patients by following check-in policies and procedures and using the check-in systems or manual visit records when the systems are down\n- Determine patient's membership/benefits according to the benefit display\n- Create accounts as necessary, for example (but not limited to) workers' compensation, confidential, etc.\n- Capture and populate workers' compensation data on the correct screens and select the correct coverage as necessary\n- Manage electronic in-basket\n- Use notes function where applicable to document prepayments\n- Obtain a patient medical record number when necessary\n- Order Health Plan cards as needed\n- Collect co-pays and fees\n- Inform patients of available payment options\n- Generate appropriate encounter forms per procedure electronically or manually if the system is down\n- Direct patients to appropriate area after the check-in process is completed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- 6 months work experience.\n- Basic knowledge and use of computer and computer keyboard.\n- Passing of a PC skills assessment\n- Ability to read and follow instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Communicate with health care providers, staff, patients and visitors.\n- Professional phone etiquette.\n- Ability to multi-task, organizes, manage time and prioritize workflow in a complex environment.\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard.\n- Must be willing to work both Radiology and Laboratory Departments.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to the detailed responsibilities outlined in the appropriate (United Healthcare Workers - West) Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement.\n\nSkills testing: basic knowledge and use of computer and computer keyboard (able to pass PC skills assessment)\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 per week, Day shift.Monday through Friday: 9:30am to 6:00pm. The expected length of employment: up to three (3) months", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:31:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763182/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cashier Receptionist, (Temporary)", "reqid": "132791", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pinole, CA", "uid": 28763182}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: OR Equipment Technician, (No. 303051), Grade 465\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of the department manager or designee, cleans and maintains operating room equipment in collaboration with Bio Medical Engineering.\nEssential Functions:\n- Reviews operating room schedule in advance to avoid equipment conflicts.\n- Sets up and checks equipment for cleanliness and functionality prior to use.\n- Dons personal protective equipment when necessary.\n- Tests equipment prior to return to location of origin.\n- Notify Bio Medical Engineering and Manager in a timely manner when repair is needed.\n- Coordinate instrumentation and equipment reports with appropriate services or company representatives.\n- Educate staff on equipment use.\n- Work with management staff and service leads in ordering equipment and instruments.\n- Problem solves equipment issues in collaboration with manager and Bio Medical Engineering.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience with Operating Room instrumentation and equipment.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763178/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "OR Equipment Technician, (No. 303051), Grade 465", "reqid": "128595", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28763178}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Clinical RN, On-Call\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator's attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- B.S.N. is preferred.\n-Experience in adult med and family practice preferred. Position is for ON-call for Frederick, Gaithersburg, and Shady Grove medical centers. Must be willing to travel to all locations.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763159/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN, On-Call", "reqid": "136116", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28763159}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Clinical Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Rockville, MD\n**Position is on-call for Frederick, Shady Grove and Gaithersburg medical centers. Must be willing to travel to all locations as needed.\n\nTo assist the physicians, nursing, & clinical staff to schedule, examine, & treat patients. To performs a wide range of facilitating services in a medical treatment area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs all Clinical Assistant I duties & responsibilities.\n- Is responsible for performing the following procedures under the delegation & supervision of a nurse: Vital signs, height, weight; orthostatical blood pressure; documentation; application of pulse oximetry; peak flow; visual acuity; occult blood testing; blood testing; blood glucose testing-Surestep; EKGs; ear irrigation, demonstrates, & follows sterile technique; assists w/ diagnostic set-up/instrument cleaning; negative PPD reading; non-medicated enema; suture removal; oxygen tank use; oxygen administration placement-nasal cannula & mask; Holter monitor placement; reinforces crutch management; placement of arm sling/ace wrap; & throat culture.\n- Enters information about medical examination & treatment in patient records & forwards records for filing.\n- As appropriate, provides information & instructions to patients as directed by the medical & nursing staff.\n- Transports patients in wheelchairs to other treatment areas.\n- Cleans, sterilizes & prepares examination rooms & medical instruments & supplies following regulatory st&ards & regional policies.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of related clinical experience required.\n- High school diploma / GED required.\n- Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of MD for all MD employees required.\n- Current CPR certification required upon commencement of employment.\n- Demonstrated & validated skills of competencies prior to being hired or promoted into this role required.\n- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, Standard (Universal) Precautions & disinfection, & sterilization procedures required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift 50 lbs, hear, speak, & see.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Skills:\n- Experience in primary care is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763157/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "136084", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28763157}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Asst, Administratv I General\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nProvide administrative support to Department Director & staff. Assist w/ development & maintenance databases.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides high-level administrative support to Director & Department staff, exercising considerable discretion & independent judgment in handling the highest level of confidential information.\n- Using advanced computer skills, assists in the development & maintenance of databases for tracking data. Prepare & distribute reports & analyses of data.\n- Coordinates & maintains appointment, meeting & special deadline dates for Department.\n- Works w/ other departments' support personnel to ensure coordination & clarity in all support areas. Receive, screen & refer all in-coming calls to appropriate staff member.\n- Acts as department's point of contact w/ Office Management vendor to streamline office procedures.\n- Using Microsoft Office software suite, provides word processing & other document preparation support; compose & edit correspondence. Create & maintain office libraries.\n- Schedules & maintains calendar, coordinates meetings & teleconferences. Prepares meeting packets & provides minute taking support to the staff for meetings. Makes travel arrangements.\n- Processes time cards & prepares expense reports. Tracks budget & assists in researching & reconciles budget items for the Director.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of office experience w/ progressive responsibility for business secretarial & administrative support are required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Proficiency w/ office procedures, including filing, computer database maintenance/applications, spreadsheets, & record systems required.\n- Standard office routine procedures, business organizational & practices skills required.\n- Demonstrated firm sense of discretion, judgment, & unshakable set of personal ethics required.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763158/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst, Administratv I General", "reqid": "136157", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28763158}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Continuous Improvement/Quality Assurance Specialist - Testing CoE\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThis position exists within the Care Delivery Business Information Office - Enterprise Application Services Department and provides Consulting, Strategic Planning and Continuous Improvement services as part of the Testing Center of Excellence.\n\nThis position will support the delivery of testing services, Continuous Improvement / Quality Assurance and other TCoE activities related to achieving enterprise-wide consistency of processes and tools. This role will focus on Nationwide Health Information Network initiatives such asImaging and Bio-Medical device integration. This role will also support other critical initiatives as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Will work on significant and unique issues where continuous improvement (CI) analysis of situations, or data, requires an evaluation of intangibles\n - Support the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit analysis of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n - Analyze current business processes and functional requirements for gaps, value streams, and capability.\n - Prepare analytical and operational documentation to communicate and validate the analysis, then construct and/or improve operational processes within the QA/Testing space supporting organizational continuous improvement efforts. \n - Direct the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in project areas such as new business operating models, innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n - Act as a liaison between business clients and technical staff on complex projects.\n - Lead or support matrixed teams collaborating on continuous improvement projects that cross over organizational boundaries.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience A minimum of 10 years of experiencewith CI, QA/Testing\n - Experienceusing SixSigma, CMMI, Lean, ITIL, Kaizen, or change management processes for delivering successful efficiency implementations.\n - Experience with root cause analysis methodologies with hands on experience leading teams through the full RCA lifecycle of problem definition, data gathering, root cause identification, corrective action definition, corrective action implementation/tracking.\n - Exceptional statistical analysis and metrics creation, executive presentation, process modeling, and requirements elicitation skills.\n - Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with expectations to interface with Business and IT leaders.\n - Fundamental knowledge of core industry QA/Testing concepts as applicable to waterfall and agile development frameworks.\n - Consulting experience leveraging quality control analytics, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies is essential.\n - Expertise with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint\n - Statistical Analysis skills/tools\n - Experience with Cost/Benefit or ROI analysis\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - 4+ years of SixSigma, Lean, CMMI svc/dev, or ITIL experience\n  (Certifications in the above disciplines)\n - 3+ years of Epic Product (design, build, integration, test, PM)\n - Graduate Degree\n - Healthcare industry software product knowledge is highly desired.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Continuous Improvement/Quality Assurance Specialist - Testing CoE", "reqid": "135910", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28763143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: National Refill Manager, IT Pharmacy\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nPosition can be located in Downey,Pasadena,Pleasantonor Livermore, CA\n\nNo matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of all 8.7 million members. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.\n\nAs a member of the Pharmacy Business Information Office (Rx BIO), the Pharmacy National IT Refill Manager will work under the direction of the Pharmacy Services & Support (PS&S) Director in theRx BIO. The IT Refill Manager will be responsible for managing a technical team responsible for 24x7 services and support to our Pharmacy Refill applications. The Manager will ensure a strong engagement between the clients, the vendors, and other KPIT teams, ensuring focus on the quality and availability of our applications. The IT Refill Manager must provide leadership to a team of geographically dispersed resources with diverse skill sets and expertise, along with budget management and resource management for the Rx BIO.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nEstablish and ensure 24x7 availability of the Refill applications and systems ensuring adherence to all compliance expectations.\nProvide both reactive and proactive management to demonstrate ability to deliver per client expectations.\nManage to approved Core and Project budgets.\nManage geographically-dispersed resources that work multiple shifts to support business needs\nProvide necessary status reporting for metrics, accomplishments, availability, etc. to demonstrate progress towards National Refill goals.\nManage the vendors to service level agreements, performance, and quality expectations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field, or 4 years of additional work related experience.\n- Minimum of 5 years leading, managing, recruiting, retaining and developing technical staff .\n- Minimum of 7 years experience in Application and System software development.\n- Demonstrated ability to establish and promote effective business relationships with non-technical stakeholders.\n- Experience managing teams with diverse skill sets and expertise in various locations.\n- Experience developing, presenting and negotiating development strategies to a wide range of stakeholders.\n- Strong leadership, management and negotiation skills.\n- Proven experience in managing and working with vendors.\n- Extensive knowledge of both Application and Infrastructure management.\n- Experience in automation systems, robotics, or industrial processes.\n- Excellent verbal and communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability in project, process management, risk, and disaster recovery management.\n- Some travel required, including overnight stays.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- Master's degree.\n- Six Sigma or Lean education or certification.\n- Minimum of 10 years experience in Application and System software development preferred.\n- Solid understanding of Agile development.\n- Experience with SOX Regulations.\n- Healthcare industry experience, preferably in SCM, Warehouse and/or Pharmacy applications.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763144/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "National Refill Manager, IT Pharmacy", "reqid": "136227", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28763144}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kailua", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant\nLocation: Kailua, HI\nUnder direct supervision, performs clinical laboratory procedures using manual equipment. Maintains required records and data; assists laboratory technician and medical technologists.\nEssential Functions:\n- Obtains laboratory specimens such as blood, urine, and sputum directly from patient\n- Using centrifuge, separates plasma or serum from whole blood; checks specimen acceptability for testing; labels, distributes, and stores samples appropriately; measures/weighs appropriate samples; provides information to technicians and technologists to be used in further laboratory testing\n- Maintains and operates equipment such as centrifuges used to prepare samples for testing; keeps quality control maintenance charts on such equipment as well as refrigerators and freezers within department; tends automatic equipment as appropriate to prepare specimens for analytical testing\n- Inoculates bacteriological specimens on culture media; prepares smears for staining\n- Performs input of data via computer CRT/keyboard; handles inquiries on laboratory specimen requirements and handling; keeps detailed records of all tests performed; reports laboratory findings to authorized persons\n- Assists in transporting items between laboratory, clinic and hospital locations; maintains packing/shipping training and certification as appropriate to remain in compliance with applicable regulations\n- Performs glucose testing using a Point-of-Care testing device\n- Performs bleeding time test under direct supervision\n- Prepares solutions, reagents, and stains, following standard laboratory formulas and procedures; cleans and sterilizes laboratory equipment and instruments; maintains laboratory stock of supplies and chemicals\n- Maintains neatness and cleanliness of work area\n- Maintains customer focus; demonstrates principles of service excellence in all activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three months of experience in clinical laboratory setting\n- High school diploma/Equivalent combination of education (lesser) & experience may be considered in leiu of requirements\n- Current Adult Heartsaver AED CPR or Adult CPR/AED certification (within six months of hire)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, oral communication, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Phlebotomy experience\n- Phlebotomy training\n- Post high school coursework in biology, chemistry or related science\n- Certified Clinical Laboratory Phlebotomist (CLPlb) by the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel, Inc. (NCA)\n- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763128/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant", "reqid": "135781", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Kailua, HI", "uid": 28763128}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Supervisor - Housekeeping\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, supervises activities of Environmental Services, Linen/Laundry and Mail Room and Housekeeping staff to ensure clean, orderly, sanitary and attractive conditions at Medical Center; oversees mail room and transport activities as necessary on weekends or in absence of director; ensures timely and cost effective linen and mailroom services; serves as role model; demonstrates compliance and Principles of Responsibility; maintains confidentiality; protects organizational assets; exhibits ethics and integrity; adheres to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures; reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Hires, trains, supervises, counsels, disciplines, and terminates assigned staff as appropriate; prepares, reviews and monitors daily and weekly assignment schedules to ensure adequate coverage to all areas at all times\n- Communicates goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff\n- Monitors payroll and/or non-payroll budget and expenditures; ensures compliance with budget; promotes effective use of resources\n- Ensures adequate and timely housekeeping services provided in all areas of Medical Center; assures medical center is clean, sanitary, attractive, orderly and in safe condition; coordinates all work with nursing and other departments related to cleaning, bed availability, furniture moves, and meeting set ups; closely monitors discharge cleaning activities through automated computer/voice interactive system to ensure prompt and efficient bed turnaround; responds to any emergency (i.e., fire, gas leak, disaster)\n- Ensures clean linen/uniforms for patients/staff and delivery of linen to various areas of Medical Center on timely basis\n- Instructs personnel in use of new equipment and cleaning methods to provide efficient and effective methods of maintaining Medical Center and Honolulu Clinic\n- Supervises and monitors weekend/holiday transport activities; ensures timely and efficient transport services within Medical Center in areas of patients, supplies, equipment, meeting set ups\n- Supervises mail room on weekends or in absence of director; follows up on mail related matters to assure prompt and efficient mail services\n- Maintains lost and found and deceased patient records for convenience of patients, visitors, and employees\n- Participates and contributes in programs, committees, or projects designed to improve quality of service and employee productivity\n- Monitors and maintains inventory and control of all cleaning supplies and equipment; requisitions new and replacement supplies; evaluates new supplies and equipment and recommends products based on technological improvements, methods of upgrade, and/or cost-effectiveness\n- Serves on committees/work groups to improve quality of services; represents director as needed\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care\n- Ensures compliance in area(s) of accountability; maintains current knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures; demonstrates compliance and Principles of Responsibility; serves as role model, resource, and advocate; demonstrates personal integrity and accountability for actions; ensures staff compliance\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of housekeeping experience in an acute care facility\n- Housekeeping theory and practice, basic equipment maintenance or related experience\n- bachelor's degree in business administration or related field\n- Knowledge of infection control, safety, and security regulations in health care setting\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in: decision making, customer service, oral communication, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, systems thinking, team building, teamwork, and written communication\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Teaching and conducting in-service sessions experience\n- Supervisory/lead or project management experience", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:30:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763126/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor - Housekeeping", "reqid": "131588", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28763126}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant\nLocation: Denver, CO\nUnder direct supervision, performs basic & routine patient care & clerical duties to assist medical providers in the care & treatment of patients. Primary function is to room patients & facilitate provider schedule. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions &develops & sustains productive member/patient. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances. Builds rapport & relationships w/ members/patients; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs duties & resp.w/ excellence, enthusiasm, great service demonst. courteous behaviors & by anticipating physician & other needs\n- Prepares exam rooms for use by physicians & providers by cleaning, stocking supplies, equipment & instr.\n- Reviews & communicates to physician & other providers appt. schedule to determine patient visit order & requests for the day, greets patient to exam or treatment rm. in a respectful & caring manner\n- Keeps patients, physician or providers, & team members, informed of physician's or provider's status &/or time delays\n- Interviews patient to determine reason for visit; takes patient's vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height & weight; records information in patient's med record; & reports findings to appropriate personnel, according to standard requirements\n- Instructs or assists patients in prep. for scheduled procedures in a caring & courteous manner\n- Performs basic, routine & regular delegated medical functions & within appropriate scope of practice as inferred by knowledge, skill level, & KP guidelines (vision screening, ear irrigations, hearing tests, hematocrit, tonometry measurements, EKG tests, collecting throat, wound, & sputum specimens, & urine cultures) using approp instruments, techniques, & specimen labeling process\n- Supports physicians & providers performing routine exam & treatment procedures by attending patient during procedures & providing appropriate supplies and instruments.\n- Performs routine clerical & reception duties, as required, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining dept logs, answering phones & taking messages, checking in patients, & scheduling patient appts\n- Prepares treatment rms for special procedures using knowledge of sterile technique\n- Cleans, packages & sterilizes reusable supplies & instr. appropriately using germicide solution\n-Provides routine verbal and written instructions to patients as specifically directed, such as use of crutches, cast care and wound care; escorts patients to other patient care areas\n- Maintains a safe & healthy work environment for patients,self\n- Performs duties, such as assisting in orienting & training new employees, transporting equipment or patient, stocking shelves, taking inventories, ordering supplies\n- Demonstrates computer literacy for charting & reviewing in an automated med record.\n- Works within scope of practice & according to KP policies\n- Complies w/regulatory reqts & standards of care\n- See Compensation Job Description\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Completion of a Medical Assistant training program of at least 6 months in duration for the Medical Assistant\n- Copy of diploma & transcripts from program required.\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification as Medical Assistant preferred\nMust be a team player. Must be able to multi-task. May be required to rotate between work sites.", "date_new": "2012-05-17 18:29:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28763120/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant", "reqid": "134696", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28763120}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Assistant Manager Ambultory Care Dept RN\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAssists in managing a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services by supervising daily operations & patient care activities. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & supervises the maintenance of clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Assists in integrating services/operations w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ business, departmental, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & service delivery\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends, implements, & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Supervises the implementation of policies & procedures which support the goals & business objectives of the organization & department\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree in nursing or related healthcare field OR four (4) years of equivalent experience in outpatient nursing or related clinical experience.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Previous experience (usually three (3) years) in outpatient care including two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local state, federal regulations.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of ONS course.\n- OCN preferred.\n- Computer experience with MS Word, Excel,PowerPoint, Access,BEACON, Health Connect, COPS, and RIS.\n- Will assist the Department of Administrator by supervising the oncology department staff.\n- Able to implement and maintain clinical practice standards, budgets and staff development.\n- Will assist in annual competencies, managing and resolving human resource issues, labor relations, employee and department safety, risk management issues and payroll.\n- Problem solving skills.\n- Previous Oncology experience in a managerial position.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Travel (10%) throughout Orange County on occasion.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736625/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Manager Ambultory Care Dept RN", "reqid": "135625", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28736625}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Inventory Analyst - (MT-1368)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nSchedules, coordinates and oversees the pharmacy physical inventory process, including reconciliation w/ finance system. Responsible for automated systems, personnel and processes employed to track and record the transfer of pharmaceutical assets within the organization. Identifies, investigates, analyzes and reports on all aspects of inventory performance, including on-going balances, variances, turns, returns, re-charges, and other key parameters. Designs or recommends new systems or system changes which result in better inventory controls and assists in their implementation as required. Provides consultation and training in this area to pharmacy managers and staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Negotiates and prepares contracts w/ outside inventory firm and ensures copies to all key parties (vendor, Internal Audit, Division Pharmacy management).\n- Coordinates the physical inventory schedule w/ contract firm and pharmacy managers.\n- Prepares and distributes notices of up-coming inventories.\n- publishes annual schedule and makes and coordinates schedule changes as required.\n- Accountable for the taking of the physical inventories in the pharmacies.\n- Conducts audits and monitors inventory processes to insure compliance w/ internal audit principles.\n- Monitors flow, timing, compilation and submission of all inventory-related documents to insure rigorous reconciliation of GL values to physical inventory values.\n- Works w/ pharmacy managers and finance personnel to problem-solve and resolve discrepancies or unusual occurrences which impact reconciliation and/or overall inventory values.\n- Prepares, maintains, monitors and publishes inventory reports which track pharmacy performance in this area (e.g., levels, turns, returns, re-charges, and other related ratios and parameters).\n- Analyzes variances from key parameters and reports on inventory performance.\n- Maintains and utilizes automated systems, personnel and processes which enable, track, record and report pharmaceutical asset transfer and movement of dollars through the organization.\n- Designs or recommends system changes or new systems that improve inventory control.\n- Participates in or directs their implementation as required.\n- Supports the Inventory Management Coordinator in the local implementation of EOQ-based and other inventory processes and systems that insure appropriate inventory management in the pharmacies.\n- Assists in the set-up and organization or new pharmacies as required.\n- Provides consultation and training to pharmacy managers and staff in the area of asset management via all available venues, e.g., one-on-one, new manager orientation, 'Management Excellence' Training, etc.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Pharmacy inventory accounting experience preferred.\n- Experienced with preparing and interpreting financial analyses and reports.\n- Previous training/development experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, or four (4) years of equivalent work experience, in Accounting or Finance analyst related to supply-chain and inventory management.\n- Demonstrated project management skills.\n- Ability to utilize spreadsheet software and mainframe systems (e.g., PIMS, ICS, WMS, etc.).\n- Ability to demonstrate Knowledge of accounting and audit principles, accounting/budgeting systems, and inventory management principles and techniques.\n- Travel within the California Division required.\n- Demonstrated communication, analytical, and report writing skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # MT-1368\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Position requires travel with the CA Division", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736626/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Inventory Analyst - (MT-1368)", "reqid": "135677", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28736626}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Nursing Dept Assistant Manager\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including 2 years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within 2 years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Works rotating weekends.\n- This position is originally an 8 hour position, if there is a change from 12 hours this will be the night position 12:00 amto 8:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736629/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Dept Assistant Manager", "reqid": "135710", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28736629}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Nursing Shift Supervisor, RN\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nActs at the on-site administrative designee for an entire facility for off-shifts and weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care, and compliance with regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- For an entire facility, manages the off-hours and weekend patient care and nursing services activities.\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care and is in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Coordinates and monitors staffing for all shifts and maintains appropriate staffing levels and skill mix\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, and updating departmental policies and procedures.\n- Identifies and implements best practices to provide improved quality care and services.\n- Assess and monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues.\n- Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related and developmental needs of patients.\n- Maintains and monitors established policies, procedures, standards, and practices for nursing services and patient care.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs, and identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates with all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring, and maintaining the budget.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually one (1) year).\n- Previous acute care hospital experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal, written and oral communication skills; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Associate in Nursing; BSN.\n- ACLS.\n- MCH experience.\n- Excellent communication, customer service and computer skills to include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ANSOS.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736631/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Shift Supervisor, RN", "reqid": "135750", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28736631}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Business Analyst I - (MT-1381)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nResponsible for performing in a consultative style in a variety of different analytical roles depending on the project. In general works directly w/ clients at all levels within the organization & w/ outside parties to identify operational business requirements w/ sufficient detail & clarity to allow IT solution proposal development. Accountable for providing leadership & independent initiatives in facilitating & conducting information gathering, structured documentation, & presentation of findings. Works under general supervision, but requires specific guidance on complex assignments.\nEssential Functions:\n- Applies technical & business knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing & product acceptance, new business operating models w/ innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality, & operational readiness assessment & others\n- Participates in cross functional task forces to identify & document functional requirements, work flow, information sources & distribution paths, & system specifications\n- Evaluates existing application products which could address client requirements & develops recommendations where appropriate\n- Develops comprehensive business cases w/ cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at executive levels for funding & scope decisions\n- Participates in the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes & functional requirements\n- Conducts analysis of client business processes & functional requirements & prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information\n- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate & timely manner (e.g., time reporting, status reporting, etc)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, usually three (3) - five (5) years in information systems development or implementation with progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience required in Health Care Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science or related field.\n- Proficient skills in analysis, documentation, and presentation tools required.\n- Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc).\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of mainframe systems (I.E.KPDS, CARG, KITS), Word, Excel, Access, etc\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # MT-1381\n- Work scheduled to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736630/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Analyst I - (MT-1381)", "reqid": "135717", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28736630}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Current CA RN license and AHA BLS.\n-One (1)-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PACU, or Critical Care or completion of a KP PACU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS and PALS card required.\n-The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Effective verbal and written communication skills.\n-One (1)year full time or three (3) years part-time(16 hours per week),continuous employment in the past (3) years as an RN in an acute Hospital PACU or Adult Critical Care Unit (ICU, CCU, CSU).\n-Recent experience within the past 18 months caring for critically ill patients.\n-Completed a critical care course at least 8 weeks in length with both clinical and didactic components.\n-Working Knowledge of Phase I and II Recovery process.\n-Experience recovering adults, adolescents and pediatrics with various surgeries is essential.\n-Current BCLS\n\n\nNotes:\n-Will train for Peds.\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736624/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery", "reqid": "134797", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28736624}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures or completion of a KP or approved equivalent OR course within prior 12 months.\n- Ability to scrub as required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- R.N. degree\n- Circulating and scrubbing a variety of OR cases.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- If ten (10) hour option chosen, shift will be 9:00 am - 7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 9:00 am - 5:30 pm.\n- Utilize nursing process with standards ofcare, policies and procedures.\n- Perform consistent with Medicalcenter vision, mission and plan of organization.\n- Remain flexible to changing systems, demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treat co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736621/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "134523", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28736621}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "North Hollywood", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist\nLocation: North Hollywood, CA\nPerforms pre-analytical, analytical & post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests & analysis in 1 or more areas of clinical laboratory such as Hematology, Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis, Immunohematology, Serology, Parasitology & chemical & morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis & recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team\n- Demonstrates proficiency, competency & understanding of fundamental principles of clinical laboratory procedures w/ minimal amount of supervision\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures\n- Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results\n- Instructs new employees and/or CLS students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to Laboratory Assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & Medical Center personnel\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner\n- Observes all laboratory, KP & regulatory agency policies & procedures\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients\n- Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A current & valid California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (CLS)\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of & to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies & techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist\n- One (1) year recent experience as a CLS, preferred\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years clinical microbiology experience\n- Experience with LIS and automated microbiology equipment\n\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule may include working rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736622/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist", "reqid": "134669", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "North Hollywood, CA", "uid": 28736622}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Manager Area Lab\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nDirects and controls the day-to-day operations for their specific area of responsibility, which includes all personnel activities, technical oversight, general work flow, and budget. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs and controls the day to day operations, 24/7, for one or more of the following areas: chemistry, hematology/coagulation, urinalysis/bacti, blood bank, point of care, general lab, and/or quality control assurance.\n- Recruits, hires, train, and ensures competency of staff.\n- Motivates and encourages professional and personnel growth.\n- Controls costs by monitoring personnel utilization, material usage rates, analyzing fluctuations in types and volumes of tests, and implementing corrective action.\n- Directs and implements effective risk control processes.\n- Supports, consults, and participates with facility and regional QA programs to ensure internal and external regulatory compliance.\n- Assists in developing and monitoring section specific QA/Risk Management program.\n- Assists in monitoring quality assurance for laboratory information systems.\n- Researches/resolves client problems/issues.\n- Oversees and coordinates operational aspects within various subsections of the clinical laboratory.\n- Consults with clients to resolve service issues.\n- Recommends processes to correct problems.\n- Participates in department, inter department, and inter facility projects which help the laboratory achieve its goals of providing quality service and client support in a cost effective manner.\n- Develops equipment and system needs analysis as appropriate.\n- Coordinates the integration of secondary laboratory information systems with RILIS. Interfaces with lab manager to implement and monitor an internal and external complaint/incident program.\n- Coordinates and implements a safety program to include fire, hazardous wastes, infectious wastes, electrical, and chemical.\n- Coordinates a program of continuing education in the area of safety.\n- Coordinates internal resources and monitors milestones to achieve service expectations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually three (3) to five (5) years) in a high volume clinical laboratory.\n- Previous experience in a supervisory/managerial position, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in clinical laboratory science or related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- ASCP certification preferred.\n- Valid current California Laboratory Scientist license.\n- Knowledge of CLIA, Title 22, CAP, JCAHO, NCQA, AABB, local, state, federal regulations.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736616/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Area Lab", "reqid": "133720", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28736616}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: RNP II/PA II\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting, and evaluating diagnostic tests and examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses and treats both chronic and episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes and documents the health care plan and prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation with a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder and releases the patient. Functions in an expanded role to regularly provide primary, acute, or emergency care to patients with complicated medical conditions which requires an intensive level of care and advanced certification in a specialty area (e.g., neonatal, intensive care, emergency medicine, etc.) A formal internship and/or equivalent on-the-job training in the specialty area required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting, and evaluating diagnostic tests and examinations.\n- Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery.\n- Diagnoses and treats both chronic and episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes.\n- Establishes and documents the health care plan and prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation with a physician.\n- Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder and releases the patient.\n- Functions in an expanded role to regularly provide primary, acute, or emergency care to patients with complicated medical conditions which requires an intensive level of care and advanced certification in a specialty area (e.g., neonatal, intensive care, emergency medicine, etc).\n- A formal internship and/or equivalent on-the-job training in the specialty area required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Program.\nCurrent California Physician Assistant License. *National certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). (*Must be obtained from NCCPA for initial licensure, need not be maintained).\n- AHA BCLS\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n- Minimum one (1) year experience unless specified by department. \n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to work in fast paced environment\n- Ability to use personal computer\n\nNotes:\n- Busy Ortthopeid Department, Assist MD in the Operatin Room.\n- See patients in the clinic, perform hystory and physical.\n- Work close with MDs including being first assist in the Operating Room", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736618/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RNP II/PA II", "reqid": "133946", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28736618}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Compliance Manager\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CHC will require obtaining CHC within eighteen (18) months of hire.\n- Experience in Compliance, Quality, Risk Management or HR preferred.\n- Computer skills with developing and running reports.\n- Comfortable with teaching and presenting to both large and small groups.\n\n\nNotes:\n- May travel throughout San Diego County to multiple medical office buildings on a regular basis.\n- Availability for week and coverage for compliance issues.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:39:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736620/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Manager", "reqid": "133985", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28736620}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Tech II\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nDecontaminate, clean, package, sterilize, store and distribute medical/ surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies in accordance with Title 22 requirements and joint commission standards. Fill medical supplies requests from user areas.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uphold KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Follows standard infection control procedures.\n- Ensure equipment is available for end users: Receive and sort soiled instruments/ equipment, soak, dissemble, clean and rinse, decontaminate, lubricate and perform routine preventive maintenance as required.\n- Pick up soiled equipment/supplies from end users.\n- Prepare and process packs, supplies, equipment and instruments.\n- Check, test, and graph data from equipment such as sterilizers, incubators, etc.\n- Perform computerized scanning, documentation, and tracking of equipment and instruments.\n- Record equipment malfunctions, maintain department logs, i.e. sterilization records and equipment usage.\n- Repair and/or request repair service as required.\n- Maintain accurate and complete sterilization records.\n- Communicate relevant accomplishments and problems to the lead and or manager.\n- Prepare periodic workload statistics.\n- Maintain proficiency in technical/clinical skills by maintaining licensure/certificates, attending conferences, meetings and in-services as required.\n- Operate copier, computer and fax equipment.\n- Answer and route telephone calls and locate personnel by paging system or beeper.\n- May orient and train new or less experienced personnel.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 22\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in sterile processing or comparable Operating Room TechnicianOR registration as Registered Sterile Processing Technician.\n- High School Diploma/GED preferred.\n- Certified Registered Central Services Technician (CRCST) or Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) certification, preferred.\n- Working knowledge of surgical instrumentation processing techniques, medical supplies, and proficiency in the following required: basic micro-biology, soaps and detergents, fundamentals of cleaning and packaging sterile supplies, steam sterilization, low temperature sterilization and flexible scope reprocessing, quality assurance, infection control, isolation techniques and safe practices in sterile processing.\n- Physical requirements involving frequent heavy lifting (over 25 lbs.) or pushing over 500 lbs. Often combined with bending, twisting, and long periods of time on the feet.\n- Ability to distinguish colors and hear audible alarms required.\n- Work in a collaborative Labor-Management environment to result in a high performance work team.\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736612/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Tech II", "reqid": "132607", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28736612}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker III/ LCSW\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nProvides assessments, coordination, & implementation/evaluation of professional social services to patients & their families in order to aid them in coping w/ social, emotional, & economic difficulties related to medical problems or which predispose to illness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides quality counseling services by assessing patient/ family system needs, then developing & implementing treatment plans in accordance w/ departmental & medical center policies\n- Provides quality counseling services by assessing patient/ family system needs, then developing & implementing treatment plans in accordance w/ departmental & medical center policies, & in compliance w/ the standards of the social work profession. Quality of clinical services is indicated by QM findings, case presentations, documentation review, staff & patient feedback & supervisory discussions\n- Performs a bio-psychosocial assessment interview w/ patient, family, &/or significant other according to department policy & standards\n- Provides appropriate crises intervention/treatment to adults, children & families in emergent situations including assessment, counseling, information/referral & providing consultation to physicians & healthcare team. Provides a professional interpretation of patient's condition (i.e., situation, affect, behavior & verbal content) & recommends appropriate psycho-social intervention(s) &/or treatment plan\n- Develops culturally sensitive assessment that reflects departmental standards & includes: reasons for referral; source of referral; informant name; physical/medical issues; interpersonal & social relations; emotional/psychiatric/adjustment issues including assessment of depression; role performance/social transition; community planning/resources (as indicated); legal/protective issues (as indicated)\n- Provides appropriate counseling services to patients &/or family based on clinical assessment & consistent w/ patient's on-going medical condition/needs\n- Provides patient education on subjects related to psycho-social adjustment to medical illness, individually, in classes or groups\n- Assessment demonstrates ability to interpret the social, emotional & behavioral problems/elements as they relate to the patient's medical condition & treatment\n- Demonstrates the integration of clinical social work theory into practice by appropriately utilizing clinical knowledge of bio-psychosocial development stages, personality development, human behavior, etc., to formulate assessment, direct treatment, & provide consultation & education to other team members.This includes integration of developmental theory & clinical practice in assessments & intervention specific to the age group served (neonates, pediatrics, adolescent, adult, geriatric)\n- Spends at least 70% of time in direct service activity\n- Completes & submits statistics in accordance w/ departmental policies & procedures\n- Documents interventions in appropriate formats, legibly & w/in departmental time frames\n- Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature & the level of work being preformed by the individuals assigned to this position & as such are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties & skills required of personnel so classified\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Social Work issued by a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education\n- Current and valid license as a Clinical Social Worker issued by the State of California Board of Behavior Science Examiners\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Social worker for busy Neurology and Inpatient Oncology Service.\n-Must have at least one year experience with Neurology/Stroke/MS, etc.\n- Must have experience with short-term counseling using behavioral techniques.\n-Must have at least one year acute care experience post master's.\n-Experience working with Oncology patients either inpatient or acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule Varies\n-Candidate will work one (1) evening each week.\n- Some weekends 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm and 8:30 am to 7:00 pm\n- Some weekend and holidays also required\n-Covering crisis patients in the urgent care, emergency room and inpatient units.\n-Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736603/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker III/ LCSW", "reqid": "123707", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28736603}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Maternal/Child Health, FCC, OB/GYN or Women's Health in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- RN accredited school\n- Recent experience in an outpatient setting (within the last year).\n- Recent experience in MCH or OBG.\n- Strong Customer Service Skills.\n- Excellent Computer skills.\n- Excellent communication skills.\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, KPHC, KITS, etc.\n- Data Entry", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736602/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "120709", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28736602}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant IV\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nProvides administrative and operational clerical support to department managers and/or staff. Responsibilities may include answering phones and relaying messages/information to both departmental staff and callers; scheduling/calendaring meetings and conferences; maintaining filing systems; ordering/stocking office supplies; opening/sorting mail. Types/proofreads/composes correspondence; creates graphs and presentations; researches as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides more complex administrative support and project coordination for the department head, managers, and/or staff members to include the following:\n- Answers phones, screens calls, takes messages, and routes to appropriate members/staff. Greets KP visitors or outside vendors. May monitor and/or respond to routine email/inquires for others. (15%)\n- Manages multiple calendars and schedules/plans meetings. Arranges special events requiring solid understanding of event planning and coordination. Makes travel arrangements for the department head and/or staff members. (20%)\n- Coordinates project proposals and recommends updates to department documents. (15%)\n- Writes complex and detailed correspondence for senior managers/directors using KP knowledge and business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed. (15%)\n- Monitors and identifies administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units.\n- Manages expense reports through Concur. (15%)\n- Interacts daily with KP employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, to discuss administrative and standard business processes. (10%)\n- Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed. (5%)\n- Performs other department specific duties as assigned. (5%)\n- Considerable impact.\n- Responsibilities may impact the achievement of department short-term objectives.\n- Uses judgment to determine course of action and makes recommendations.\n- Requires judgment in identifying and resolving complex issues.\n- Must rely on knowledge and experience for problem solving of non-recurring, unique situations.\n- Provides a variety of complex operational information to convey concepts and processes.\n- Has considerable latitude to plan and organize one's own work.\n- May have authority to assign work to others within the executive's jurisdiction.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically seven (7) to nine (9) plus years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level, or related experience.\n- High school diploma, GED or related experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways.\n- Ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of the organization and its functional policies and processes.\n- Ability to manage dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors.\n- Advanced writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed.\n- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of two (2) or more of Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and/or Access, depending upon department or business needs.\n- Working knowledge of email and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.).\n- Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736586/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant IV", "reqid": "135840", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28736586}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Team Manager\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nPerforms planning and direction setting. Manages customer service representatives and/or billing or enrollment representatives. Handles personnel issues with a team approach. Ensures that service standards are achieved. Acts as a patient advocate. Jointly responsible for the daily operations in order to develop and maintain a superior call center or membership service center. Lead the business processes. Ensure best practice customer service and/or membership administration while maximizing revenue. Responsible for the implementation of operational and technology best practices to improve compliance capabilities and efficiencies. Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements in an effort to avoid paying out department performance guarantees of over three million dollars. Responsible for large-scale24 hour seven day a week call center that provides customer service for California and for the Regions outside of California.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day to day operations of a line of business that provides customer service and/or membership, enrollment or billing services to members of the health plan\n- Represents the Health Plan within the local community on benefits and service matters\n- Collaborates with Benefits, Contracts and Government Program divisions of KP to interpret contract language and handle member concerns\n- Ensures the timely intervention of member issues in order to enhance member satisfaction, member recruitment/retention\n- Partners with KP departments, salesand marketing, customers and other stakeholders\n- Manages a team of customer service representatives or member services representatives\n- Develops schedules\n- Assigns and monitors work\n- Gathers resources\n- Measures and monitors service performance quality standards to ensure customer satisfaction and to comply with regulatory agencies\n- Recommends changes in guidelines, procedures, policies\n- Provides operational direction to team and resolves operational issues\n- Attracts, selects and maintains a qualified, motivated staff which involves interviewing, coaching, counseling, disciplining, advising, monitoring, training, terminating\n- Implements line of business strategies\n- Performs financial management, tracking, analysis and management of accounts receivables to ensure financial goals for the line of business are met\n- Conducts analysis of data and reports to improve employee performance\n- Impacts the achievement of department and/or functional objectives\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations or failure to achieve results may cause delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources and additional funds\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing administrative or technical concepts\n- Judgment is required to make decisions for less defined issues\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and member / customer\n- Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors\n- Requires considerable amount of analysis to consider all alternatives for identified, yet complex, problems\n- Follows operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions\n- Information to solve the problem comes from a variety of sources which may not be readily available\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires one (1) to three (3) years supervisory or management experience in member services, health care, call center, or financial fields. Other education or training (beyond the bachelor's degree) can suffice in place of a portion of the required supervisor experience. Satisfactory completion of a twelve (12) week course in Principles of Management offered by the Member Service Call Center can suffice in place of six (6) to nine (9) months required experience\n- Experience in administration requiring extensive complex problem solving and high-level negotiations preferred\n- Experience in preparing and conducting audits preferred\n- Experience in a Labor/Management partnership environment strongly preferred\n- Experience using mainframe or personal computer database, word processing, and statistical analysis software packages preferred\n- Four (4) year degree in business administration, health care, or related field or equivalent experience required.\n- The equivalent experience must be additional experience beyond the minimum work experience required above.\n- Requires knowledge of membership management and working knowledge of another functional area.\n- Knowledge of labor contracts and HR/Organization/Department policies and procedures\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; excellent written and verbal skills\n- Call Center knowledge or related knowledge", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736587/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Manager", "reqid": "135997", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28736587}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Sr Consultant - Mrkt Strat Analysis - San Francisco, CA\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nActive participation in a range of market strategy projects essential to KP's membership and margin goals. Market Strategy & Analysis Consultants provide analytical/strategic-thinking and leadership skills that enable project teams to: 1) isolate business issues; 2) design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc); 3) bring technical/content expertise (competitive intelligence, utilization, financial analysis, deep data analysis & programming); 4) vet findings and make formal recommendations to senior levels of KP leadership; 5) create documents (strategic segment plans, utilization reports) that inform critical strategic issues.\n\nThis position will have primary accountability for the following areas:\nBuilding a repository for S&AM on @HPI and/or SalesConnect for Chinese and Spanish language materials including marketing communications, benefit highlights, product education, job aids, and materials related to HCR. This work will be ongoing, and this individual will be responsible for identifying the best platform to streamline content and ensuring the content is end-user friendly.\nManaging the strategy implementation meetings among the analytical, sales and operationteams\nProject managing the work generated from my meetings with Account Management, Strategic, and Labor and Trust.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Leads 1-2 major market strategy teams concurrently.\n- Proactively identifies key business line issues.\n- Manages multiple complex market strategy/business line issues.\n- Establishes accountabilities within business line strategy groups and facilitates decision making.\n- Leads development of recommendations that determine course of further work and/or organizational change for marketing strategy.\n- Serves as subject matter/technical expert to Analysts and Market Strategy & Analysis Consultants.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement rate-setting, membership and margin objectives that have direct and significant business impact.\n- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve objectives could impact rate-setting, membership and/or market strategy goals.\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of complex and sometimes inconclusive data.\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\n- Requires complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex market strategy problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance on membership, rates, financial and competitive data to team members.\n- Influences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment.\n- Work is evaluated at key milestones to ensure objectives and performance requirements have been met.\n- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department and/or function.\n- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.\n- Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/ training plans and/or performance reviews.\n- May have supervisory responsibilities on a project basis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Minimum: Five+ years of related experience OR master's degree and two (2)+ years of experience.\n- Preferred: At least eight (8) years of related experience.\n- Master's degree preferred (Business, Public Health, etc).\n- Thorough knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data.\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Considered functional expert in market strategy within KP.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist\n- Highly skilled in MS Excel, Access and other databases.\n- Must know how to manipulate databases such as MS Excel and/or Access, as well as manipulating reports and generating reports.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736588/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consultant - Mrkt Strat Analysis - San Francisco, CA", "reqid": "136015", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28736588}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Assistant I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nHealth is our business\nMake it yours. At Kaiser Permanente, we realize that it takes more than expert medical care to be one of the nation's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. It takes advanced technologies, state-of-art facilities, and the people to support them. Come impact your future, and the future of care. If this sounds like something you believe in, consider joining us in Oakland, California.\n\nExecutive Assistant I - Marketing, Service, Sales Administration\n\nIn this busy role, you will be responsible for providing administrative and business operations support for seniormanagement and to anticipate and meet business needs and organizational goals. You will be expected to analyze problems; determine the most effective solutions; compile and analyze data; and prepare reports/recommendations. Administrative duties will be complex and varied, extending across several lines of business and functional areas, and require the ability to anticipate and proactively solve logistical and coordination issues. In addition, you will also assist the events planning staff in the organization of at least two major annual conferences; coordinate the administrative workflow of the department; and recommend new processes as needed. Above all, you must be a take-charge individual who is able to hit the ground running. \nEssential Functions:\n- Provides more complex administrative support & project coordination for executives & senior management to include the following:\n- Answers phones & email, & directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly. (20%)\n- Manages multiple calendars to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements & coordination of dependencies. (25%)\n- Drafts more complex & detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge & advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed.\n- Uses basic to advanced knowledge of two or more Microsoft Office/PC applications, depending upon department or business needs. (15%)\n- Assists w/ complex custom reports & cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection & validation, project reporting, etc. (10%)\n- Monitors & resolves administrative budget issues to include billing & payment authorization for planned & unplanned expenses & special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks & accounts for executive travel/business expenses. (10%)\n- Interacts regularly w/ KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, & compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use. (10%)\n- Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed.\n- Directs & delegates to other administrative assistants on work processes & best practices. (10%)\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives.\n- Contributions impact functional projects and/or initiatives.\n- Errors would result in delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses as well as inconvenience executive staff.\n- Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques & evaluation criteria for obtaining results.\n- Generally involves using knowledge of generally established procedures, instructions, & department resources.\n- Requires judgment to select from less than apparent alternatives.\n- Requires decision-making w/in defined parameters; must have sound knowledge of department & executive priorities to ensure objectives are met.\n- Develops solutions to difficult problems, using knowledge of KP/department policies & procedures.\n- Most problems are not clearly defined & solutions require intermediate problem-solving experience.\n- Must be able to come up w/ quick solutions as schedules & projects change.\n- Provides a variety of difficult operational information to convey concepts & processes.\n- Communicates department information to entire functional/department staff, as well as other executive staff.\n- Works w/in established KP/department policies & procedures on assigned work.\n- Work is generally supervised, checks in w/ manager for direction on a limited basis.\n- Has authority to act on behalf of executives regarding many administrative/project matters; has authority to delegate & assign work to others w/in the executive's jurisdiction.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Minimum 8 years of administrative and/or executive assistant experience with increasing levels of discretion and expanding scope of duties.\n - Demonstrated ability to quickly gain a thorough understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers and their needs.\n - Proven ability to effectively utilize best business practices, standards, theories, and systems.\n - Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.\n - Ability to create sophisticated presentation materials with graphs/illustrations.\n - Must be detail-oriented with strong organizational, problem-solving, writing, grammatical, proofreading, and vocabulary skills.\n - Interest in intranet site design and maintenance a plus (Vivian tan-I hate to lose Shashana).\n - Demonstrated success providing support within a complex business environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree.\n - MS Share Point skills highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736589/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Assistant I", "reqid": "136020", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736589}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Compliance Consultant IV-Executive Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nCompliance Consultant IV-Executive Consultant Kaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Compliance Consultant IV is responsible for overseeing Kaiser Permanente's compliance with federal and state insurance laws, regulations and sub-regulatory guidance through the planning and implementation of compliance systems and initiatives. On an on-going basis, Will be responsible for leading compliance's national engagement for several health plan and health care reform initiatives through research and interpretation of regulations and laws to establish compliance standards/requirements, and working with compliance partners and health plan business leads to integrate compliance standards into operations.\nResearches, plans, implements, and monitors a broad portfolio of compliance systems and initiatives to enable organizational compliance with all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations/laws, as well as overseeing the protection of organizational assets. On an on-going basis, researches and interprets regulations and laws to establish compliance standards, and may develop and/or deliver training and communications/change management relative to new standards. Assesses organizational systems (both physical and process or data related) to determine gaps in compliance and determine opportunities for remediation. Advises the organization on all compliance matters. May investigate violations of compliance policy, laws, regulations, etc. or conduct on-going monitoring and reporting to ensure remediation. May be responsible for project management relative to new compliance initiatives, products, or annual processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- National Compliance Lead for health plan and health care reform initiatives. Will be responsible for coordinating with national and regional compliance partners to determine compliance's engagement strategy for the initiatives, developing and integrating compliance standards/requirements, and leading and/or supporting assessments and audits.\n- Manages, creates, and maintains client relationships with management at all levels of the organization\n- In adherence with the KP Compliance Framework, fosters comprehensive compliance management through a series of activities to comply with all applicable regulations and statutes. Activities include\n- Planning: Leading the identification of compliance accountabilities; identification of internal and external resources; development of Compliance, Work, and Audit plans; establishing and/or leading compliance-related committees/work groups; and managing external agency relations,\n- Implementing: Leading the identification of compliance requirements and directing related analyses; creation and revision of compliance standards, policies, and procedures; overseeing development and/or delivery of compliance and ethics training; leading the monitoring of compliance adherence; and directing reporting on compliance efforts and programs, and\n- Validating: Reviewing compliance programs and content, including leading the design and implementation of risk assessments and/or audits, and overseeing the investigation of instances of reported non-compliance\n- Researches and stays abreast of regulations and statutes. Determines impacts of implementation of new regulations and statutes and required notifications, changes, and training. Communicates required changes, develops tools to assess risks, and leverages existing workgroups/etc. to facilitate required changes. May engage external regulatory and legislative bodies on developing regulations and laws, providing input and representing Kaiser Permanente's interests\n- Works on significant and unique assignments of diverse and complex scope\n- Addresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change\n- Requires more complex planning and direction setting with diverse and multiple stakeholders\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and/or KP objectives. In addition, responsibilities impact relationships with external regulatory agencies\n- Influences the development of the functional objectives\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional and/or KP objectives and negatively affect expenditures and resources\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure or inconclusive data\n- Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues\n- Assume other duties as directed\n- Knowledge of health insurance laws, regulations, practices and standards.\n- Experience with implementation/administration of insurance products.\n- Knowledge of health care compliance policies, practices, and systems.\n- Ability to develop advanced compliance principles, theories, and concepts.\n- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills.\n- Strong, clear written and verbal communication skills to varying levels of the organization.\n- Strong project management skills; ability to lead and manage operational and tactical aspects of multiple projects simultaneously.\n- Demonstrate ability to timely plan, execute, and complete projects within strict deadlines.\nAdditional Skills/Knowledge\n- Experience with interpreting laws and regulations and ability to identify and partner with business to communicate impact and compliance expectations - Familiarity with health insurance laws and regulations\n- Experience with integrating compliance within system/application implementations preferable\n- Familiarity with health plan operations and experience with projects in at least one health plan functional area preferable\n- Ability to lead and manage operational and tactical aspects of multiple projects at the same time\n- Plans, executes, and finalizes projects according to strict deadlines\n- Ability to collaborate with multiple functions and departments, across various levels of the organization\n- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Required: Eight (8) to twelve (12) years of heath care compliance, health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), audit, finance, project management, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or insurance/health plan governance experience.\n- Four (4) year or clinical degree or equivalent experience.\n- Advanced knowledge of health care compliance policies, practices, and systems.\n- Contributes to the development of compliance principles, theories, and concepts.\n- Broad knowledge of health care industry practices and standards.\n- Ability to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports.\n- Project management skills\n- Advanced knowledge of health care and related compliance issues.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:38:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736581/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Consultant IV-Executive Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "135258", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736581}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides executive administrative support to senior executives. Manages daily workflow, schedules meetings, and meeting follow-up. Handles highly confidential matters with Program-wide impact. Works independently to prioritize work, resolves problems within deadlines, and provides project management support. Works with minimal supervision.\n\nEssential Functions;\n-Manages the day-to-day calendars for senior executives. Assesses urgency/priorities, accepts or declines appointments and meetings and when appropriate arranges for others to attend for executives in his/her absence, as appropriate.\n- Maintains basic knowledge of other Executive Leadership Team (ELT) calendars' to support other EA team members.\n- Appropriately refers substantive questions / key business issues to others and follows up to ensure resolution.\n-Acts as a department front-line representative.\n- Reviews documents prepared for the Senior Executives. Composes correspondence for Senior Executives. Types or enters data, proofreads and processes a variety of documents including general correspondence, memos, and statistical charts from rough draft, audio recordings, or verbal instruction.\n-Preserves confidentiality of sensitive material, routinely encountered.\n- Identifies, distinguishes, and is sensitive to the working relationships within and among TPF, PMGs, and KFHP/H.\n-Oversees event coordination for major Federation and Program-wide meetings of senior leaders and other events; Receives, reviews and evaluates mail to identify those items requiring priority attention of the Senior Executive.\n-Independently responds to letters and general correspondence of a routine nature.\n-Serves as liaison between manager and direct reports and others within and outside the organization.\n- Supports Senior Executive on special projects and /or programs by managing and guiding project timelines. Handling all meeting logistics..\n- Supports programs by completing complex duties requiring research, compilation, tabulation, and basic analyses of data, records, programs, processes, and procedures..\n-Performs triage for complex requests, technical inquiries, or time-sensitive issues and directs them to the appropriate staff members.\n-Tracks deliverables and action items for Senior Executive.\n- Coordinates travel arrangements. .\n- Prepares expense reports. Routes agreements, contracts, and invoices through signature process.\n-Interacts daily with KP & Executive employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives. Builds and maintains positive working relationships with co-workers, other KP employees, and the public by using principles of quality customer service.\nSupports the needs of advisory groups to CMI, in particular the Care Management Council and other CMI and Federation initiative related advisory groups.\n-May post and maintain information on intranet website pages.\n-Retrieves and prepares approved obsolete records for destruction.\n-Trouble-shoots problems related to the operation of computers, software, printers, phone, and other office equipment.\n-May receive and index material submitted for records retention. Maintains logs of records in retention.\n-Answers phones, takes and delivers messages in a timely manner. Screens all visitors and takes action appropriate to the request/situation. Faxes documents, receives and distributes faxes in a timely manner.\n- Performs miscellaneous duties as requested.\n- Travel less than 20%.\nSecondary Functions:\n-May be asked to schedule personal appointment if falls within the work week during work hours. Performs miscellaneous duties as requested.\n- Travel less than 20%.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-A minimum of7 years of experience as an executive staff specialist/secretary/assistant or comparable position in a large, complex organizational environment. Experience in KP at a senior administrative level highly desirable.\n- Sound independent judgment and political sensitivity mandatory.\n-Demonstrated ability to use diplomacy in communicating with medical directors, high-level executives, the management team, and external organizations, agencies, and individuals.\n-Demonstrated advanced written and verbal communication skills.\n-Demonstrated ability to work and maintain highly confidential information.\n-Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team of administrative support staff.\n-Demonstrated ability to be flexible in an ever changing work environment\n-Must possess strong customer services skills.\n-Must possess excellent coordination, organization, project management, prioritization, and multi taking skills\n-Proficient in a current version of KP standard software applications (Windows 2007 Professional, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Schedule +, Lotus Notes 8.)\n-Ability to incorporate multiple and difficult calendars and arrange complex meetings.\n-Posesses the ability to understand the organization and operation of the The Permanente Federation, and of the PMGs and KFHP/H as necessary to perform assigned responsibilities.\n-Proficient in transcribing from dictation equipment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736560/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Assistant", "reqid": "135905", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736560}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Business Systems Analyst II - Contract Administration\nLocation: Portland, OR\n\nThe Business Systems Analyst plays a critical role in the contract and benefit administration processes supported by this department. The BSA II is responsible for group and member contract production and several medical and dental benefits tools for sales support. Scope includes ensuring integrity of process and data, quality of output, timeliness as measured by regulatory requirements and business needs; vendor management; and providing great customer service to the internal user community. This involves translating business rules into system configuration, understanding how data is used, and business administration of systems. The person in this role improves our processes and output by ddemonstrating excellent communication and collaboration skills with peers, business customers and managers, data and reporting teams, and IT infrastructure.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration with KPIT and business clients, maintain information applications to meet business requirements\n- Participate on project teams to develop/enhance business information systems\n- Ensure integration with other business applications, and consistency w/ established data/information standards\n- Work collaboratively w/operations & KPIT staff to implement workflow or system improvements necessary to meet business information needs and user requirements\n- Apply business area and system knowledge to research & remediate system problems\n- Develop & maintain system documentation including but not limited to business specifications, process flows and desk procedures\n- Coordinate/conduct user acceptance testing, to ensure application meets business requirements and supports efficient workflow\n- Develop user documentation and related materials\n- Assist with user support and training as needed\n- Participate in periodic review to identify application improvements needed to support evolving business needs\n- Following specifications, develop or enhance applications that combine data from existing sources, tailored to specific user groups and business needs\n- Develop system documentation\n- Ensure consistency with established data and application standards\n- Information analyst duties, e.g. conduct analysis and make recommendations to business unit based on findings of analysis\n- Data analyst duties, e.g., help define business rules applicable to the development of the application\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of relevant analytical/business system support experience\n- 1 year experience w/ SAS/SQL, Oracle and Teradata, and Microsoft Office including Visio\n- Bachelors degree in a quantitative or technical discipline, or equivalent knowledge and experience\n- Familiarity with relevant service delivery/insurance/finance business units\n- Ability to support formal training programs for system users\n- Proven ability to conduct, interpret and communicate quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Process flow and desk procedure development and documentation\n- Proven team skills including the following attributes: efficient, collaborative, candid, open, and results-oriented\n- Development of business specification documentation\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (1:1, peer, multi-disciplinary group, presentations, written)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Five years of analytical experience at KPNW\n- Expertise in assigned business unit (service delivery, insurance, finance)\n- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations and relevant business systems and data sources such asCommon Membership (CM), regional data warehouse and FASET\n\nSalary Range:\n$66,740 - $91,460", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736558/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Systems Analyst II - Contract Administration", "reqid": "135948", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28736558}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Senior Sales Executive\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Sr. Sales Executive is accountable for initiating mutually beneficial business relationships by prospecting and qualifying new business opportunities that optimize potential for sustainable growth as well as contributing to margin requirements. Gaining commitment to do business with KP and establishing the right business position with our customers; ensuring a high quality customer experience.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Developing and managing a book of prospects, through various channels\n- Identifying and soliciting appropriate business\n- Establishing favorable conditions of offering\n- Selling the group at the right rate\n- Selling the group with the right product and benefit mix\n- Pursue opportunities for growth\n- Managing account implementation process\n- Effectively consult with purchasers and channels to demonstrate value and build commitment to KP\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years of experience in marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience as a successful sales executive\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Oregon and WA insurance license required within 90 days of hire\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MHA, MPH, or MBA\n\nSalary Range:\n$60,319 - $81,431\n\nTarget Sales Incentive:\n$70,875", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736559/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Sales Executive", "reqid": "135998", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28736559}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Infection Prevention Coordinator RN\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder the direction of the Infection Prevention Manager or Director, conducts infection prevention activities including surveillance to prevent and decrease healthcare associated infections and improve patient safety across the continuum of care. Assists the Infection Prevention Manager or Director in the implementation of the Infection Prevention Program. Participates in the medical center's continuous survey readiness program to maintain compliance with regulatory standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts surveillance; collates, compiles, analyzes, and presents reports.\n- Provides input into the Infection Prevention Program.\n- Provides education and consultation to medical center staff.\n- Actively participates and provides leadership in patient safety projects/initiatives.\n- Actively participates in multi-disciplinary rounds, including clinical, environmental, and construction projects.\n- Participates in unit-based and quality-based performance improvement projects.\n- Participates in Infection Control Committee and other committees as assigned.\n- Completes and prepares Communicable Disease reports to Department of Public Health.\n- Assists with facility's compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies.\n- Ensure timely and accurate reporting to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) of Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) as required by CDPH.\n- Reviews and revises policies and procedures.\n- Collaborates with Occupational/Employee Health to conduct exposure investigations.\n- Keeps abreast of current scientific literature, recommendations, guidelines and regulatory requirements.\n- Maintains confidentiality of data and information in accordance with HIPPA regulations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in an acute care hospital utilizing basic clinical knowledge of medical and surgical procedures, treatments and patient management.\n- Diploma in Nursing or degree in other related field such as clinical laboratory science, epidemiology, public health, microbiology. Two (2) years of relevant clinical experience as an Infection Control Professional or Nurse Epidemiologist in an acute care medical center may be substituted for the degree requirement.\n- Completion of the Beginner IC Practitioner Program (APIC) within two years of hire.\n- Baccalaureate degree in nursing, preferred.\n- Licensure as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing or degree in another related discipline such as clinical laboratory science, microbiology, epidemiology, public health.\n- Certification Infection Control (CIC) issued by the Certification Board of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control, preferred.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of microbiology, asepsis, disinfection/sterilization, infectious diseases, communication, program administration and epidemiology.\n- Demonstrates ability or plan for supplemental education to ensure comprehension and utilization of scientific data and basic statistical techniques/methods; screening of data results for variations and/or errors; functioning as a liaison, instructor and consultant with client departments.\n- Demonstrates written and oral communication skills with IC Team, healthcare workers and MDs.\n- Demonstrates problem-solving, and decision making preferred.\n- Demonstrates ability to develop and present educational programs effectively and communicate in a clear, concise and timely manner preferred.\n- Demonstrates skills in educating adults and children preferred.\n- Demonstrates skills in the use of internal databases, infection control surveillance software, spreadsheet and presentation applications (such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint) preferred.\n- Demonstrates ability to develop and review/revise policies/procedures preferred.\n- Demonstrates ability to influence the behavior of healthcare workers and physicians preferred.\n- Demonstrates customer service standards when interacting with internal and external customers/members preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736534/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Infection Prevention Coordinator RN", "reqid": "135531", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28736534}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager Medical Surg/Telemetry (Vac #315)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736535/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager Medical Surg/Telemetry (Vac #315)", "reqid": "135532", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736535}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager Medical Surg/Tele Weekend(Vac #316)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736536/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager Medical Surg/Tele Weekend(Vac #316)", "reqid": "135534", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736536}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Performer II\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTheater performer for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates. Represents Educational Theater Program to community and media and participates in health education training as well as serves as a peer educator and role model.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- 75% Perform, model and assist with all aspects of production, which includes, but is not limited to, preparation, rehearsal, and performance for acting roles assigned.\n- Apply creative, original and intellectual skills in developing and performing various roles and scripts.\n- Work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates, in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- May include understudying one or more acting roles.\n- 10% Participate in health education training and peer counseling to serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Represent ETP to the community and media.\n- Appear at community and company events.\n- 15% Responsible for exercising discretion and independent judgment while touring in accordance with position duties and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and providing feedback.\n- Approximately eight (8) to ten (10) weeks out-of-town travel required.\n- Drive company vehicles, set up and strike set, production related administration work.\n- May be responsible for additional program duties.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications: - Experience with and continued desire to work full-time, term acting position with community services health education theatre programs.\n- Experience working with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Two (2) to three (3) years of experience as a Performer I or equivalent preferred.\n- Formal, advanced level acting training and touring theatre experience preferred.\n- Health education training and experience preferred.\n- High school, acting training.\n- Bachelor's Degree in related field preferred.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- Bilingual Spanish, Cantonese or Tagalog preferred.\n- Proven ability to learn and perform a variety of roles, and ability and willingness to participate in an ensemble process.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates, in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment in understanding the message of the Educational Theatre and the specific roles and scripts.\n- Demonstrated ability and willingness to be excellent role models for making healthy choices.\n- Re-hire dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned parts appropriately.\n- Demonstrated commitment to work with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736537/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Performer II", "reqid": "135538", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736537}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Performer I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTheater performer for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates. Represents Educational Theater Program to community and media and participates in health education training as well as serves as a peer educator and role model.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- 75% Responsible for exercising discretion and independent judgment while touring in accordance with position duties and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Perform all aspects of position which include, but not limited to, preparation, rehearsal and performance for acting roles assigned.\n- Apply creative, original and intellectual skills in developing and performing various roles and scripts.\n- 10% Participate in training of health education and peer counseling.\n- Serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Represent ETP to the community and media.\n- Appear at community and company events.\n- 15% Work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and providing feedback.\n- Approximately eight (8) to ten (10) weeks out-of-town travel required.\n- Drive company vehicles, set up and strike set production related administration work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school.\n- Acting training.\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- Background and training in theater performances essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Re-hire dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned part appropriately.\n- Demonstrated commitment to working with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Willingness to be an excellent role model for making healthy choices.\n- Photo and resume are required.\n- Desire to work full-time, term acting position with community services health education theater programs preferred.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of roles preferred.\n- Ability and willingness to participate in ensemble process preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736538/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Performer I", "reqid": "135540", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736538}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Performer I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTheater performer for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates. Represents Educational Theater Program to community and media and participates in health education training as well as serves as a peer educator and role model.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- 75% Responsible for exercising discretion and independent judgment while touring in accordance with position duties and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Perform all aspects of position which include, but not limited to, preparation, rehearsal and performance for acting roles assigned.\n- Apply creative, original and intellectual skills in developing and performing various roles and scripts.\n- 10% Participate in training of health education and peer counseling.\n- Serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Represent ETP to the community and media.\n- Appear at community and company events.\n- 15% Work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and providing feedback.\n- Approximately eight (8) to ten (10) weeks out-of-town travel required.\n- Drive company vehicles, set up and strike set production related administration work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school.\n- Acting training.\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- Background and training in theater performances essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Re-hire dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned part appropriately.\n- Demonstrated commitment to working with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Willingness to be an excellent role model for making healthy choices.\n- Photo and resume are required.\n- Desire to work full-time, term acting position with community services health education theater programs preferred.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of roles preferred.\n- Ability and willingness to participate in ensemble process preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736539/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Performer I", "reqid": "135541", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736539}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Performer I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTheater performer for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates. Represents Educational Theater Program to community and media and participates in health education training as well as serves as a peer educator and role model.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- 75% Responsible for exercising discretion and independent judgment while touring in accordance with position duties and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Perform all aspects of position which include, but not limited to, preparation, rehearsal and performance for acting roles assigned.\n- Apply creative, original and intellectual skills in developing and performing various roles and scripts.\n- 10% Participate in training of health education and peer counseling.\n- Serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Represent ETP to the community and media.\n- Appear at community and company events.\n- 15% Work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and providing feedback.\n- Approximately eight (8) to ten (10) weeks out-of-town travel required.\n- Drive company vehicles, set up and strike set production related administration work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school.\n- Acting training.\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- Background and training in theater performances essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Re-hire dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned part appropriately.\n- Demonstrated commitment to working with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Willingness to be an excellent role model for making healthy choices.\n- Photo and resume are required.\n- Desire to work full-time, term acting position with community services health education theater programs preferred.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of roles preferred.\n- Ability and willingness to participate in ensemble process preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736540/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Performer I", "reqid": "135543", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736540}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Performer I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTheater performer for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates. Represents Educational Theater Program to community and media and participates in health education training as well as serves as a peer educator and role model.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- 75% Responsible for exercising discretion and independent judgment while touring in accordance with position duties and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Perform all aspects of position which include, but not limited to, preparation, rehearsal and performance for acting roles assigned.\n- Apply creative, original and intellectual skills in developing and performing various roles and scripts.\n- 10% Participate in training of health education and peer counseling.\n- Serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Represent ETP to the community and media.\n- Appear at community and company events.\n- 15% Work with and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds and social climates in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and providing feedback.\n- Approximately eight (8) to ten (10) weeks out-of-town travel required.\n- Drive company vehicles, set up and strike set production related administration work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school.\n- Acting training.\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- Background and training in theater performances essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Re-hire dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned part appropriately.\n- Demonstrated commitment to working with ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Willingness to be an excellent role model for making healthy choices.\n- Photo and resume are required.\n- Desire to work full-time, term acting position with community services health education theater programs preferred.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of roles preferred.\n- Ability and willingness to participate in ensemble process preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736541/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Performer I", "reqid": "135544", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736541}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Production Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Assistant Production Manager job profile encompasses both a Road Manager for Troupe and an Assistant Production Manager for the Company. The position requires a flexible schedule and the ability to work evenings and weekends. The Road Manager's primary responsibility is to ensure smooth operating procedures while on the road. This means he/she has the authority and the responsibility to organize, delegate, and otherwise direct troupe activities as assigned by the Program Coordinator. It is the responsibility of all Performer/Educators to support the Road Manager in his/her duties by responding in a timely manner to requests and assignments that facilitate the technical, artistic, rehearsal, and/or performance, community service and public affairs needs of the program. Personnel, budgetary and regulatory issues should be referred to the Coordinator immediately. The Road Manager has these responsibilities on top of being a Performer/Educator. The Assistant Production Manager for the Company has responsibilities in ALL areas of ETP, with six primary areas of focus: (1) performing, (2) production management and touring support, (3) direction and coordination of shows, (4) community troupe, (5) administration, (6) program coordination and implementation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Communicating all Troupe requests to Program Coordinator on an ongoing basis.\n- Appropriate requests to communicate may include scheduling changes, budgetary expenditures, clarifications on program guidelines and regulations, creative ideas with impact on performance of logistic, unusual meetings to discuss specific ideas or issues.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in creating agendas for routine and special production meetings.\n- Creating agendas for and conducting routine production meetings in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Ensuring a reasonable supple of all materials and supplies required for day-today touring and travel.\n- Ensuring that time schedules are met routinely, at schools, in rehearsal and at special events.\n- Acting as representative of the Educational Theatre Program in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in matters of production logistics (shopping, inventories, setting call times, etc.) as assigned.\n- If assigned by Program Coordinator, acting as liaison between the school and the program (i.e., greet principal or representative, confirm logistics upon arrival at school, etc.).\n- Assisting in and supervising of maintenance, repair and proper care of all equipment on a routine basis.\n- Completing paperwork, logs, reports, and/or files as appropriate.\n- Assigning tasks to troupe members toward the accomplishment of any of the above as required, except where specific responsibility is assigned by Program Coordinator to Road Manager.\n- At the request of Program Coordinator, taking the lead in special appearances or projects as Project leader.\n- This may include making logistical arrangements as needed, recruiting or assigning participation of troupe members, ensuring a quality product through proper preparation, ad rearranging troupe schedules as required with the permission of Program Coordinator.\n- Actively assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and requesting and sharing audience feedback.\n- Participating in health education training and peer counseling to serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Health education training and experience preferred.\n- Related experience in program planning and coordination, public relations, theatrical production, community outreach and collaboration preferred.\n- High school, acting training.\n- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in theatre, education, public relations marketing, community health, or a related field.\n- Formal, advanced level acting training and touring theatre experience, technical production, or stage management skills preferred.\n- A valid California Driver's license or reliable transportation is required.\n- Certificate in drama or related field from an accredited institution is preferred.\n- Bilingual Spanish, Cantonese, or Tagalog preferred.\n- Desire to work full-time, term position w/ community services health education theatre programs.\n- Commitment to work w/ ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of performer or production staff roles, and ability and willingness to participate in an ensemble process.\n- Background and training in theater performances is essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Ability to work w/ and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds, and social climates, in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.\n- Ability and willingness to be excellent role model for making health choices.\n- Re-hire may be dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned parts appropriately.\n- Project management, time management, and organizational skills.\n- Interpersonal and team work skills.\n- Ability to think on one's feet.\n- Ability to maintain high productivity amidst completing priorities and tight deadlines.\n- Familiar w/ MS Office, Lotus Note, FileMaker Pro and internet preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736542/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Production Manager", "reqid": "135552", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736542}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Production Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Assistant Production Manager job profile encompasses both a Road Manager for Troupe and an Assistant Production Manager for the Company. The position requires a flexible schedule and the ability to work evenings and weekends. The Road Manager's primary responsibility is to ensure smooth operating procedures while on the road. This means he/she has the authority and the responsibility to organize, delegate, and otherwise direct troupe activities as assigned by the Program Coordinator. It is the responsibility of all Performer/Educators to support the Road Manager in his/her duties by responding in a timely manner to requests and assignments that facilitate the technical, artistic, rehearsal, and/or performance, community service and public affairs needs of the program. Personnel, budgetary and regulatory issues should be referred to the Coordinator immediately. The Road Manager has these responsibilities on top of being a Performer/Educator. The Assistant Production Manager for the Company has responsibilities in ALL areas of ETP, with six primary areas of focus: (1) performing, (2) production management and touring support, (3) direction and coordination of shows, (4) community troupe, (5) administration, (6) program coordination and implementation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Communicating all Troupe requests to Program Coordinator on an ongoing basis.\n- Appropriate requests to communicate may include scheduling changes, budgetary expenditures, clarifications on program guidelines and regulations, creative ideas with impact on performance of logistic, unusual meetings to discuss specific ideas or issues.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in creating agendas for routine and special production meetings.\n- Creating agendas for and conducting routine production meetings in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Ensuring a reasonable supple of all materials and supplies required for day-today touring and travel.\n- Ensuring that time schedules are met routinely, at schools, in rehearsal and at special events.\n- Acting as representative of the Educational Theatre Program in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in matters of production logistics (shopping, inventories, setting call times, etc.) as assigned.\n- If assigned by Program Coordinator, acting as liaison between the school and the program (i.e., greet principal or representative, confirm logistics upon arrival at school, etc.).\n- Assisting in and supervising of maintenance, repair and proper care of all equipment on a routine basis.\n- Completing paperwork, logs, reports, and/or files as appropriate.\n- Assigning tasks to troupe members toward the accomplishment of any of the above as required, except where specific responsibility is assigned by Program Coordinator to Road Manager.\n- At the request of Program Coordinator, taking the lead in special appearances or projects as Project leader.\n- This may include making logistical arrangements as needed, recruiting or assigning participation of troupe members, ensuring a quality product through proper preparation, ad rearranging troupe schedules as required with the permission of Program Coordinator.\n- Actively assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and requesting and sharing audience feedback.\n- Participating in health education training and peer counseling to serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Health education training and experience preferred.\n- Related experience in program planning and coordination, public relations, theatrical production, community outreach and collaboration preferred.\n- High school, acting training.\n- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in theatre, education, public relations marketing, community health, or a related field.\n- Formal, advanced level acting training and touring theatre experience, technical production, or stage management skills preferred.\n- A valid California Driver's license or reliable transportation is required.\n- Certificate in drama or related field from an accredited institution is preferred.\n- Bilingual Spanish, Cantonese, or Tagalog preferred.\n- Desire to work full-time, term position w/ community services health education theatre programs.\n- Commitment to work w/ ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of performer or production staff roles, and ability and willingness to participate in an ensemble process.\n- Background and training in theater performances is essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Ability to work w/ and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds, and social climates, in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.\n- Ability and willingness to be excellent role model for making health choices.\n- Re-hire may be dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned parts appropriately.\n- Project management, time management, and organizational skills.\n- Interpersonal and team work skills.\n- Ability to think on one's feet.\n- Ability to maintain high productivity amidst completing priorities and tight deadlines.\n- Familiar w/ MS Office, Lotus Note, FileMaker Pro and internet preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736543/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Production Manager", "reqid": "135555", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736543}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager [ANM - 0202-648]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736545/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager [ANM - 0202-648]", "reqid": "135580", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28736545}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Production Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Assistant Production Manager job profile encompasses both a Road Manager for Troupe and an Assistant Production Manager for the Company. The position requires a flexible schedule and the ability to work evenings and weekends. The Road Manager's primary responsibility is to ensure smooth operating procedures while on the road. This means he/she has the authority and the responsibility to organize, delegate, and otherwise direct troupe activities as assigned by the Program Coordinator. It is the responsibility of all Performer/Educators to support the Road Manager in his/her duties by responding in a timely manner to requests and assignments that facilitate the technical, artistic, rehearsal, and/or performance, community service and public affairs needs of the program. Personnel, budgetary and regulatory issues should be referred to the Coordinator immediately. The Road Manager has these responsibilities on top of being a Performer/Educator. The Assistant Production Manager for the Company has responsibilities in ALL areas of ETP, with six primary areas of focus: (1) performing, (2) production management and touring support, (3) direction and coordination of shows, (4) community troupe, (5) administration, (6) program coordination and implementation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Communicating all Troupe requests to Program Coordinator on an ongoing basis.\n- Appropriate requests to communicate may include scheduling changes, budgetary expenditures, clarifications on program guidelines and regulations, creative ideas with impact on performance of logistic, unusual meetings to discuss specific ideas or issues.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in creating agendas for routine and special production meetings.\n- Creating agendas for and conducting routine production meetings in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Ensuring a reasonable supple of all materials and supplies required for day-today touring and travel.\n- Ensuring that time schedules are met routinely, at schools, in rehearsal and at special events.\n- Acting as representative of the Educational Theatre Program in the absence of Program Coordinator.\n- Assisting Program Coordinator in matters of production logistics (shopping, inventories, setting call times, etc.) as assigned.\n- If assigned by Program Coordinator, acting as liaison between the school and the program (i.e., greet principal or representative, confirm logistics upon arrival at school, etc.).\n- Assisting in and supervising of maintenance, repair and proper care of all equipment on a routine basis.\n- Completing paperwork, logs, reports, and/or files as appropriate.\n- Assigning tasks to troupe members toward the accomplishment of any of the above as required, except where specific responsibility is assigned by Program Coordinator to Road Manager.\n- At the request of Program Coordinator, taking the lead in special appearances or projects as Project leader.\n- This may include making logistical arrangements as needed, recruiting or assigning participation of troupe members, ensuring a quality product through proper preparation, ad rearranging troupe schedules as required with the permission of Program Coordinator.\n- Actively assist with evaluation of program effectiveness by gauging level of audience responsiveness and requesting and sharing audience feedback.\n- Participating in health education training and peer counseling to serve as a peer educator and role model for students at all times.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Health education training and experience preferred.\n- Related experience in program planning and coordination, public relations, theatrical production, community outreach and collaboration preferred.\n- High school, acting training.\n- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in theatre, education, public relations marketing, community health, or a related field.\n- Formal, advanced level acting training and touring theatre experience, technical production, or stage management skills preferred.\n- A valid California Driver's license or reliable transportation is required.\n- Certificate in drama or related field from an accredited institution is preferred.\n- Bilingual Spanish, Cantonese, or Tagalog preferred.\n- Desire to work full-time, term position w/ community services health education theatre programs.\n- Commitment to work w/ ages five (5) to eighteen (18) years old.\n- Ability to learn and perform a variety of performer or production staff roles, and ability and willingness to participate in an ensemble process.\n- Background and training in theater performances is essential.\n- Ability and desire to play characters between 12 and 18 years old for 'Peer Education' component of program.\n- Ability to work w/ and perform for audiences of different ages, different socioeconomic backgrounds, and social climates, in a manner that captures audience's attention and interest and most effectively communicates health education message.\n- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment.\n- Ability and willingness to be excellent role model for making health choices.\n- Re-hire may be dependent upon continued ability to look and act the assigned parts appropriately.\n- Project management, time management, and organizational skills.\n- Interpersonal and team work skills.\n- Ability to think on one's feet.\n- Ability to maintain high productivity amidst completing priorities and tight deadlines.\n- Familiar w/ MS Office, Lotus Note, FileMaker Pro and internet preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736544/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Production Manager", "reqid": "135556", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736544}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Educational Theater Production Supervisor\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nOversees the Educational Theatre's touring activities including performances, school trainings, classroom workshops and community events. Builds community partnerships and manages materials aimed at educating and promoting preventive health care to students and families.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervise Assistant Production Managers.\n- Train and mentor new staff.\n- Manages safety and adherence to procedures at touring events including fire regulations, and school and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Researches and purchases items for touring events.\n- Maintains inventory of items to ensure availability when needed.\n- Coordinates special projects including but not limited to annual auditions, premieres of new programs and community events.\n- May include performance in theatrical programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in all aspects of professional theatre performance tours.\n- HS diploma or GED required.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Must be detail oriented.\n- Demonstrated ability to multi-task.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Valid California driver's license.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736547/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Educational Theater Production Supervisor", "reqid": "135581", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736547}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Educational Theater Production Supervisor\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nOversees the Educational Theatre's touring activities including performances, school trainings, classroom workshops and community events. Builds community partnerships and manages materials aimed at educating and promoting preventive health care to students and families.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervise Assistant Production Managers.\n- Train and mentor new staff.\n- Manages safety and adherence to procedures at touring events including fire regulations, and school and Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Researches and purchases items for touring events.\n- Maintains inventory of items to ensure availability when needed.\n- Coordinates special projects including but not limited to annual auditions, premieres of new programs and community events.\n- May include performance in theatrical programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in all aspects of professional theatre performance tours.\n- HS diploma or GED required.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Must be detail oriented.\n- Demonstrated ability to multi-task.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Valid California driver's license.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736546/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Educational Theater Production Supervisor", "reqid": "135582", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736546}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: QA Utilization Coordinator [QARN_042512s]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nCoordinates quality, utilization and risk management activities for the medical center; provides technical, educational, consultative, and coordinating support to assigned areas.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the coordination of the quality management/utilization management department activities with other medical center departments.\n- Acts as a consultant for appropriate departments on quality management, utilization management and risk management activities.\n- Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.\n- Provides objective assessment of important aspects of patient care through ongoing chart review with pre-established criteria.\n- Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.\n- Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for development of patient care paths.\n- Reviews hospital admissions and extended stays for specific hospital departments.\n- Serves as a member of the QM and/or UM Committees as needed.\n- Attends and/or participates in committee meetings as needed.\n- Assists in orientation and training of peers; in formulating and evaluating policies and procedures.\n- Performs special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.\n- Assists the director of quality and utilization management for QM and UM in the formulation of department goals and objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of experience in acute care nursing as a RN.\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in quality management with demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, statistical analysis, accreditation and licensing processes.\n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Must have a current RN license in California.\n- Valid CA driver's license with personal means of transportation preferred.\n- Strong problem solving, project management, group facilitation and teamwork skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to assess or evaluate patient medical records as it relates to quality of care and systems analysis.\n- Current working knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA and Title 22 standards/regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.\n- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736548/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA Utilization Coordinator [QARN_042512s]", "reqid": "135583", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28736548}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager III Behavioral Health\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLarge scale oversight for programs and staff within a large medical center or across a service area, with both administrative and client caseload responsibilities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for budget planning/development/monitoring.\n- Various managerial levels report into this position; responsible for all managerial functions for direct reports and ultimate responsibility for all personnel management within unit.\n- Large scale oversight for programs and staff within a large medical center or across a service area.\n- Responsible for multiple programs at multi-sites across department.\n- Accountable for access outcomes; allocation of resources; handles member concerns and grievances.\n- Represents the department at a Regional level; may have a regional role such as Chair of Chiefs Groups.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Large scale oversight for programs and staff within OAK General Adult services.\n- Represents the Adult Services and department at Regional meetings.\n- Leadership of a large, diverse psychotherapist staff in the Adult Services of the Oakland Department of Psychiatry, organizing and facilitating meetings; developing an annual report for the Department; managing information technology and data; developing and managing personnel and compensation policy; supervising the performance of psychotherapy staff and conducting progressive discipline where appropriate; coordinating services with other administrators; and completing other administrative work under the direction of the Department's Chief.\n- The successful applicant will have primary responsibility for evaluating the performance of psychotherapy staff and behavior health managers within Adult Services and provide administrative support to other managers in the Department, including the Service Director.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous management experience.\n- Bachelor's in nursing, social work or other health related field.\n- Master's degree in nursing, social work, psychology, or Ph.D./Psy.D in psychology from an accredited university or professional school preferred.\n- Current valid license as a Psychologist or Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California, or Advanced Practitioner RN.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of social services agencies, state regulations and APA standards as they relate to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient confidentiality, and other ethical issues.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of two years tenure in a managerial role in Psychiatry or related field.\n- Position entails clinical and administrative responsibilities.\n- Strategic leadership and planning skills a must.\n- High levels of clinical competence in evaluating, diagnosing, planning and carrying out treatment for Adult patients are required.\n- In addition, position entails leadership of a large, diverse mental health program, including organizing and facilitating meetings, participating on Service and Departmental Administrative teams, developing an annual report for the Department, managing information technology and data, developing and managing personnel and operational policy, supervising the performance of psychotherapists and responsibility for conducting performance evaluations for therapists and behavior health managers on the Adult Service.\n- Administrative support for the Sub-Chief of the service and the Service Director in the Department.\n- Oversight of the hiring and orientation of new psychotherapists and liaison with hospital Credentials and Privileges committee.\n- Representation of the Adult Service psychotherapy staff to medical center administration and medical staff.\n- The successful applicant will work with the Chief of Psychiatry, Sub-Chief of OAK Adult Services, Service Director and Service Manager as lead Behavior Health Manager of the Adult Service to insure maintenance of high-quality mental health services and operations.\n\nSchedule: Some evening and on-call work involved", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736550/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager III Behavioral Health", "reqid": "135624", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736550}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Site Director Home Health Hospice\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages daily operations of the 24-hour Home Health/Hospice agencies providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, and ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development. Monitors quality of services/care, utilization standards; and monitors outside contracts.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the 24/7 home health/ hospice agency, providing patient care services.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures, which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Ensures assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal client expectations.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff. Monitors allocation and utilization of staff.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Resource to staff as clinical expert.\n- Schedules and assigns staff, registry staff, and volunteers for home health and/or hospice visits.\n- Monitors quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Ensures patient receive quality care by reviewing documentation, making visits with staff, reviewing care plans, conducting/participating in multidisciplinary team conferences, and reviewing patient satisfaction reports.\n- Assists in developing, implementing, and maintain the departments quality assurance and utilization management programs.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care. Performs needs assessments and arranges for outside contractual services for teams.\n- Serves as a resource for contract services, monitors their quality of service, their compliance with care plan, and costs.\n- Works with outside providers to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Works with health care providers outside of unit to coordinate interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management.\n- Researches, identifies and implements best practice models of other units.\n- Oversees data analysis.\n- Provides clinical and regulatory expertise in the review of denial supporting documentation and notification.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience in home health and/or hospice and in management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous nursing experience in acute care setting (usually two (2) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field or equivalent experience.\n- Must have a current RN license in California.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736549/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Site Director Home Health Hospice", "reqid": "135660", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736549}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Department Manager - PACU -Oakland Camput(5)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736551/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Department Manager - PACU -Oakland Camput(5)", "reqid": "135760", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736551}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager Community and Government Relations\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManage and construct a Community and Government Relations program, which addresses and complements changes in KP's business practices that may impact our image and social mission in the community. Develop and foster a strong governmental, political and community network. Manages project teams and/or department staff. Enhances KP's reputation and encourages an environment of public support through a strategic community and government relations program that demonstrates Kaiser Permanente's commitment to our social mission and enhances our relationships with key government, business and community opinion leaders. This is the fourth in a series of four positions dedicated to a strategic community and government relations program that demonstrates Kaiser Permanente's commitment to our social mission and enhances our relationships with key government, business and community opinion leaders. At this level, the employee develops, leads and executes programs of complex and diverse scope requiring in-depth analysis of various factors. Programs implemented are broad in scope with multiple stakeholders and requirements. Programs involve multiple functional areas and include coordination and support across the area, Region and Program Offices. Employee works with minimal supervision and exercises judgment within broadly defined policies in developing and implementing strategies for results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Works in conjunction w/ the regional government relations and community relations departments to help assure a coordinated area, regional, statewide, and national government and community relations program.\n- Identifies and clarifies public issues that affect the organization.\n- Provide political and governmental expertise to Area Leadership and Region Government Relations.\n- Maintains high level of knowledge on local governmental process, ballot and election issues, competitive threats, and governmental political climate.\n- Obtains consensus from management and implement approach or position.\n- Manages multi-disciplinary project teams including selecting participants, determining goals and priorities, and evaluating performance.\n- Manages work of outside consultants as needed.\n- Oversees the collecting and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative data.\n- Synthesizes analyses and identifies key findings. Formulates implementation plans and evaluates effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops and manages a community relations infrastructure that supports KP's vision of good corporate citizenship.\n- Represents KP's interest externally through appropriate liaisons w/ legislative, regulatory and industry contacts.\n- Cultivates collaborative partnerships w/ Area managers.\n- Identifies and resolves issues w/ Area management to ensure successful performance toward region-wide CGR strategies.\n- Provides expert consultation and technical assistance regarding CGR initiatives in the region.\n- Supports the strategic and active involvement of KP physicians, executives, and employees in community organizations and activities and also in programs that support the government relations agenda.\n- Position may require travel throughout the Northern California region.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience (ten (10) plus years) in progressively responsible community and government relations, public policy, or communications including having overall responsibility for major, high profile projects.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in communications, health care administration, or other relevant field.\n- Master's preferred.\n- Significant w/ governmental and non-governmental organizations that impacts public policy.\n- Knowledge of governmental bodies and community-based organizations that impact the organization.\n- Expert interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.\n- Strong organizational, analysis, and problem solving skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736530/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Community and Government Relations", "reqid": "135493", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736530}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Coordinator Care Service Director\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nDirects, plans, organizes, evaluates and coordinates operations of the Utilization/ Resource Mgmt Department focused on the achievement of satisfactory patient outcomes and has overall responsibility for the coordination of care services provided by the hospital. The position carries 24/7 operational responsibility. Provides oversight of the utilization mgmt functions within the organization as directed by its policies and procedures and are aligned w/ federal, state and local regulations. Coordinates w/ TPMG and appropriate hospital staff to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care. Represents Health Plan for Hospital operations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, organizes, plans and coordinates the utilization/ resource mgmt and social services process assuring that the organizational goals and objectives for KFH/P are met.\n- Directs development and implementation of quality and utilization standards across the hospital to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services, and cost effective utilization of necessary services.\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of the Health Plan contract and governmental and accrediting agencies.\n- Oversees the development of department standards as identified by regulatory agencies, including The Joint Commission, NCQA, CMS, DHS, DPHS, and DMHC.\n- Maintains a state of continuous regulatory readiness.\n- Maintains oversight of the concurrent and retrospective inpatient reviews and appeal process.\n- Collaborates w/ other Service Directors in identifying and implementing innovative models and best practices.\n- Develops services that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes and the delivery of patient care and member services.\n- Evaluates processes and makes recommendations to improve resource mgmt systems and patient care outcomes.\n- Participates in Executive Team's strategic planning forums.\n- Utilizes data to support quality patient outcomes and presents to Executive Team ongoing and reliable information about the treatment and patient flow throughout all levels of care and providing expertise in utilization mgmt, regulatory compliance and coordination of care.\n- Directs through managers all activities within the Resource Mgmt department including Social Services.\n- Responsible for efficient utilization of resources and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support and meet the organization's goals and business objectives.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee, and department safety and risk mgmt issues.\n- Participates in region wide peer group and leadership activities to drive consistency of operations and performance improvement.\n- Develops and manages systems and relationships w/ outside vendors and contract and quality oversight w/ external vendors.\n- Develops budget and resource allocations for areas of responsibility.\n- Manages the financial performance and identifies and implements appropriate strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and services.\n- Focuses on prevention/intervention and identification if issues/problems prior to their impact on operations and patient care.\n- Assumes other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) years of experience in patient care.\n- Five (5) years of progressive management experience.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Knox, Keene Act, Federal HMO Act, Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and all other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736529/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coordinator Care Service  Director", "reqid": "135501", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28736529}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Continuing Care Utility Review Coordinator RN\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nConducts utilization review for in-house patients and those members at contracted facilities. Assists in the discharge planning process.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts utilization review for in-house patients and/or members who have been admitted to contracted facilities.\n- Conducts clinical reviews based on established treatment criteria.\n- Reviews utilization patterns and identifies trends and problems areas for special studies.\n- Assists other health care providers in the discharge planning process and triaging on alternative unit of care.\n- Assists in collecting and assimilating clinical data to enhance the quality of services.\n- Generates quality improvement results.\n- Collaborates with physicians on clinical reviews, keeps them appraised of Kaiser clinical criteria.\n- Reports and investigates unusual occurrences and questions inappropriate decisions based on their professional expertise.\n- Interviews patients/caregivers regarding care after hospitalization.\n- Counsels on Medicare and health care plan coverage.\n- Coordinates referrals to appropriate agencies/facilities.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Conducts clinical reviews based on established treatment criteria for members admitted to contracted facilities.\n- Collaborates with physicians on plans for clinical reviews, keeps them appraised of Kaiser clinical criteria.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in an inpatient setting (usually two (2) years).\n- Previous experience utilization experience required (usually one (1) year).\n- Bachelors degree, or equivalent experience, in nursing or a health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license.\n- Clinical expert in area of review preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of diagnostic codes.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Education: Fifteen (15) C.E. credits (CEU) in area of clinical specialty in past 12 months.\n- Current BLS provider status.\n- Experience in utilization or DC planning highly desirable.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736531/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Continuing Care Utility Review Coordinator RN", "reqid": "135518", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28736531}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager -Ortho/Spine Weekend Shift (Vac #312)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736532/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager -Ortho/Spine Weekend Shift (Vac #312)", "reqid": "135527", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736532}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager-Otho/Spine Unit Weekend (Vac #313)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736533/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager-Otho/Spine Unit Weekend  (Vac #313)", "reqid": "135530", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736533}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Senior Materials Cost Specialist (BRK)\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nFunctioning more independently than the journey level Materials Cost Specialist, assists with the management of non-perioperative materials cost containment. Maintains the inventory control system and database. Ensures compliance with Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreements. Responsible for contributing to achieving all Service Area and National Contracting and Purchasing (NCAP) cost savings goals. Works with the local Labor Management Partnership representative to identify and achieve cost savings and implement safety products.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Takes a lead role in the development and maintenance of a non-perioperative materials purchasing strategy that is consistent with the overall national sourcing strategy to ensure KP receives the best value for dollars spent on products and services.\n- Supports Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreements and NCAP goals including: Transacts contracts through the appropriate purchasing channels (e Procurement or TIMS/MMS).\n- Conducts trend analysis and compliance monitoring.\n- Recommends changes, additions and deletions to contracts.\n- Provides contract implementation support to the Product Support Team. Advises and alerts NCAP and GPO of new services that will require new products and, thus, new contracts.\n- Insures that all Internal Audit Controls are followed and identifies and implements.\n- Product Utilization savings projects. Analyzes and organizes key information necessary for the Materials Manager to build the annual budget.\n- Conducts research into and recommends corrective action to supply cost variances.\n- Maintains the inventory control system and database, with responsibility for the daily management of information systems processing requirements for administering supplies, equipment and services transactions and requests.\n- Proactively works with the Local Product Councils and the Labor Management Partnership to comply with national standards, to trend spend and to meet budgets, and to identify cost savings opportunities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years of experience in a combination of purchasing, contracting, material management or other related areas, including previous experience with material management systems and control of an inventory of $5m to $10m.\n- Experience in a health care environment preferred.\n- Experience working in a union environment preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in business administration, finance, material management, economics or a related field.\n- Professional certification such as a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) preferred.\n- Proficient in a variety of software applications with the ability to develop complex spreadsheets and write business communications.\n- Significant knowledge of products/services and their market environment within the scope of Kaiser Permanente's procurement and logistics programs preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736519/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Materials Cost Specialist (BRK)", "reqid": "135428", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28736519}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nResponsible for handling the review process for grievances, appeals, or denials including investigating, preparing and presenting appropriate materials for review. Resolves member concerns in partnership with internal and external departments while ensuring compliance with regulatory rules and timeframes within mandated timeframes and compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in handling the grievances, appeals/denials process.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Investigates all issues, including collection of appropriate data, preparation and presentation of documents to decision makers.\n- Informs members or their authorized representatives, physicians and other stakeholders of Health Plan's determinations.\n- Collaborates with internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to seek resolution on issues and cases affecting member while ensuring compliance, documentation and enhancing members' experience.\n- Ensures integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry.\n- Mentors others in preparation for positions of increased responsibility.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manages members on existing/open cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree or a minimum of four (4) years equivalent experience in a complex HMO or customer service setting.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to compose high quality, detailed written communication.\n- Ability to identify issues, gather and assess information.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Ability to work with peers in self managed teams.\n- Knowledge of member grievance and appeals processing preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736520/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton", "reqid": "135440", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736520}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Case Manager\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nPosition located within Correspondence center, reporting to Correspondence Center Team Lead or to Correspondence Center Assistant Director. Responsible for handling member concerns through research and communication with involved department / member. Partner with internal and external departments and staff to achieve resolution for member concerns. Manage database for cases. Responsible for timely case resolution and maintaining compliance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Participate in managing the organization's complaint and grievance process.\n- Accountable for investigation of all issues, including collection and documentation of appropriate data.\n- Identify and address specialty/ flagged cases and follow appropriate processes for different types of cases.\n- Communicate with a diverse set of internal and external clientele to achieve excellent results in the areas of complaint and grievance handling, compliance, documentation and enhancement of the member experience.\n- Partner with and outreach to internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to resolve issues as quickly as quickly as possible.\n- Research, resolve and communicate complaints and grievances filed by members and communicate Health Plan's decisions appropriately back to member or their authorized representatives.\n- Ensure that complaints and grievances are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meet timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Ensure integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry, consistent with regulatory protocols and effectively manage case resolution inbox every day.\n- Participate in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manage members on existing/ open cases Escalate issues to management as appropriate to maintain compliance.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in a service related industry.\n- Two (2) years of experience in a complex health care environment, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree OR equivalent experience.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to work with peers in self-managed teams.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a time-sensitive environment involving patients, family members and advocates.\n- Extensive working knowledge of personal computers to include Windows based software applications, MS Word, etc. (added).\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Strong working knowledge of federal and state regulations, laws and accreditation standards related to health care and managed care organizations, preferred.\n- Knowledge of member complaint and grievance processing preferred.\n- Competent working knowledge of KP Health Plan benefits plan/contracts/systems strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736521/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager", "reqid": "135442", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736521}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nResponsible for handling the review process for grievances, appeals, or denials including investigating, preparing and presenting appropriate materials for review. Resolves member concerns in partnership with internal and external departments while ensuring compliance with regulatory rules and timeframes within mandated timeframes and compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in handling the grievances, appeals/denials process.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Investigates all issues, including collection of appropriate data, preparation and presentation of documents to decision makers.\n- Informs members or their authorized representatives, physicians and other stakeholders of Health Plan's determinations.\n- Collaborates with internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to seek resolution on issues and cases affecting member while ensuring compliance, documentation and enhancing members' experience.\n- Ensures integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry.\n- Mentors others in preparation for positions of increased responsibility.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manages members on existing/open cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree or a minimum of four (4) years equivalent experience in a complex HMO or customer service setting.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to compose high quality, detailed written communication.\n- Ability to identify issues, gather and assess information.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Ability to work with peers in self managed teams.\n- Knowledge of member grievance and appeals processing preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736522/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton", "reqid": "135447", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736522}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Team Lead Correspondence Center\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nPosition(s) located w/in the Correspondence Center(s). Responsible for providing supervision, advice & counsel to Senior Case Managers & Case Managers for Medicare or Commercial grievance and/or appeals to ensure accuracy, timeliness, quality of work, & compliance w/ all applicable regulatory agency guidelines & directives, & w/ policies & procedures. Works in conjunction w/ Assistant Director & key stakeholders in support of grievance & appeal case management, including committee reports, self-audits & other ad-hoc reports.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under direction of the Member Services Assistant Director, participates in the management of the organization's Grievance, Appeal & Independent External Review process.\n- Includes investigation of all appeals & collection of appropriate data.\n- Works directly w/ Case Managers, Senior Case Managers, UM, SNF, Member Services, HPRS & other clinical & administrative leadership to investigate & facilitate resolution of complex & high profile member requests & appeals.\n- Contributes significantly and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance to the Member Services organization.\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results.\n- Provides advice & counsel to Senior Case Managers & Case Managers for Medicare or Commercial grievance and/or appeals.\n- Responds to members, physicians & authorized representatives regarding the Health Plan's determination.\n- Collaborates w/ clinical & administrative staff w/in the Plan (Northern & Southern California Regional offices & Local Facilities) to investigate complex & highly visible and/or sensitive member requests & appeals.\n- Maintains current knowledge of regulatory & policy changes affecting Medicare & Commercial patients.\n- Works closely w/ Utilization Management (UM), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Benefits, & other internal staff & entities to investigate member requests & appeals.\n- Identifies trends & makes recommendations for process/system improvements.\n- Prepares appeals for external independent medical review & other state & federal governments.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance w/ regulations, compliance standards, policies & procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex & sensitive member issues, including documentation.\n- Mentors & serves as a consultant to Area Health Plan staff & other local & divisional entities requiring expertise & advice regarding compliance to regulatory requirements or problem solving.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, training & unit self-audits, as requested.\n- Acts as a liaison, problem-solver, & negotiator to achieve resolution on member requests & appeals.\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for various peer groups & high-level audiences.\n- Plans & facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various high-level audiences.\n- Assists, as needed, in planning & coordinating w/ other ongoing teams & projects to maximize effectiveness.\n- Participates in the development & management of the department.\n- Involves coaching, recruiting, & conducting performance reviews for analysts, administrative staff, & other departmental activities.\n- Supervises Case Managers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Experience related to regulatory compliance in healthcare or related field preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business administration, nursing, economics, health care administration, operations research, public health administration, and/or other related field.\n- Master's degree desirable.\n- Personal transportation required for local Service Area travel.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication and presentation skills.\n- Knowledge of member complaints, grievances and appeals processing required.\n- Strong analytical skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based, collaborative environment.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently and develop creative solutions to ongoing issues/challenges.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.\n- Proficient in conflict resolution, group interaction and team building.\n- Ability to work with peers in self-managed teams to meet deadlines. Independent decision making ability and high-level assessment and negotiation skills required.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from persons outside their supervision.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle potentially charged issues independently but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multi-task and manage time in order to perform well on long-term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Demonstrated ability to work calmly in stressful environment involving patients, family members, and advocates.\n- May require some travel to the Service Areas and/or Regional offices in California.\n- Strong computer skills in Microsoft systems, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, with knowledge of database systems preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability in handling a high case load of complex issues preferred.\n- Competent working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente Health Plan benefit plan/contracts/systems strongly preferred.\n- Working knowledge or experience with audit techniques, concepts and standards.\n- Must be able to work in a labor/management partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736523/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Lead Correspondence Center", "reqid": "135450", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28736523}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager, (Temporary)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer literacy is required.\n- Computer testing may be required\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week. Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Working frequent weekends will be required. Hours and days may change base on the needs of department and/or hospital operations. Expected length of employment: up to nine (9) months. This is a Non-Benefitted position.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736524/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager, (Temporary)", "reqid": "135478", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28736524}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Project Manager III **Temporary**\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two (2) or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Primary project work will be in HR Training and Education and Labor Relations.\n- Complex coordination of hospital and Medical Office services with orientation and training for succcessful transition to new facility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare experience.\n- Project Management Certification.\n- Experience in Education and Training and/or Labor Relations.\n\nNote: This is a Temporary position for up to 3 years and is benefited.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736525/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager III **Temporary**", "reqid": "135480", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28736525}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Project Manager III **Temporary**\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two (2) or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Primary project work will be in Finance/Communications/Regulatory.\n- Complex coordination of hospital and Medical Office services with orientation and training for succcessful transition to new facility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare experience.\n- Project Management Certification.\n\nNote: This is a Temporary position for up to 3 years and is benefited.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736527/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager III **Temporary**", "reqid": "135481", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28736527}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager Community Benefit Health\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nResponsible for the development, implementation, & management of region-wide or locally based Community Benefit strategy, programs, & plans in order to enhance the health of the communities we serve, support Kaiser Permanente's social mission & protect Kaiser Permanente's non-profit status. Responsible for ensuring programs meet legislative & regulatory requirements including compliance w/ SB 697. This is the fourth in a series of four positions dedicated to enhancing the health of our communities through developing & implementing strategies, coordinating resources, & sustaining strategic partnerships. At this level, an employee develops, leads, & executes programs of complex & diverse scope requiring in-depth analysis of various factors. Programs implemented are broad in scope w/ multiple stakeholders & requirements. Programs may involve multiple functional areas or span across geographic areas. Employee works w/ minimal supervision & exercises judgment within broadly defined policies in developing & implementing strategies for results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages community health programs in Northern California's Community Benefit Program, including philanthropy, in-kind, safety net &/or community health improvement programs at the local &/or regional level\n- Identifies, & maintains strategic partnerships w/ safety net organizations, including community clinics, their consortia, & their networks; as well as partnerships w/ public hospitals & health systems to enhance the viability of the safety net as well as enhance community health access\n- Coordinates strategies w/ California Regions, Program Office & across areas for optimum impact, scale, & visibility\n- Facilitates active participation among KP staff & physicians in community health & community benefit program development & w/ nonprofit health & human service groups\n- Ensures that programs & activities are in compliance w/ legislative, regulatory & Kaiser Permanente Regional & Program Office policies\n- Identifies corporate marketing, community relations outreach, & media opportunities to increase visibility of Community Benefits portfolio & programs\n- Coordinates w/ Public Affairs colleagues including communications, media, & Community/Government relations at the area & regional levels\n- Communicates to build understanding & support by informing internal & external audiences about Community Benefit/Community Health programs\n- Manages & builds multi-disciplinary project teams including selecting participants, determining goals & priorities, & evaluating performance\n- Provides expert consultation & technical assistance regarding Community Benefits/Community Health initiatives in the Region\n- May recruit & manage work of other Community Benefit/Community Health staff &/or work of outside consultants\n- May manage local area contributions program, & maintain relationships w/ grantees, including monitoring of grantees' progress, & maintaining complete information on grants & in-kind support to community agencies\n- May ensure maintenance of comprehensive data tracking system for both financial & in-kind data. (Including complete, accurate inputting & tracking of data)\n- May be responsible for key deliverables outlined by SB 697, including tri-annual, community needs assessment & community benefit plans by Medical Center for filing w/ government agencies\n- Position requires travel throughout the Northern California region\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience (10 years or more) of progressive experience in planning, development, & administration of health or social services at local community, county or state level programs\n- At least 5 years experience in developing & supporting collaborative partnerships w/ multiple agencies\n- Experience w/ oversight of large complicated budget & fiscal management\n- Grant management experience preferred\n- Experience in non-profit health or social services agency preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, public health, social work, public policy, or related field\n- MA preferred\n- Ability to manage resources & coordinate across areas & cross functionally\n- May manage region-wide programs\n- Ability to develop & execute collaborative arrangements between departments or organizations on behalf of Kaiser Permanente\n- Participatory style, high energy, & a bias for action, w/ excellent judgment\n- Excellent written & verbal communication skills\n- Ability to facilitate groups effectively", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736526/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Community Benefit Health", "reqid": "135487", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736526}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer literacy is required.\n- Computer testing may be required\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week. Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Working frequent weekends will be required. Hours and days may change base on the needs of department and/or hospital operations.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736528/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager", "reqid": "135490", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28736528}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Senior Case Manager\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nResponsible for handling the review process for grievances, appeals, or denials including investigating, preparing and presenting appropriate materials for review. Resolves member concerns in partnership with internal and external departments while ensuring compliance with regulatory rules and timeframes within mandated timeframes and compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in handling the grievances, appeals/denials process.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Investigates all issues, including collection of appropriate data, preparation and presentation of documents to decision makers.\n- Informs members or their authorized representatives, physicians and other stakeholders of Health Plan's determinations.\n- Collaborates with internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to seek resolution on issues and cases affecting member while ensuring compliance, documentation and enhancing members' experience.\n- Ensures integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry.\n- Mentors others in preparation for positions of increased responsibility.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manages members on existing/open cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree or a minimum of four (4) years equivalent experience in a complex HMO or customer service setting.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to compose high quality, detailed written communication.\n- Ability to identify issues, gather and assess information.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Ability to work with peers in self managed teams.\n- Knowledge of member grievance and appeals processing preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736516/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Case Manager", "reqid": "135396", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28736516}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Senior Case Manager\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nResponsible for handling the review process for grievances, appeals, or denials including investigating, preparing and presenting appropriate materials for review. Resolves member concerns in partnership with internal and external departments while ensuring compliance with regulatory rules and timeframes within mandated timeframes and compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in handling the grievances, appeals/denials process.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Investigates all issues, including collection of appropriate data, preparation and presentation of documents to decision makers.\n- Informs members or their authorized representatives, physicians and other stakeholders of Health Plan's determinations.\n- Collaborates with internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to seek resolution on issues and cases affecting member while ensuring compliance, documentation and enhancing members' experience.\n- Ensures integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry.\n- Mentors others in preparation for positions of increased responsibility.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manages members on existing/open cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree or a minimum of four (4) years equivalent experience in a complex HMO or customer service setting.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to compose high quality, detailed written communication.\n- Ability to identify issues, gather and assess information.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Ability to work with peers in self managed teams.\n- Knowledge of member grievance and appeals processing preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736515/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Case Manager", "reqid": "135399", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28736515}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Analyst CMIS\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is responsible for the monthly processing of CMIS data in the Eclipsys/TSI Decision Support System. CMIS database encompasses 17 million encounters annually & 17 Service Areas.\nEssential Functions:\n- Must ensure that the general ledger & patient data files are loaded properly each month through monthly validation & reconciliation\n- Audits the calculation & application of unit costs\n- Provides quality control by reviewing a complex M204, mainframe, & TSI database to check for unacceptable variances & errors\n- Coordinates the correction of any & all identified errors\n- Provides a complete & reconciled database to users on a timely basis each month\n- Conducts the monthly processing to populate the CMIS regional database w/ financial, clinical, demographic, utilization, & cost data\n- Conducts database batch processing & coordination\n- Coordinates the team's correction of any data rejects\n- Audits & reconciles expenses & utilization as they travel through the Eclipsys/TSI modules\n- Maintains the Indirect Cost Allocation structure for the entire region\n- Understands the complexities of the ICA structure\n- Audits the success of the demographic & clinical data loads\n- Audits final costing & identifies any data quality issues\n- Corrects the problem or brings the issue to the appropriate level for correction\n- Resolves intricate data issues\n- Serves as a CMIS liaison to & maintains regular contact w/ Partners providing source system data\n- Meets w/ source system owners to resolve any data feed issues & discuss data feed improvements\n- Meets w/ IT representatives to resolve any technological issues & discuss technological improvements\n- Takes direction from Consultants for database improvement\n- Communicates database status to Service Area consultants\n- Works w/ CMIS team members to improve CMIS database continually\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous (usually two (2) to three (3) years) relevant work experience\n- Experience w/ relational databases\n- Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team\n- Project coordination experience preferred\n- Mainframe experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in information management, finance, accounting or related field\n- Written & oral communication skills\n- Good project management & consulting skills\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Proficient in PC databases, decision support tools, spreadsheets, & word processing\n- Strong analytic skills\n- Ability to work independently\n- Ability to meet deadlines\n- Attention to detail required\n- Strong problem solving ability\n- Ability to multi-task\n- Ability to determine key business issues & develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives\n- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative & qualitative analyses\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736518/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Analyst CMIS", "reqid": "135412", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736518}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Analyst CMIS\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is responsible for the monthly processing of CMIS data in the Eclipsys/TSI Decision Support System. CMIS database encompasses 17 million encounters annually & 17 Service Areas.\nEssential Functions:\n- Must ensure that the general ledger & patient data files are loaded properly each month through monthly validation & reconciliation\n- Audits the calculation & application of unit costs\n- Provides quality control by reviewing a complex M204, mainframe, & TSI database to check for unacceptable variances & errors\n- Coordinates the correction of any & all identified errors\n- Provides a complete & reconciled database to users on a timely basis each month\n- Conducts the monthly processing to populate the CMIS regional database w/ financial, clinical, demographic, utilization, & cost data\n- Conducts database batch processing & coordination\n- Coordinates the team's correction of any data rejects\n- Audits & reconciles expenses & utilization as they travel through the Eclipsys/TSI modules\n- Maintains the Indirect Cost Allocation structure for the entire region\n- Understands the complexities of the ICA structure\n- Audits the success of the demographic & clinical data loads\n- Audits final costing & identifies any data quality issues\n- Corrects the problem or brings the issue to the appropriate level for correction\n- Resolves intricate data issues\n- Serves as a CMIS liaison to & maintains regular contact w/ Partners providing source system data\n- Meets w/ source system owners to resolve any data feed issues & discuss data feed improvements\n- Meets w/ IT representatives to resolve any technological issues & discuss technological improvements\n- Takes direction from Consultants for database improvement\n- Communicates database status to Service Area consultants\n- Works w/ CMIS team members to improve CMIS database continually\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous (usually two (2) to three (3) years) relevant work experience\n- Experience w/ relational databases\n- Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team\n- Project coordination experience preferred\n- Mainframe experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in information management, finance, accounting or related field\n- Written & oral communication skills\n- Good project management & consulting skills\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Proficient in PC databases, decision support tools, spreadsheets, & word processing\n- Strong analytic skills\n- Ability to work independently\n- Ability to meet deadlines\n- Attention to detail required\n- Strong problem solving ability\n- Ability to multi-task\n- Ability to determine key business issues & develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives\n- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative & qualitative analyses\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736517/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Analyst CMIS", "reqid": "135413", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736517}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Fresno- Assistant Supervisor - Release of Information\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nAssists in department planning, directing and cost effectively supervising the daily operations, including the work of staff, to produce accurate records and ensure timely submission of records for reimbursements as required by Kaiser and regulatory agencies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in planning, directing and monitoring daily operations for in-patient medical records including: retrieval, assembly, delivery, abstracting/analyzing, coding, completion, transcriptions, release of information, and vital statistics registration.\n- Works with Manager to develop work flow systems and contingency plans for each function of the department to assure timely and accurate completion of work that is consistent with regulatory agency requirements.\n- Continually monitors and evaluates work flow systems and output.\n- Apprises Manager of need for systems adjustment, updating and/or improvement when necessary.\n- Orients, develops, trains and cross-trains all employees in all department functions and work flow systems.\n- Supervises the work and tracks the performance of department personnel.\n- Counsels and disciplines employees when necessary.\n- Assists in developing, maintaining and updating medical records department policies and procedures and performs special studies requested by quality assurance department or medical staff.\n- Prepares statistical and or annual reports as requested by state or federal agencies or any other regulatory agencies.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations.\n- Assists in monitoring budgets and identifies and recommends opportunities to decrease costs and improve service.\n- Implements changes resulting from internal or external audits which impact collection and reporting of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Generally two (2) years of prior experience as a supervisor or assistant supervisor.\n- Recent experience with C.A.L.S. and The Joint Commission surveys.\n- Bachelor's degree or (generally) two (2) plus years of college coursework with two (2) years of equivalent work experience.\n- Registered Health Information Administration Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA) required.\n- Familiar with all aspects of Medical Records Department preferred.\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMRI federal, state and local regulations.\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Proficient with a variety of software used by the department.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Spanish Speaking", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736509/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Fresno- Assistant Supervisor - Release of Information", "reqid": "135043", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28736509}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Perioperative Material Services Coordinator (MSCD40)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nOversees the materiel management activities for the operating rooms. Ensures compliance with established regional and national goals and standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates perioperative materiel products and services.\n- Assists in developing and in implementing policies/procedures which support the regional and national purchasing goals and standardization of products.\n- Oversees staff in all areas of perioperative materials management.\n- Ensures they meet the established service goals, follow policies and procedures, and the daily supply requirements are met in order to achieve maximum utilization of all resources.\n- Assists the OR staff by researching and explaining variances in their materials management department budget.\n- Assists in preparing quarterly financial reports, highlighting cost savings, and developing recommendations on how to reduce supply costs and achieve local, regional, and national standardization compliance.\n- Maintains and supervises the inventory control (TIMS) database and ensures established standards for inventory levels are maintained.\n- Ensures all equipment repairs and vendor returns are processed in a timely manner.\n- Maintains the ORSOS inventory system which includes training staff on the ORSOS inventory Master file and preference card processes.\n- Assists in resolving all perioperative materiel management distribution issues.\n- Monitors back orders and aggressively follows up on delivery delays or problems.\n- Researches and investigates new products as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous inventory control experience required.\n- Previous supervisory experience.\n- Previous hospital experience preferred.\n- AA degree preferred or four (4) years of materials management experience in a hospital setting.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of material management.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736512/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Perioperative Material Services Coordinator (MSCD40)", "reqid": "135343", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28736512}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Clinical Services Supervisor Home Health/Hospice\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nManages activities of the home/health/hospice agency. Monitors quality, service and utilization standards. Supervises the day-to-day clinical operational activities. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day-to-day clinical operations of the agency, including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Supervises agency and employee safety programs and risk management.\n- Responsible for overall supervision of hospice and home health nurses and aides, includes interviewing, hiring, monitoring assignments and evaluating personnel.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Acts as resource to staff as clinical expert.\n- Ensures individualized care goals are met.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided and is in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the agency level.\n- Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models of other agencies.\n- Participates in program management, including licensing, budgeting, utilization and quality assessment/improvement activities.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care, and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the agency to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Coordinates with appropriate team members or contract services for the clinical care hospice and home health patients and families.\n- Reviews all visits made by contract services for adherence to hospice and home health policies.\n- Ensures patients receive quality care by reviewing documentation, making visits with staff, reviewing care plans, conducting/participating in multidisciplinary team conferences, and reviewing patient satisfaction reports.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Assists in formulating, revising, implementing and evaluating agency/program policies, procedures, goals and objectives.\n- Ensures patient referrals are processed and assigned based on agency policy.\n- Participates in compliance program and quality improvement activities.\n- Participates in Departmental Quality Improvement activities and Utilization Review activities.\n- Performs regular chart audits to determine appropriateness of care and staff compliance with documentation regulatory requirements, i.e. Medicare Conditions of Participation, JCAHO and Title 22.\n- Holds self and others to high standards of performance, and is accountable for results achieved and not achieved.\n- Recognizes achievements of staff/volunteers through rewards, recognition, and public communication.\n- Plans and organizes work assignments, set priorities and completes work with a minimum of supervision per agency policy.\n- Annually prepares realistic professional goals and reviews progress with Supervisor.\n- Collaborates with supervisor in implementing regional/agency/organization goals and objectives.\n- Conferences with medical director or primary care physician regarding patient issues as needed.\n- Participates in special projects and attends and/or conducts meetings in the department.\n- Effectively creates and facilitates collaboration and cooperation among diverse groups, people, departments, and professional disciplines.\n- Gains cooperation and support of others without resorting to rank or hierarchy.\n- Actively contributes as a member of a team and is willing to place own interests subordinate to the collective interests of the team/organization.\n- Works every third weekend.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two(two (2)years of previous nursing experience in acute care setting.\n- Minimum three (three (3) years of previous home health and/or hospice experience.\n- Demonstrated supervisory or lead experience.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- PHN certificate preferred.\n- Current valid California Driver's license required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated knowledge of JCAHO, Title 22, Medicare, federal, state, and local regulations. ----\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm, may include weekend rotation.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736513/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Services Supervisor Home Health/Hospice", "reqid": "135367", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28736513}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nResponsible for handling the review process for grievances, appeals, or denials including investigating, preparing and presenting appropriate materials for review. Resolves member concerns in partnership with internal and external departments while ensuring compliance with regulatory rules and timeframes within mandated timeframes and compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in handling the grievances, appeals/denials process.\n- Ensures appeals are processed in accordance with regulations, compliance standards and policies and procedures.\n- Meets timeframes for performance while balancing the need to produce high quality work related to complex and sensitive member issues.\n- Investigates all issues, including collection of appropriate data, preparation and presentation of documents to decision makers.\n- Informs members or their authorized representatives, physicians and other stakeholders of Health Plan's determinations.\n- Collaborates with internal staff, other MS Departments, managers and physicians to seek resolution on issues and cases affecting member while ensuring compliance, documentation and enhancing members' experience.\n- Ensures integrity of departmental database by thorough, timely and accurate entry.\n- Mentors others in preparation for positions of increased responsibility.\n- Participates in departmental meetings, trainings and audits as requested.\n- Answer questions and manages members on existing/open cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree or a minimum of four (4) years equivalent experience in a complex HMO or customer service setting.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to compose high quality, detailed written communication.\n- Ability to identify issues, gather and assess information.\n- Ability to prioritize work and ensure all compliance elements are met.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from multiple stakeholders.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle complex issues independently, but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an ongoing basis.\n- Ability to work with peers in self managed teams.\n- Knowledge of member grievance and appeals processing preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736514/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Case Manager - Pleasanton", "reqid": "135392", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736514}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Sonographer II-On/Call- Roseville, CA\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- BLS required.\n- Must have two ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736504/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer II-On/Call- Roseville, CA", "reqid": "134503", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28736504}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year of experience within the past three (3) years as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Completion of master's program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736505/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services", "reqid": "134509", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28736505}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shift. Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:30pm. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736506/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (Temporary)", "reqid": "134614", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28736506}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Charge Nurse - Ambulatory Care, (No. 4636)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nAs a leader of the health care team, directs departmental operations & provides professional nursing care, including utilizing the nursing process in accordance w/established standards of care, policies, & procedures. Participates in effective resource allocation by assuring appropriate assignments, staffing, & scheduling. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality & effectiveness in work habits & clinical practice; & treats coworker's, patients, families, & all members of the health care team w/dignity & respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Charge Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when & where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs & availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, & supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & acts to meet them.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of & sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights & cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods & skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit & department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality & risk management in all aspects of patient care & unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit & department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies & solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions & demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking & conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws.\n- Provides professional leadership & direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.\n- Mentors, orients, & coaches others in unit specific operations & patient care activities.\n- Shares responsibility & authority w/subordinates & holds them accountable for performance.\n- Demonstrates ability to identify & resolve problems in collaboration w/work team & w/other departments.\n- The incumbent motivates & provides clinical direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire, discipline, nor effective input into such.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least two (2) years of practicing as a Registered Nurse.\n- At least two (2) years of recent full-time or part-time equivalent experience in the ambulatory care setting &/or specialty area.\n- OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS - 2 years recent (within the last 3 years) experience as a Staff Nurse treating patients with acute and chronic conditions through dialysis. Must be competent in both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. CHN and CPDN certifications preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS and/or PEARS and/or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736508/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Charge Nurse - Ambulatory Care, (No. 4636)", "reqid": "134837", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28736508}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: EKG Technician - Grade 445\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nEssential Functions\n- Perform routine and STAT EKG's\n-Perform pediatric EKG's if needed.\n-Hook up 24-hour monitors. Assistant Cardiologist with exercise tolerance testing.\n-Perform clerical duties within the Cardiology/EKG department\n-Other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One-year experience within the last two years as an EKG tech required. Preferred experience should include one channel instrumentation, exercise tolerance testing and 24-hour cardiac monitoring. If unable to fill with qualified applicant will consider Medical Assistant with 1 yr experience with the the last 2 years performing EKG's weekly.\n- Clear verbal & written communication skills required.\n- Ability to handle high volume patient load required.\n- Maintaining cooperative & courteous working relationships with patients and staff.\n-Basic computer skills are required including ability to learn department computer system within 30 days.\n- Maintenance of CPR required.\n-Certification: CPR mandatory upon hire; must be maintained. UHW membership mandatory within 31 days of hire.\n-Must be willing to take an EKG interpretation class within 6 months of employment.\n- A service orientation and openness to providing service characterized by cultural sensitivity, respect, and polite communication with patients, staff members and visitors is required.\n- Willingness to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment required.\n\nSchedule:\n7:00AM - 11:00AM\nWeek I: Sat\nWeek II: Sun\nThis position works on-call (as needed).\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:37:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736503/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EKG Technician - Grade 445", "reqid": "133894", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28736503}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Optometry Services Chief - FT\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nThe Chief of Optometry provides leadership, management, and supervision for the Optometry Department of the Mid Atlantic States Region by organizing, managing and overseeing optometry services in a cost-effective manner ensuring members receive appropriate, quality driven, accessible eye care services. The Chief of Optometry, taking clinical direction from the Chief of Ophthalmology (through a dotted line accountability), ensures that high quality Optometry Services are provided based on access, service, and quality targets that are established for Vision Services. This position reports administratively (solid line reporting relationship) to the Area Administrator or their designee for the specific service area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages all aspects of Optometry Services including personnel, quality, access, & cost to support the provision of high quality, service-oriented, & cost effective eye care.\n- Supervises all activities of the Optometry staff, interviews, hires, disciplines, evaluates (w/ input from Ophthalmologists & peers), counsels & terminates doctorate level clinical providers in conformance w/ EEO/AA goals, personnel policies & performance standards.\n- Receives clinical direction & oversight from the Chief of Ophthalmology. Works in collaboration w/ the Chief of Ophthalmology to communicate & facilitate the integration of best practices for vision care in the region, clinical & administrative allocation of time, & to assure continuous improvement in the delivery of optometric services.\n- Coordinates w/ Service Area Leaders to ensure that a strategic service delivery plan exists for Optometry that meets the needs of the Service Area. Participates on Area Councils as required.\n- Monitors key performance indicators for the range of services within accountability, identifies trends/issues & implements improvement programs.\n- Effectively coordinates services w/ Retail Services to optimize revenue opportunities for the department. Maximizes productivity of Optometrists to increase revenue capture.\n- Gives input into the activities & evaluations of the Optometry support staff as they relate to the optimum functioning of the Optometry Department.\n- Manages membership issues & provider relationships in coordination w/ Medical Center administration.\n- Develops, monitors & assures maintenance of all assigned regional equipment in good working order. Develop capital purchase plans for optometry equipment purchase.\n- Responsible for the leadership & direction of any Optometry Educational & Training Programs w/ which the Region may be involved.\n- Functions as a key member of the Vision Services Leadership Team, working w/ the Chief of Ophthalmology, the Regional Manager of Retail & Support Services, & the Business Manager to ensure that Vision Services functions in a collaborative & cohesive manner.\n- Functions as a member of the Regional Clinical Services Leadership team.\n- Serves on National teams for Optometry as required leveraging the best practices & coordination opportunities across all KP Regions.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Hours may vary to include evenings and weekends\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 10 years of experience w/ 3 years of supervisory experience required.\n- Doctor of Optometry Degree from an accredited institution required.\n- Licensed in good standing in Optometry w/ the Commonwealth of Virginia, (NOVA Chief) State of Maryland & District of Columbia (DC/SM Chief) to the fullest extent of the law is required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience as a supervisor in a multi-location operation preferred.\n- Basic business skills preferred.\n- Active membership & participation in state & local associations preferred.\n-Previous Supervisory experince preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:36:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736443/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optometry Services Chief - FT", "reqid": "135803", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28736443}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Engineer 1 - FT\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nOversees &/or performs routine, preventive, & special maintenance on bldg systems at KP facilities & provides an environment that is attractive & safe for members & staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs routine maintenance & repair in facilities including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, & mechanical systems in accordance w/ Regional Facility Standards, State, & Federal life safety codes.\n- Performs preventive maintenance at facilities & assures proper operation of building systems.\n- Works independently to troubleshoot building systems problems & necessary action, but when difficulties occur, requests assistance from Facility Engineer, II.\n- Performs all Environmental & Safety tasks in accordance w/ appropriate Occupational, Safety, & Hlth & Environmental Regulations.\n- Operates facilities in accordance w/ Local, State, & Federal EHS Regulations as well as best management practices & procedures.\n- Documents steps or measures taken in performing tasks in accordance to EHS Regulations.\n- Participates in the EHS assessment process & performing the necessary tasks or operations to achieve compliance w/ assessment recommendations.\n- Serves as liaison/contact person for outside contractors & vendors.\n- Responds to facility problems during working hours & while on call.\n- Assists & serves as backup to Facility Engineer, II.\n- Works on setting up & maintaining complete building equipment inventory.\n- Monitors & follows-up on preventive maintenance vendors.\n- Performs other duties assigned by immediate supervisor.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience in the maintenance & repair of building systems in medical or industrial facilities to include: 3 years of HVAC experience & 2 years of experience working w/ & performing maintenance on boilers & related equipment required.\n- High school diploma /GED / equivalent combination of education, training, & experience required.\n- Ability to read blueprints & electrical schematics required.\n- Experience in mechanical & electrical systems required.\n- Familiarity w/ life safety codes, ASME boiler codes, & regulations required.\n- 2nd Class MD Stationary Engineering License & Universal CFC required.\n- Valid driver's license & driving record acceptable to the employer & employee's insurance company required.", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:36:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736444/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Engineer 1 - FT", "reqid": "135812", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28736444}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Security Information Management Information Protection Senior\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nMain Responsibilities:\nThe Security Information Management Information Protection Senior will implement, and manage the toolsets of the Security Information Management Team. The Security Information Management team is responsible for providing log management, file integrity monitoring, security information management, reporting, and system integration services to a variety of customers.\n\nRequired Skills and Knowledge:\n - Demonstrated knowledge of Incident Response processes and best practices\n - Demonstrated knowledge of information security threats and analysis.\n - Ability to provide senior level security event correlation\n - Senior level knowledge of Windows and *NIX platforms and networking\n - Senior level knowledge of security technologies including: Anti Virus, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Web Filtering and Data Exfiltration systems\n - Must be well organized and possess excellent interpersonal, customer service, communication, and documentation skills\n - Informed of the latest in security trends, threats, and industry resources such as CERT, SANS, D-Shield, etc.\n - Demonstrated ability to work well as a team and independently.\n - Ability to perform with little to no supervision\n - Ability to participate in technically focused teams\n - Experience implementing Security Tool Architectures\n - Proven ability to work effectively with management, staff, vendors, and consultants\n - Experience with programming/scripting (REGX, PERL, JAVA, XML, Python, C, C++, SQL)\nDesirable Skills\n - Senior Level experience with manipulation of structured and unstructured data\n - Experience with large volumes of data management and information extraction/manipulation\n - Senior Level Vulnerability and Threat analysis skills\n - Experience with system administration and performance management\n - Experience with database implementation, and performance management\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - BS in computer science or other related fields is required, or additional 4years of relevant work experience\n - 5 years of information systems experience is required with at least\n - 2 years information security experience performing information security event management system implementation and administration\n - Experience with Federal, State, Local and other regulatory requirements (HIPAA/SOX/PCI)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Information Security certifications such as CISSP and GIAC", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736428/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Security Information Management Information Protection Senior", "reqid": "134160", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736428}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer\nLocation: \nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation. This work may be conducted internally or through a vendor-supported program/application, and work may include ongoing maintenance of the program/application. Production support work is focused on maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems. Work is typically centered on enhancements to the existing application/system and responding to user/client problems and issues with the application/system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- For development, time is spent coding with direction to meet client/user specifications or routine maintenance activities (running error reports, monitoring online and batch systems, installing packages).\n- Conducts system/unit testing with direction.\n- Provides basic client/user support, typically through tickets from the Help Desk, and escalates any non-routine problem.\n- May support implementation of new program releases or updates through assigned tasks.\n- May assist in basic analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Limited use and/or application of basic information technology and programming principles, theories and concepts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.\n- Helpful to know some programming language(s).", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736429/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer", "reqid": "134756", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28736429}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer\nLocation: \nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation. This work may be conducted internally or through a vendor-supported program/application, and work may include ongoing maintenance of the program/application. Production support work is focused on maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems. Work is typically centered on enhancements to the existing application/system and responding to user/client problems and issues with the application/system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- For development, time is spent coding with direction to meet client/user specifications or routine maintenance activities (running error reports, monitoring online and batch systems, installing packages).\n- Conducts system/unit testing with direction.\n- Provides basic client/user support, typically through tickets from the Help Desk, and escalates any non-routine problem.\n- May support implementation of new program releases or updates through assigned tasks.\n- May assist in basic analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Limited use and/or application of basic information technology and programming principles, theories and concepts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.\n- Helpful to know some programming language(s).", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736431/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer", "reqid": "134758", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28736431}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer\nLocation: \nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation. This work may be conducted internally or through a vendor-supported program/application, and work may include ongoing maintenance of the program/application. Production support work is focused on maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems. Work is typically centered on enhancements to the existing application/system and responding to user/client problems and issues with the application/system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- For development, time is spent coding with direction to meet client/user specifications or routine maintenance activities (running error reports, monitoring online and batch systems, installing packages).\n- Conducts system/unit testing with direction.\n- Provides basic client/user support, typically through tickets from the Help Desk, and escalates any non-routine problem.\n- May support implementation of new program releases or updates through assigned tasks.\n- May assist in basic analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Limited use and/or application of basic information technology and programming principles, theories and concepts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.\n- Helpful to know some programming language(s).", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736430/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer", "reqid": "134759", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28736430}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: New Grad - Associate Business Analyst\nLocation: \nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation. This work may be conducted internally or through a vendor-supported program/application, and work may include ongoing maintenance of the program/application. Production support work is focused on maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems. Work is typically centered on enhancements to the existing application/system and responding to user/client problems and issues with the application/system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- For development, time is spent coding with direction to meet client/user specifications or routine maintenance activities (running error reports, monitoring online and batch systems, installing packages).\n- Conducts system/unit testing with direction.\n- Provides basic client/user support, typically through tickets from the Help Desk, and escalates any non-routine problem.\n- May support implementation of new program releases or updates through assigned tasks.\n- May assist in basic analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Limited use and/or application of basic information technology and programming principles, theories and concepts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.\n- Helpful to know some programming language(s).", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736432/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Grad - Associate Business Analyst", "reqid": "134760", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28736432}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer\nLocation: \nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation. This work may be conducted internally or through a vendor-supported program/application, and work may include ongoing maintenance of the program/application. Production support work is focused on maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems. Work is typically centered on enhancements to the existing application/system and responding to user/client problems and issues with the application/system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- For development, time is spent coding with direction to meet client/user specifications or routine maintenance activities (running error reports, monitoring online and batch systems, installing packages).\n- Conducts system/unit testing with direction.\n- Provides basic client/user support, typically through tickets from the Help Desk, and escalates any non-routine problem.\n- May support implementation of new program releases or updates through assigned tasks.\n- May assist in basic analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Limited use and/or application of basic information technology and programming principles, theories and concepts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.\n- Helpful to know some programming language(s).", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736433/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "New Grad - Enterprise Integration Developer", "reqid": "134761", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28736433}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Project Management Associate\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\nThis Project Management Associate will establish a collaborative relationship among Program and Project principles by coordinating, and assisting in various components needed to define, develop, and deploy projects, programs, or tasks as related to application development efforts. This role will support and coordinate with the senior project lead to provide project transparency through tracking, analysis, and reporting using Excel, Powerpoint, and MS Project. Additional responsibilities include coordinating schedules and activities, placing eProcurement orders for hardware/software supplies and services, compiling and analyzing project reports, and tracking project/program progress and results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n1. Overall: Support Lead Project Manager level or higher while learning and verifying PM skills knowledge set.\n2. Assist Project Managers with KP-IT Project Management tracking and reporting requirements.\n3. Propose alternative solutions to identified gaps and obstacles in current project initiation and reporting processes.\n4. Monitor CLARITY(RPM) and assist PM with monthly status updates.\n5. Review CLARITY (RPM) for compliance with IT-Oversight policies.\n6. Create Remedy service requests for PM edit rights in Open Workbench and in CLARITY.\n7. Prepare and submit Purchase Orders and Capital Requests through eProcurement.\n8. Create or update SLA's, SOW's and Recharge Agreements.\n9. Provide Open Workbench Resource reports.\n10. Assist PM with ad hoc reporting requirements for IT-Oversight (ie, regulatory or business mandates).\n11. Partners with Financial Analysts on analyzing capital and non-capital reports for reporting project/program actual and committed dollars.\n12. Develops and maintains project document library and other project/program repositories.\n13. Assist PM's in creating and distributing various project documents required by IT-Oversight.\n14. Participates in project team meetings and assist in documenting action items, user requirements, and project schedules.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - Less than one year of experience in project management, or a minimum of 5 years project coordination experience.\n - Proficient in Microsoft Word, Visio and Powerpoint. Advanced skills with Excel, including knowledge of establishing filters, pivot tables, and linking cells between worksheets. Experienced and familiar with Microsoft Project, including establishing dependencies, resources, and resource loading.\n - Must have excellent communication skills, be well organized, detail oriented, good planning skills, be problem solving/analytical, self-directed, team focused, and results oriented individual\n - Professional and business appropriate conduct\n - Understands risk management concepts\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Knowledge of Lotus Notes, Open Workbench, Remedy, MS Access, Sharepoint, and Ariba", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736434/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Management Associate", "reqid": "134949", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28736434}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Hospital Aide\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision of unit supervisor, and under direction of licensed staff, performs variety of non-professional patient care duties in inpatient hospital setting. Responsible and accountable for assigned tasks\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists with ongoing data collection; identifies changes in patient status and reports changes to RN/LPN; implements care plan under direction of licensed staff\n- Assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers\n- Demonstrates technical competence in basic nursing skills and use of simple equipment\n- Demonstrates basic competencies to work on specialty unit\n- Records data and nursing care activities in medical record following department/unit/JCAHO standards\n- Utilizes department and unit forms per procedures\n- Functions with awareness of and applies safety principles and standards, including patient, environment, and employee issues\n- Utilizes correct body mechanics\n- Reports incidents, work related injuries, unsafe equipment, or environment to supervisor or other appropriate person\n- Functions with awareness of and applies infection control principles and standards, including patient, environment, and employee issues\n- Functions within parameters of job description\n- Maintains confidentiality of patient/hospital information\n- Reports off when leaving unit\n- Reports pertinent patient data and problem to licensed staff, charge nurse, or supervisor\n- Remains calm in emergency patient care/unit situations; follows established protocols\n- Assists as directed during code 500 (chest compression and runner to lab)\n- Practices within hospital, department, and unit standards/policies/procedures\n- Locates and uses facility and hospital manuals, and other reference manuals/books when necessary\n- Completes mandatory JCAHO in-services annually\n- Completes CPR recertification of 24 months - level C\n- Attends at least three unit staff meetings\n- Reads/signs minutes of staff meetings not attended\n- Seeks guidance, direction, or supervision when unsure of procedures/actions needed\n- Participates in peer evaluation when requested by supervisor\n- Demonstrates sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities in area of specialization\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable\n- Hospital Aide Training Program or documented completion of equivalent military training course\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, and customer service\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year of Hospital Aide experience", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736422/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Hospital Aide", "reqid": "132031", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28736422}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician I\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, assists in distribution of sterile and contaminated supplies to nursing inpatient and clinic departments. Inventories and stocks supply carts. Fills requisitions as required. Washes, decontaminates, checks, assembles, wraps, sterilizes, stores, and issues trays, instruments, supplies and equipment. Assumes responsibility for appropriate care, processing, and sterilization of specialty instruments for varied surgical services. Assists O.R. staff by sterilizing specialty equipment and/or obtaining additional or extra supplies required for procedures. Assists with room preparation and/or clean-up activities to assure timely turnover of surgical suites and increase utilization of resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Segregates all used instruments, equipment apparatus, and other articles returned to CSD according to decontamination method; loads appropriate items in washer; washes other items in sonic cleaner or manually, using approved detergent; wipes dry; washes appropriate items in cart-washer; changes graph paper of processing equipment\n- Assembles instruments; sets-up variety of general and special trays; wraps and seals items in wrappers according to established procedures in preparation for sterilization; inspects surgical instrumentation for proper function\n- Performs sterilization procedures in accordance with sterilization standards and departmental policies and procedures; practices universal precautions and infection control procedures; ensures safe sterilization; detects any malfunction of equipment; checks equipment indicators before, during and after each load to ensure proper equipment settings; applies load identification label to each package after sterilization process complete; shelves appropriately\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of surgical equipment and supplies, including special care and sterilization procedures. Assumes responsibility for appropriate care, processing, and sterilization of specialty instruments for varied surgical services, (e.g., bronchoscopes, laser, midas rex, laparoscope); assists O.R. staff by sterilizing specialty equipment and/or obtaining additional or extra supplies required for procedures; assists with room preparation and/or clean-up activities to assure timely turnover of surgical suites and increase utilization of resources\n- Receives and prepares items requiring gas sterilization; ensures proper packaging; arranges for transport and return of items to outside facility; ensures all return items have been sterilized; verifies all items sent out are returned; ensures provision of manufacturer documentation for gas sterilization by requesting department\n- Reviews and maintains sterilizer load indicators; files reports; completes log; recalls positive biological products from user departments\n- Inspects color of tapes on newly autoclaved items and on stored sterile packs on all supply shelves; sends outdated supplies for reprocessing or replacement; restocks shelf items as needed\n- Cleans and performs minor daily maintenance of equipment; reassembles and tests equipment after decontamination; reports equipment failures or errors immediately to maintenance and notifies supervisor/lead; prepares repair requisition for equipment or other items returned due to malfunction\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of Central Services or Operating Room sterilization experience including basic turnover surgical processes\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Post high school coursework in Microbiology or related field\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of medical terminology, methods of sterilization, infection control, universal precautions, use of sterilizers, decontamination equipment and procedures, intricate specialty equipment, surgical instrumentation by name and usage, principles for inventory control, monitoring, utilization and establishment of par levels for supplies, equipment, and instrumentation\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, customer service, detail-orientation, adaptability, and change management\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in management\n- Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or Registered Central Service Technician (RCST) by International Association of Healthcare Central Services Materiel Management (IAHCSMM)\n- Working knowledge of technical equipment, ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations for repair or replacement\n- Basic knowledge of microbiology", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736423/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician I", "reqid": "133062", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28736423}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Call Center Service Associate\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nReceives incoming phone calls from patients, records appointment information, transfers calls to appropriate personnel according to protocol, & otherwise facilitates scheduling appointments for medical services. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives patients' appointment requests; ascertains type of appointment needed, medical provider & time preference; refers patients' appointment requests to other medical office locations as necessary\n- Determines available appointment times; obtains & records patients' identification & appointment information on automated scheduling system\n- Cancels & verifies appointments at the request of patients\n- Answers inquires & provides information regarding appointment services & procedures; refers other inquires to appropriate personnel\n- Messages information or transfers calls to appropriate personnel if patient requests advice, an urgent appointment or according to protocol; schedules follow-up appointments as necessary\n- Provides directions to patients in order to get to facilities; provides information about our division to members; & gives instructions to members per protocol\n- Maintains confidentiality & integrity of all computer data, appointment data, & information concerning departmental functions\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- Position requires working closely w/ others; w/ constant noise & interruptions\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of customer service experience, including 6 months of telephone experience\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Familiarity w/ personal computers & mainframe computers & their applications, including basic keyboarding skills\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Medical terminology preferred\n- Varying Schedule Applicants must be flexible and available to report to work 7:00 a.m. thru 6:00 p.m. - Monday thru Friday\n\n- This represents 12 positions", "date_new": "2012-05-16 18:35:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28736420/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Service Associate", "reqid": "135666", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28736420}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist - PD\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\n\nEssential Functions:\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 126597\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficient skills in computerand KP Health Connect\n- Developed Inpatient skills\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies, rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706964/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist - PD", "reqid": "135380", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28706964}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Director of Materials Managerment\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAccountable for Medical Center sourcing & logistics operations & financial performance. Leads the Medical Center sourcing & logistics services which usually includes: purchasing & contracting services, distribution (internal/external), storage, perioperative services, inventory control systems, linen, & sterile processing.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Develops & implements a Medical Center strategy which is responsive to the divisional & national sourcing strategies while anticipating & meeting customer requirements\n- Ensures products are high quality, cost effective, & distributed in a timely basis\n- Builds & manages a distribution network that allows products to be delivered to the facilities through an external vendor or internally\n- Provides leadership, education, & support to physicians & Medical Center staff to develop their understanding of current materials management practices/products which support operational & financial goals\n- Manages the materials management staff across the Medical Center\n- Ensures staff is trained, complies w/ policies/procedures, reduces costs, & maintains targeted service & customer satisfaction levels\n- Develops & presents cost reduction recommendations to area management to assist them in meeting their budgets & operational goals\n- Identifies sourcing opportunities for cost reductions, service improvements & product standardization to the national & divisional purchasing & logistics teams\n- Ensures compliance w/ established divisional & national product standards\n- Maintains & supports the automated systems to manage all purchasing & receiving activities\n- Develops & implements a Medical Center asset management strategy which is supportive of financial goals, capital planning efforts and, in collaboration w/ Facilities Services & EH&S, the Safe Medical Device Act\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) to eight (8) years of progressive management experience in a health care setting\n- One (1) to three (3) years of previous budget management experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Demonstrated competence in operation of inventory control systems & software applications\n- Demonstrated knowledge of materiel management principles & concepts (e.g., purchasing, receiving, distribution, stockless & JIT systems)\n- Knowledge of federal, state & local regulations & JCAHO requirements\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nNotes:\n- Travel may be required to Kaiser Permanente facilities and/or non-Kaiser Permanente facilities when planning meetings or special projects", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706966/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director of Materials Managerment", "reqid": "135381", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28706966}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS cards required.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706944/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "134363", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28706944}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS cards required.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706945/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "134370", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28706945}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1)-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS cards required.\n\nNotes:\n- LWP-1823.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:30 pm-8:00 am, back up 8 hour shift will be nights.\n- Provides flex-primary nursing care based on department standards for nursing care and practice.\n- Participates in department mandatory staff meetings and in-services.\n- Position has every other weekend off.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706949/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "134411", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28706949}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- ENA Certificate\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706951/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "134442", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28706951}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- ENA Certificate\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706953/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "134451", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28706953}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: HealthConnect Service Rep - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nWorks under direction of a Lead within a health care environment to support physicians, nurses, and staff in the use of computer software applications including HealthConnect and related products. Coordinated data input, tracking, and evaluation of training implementation activities. Escalates system issues to the Lead. Provides problem solving and instruction for supporting the use of software applications. Identifies and triages problems and effectively communicates those problems to the appropriate resources. Ensures communication of the resolution to the end user.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide problem solving and instruction to software end users\n- Create daily support status reports\n- Explain/instruct end users regarding issue resolutions\n- Assist end users with the operation of computer software applications including HealthConnect\n- Participates in KP directed software classes to be able to provide one-on-one instruction/support of the use of the applications\n- Supports physicians, nurses, and staff in the learning process for new software\n- Various positions are under review with a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status and this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future\n- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement\nQualifications:\nPosition offered will be based on qualifications. This is a Part-Time Temporary Position with benefits for a duration of 2 years. Employment will be based upon established conditions that are written in the Employment Agreement. Employee will be required to sign the Employment Agreement.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in the health care field, preferred\n- End user training experience, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics packages\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, and presentation\n- Demonstrates self-initiative and innovation skills\n- Demonstrated ability to master and teach new applications\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Experience with Learning Management System (LMS), customer focused, detail oriented.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706920/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HealthConnect Service Rep - Pasadena", "reqid": "133935", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28706920}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full time equivalent experience in Level II nursery or above with completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) yearLevel III NICU experience.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option is chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:00 am withback up eight (8) hour shift 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706926/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU", "reqid": "134016", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28706926}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Corona", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker\nLocation: Corona, CA\nThe psychiatric social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The psychiatric social worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. A major time of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem.\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal & external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents, & children.\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, and friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group, family, & child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- Master's degree in a social work required.\n- Valid and current California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license required or LMFT license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) nomenclature required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- MSW or MS/MA degree from an accredited University.\n- Training and experience providing crisis intervention, group and individual psychotherapy and case management.\n- Ability to provide a variety of group therapies, strong written communication skills, good time-management skills, good organizational skills and solid clinical judgement.\n- Basic PC Skills", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706931/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker", "reqid": "134067", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Corona, CA", "uid": 28706931}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Indio", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist (Bilingual)\nLocation: Indio, CA\nPerforms venipuncture and skin puncture and initial steps of laboratory testing.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Sorts laboratory slips to determine order in which patients will have blood drawn and the amount to be drawn to satisfy test note on laboratory slips\n- Performs venipuncture and skin puncture to obtain blood samples for diagnostic testing purposes\n- Labels samples and transmits to Laboratory or Laboratory Technologist as required following special instructions to include refrigeration or centrifugion of sample\n- Uses robot properly\n- Performs trouble shooting if robot malfunctions\n- Assists Laboratory Technologist with routine tests; may include pouring, numbering and centrifuging urine samples, culturing, staining bacteriological specimens, etc\n- Aids in instructing registered nurses and other personnel in venipuncture, skin puncture as required\n- Fills courier baskets with laboratory samples, receives, and empties courier baskets and distributes to required work areas as required\n- Processes and scans all specimens for pick-up by couriers\n- Centrifuges and organizes specimens for Chemistry\n- Hematology and Coagulation departments\n- Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations with the public, patients, and other personnel\n- Performs other duties as required, including receiving patients, checking laboratory slips for completeness, giving preparation instruction to patients, assisting physician with bone marrow aspirations, assisting pathologists with post mortem examinations following routine procedures as required, inventorying and ordering supplies as needed\n- Responsible for knowing the KPDS and LMS computer system for accessioning patient orders, results, and other pertinent patient care data\n- Must perform complete accessioning and delete all order not drawn\n- Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level I.\n- Six (6) months of acute care phlebotomy experience OR one (1) year of outpatient phlebotomy experience OR one (1) year of experience as a Medical Assistant performing venipuncture OR one (1) year of outpatient lab experience OR completion of a five (5) month student phlebotomy training preceptor program through Kaiser Permanente\n- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent\n- Valid certification to work as a Phlebotomist\n- A valid certification is defined as:\n- 1) One issued under the new California State Phlebotomy Technician I or II certification law or\n- 2) Certification signed by a licensed physician (or other qualified person) issued before April 9, 2003 and must be eligible to obtain new California State Phlebotomy Technician I or II certification\n\nPreferred Qualificaitons:\n- Ability to communicate in the English language.\n- Ability to maintain a positive working relationship and courteous interactions with the public.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Travel to clinics in the Coachella Valley area.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706940/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist (Bilingual)", "reqid": "134247", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Indio, CA", "uid": 28706940}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Business Consulting Lead Buy to Pay\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nBusiness Consulting: Includes analysis/evaluation of business and/or system process and functional requirements, development of business cases, client support during system development and implementation, development and maintenance of service level agreements. Develops relationships with upstream and downstream business partners. Develops/maintains and changes business processes, and understands the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to our functional areas. Develops and recommends changes to business processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.\n\n- Demonstrates expertise in functional area business processes and understands assigned and cross functional areas.\n\n- Independently initiates, identifies and coordinates the analysis of complex client needs in project areas such as: new/existing business operating models, innovative approaches to solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n\n- Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems.\n\n- Coordinates and/or develops comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n\n- Accountable for tracking and/or monitor and report for senior management the results of actualization of benefits.\n\n- Plans, coordinates and conducts analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n\n- Develops cross-initiative integration plans.\n\n- Supports a variety of applications. Maintains/updates documented processes of managed applications. May document requirements and develop solution alternatives for new applications.\n\n- Develops test plans.\n\n- May design, develop and test applications to enhance organization effectiveness.\n\n- Consults on the integration of application systems into the work environment, regarding their operational and training implications.\n\n- Acts as project lead in the coordination of solution development and the implementation of the final product/service.\n\n- Acts as liaison between business clients and technical staff and/or development staff throughout the development lifecycle.\n\n- May develop project plans. Identifies and coordinates within other project managers and implements schedule deadlines as appropriate. Provides on-going project management status reporting at all levels.\n\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes and data capture.\n\n- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.\n\n- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.\n\n- Works with vendors to resolve operational issues with vendor supported applications.\n\n- Analyzes/resolves operational issues by performing analysis of applications and recommends resolutions to operational issues and implements as appropriate following established change management processes/policies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of five (5) to seven (7) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline\n- May establish cross-functional task forces.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area and multi-area functionality based on assignment.\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.\n- May support a variety of applications/process.\n- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.\n- Maintains current knowledge on health care industry, regulations, and KP business strategies.\n- Develops test plans.\n- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/process.\n- May provide specialized support to a specific business area.\n- Serves as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues.\n- Thinks of ways to improve results, communicates these to supervisor, peers and team members.\n- Drives excellence through continued learning and strengthening of expertise.\n- Makes needed changes to address performance problems or take advantage of opportunities.\n- Seeks ways to reduce variation in systems and processes to improve consistency and reliability, directly impacting performance and member/customer service.\n- Keeps individuals and team focused on specific and measurable performance goals and monitors performance publicly against clear standards.\n- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.\n- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs\n- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.\n- Continually monitors quality of service across functions and systems.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706879/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consulting Lead Buy to Pay", "reqid": "135622", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28706879}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Financial Consultant NMF Ohio Region\nLocation: \nThe Financial Consultant will lead the National Medicare Finance function of the Ohio Region's National Risk Adjustment strategy and related projects. Responsibilities will include:\nEssential Functions:\n-Leading and/or participating in various risk adjustment workgroups andproviding project management, consulting, and analytical support services.\n-Communicate findings/results of risk adjustment projects to Regional leadership and National Medicare Finance leaders.\n-Develop, interpret and implement financial concepts for risk adjustment forecasting, regulatory filings, financial analyses, and various types of financial reporting. - Duties also includeanalysis, preparing and summarizing recommendations for financial plans, trended future requirements, and working with regional partners to develop operating forecasts for risk adjusted revenues.\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, and analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues.\n- Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas.\n- Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information.\n- Works with regional partners to ensure successful completion of annual Risk Adjustment initiatives.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development.\n- Conducts or participates in complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Eight or moreyears of financial analysis or related experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or equivalent experience.\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new financial analysis concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new financial analysis theories and methods.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following: general finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MBA Preferred.\n- Proficiency preparing Powerpoint presentations and presenting to leadership", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706881/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Consultant NMF Ohio Region", "reqid": "135723", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28706881}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Account Manager - Strategic Accounts\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nExecutive Account Manager - Strategic Accounts\nKaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA\n\nThe Executive Account Manager is accountable for developing and executing account and book-of-business strategies to achieve membership, revenue and margin targets. These jobs have two levels. The functions, tasks, and competencies are the same. It is expected that staff placed in senior jobs will have demonstrated competencies at a significantly higher level and will be expected to work with more complex accounts or books of business. Please refer to the HPI Competency Library for descriptions of competencies and the behaviors associated with them.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop & execute account and/or book of business plans to ensure attainment of group-specific goals\n- Analyze the business opportunities in group/book of business\n- Identify & confirm customer's needs & business strategies\n- Collect specific business information & competitive data on the account\n- Analyze quantitative data & identify current state\n- Identify gaps between current state & analyze impact of moving to optimal business position\n- Conduct political map analysis; identify & fill relationship gaps\n- Develop strategy for optimizing our business position\n- Plan & conduct customer meeting & approach\n- Successfully negotiate the strategy & changes w/ customer/broker/consultant\n- Ensure implementation of plan\n- Renew group at the right rate\n- Collaborate w/ pricing to implement an ongoing, proactive rate renewal strategy\n- Collect & deliver data required to drive the right rate\n- Review pricing's rate data to determine drivers of the rate change\n- Plan customer meeting & approach\n- Negotiate the renewal w/ customer/broker/consultant\n- Complete the rate renewal internally\n- Evaluate & manage business decisions that merit special consideration\n- Renew group w/ the right product & benefit mix\n- Collect required demographic & competitor data\n- Identify customer needs & KP business goals\n- Identify competitors' strengths & weaknesses\n- Analyze the group's demographics, utilization, & profitability vs. group's product mix\n- Develop product & benefit strategy & plan implementation\n- Plan customer meeting & approach\n- Negotiate the product & benefit mix w/ customer/broker/consultant\n- Develop open enrollment strategies to achieve growth targets\n- Collect & analyze key account & customer industry information\n- Identify & analyze customer needs & business strategy\n- Create opportunities for membership growth, including other Regions\n- Create opportunities for revenue growth & margin\n- Collaborate w/ Enrollment Strategist & Enrollment Specialists for input on plan\n- Develop sales strategy for increasing membership and/or revenue\n- Obtain buy-in on strategy to ensure support\n- Plan customer meeting & approach\n- Negotiate the strategy & changes w/ customer\n- Develop & execute member sales strategy including open enrollment & new hire strategies\n- Identify & facilitate new business opportunities for sales executives\n- Complete post-open enrollment analysis, identify lessons learned, & plan future strategies\n- Develop 365 strategies to achieve growth targets\n- Identify & analyze customer needs & business strategy for new hires & non-open enrollment activities\n- Develop sales strategy for increasing membership and/or revenue\n- Negotiation contracts that will drive membership & margin\n- Collaborate w/ Enrollment Strategist & Enrollment Specialists for input on plan\n- Negotiate the strategy w/ customer\n- Assume other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Required: Four (4) - six (6) years of experience in marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships with two (2) - four (4) years as a successful account manager required.\n- Management of Public Sector Accounts is highly preferred.\n- Preferred: Same\n- Bachelor's degree in marketing, finance, business administration OR equivalent experience required\n- MHA, MPH, or MBA preferred\n- Life license required or ability to obtain one within 120 business days of hire date\n- Knowledge of and experience with employee health benefits\n- Knowledge of underwriting processes, healthcare products, and contracts preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706882/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Account Manager - Strategic Accounts", "reqid": "135754", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28706882}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Regulatory Services Director - Survey and Provider Dispute Response(Oakland or Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nRegulatory Services Director - Survey and Provider Dispute Response\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland or Pasadena, CA\n\n\nThe Regulatory Services Director is for serving as the liaison with California State Regulator, Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) for onsite regulatory surveys.\n\nSpecific duties include:\n - DMHC Surveys\n    Help KP prepare for Routine and Non-Routine DMHC Surveys\n - Pre-survey and on-site document submission for Routine and Non-Routine surveys\n - Coordination of Opening and Exit Conferences for surveys\n - Coordinate, prepare, and file responses for the Preliminary and Final Survey Reports\n - Serve as direct-point-of contact with regulator for all survey issues\n - Partner with HPRS units and operational stakeholders statewide to prepare for surveys and develop responses to survey reports and corrective action plans - including interview preparation with stakeholders\n - DMHC Corrective Action Plan Management includes:\n    Coordination of Corrective Action Plan with responsible operational area for submission to DMHC Oversight of implementation of Corrective Action Plans Ongoing monitoring of Corrective Action Plans\nDMHC Provider Disputes\n - Respond to payment disputes received by DMHC from non-KP providers\nDHCS Fair Hearings\n - Represent KP at State Fair Hearings initiated by Medi-Cal members\nPersonnel Management: Manages the efforts of direct reporting, as well as matrix reporting, positions. Responsible for selecting, developing, and deploying personnel in the most effective manner to meet objectives. Responsible for performance management, compensation decisions, and providing on-going, regular developmental feedback. Influences performance management, compensation decisions, and ongoing feedback for individual contributors reporting to direct report managers, possibly through more than one layer of subordinate management.\n\nCommunications, Stakeholder Management, and Negotiation of Agreement: Facilitates communications, manages relationships with stakeholders, and garners support and agreement from involved parties for compliance initiatives and programs for functional areas across the enterprise.\n\nIssue Management, Response, and Mitigation: Responsible for issue management, response, and mitigation for functional areas across the enterprise. Proactively identifies risks and issues related to projects and production operations. Anticipates and addresses issues through regular communication with reporting positions and other internal and external parties at all levels, mitigating risk or, in the most severe cases, escalating issues for resolution by more senior levels as necessary.\n\nChange Management: Responsible for leading change management efforts for functional areas across the enterprise. Identifies and acts upon opportunities to leverage direct reporting team in change management activities; ensures direct reporting team is engaged in change management as appropriate.\n\nProject Management: Responsible for management of project plans for objectives or\nprojects for functional areas across the enterprise as well as ensuring project timelines and objectives are met for projects managed by reporting positions.\n\nStrategic development: Participates in the identification and development of objectives, goals, and strategy relative to functional areas across the enterprise.\nQualifications:\nMinimum Requirements\n\n5-8 years of management experience and 10-12 years progressively-responsible health care administration or regulatory experience.\nExpert knowledge of regulatory policies, practices and systems.\nExpert knowledge of regulatory-related practices and standards.\nProject management skills\nExpert knowledge of state regulatory environment\n4-year or clinical degree or equivalent experience\nMaster's degree or JD degree preferred .", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:36:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706877/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regulatory Services Director - Survey and Provider Dispute Response(Oakland or Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "134138", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28706877}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: DIR, EMERGENCY DEPT\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nUnder the general direction of the Assistant Administrator of Clinical Services, Chief Nursing Officer, develops, implements, leads, and evaluates all aspects of management and ensures the provision of quality patient/family centered care for the Emergency Services patient population. Provides leadership development, development and implementation of policies and procedures, and insures staff has the necessary skills and competencies to perform their essential job functions.Coordinates meetings and committees related to the provision of interdisciplinary patient care and staff development.In collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, develops and coordinates workgroups to address organizational goals and develops and monitors performance indicators/metrics for patient safety and business functions.Supports Kaiser Permanente compliance efforts, reports and resolves areas of non-compliance and maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets.Exhibits ethics and integrity. Facilitates excellent communication and partnership activities both internally and externally.Responsible for evaluating business initiatives and recommending process/system redesign and new service development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers operating budget for assigned departments.In collaboration with other services prepares annual capital and operating budgets for assigned departments; monitors financial reports; develops accountability model for managers; gives direction for interventions to control expenses and insure compliance with assigned budget allocation; and justifies over expenditures\n- Facilitates collaboration between nursing, medical staff, and other hospital departments, to insure quality, comprehensive and coordinated patient care.Assures policy, procedure, and practice are consistent with hospital strategic direction/goals, medical practice, service delivery, and regulatory standards\n- Works with assigned managers and staff to develop and support Department Partnership Committees to optimize care, work life and communication within the department and the organization\n- Provides direction for all emergency departments' clinical functions. Provides supervision of the department managers in developing policy and procedures, determination of staffing patterns, and the development of programs which support quality patient/family centered care\n- Serves as consultant and role model for nursing personnel\n- Assures that employees providing care have the knowledge and skills required to provide age appropriate care to patientsand families through education, training or experience\n- Mentors department managers and staff\n- Develops orientation tools\n- Utilizes research findings and supports clinical research\n- Provides feedback to unit managers on staff performance\n- Accountable for quality assurance/improvement activities for all assigned departments, which enhance clinical practice and development of staff so that value added services are provided. Assures that a quality improvement plan is developed, implemented and evaluated for each assigned department and consistent with the department/hospital goals\n- Participates in administrative management of the hospital and serves as Administrator-on-call on a rotation basis\n- Works collaboratively with labor liaisons to interpret terms of labor contracts.Participates in multidisciplinary projects for the hospital\n- Counsels managers and takes reports on clinical arena activities.Functions in place of the Assistant Administrator for Clinical Services as assigned\n- Assures communication to and from administration and other disciplines to assigned departments\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of management experience in leadership role in health care organization\n- Minimum of 2 years in budget development\n- Licensed or eligible for Oregon RN license on first day of employment\n- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR with AED certification within 90 days of hire\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's in a health care related field\n- Knowledge of computer applications: Word processing, Multimedia, Spreadsheets\n- Leadership: training, giving and receiving instructions\n- Oral Communications\n- Analytical problem solving\n- Project management\n- Quality management\n- Systems thinking\n- Written communication\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 years of supervisory experience in a health care organization in a managed care setting\n- Advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business\n- Knowledge: Labor relations in union environment.Payroll/financial systems/budget experience\n- Knowledge of licensing and accreditation standards including JCAHO, NCQA\n- License, Registration, Certificate, or Professional Affiliation:\n- RN in state of Oregon\n- Certification in clinical specialty or nursing administration\n- Member of professional organization", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706872/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "DIR, EMERGENCY DEPT", "reqid": "135619", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28706872}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Napa", "description": "Title: Optometrist\nLocation: Napa, CA\nUnder the general direction and supervision of the exempt optometrist or exempt designee, performs routine procedures using independent professional judgment in the practice of optometry within the scope of the laws of the state of California, the rules and regulations of the California Board of Optometry and the policies of The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts and documents history including chief complaint, relevant symptoms as appropriate; pertinent ocular health, family and medical history, medications; current spectacle/contact lens and any other data required to manage the patients vision and ocular health needs.\n- Performs minimum as well as appropriate additional testing as needed based on the specific needs of each patient.\n- Adequately documents findings.\n- Is proficient in the use and interpretation of standard ophthalmic equipment.\n- These include but are not limited to retinoscopy, subjective refraction, lensometry, visual fields, mobility and pupil testing, slit lamp examination, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, gonioscopy, fundus contact lens, tear function testing, Amsler grid, confrontation fields, etc.\n- Accurately interprets data from clinical exam.\n- Makes sound clinical diagnoses.\n- Takes appropriate actions(s) to take care of patients' chief complaint(s) and ensure ocular health and visual needs are met.\n- Clearly documents impressions and clinical action plan in the chart including referrals to other providers, long term medical management and/or optical and therapeutic prescriptions dispensed.\n- Uses tests and procedures as described above designed to detect and appropriately manager disorders common to the elderly such as glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration.\n- Actively communicates with optical, ophthalmology, support staff and fellow OD teams to optimize quality and clinical care and service to patients.\n- Teams with optical staff and ophthalmologists to ensure most timely and convenient service given to patient when their services are needed.\n- Attends and contributes to staff meetings to keep up with events and policy changes.\n- Identifies and reports system problems that result in waste and poor services; identifies possible solutions.\n- Maintains all licensing and job requirements (CE, CPR, safety training, PPD)\n- Dictates/writes referral and information letters to other providers or agencies, as appropriate, or otherwise communicates with parents, teachers or other providers as appropriate.\n- Performs other related duties such as completing school forms, DMV, FAA and other like documents.\n- Work and coordinate concerns in a designated location.\n- Direct and oversee daily operations and report to the local Chief of Optometry or exempt designee.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of one (1) year of experience desired but not required.\n- OD degree from an accredited School of Optometry.\n- Current California Optometric License.\n- Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (T.P.A.) required for external employees hired after November 2009 (TPA is not required for internal applicants).\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Meets all of the specifications of staff Optometrist.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nNote: May travel to all Napa/Solano facilities.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706868/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optometrist", "reqid": "134321", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Napa, CA", "uid": 28706868}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT Assistant, Psych Social Work Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Practice in an adult psychiatric clinic setting.\n- Provide individual and group brief Psychotherapy and crisis intervention to an adult psychiatric population.\n- Telephone screening as needed.\n- Facilitate at least 2 psychotherapy groups.\n- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with colleagues.\n- Consult with medical and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, evaluations, strengths and deficits.\n- Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with therapeutic regimens, including adherence to prescription medication within the scope of practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW): Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT): Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist Assistant: Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college of university.\nOR\n- Psychiatric Social Work Assistant: Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college of university.\n\nOutpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nInpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and Psychotherapeutic methods and clinical case management in a hospital, outpatient clinic or agency.\n- Must demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise in diagnosis, evaluation and treatment planning for adult individuals and groups.\n- DBT skills a plus.\n- Experience treating psychiatric trauma conditions preferred.\n- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal skills required.\n- Must have the ability to work well in a team setting, have experience and be comfortable working with culturally diverse patients and colleagues.\n- Demonstrate a history of good attendance and at least satisfactory previous job performance.\n- Bilingual-English/Spanish speaking skills preferred\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday-Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm. Night and weekend on-call to Emergency Department may be required. Regular Evening hours required for at least 20% of time.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706869/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT Assistant, Psych Social Work Assistant", "reqid": "134697", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28706869}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30 (120229)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for providing clinical nutrition care & services to patients/clients in response to protocol & physician's orders to include the following: assessment of Patient's nutritional risks/status, development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients, counseling of patients & family members, and education of patients, family members & caregivers. In addition, hospital Based RD work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, & work to establish quality standard w/ staff and services provided may be on medical center wide basis, in specialty area (e.g. ambulatory, maternal/child health, home health, hospice, etc.) &/or across the continuum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides comprehensive nutritional care, which is customer focused & cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards, to our members.\n- Provides nutritional screening & assessment of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention.\n- In accordance with physician orders, develop individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, & religious practices.\n- Conducts audits &/or menu reviews, & ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements & physician's orders for individual patients to include size, age, gender, cultural backgrounds, preferences, diagnosis, pain level, & religious practices.\n- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle.\n- Documents in the medical records as appropriate.\n- Coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality & accuracy of the food served to the patients.\n- Monitors the accuracy of the tray related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual.\n- Checks for quality of product & is responsible for corrections & quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor.\n- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, & follows the care & progress of the patients per protocol.\n- Participate in the design, development & implementation of high quality, cost effective food & clinical nutrition programs, policies & practices in the medical center, & ensure compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements.\n- Assists in the development, implementation & maintenance of nutrition care, & service standards.\n- Participates in the development & implementation of quality, service & performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services.\n- Contributes to the overall cost structure & service improvement goals of the Service Area.\n- Conducts quality assurance audits & participates in committees & meetings to receive & report information.\n- Assists in compiling audit information & standard setting.\n- Provide feedback to Division Food & Clinical Nutrition Services staff or menu modifications & revision.\n- Provides input to the budget process.\n- May provide in-service training to staff.\n- Participates in the organizations quality program.\n- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets & goals.\n- Performs quality audits, reviews work, & assists others to improve performance.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- May mentor, assist, review, assign, correct, organize and/or coordinate the work of new employees, students, Nutrition Aides, Nutrition Clerks, Nutrition Assistants and Diet Technician Registered but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian. If working in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), must have at least one (1) year of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian.\n- Bachelor's degree in Food &/or Nutritional Science.\n- Current registration w/ the Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA), & American Society for Partenteral & Enteral Nutrition.\n- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, & local regulations, & The Joint Commission requirements.\n- Strong communication, interpersonal, & customer service skills required.\n- Collaboration & problem solving skills required.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to position specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706864/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30 (120229)", "reqid": "133809", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28706864}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Sonographer III - Grade 864 (12021 RAD)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have equivalent of three (3) years (6,240 hours) of continuous ultrasound experience within the last six (6) years with no more than one (1) year break in experience within the last four (4) years.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Must have three (3) American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) registries in any specialties.\n- Certification: BLS.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all three specialties routinely.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706865/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer III - Grade 864 (12021 RAD)", "reqid": "134000", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28706865}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (1277)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706866/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (1277)", "reqid": "134215", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28706866}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (1279)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706867/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (1279)", "reqid": "134217", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28706867}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Verification Analyst I\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo run reports in support of the Underwriting function prior to rate generation & ensure the accuracy of the rates & benefits sold to both existing & new groups.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Understands the rate structure systems & various types of sub-groups that exist w/in large groups.\n- Runs reports for Underwriters prior to rate generation.\n- Receives final group information from Marketing & verifies that rates/benefits are appropriate to final signed agreement.\n- Compares pertinent data from the marketing forms & the quoted group rate sheets; identifies & resolves any discrepancies found during review of sold package.\n- Interacts w/ various departments (e.g., Sales, AM, Group Database, Solutions Support) to obtain information & resolve issues.\n- Documents & reports discrepancies to the appropriate Marketing Representative.\n- Ensures the timely delivery of the Group Enrollment Application data to Group Database Administration for system input approval of the Group Contract.\n- Maintains detailed logs for all steps stated.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months of related experience &/or training or equivalent combination of education & experience required.\n- Associate's degree (AA) or equivalent 2 year college or technical school required.\n- Familiarity w/ GroupWise, Microsoft Word, Excel, & Access required.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706846/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Verification Analyst I", "reqid": "135586", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28706846}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Clinical Assistant-SH\nLocation: Largo, MD\nTo assist the physicians, nursing, & clinical staff to schedule, examine, & treat patients. To performs a wide range of facilitating services in a medical treatment area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs all Clinical Assistant I duties & responsibilities.\n- Is responsible for performing the following procedures under the delegation & supervision of a nurse: Vital signs, height, weight; orthostatical blood pressure; documentation; application of pulse oximetry; peak flow; visual acuity; occult blood testing; blood testing; blood glucose testing-Surestep; EKGs; ear irrigation, demonstrates, & follows sterile technique; assists w/ diagnostic set-up/instrument cleaning; negative PPD reading; non-medicated enema; suture removal; oxygen tank use; oxygen administration placement-nasal cannula & mask; Holter monitor placement; reinforces crutch management; placement of arm sling/ace wrap; & throat culture.\n- Enters information about medical examination & treatment in patient records & forwards records for filing.\n- As appropriate, provides information & instructions to patients as directed by the medical & nursing staff.\n- Transports patients in wheelchairs to other treatment areas.\n- Cleans, sterilizes & prepares examination rooms & medical instruments & supplies following regulatory st&ards & regional policies.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of related clinical experience required.\n- High school diploma / GED required.\n- Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of MD for all MD employees required.\n- Current CPR certification required upon commencement of employment.\n- Demonstrated & validated skills of competencies prior to being hired or promoted into this role required.\n- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, Standard (Universal) Precautions & disinfection, & sterilization procedures required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift 50 lbs, hear, speak, & see.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706848/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Assistant-SH", "reqid": "135588", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28706848}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Clinical Assistant-OC\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nTo assist the physicians, nursing, & clinical staff to schedule, examine, & treat patients. To performs a wide range of facilitating services in a medical treatment area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs all Clinical Assistant I duties & responsibilities.\n- Is responsible for performing the following procedures under the delegation & supervision of a nurse: Vital signs, height, weight; orthostatical blood pressure; documentation; application of pulse oximetry; peak flow; visual acuity; occult blood testing; blood testing; blood glucose testing-Surestep; EKGs; ear irrigation, demonstrates, & follows sterile technique; assists w/ diagnostic set-up/instrument cleaning; negative PPD reading; non-medicated enema; suture removal; oxygen tank use; oxygen administration placement-nasal cannula & mask; Holter monitor placement; reinforces crutch management; placement of arm sling/ace wrap; & throat culture.\n- Enters information about medical examination & treatment in patient records & forwards records for filing.\n- As appropriate, provides information & instructions to patients as directed by the medical & nursing staff.\n- Transports patients in wheelchairs to other treatment areas.\n- Cleans, sterilizes & prepares examination rooms & medical instruments & supplies following regulatory st&ards & regional policies.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of related clinical experience required.\n- High school diploma / GED required.\n- Certified Nursing Assistant in the state of MD for all MD employees required.\n- Current CPR certification required upon commencement of employment.\n- Demonstrated & validated skills of competencies prior to being hired or promoted into this role required.\n- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, Standard (Universal) Precautions & disinfection, & sterilization procedures required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift 50 lbs, hear, speak, & see.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706849/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Assistant-OC", "reqid": "135590", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28706849}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Float Patient Services Representative-OC\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nEnsures a positive interaction between members & the Imaging Department staff through welcoming, registering, &, handling of appointments & financial transactions. Assists members w/ the general requirements of their Imaging procedure(s).\nEssential Functions:\n- Welcomes members in a professional manner that promotes a compelling customer service experience.\n- Assists members by providing general information, &/or referring those to appropriate staff as necessary.\n- Registers members in the appropriate KP Health Information Systems to include: verifying eligibility; updating demographic information; identifying special needs, & coordinating appropriate assistance.\n- Verifies test to be performed w/ the member against the Radiology Information System (RIS), creates an arm band & administers the arm band to the member. Reconfirms member information stated on the arm band for accuracy.\n- Explains various types of Radiologic procedures & applicable costs. Collects funds from member check in & check out, completes receipts, & posts transactions using applicable cash collection system, i.e., J-Point.\n- Retrieves, reconciles, & deposits change fund, as applicable by center.\n- Assists members when appropriate w/ scheduling or re-scheduling appointments in the dedicated Radiology Information System using established protocols for the identified procedure(s). Verifies appointment information w/ members for accuracy.\n- Verifies that member understands preparation instructions as presented by licensed personnel, & responds to general imaging questions: escalates technical & difficult/complex questions to the Radiologic Technologist, RN, or the Radiologist.\n- Maintains an active awareness of waiting members' status by frequently surveying the waiting area & observing their general disposition. Anticipates conflicts/delays in schedules & effectively communicates w/ member & appropriate staff. Pro-actively keeps members aware of unusual circumstances that may impact their wait time, keeping them constantly informed.\n- Maintains constant two-way communication throughout the day w/ the Lead Radiologic Technologist to ensure awareness of various daily work schedule(s) & situations that may cause delays in services.\n- Communicates the needs of the members to the Lead Radiologic Technologist &/or the Radiologist.\n- Explains multiple types of Radiologic procedures to member(s), answering their questions for each specific exam about which they inquire.\n- Answers & appropriately routes telephone calls received. Initiates calls & returns calls to members & staff as appropriate on behalf of the department as needed.\n- Maintains supplies for reception & neatness of waiting area(s).\n- Assists in processing paperwork & signing out images for members in compliance w/ departmental procedures & HIPAA.\n- Performs other related duties, as appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of reception &/or customer service experience in a healthcare setting required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Radiologic procedures performed required or achieved w/in 30 days required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\n- Medical Terminology required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Ability to sit for a prolong period of time.\n- Ability to lift 50 pounds.\n- Able to handle periods of high stress\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficiency in the use of cash computer systems preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706850/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Float Patient Services Representative-OC", "reqid": "135589", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28706850}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Intern\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\n*This is a temporary position expected to last approximately 6 months and is based in the new Tyson's location.*\n\nThis Intern will support of the department w/ the production tracking, event planning, project tracking, compliance review & the development of presentations.\nEssential Functions:\n - Assist with overall training program: schedule attendees, coordinate conference rooms, arrange food and supplies for meetings and track attendees and set up room\n - Support Transition Team members: schedule meetings, manage schedules, coordinate conference rooms, document meeting outcomes and complete minutes\n - Computer skills - Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel\n - Manages change requests from approval to implementation\n - Support monthly Readiness Review meetings - track activities in work plan\n - General administrative tasks - make copies, set up meetings, filing, handle incoming/outgoing mail and answer incoming calls/make outgoing calls\n - Run errands at the construction site\n - Order materials and supplies\n - Performs other duties assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- No years of work experience required.\n- College Freshman or Sophomore Student status required.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706851/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern", "reqid": "135597", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28706851}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hyattsville", "description": "Title: Transcription Supervisor\nLocation: Hyattsville, MD\nThe Transcription Supervisor assures provision of Transcription Services in a proficient & timely manner including day to day supervision of staff & related functions assigned, to perform transcribing duties & the assurance of staffing levels & scheduling for the timely & accurate processing of all medical dictations & report distribution.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises assigned staff to include interviewing, hiring, training, disciplining, evaluation, counseling & terminating in conformance w/ the established EEO goals, personnel policies & appropriate union contracts.\n-Develops procedures, systems & performance st&ards for the Transcription Department. Maintains high level of proficiency of the transcriptionists to oversee all aspects of medical terminology.\n-Collaborates w/ the Radiology supervisors, Surgery Center Managers, Trancriptionist Operating Managers, & physicians North & South of the River to plan & facilitate the provision of transcribing services.\n-Promotes good employee relations & assures an environment that is conducive to job satisfaction & high level of staff morale.\n-Coaches staff in the performance of their jobs to assure that measurable goals & objectives are achieved.\n-Reviews quality of work, proofreading, & revisions of transcribed reports. Assists staff as necessary to ensure timely & accurately transcribed medical reports.\n- Directs incoming & outgoing workload using the Manager's console to direct system activity & work assignments.\n- Transcribes Radiology, Specialty reports, Operative reports, & letters as necessary to balance workload.\n-Maintains teaching file for easy retrieval of information & added diagnostic modualities. Implements procedures for quality control.\n-Participates in long range planning.\n-Ensures adherence by staff to maintain confidentiality of all dictations transcribed internally.\n-Maintains orderliness & cleanliness of work area by end of shift.\n- Develops & manages resources to include payroll, non-payroll & equipment budgets. Evaluates departmental operations budgetary needs & provides recommendations to the Director of Operations.\n- Reviews staffing needs for Transcription on a regular basis. Assists in the projection of future needs, taking into consideration productivity & budgetary data as requested.\n-Plans, directs & participates in employee orientation & training programs for new & existing transcription staff.\n-Conducts monthly departmental meeting w/ Transcription staff.\n-Orders supplies ensuring adequate levels are maintained in the facility. Arranges for necessary equipment maintenance & repair, equipment upgrades & new purchases. Reports equipment malfunction: assures that dictating & transcribing equipment is maintained in constant state of readiness. Assures that tapes are of adequate quality & other dictating medium operates at maximum levels. Develops & issues management reports for service.\n-Maintains statistics analyzing productivity, staffing & evaluation of departmental performance.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of medical terminology/transcription work experience in all medical, surgical, radiological & pathological specialties are required.\n-Minimum of 2years as Lead-Transcriptionist or prior supervisory experience is required.\n- High School Diploma is required.\n- Registry w/ the American Association of Medical Transcriptionist.\n- Familiarity w/ purchasing & payroll procedures, as well as policies & procedure guidelines is required.\n- Knowledge of advanced medical terminology is required.\n- Knowledge of Lanier Dictating System/software & Voice Writer System control unit & computer systems: & word processing is required.\n- Knowledge of theory & principles of effective supervision is required.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:35:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706853/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Transcription Supervisor", "reqid": "135646", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Hyattsville, MD", "uid": 28706853}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McDonough", "description": "Title: Nurse - Charge Nurse - Henry - FT(40)\nLocation: McDonough, GA\nA Charge Nurse coordinates patient care and departmental organization of assigned clinical areas. This nurse provides direction to non-physician clinical staff, in assigned clinical areas, under the direction of the Clinical Services Supervisor. A Charge Nurse also performs clinical duties as necessary.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction of the Clinical Services Supervisor, participates in the process of interviewing, hiring, orienting, disciplining, evaluating, counseling and terminating in conformance with EEO/AA goals and personnel policies for all assigned staff.\n- Prepares schedules for clinical staff. Coordinates daily work assignments in assigned clinical area, ensuring appropriate staffing for coverage at all times. Assures smooth, timely patient flow.\n- Assists in planning, updating and implementing staff orientation to assigned clinical area.\n- Assists in developing and coordinating in-service programs for patient care staff. Evaluates staff needs in conjunction with physician and administrative staff.\n- Performs clinical duties as necessary.\n- Ensures that exam rooms, treatment rooms, and waiting area are maintained in conformance with regional and facility standards regarding cleanliness, neatness and availability of appropriate supplies and patient education materials.\n- Coordinates and monitors the purchase of clinical and pharmaceutical supplies as directed. Ensures that proper inventory levels are maintained and that security and storage precautions are observed.\n- Evaluates the system by which patient care is delivered and implements and/or recommends appropriate changes and innovations in nursing practice. Develops new clinical policies and procedures' as appropriate. Reports significant operational issues that arise in the clinical area to the Clinical Services Supervisor.\n- Monitors and ensures adherence to universal precautions, infection control, quality assurance, and quality of service standards and policies for assigned clinical area.\n- Maintains an up-to-date knowledge of current activities in the field of Ambulatory Care Delivery. Maintains and develops professional skills, identifies individual training and development needs in coordination with the Clinical Services Supervisor.\n- Keeps the Clinical Services Supervisor activities, development, and problem areas.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current Georgia R.N. License\n- May be assigned to oversee additional clinical areas in the absence of the Clinical Services Supervisor.\n- Three years of nursing experience, preferably in the specialty of the assigned area.\n- Supervisory experience preferred, but two years of demonstrated strong leadership and organizational skills can be substituted.\n- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and communication skills required to maintain staff, physician, administrative and community relationships.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- HMO or Ambulatory Care experience strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706835/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse - Charge Nurse - Henry - FT(40)", "reqid": "133022", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "McDonough, GA", "uid": 28706835}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Jonesboro", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Ambulatory Medicine POS - (FT)\nLocation: Jonesboro, GA\nThe Staff Registered Nurse practices professional nursing as defined by the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act and by organizational policies, procedures and guidelines. Provides nursing care for patients, members and families to restore and promote health and to prevent illness and injury. Collaborates with leadership and members of the Health Care Team to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe care and service.\n\nEssential Functions\n-Provides nursing care to patients within his/her scope of practice, utilizing the nursing process to assess the health status, establish a nursing diagnosis, establish nursing goals to meet health care needs, and develop, implement and evaluate a nursing plan of care.\n-Assesses and triages patients presenting to the health care setting, including unscheduled patients, emergencies and others.\n-Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions. Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies. Ensures the readiness of the Health Care Team members to respond to emergencies, including equipment and staff knowledge and skill.\n-Monitors patient and work flows, directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care.\n-Monitors electronic messaging and email related to patient and provider requests and inquires. Manages the messages as appropriate or triages to physician or others as needed.\n-Initiates and monitors IV therapy, administration of medications and other nursing procedures as ordered by the physician or associate practitioner. Assists with procedures and monitors patients' response during and after the procedure.\n-Assesses patient and family health education needs, provides health teaching and counseling and evaluates effectiveness of the education process.\n-Conducts outgoing telephone calls to patients requiring follow up care and preventative outreach.\n-Accurately documents patient data, actions, interventions and patient response according to established guidelines and policies.\n-Leads or participates in quality improvement activities and/or initiatives.\n-Responds effectively to member / patient concerns.\n-Serves as an advocate for the patient. Facilitates transitions and coordination of care across the continuum.\n-Serves as a role model for quality and service and as a resource, coach and mentor for other members of the Health Care Team.\n-Completes other department-specific procedures and nursing care within scope of practice and skill.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Georgia\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification\n- Three (3) years to five (5) years of current experience as an RN in a clinical setting\n- Completion of a Customer Service Assessment\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- BSN degree\n- Experience in an ambulatory care setting", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706836/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Ambulatory Medicine POS - (FT)", "reqid": "134459", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Jonesboro, GA", "uid": 28706836}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McDonough", "description": "Title: Medical Tech II - Henry (FT)\nLocation: McDonough, GA\nThe Medical Technologist II performs routine and complex laboratory procedures under the technical guidance of the Laboratory Supervisor/Manager or Assistant Laboratory Supervisor. This position is responsible for workload recording and inventory control.Participates in research and development of new procedures. This position exercises independent judgment in work performance and interpersonal relations. He/She directs work to adjust to workflow.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs requested laboratory tests and special analysis, such as proficiency testing, correlation studies or other, according to established laboratory and Medical Office policies and procedures.\n- Prioritizes laboratory testing and other duties appropriately to assure optimal efficiency and timely reporting of laboratory results according to policy standards.\n- Utilizes quality control procedures according to established procedures and takes appropriate action for 'Out of Control' results. Documents QC appropriately. Recognizes trends, bias, shifts or other unexpected patterns and takes appropriate action. Reviews records for compliance.\n- Directs or performs calibration or calibration verification as needed.\n- Oversees or operates and maintains equipment. Performs routine safety checks and preventive maintenance on instruments according to procedures and manufacturer's recommendations on a consistent, timely basis to insure optimal operation and minimal downtime.\n- Recognizes when any component of the testing system is not performing optimally and performs troubleshooting procedures as warranted on equipment, reagents and procedures in an efficient manner that maintains testing schedules.\n- Refers problems beyond his/her scope of practice to Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor.\n- Receives electronic and manual orders for tests to be performed.\n- Receives and/or obtains specimens, assisting with collections when the workload warrants.\n- Assumes responsibility for assuring collection of adequate and acceptable samples for analysis.\n- Monitors workflow and makes adjustments as needed.\n- Responsible of timely release of patient results.\n- Communicates with reference lab to confirm results, specimen disposition and to order supplies.\n- Exercises independent judgment in determining whether test results are released, repeated or referred for review. Consults with Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor when necessary.\n- Responsible for workload recording, records review and storage, and inventory control.\n- Responsible for monitoring and resolving pending lists per policy.\n- Responds appropriately to provider and clinical staff inquiries.\n- Supports clinical point of care testing by facilitating issue resolution.\n- Participates in department/facility meetings, conference calls, continuing education/in-services.\n- Participates in orientation and training of new employees.\n- Makes recommendations for improvements to the Supervisor/Manager or Assistant Supervisor.\n- Assumes responsibility for day to day operations of laboratory, including directing and supporting the front desk, collections and accessioning areas.\n- Provides a laboratory leadership interface with clinical staff.\n- Prepares for/participates in state/internal inspections, answering questions or providing documents.\n- Responsible for compliance with information communicated in weekly laboratory newsletters.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree and/or MT Registration or equivalent documentation from the state of Georgia.\n- MT registration from ASCP, AMT, or NCA or documentation that the state of Georgia considers them qualified to work as a MT in the state of Georgia.\n- American Heart Association BLS Certification.\n- 2 years of post registration MT experience.\n- Able to work independently.\n- Able to demonstrate customer service aptitude through customer service assessment and/or history.\n- Able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills i.e., history of positive working relationships.\n- Able to demonstrate dependability i.e., history of punctuality and good attendance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or related health science.\n- Leadership experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706837/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Tech II - Henry (FT)", "reqid": "135058", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "McDonough, GA", "uid": 28706837}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McDonough", "description": "Title: Call Center Advice Nurse - Henry Towne Center\nLocation: McDonough, GA\nThis position is responsible for providing telephone advice and education utilizing guidelines approved by the medical staff and for communication of advice given via an automated system. The Telephone Advice Nurse is an experienced registered nurse who utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone, adhering to organizational policies, procedures and guidelines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines, directing access to care to include emergent care, urgent care, routine and same day appointments, follow-up and self home care based on outcomes of nursing assessment, and documenting all calls according to established standards.\n- Communicates to physician, HCT or modules, member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Provides instruction and education on health maintenance and disease prevention utilizing appropriate guidelines.\n- Manages member interactions utilizing appropriate technologies and communications methods: Kp.org, CarePoint, Etc\n- Responds to emergencies according to Call Center and organizational policies and procedures.\n- Documents calls regarding lab results in accordance with established workflow\n- Instructs the patient or caller to call back if interventions discussed are not helpful or if additional signs and/or symptoms develop. Ensures caller understands and accepts advice/recommendations given.\n- Contributes to the development of guidelines, procedures, patient education, and training as assigned.\n- Participates in peer review I quality improvement and committee functions as assigned.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance; self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Is proactive in identifying ways Kaiser Permanente can improve customer service; works in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente departments.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current RN licensure in the State of Georgia\n- Minimum ofthree years of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- One year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred\n- Working knowledge of CRT and PC\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706838/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Advice Nurse - Henry Towne Center", "reqid": "135628", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "McDonough, GA", "uid": 28706838}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McDonough", "description": "Title: Call Center Advice Nurse - Henry Towne Center\nLocation: McDonough, GA\nThis position is responsible for providing telephone advice and education utilizing guidelines approved by the medical staff and for communication of advice given via an automated system. The Telephone Advice Nurse is an experienced registered nurse who utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone, adhering to organizational policies, procedures and guidelines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines, directing access to care to include emergent care, urgent care, routine and same day appointments, follow-up and self home care based on outcomes of nursing assessment, and documenting all calls according to established standards.\n- Communicates to physician, HCT or modules, member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Provides instruction and education on health maintenance and disease prevention utilizing appropriate guidelines.\n- Manages member interactions utilizing appropriate technologies and communications methods: Kp.org, CarePoint, Etc\n- Responds to emergencies according to Call Center and organizational policies and procedures.\n- Documents calls regarding lab results in accordance with established workflow\n- Instructs the patient or caller to call back if interventions discussed are not helpful or if additional signs and/or symptoms develop. Ensures caller understands and accepts advice/recommendations given.\n- Contributes to the development of guidelines, procedures, patient education, and training as assigned.\n- Participates in peer review I quality improvement and committee functions as assigned.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance; self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Is proactive in identifying ways Kaiser Permanente can improve customer service; works in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente departments.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current RN licensure in the State of Georgia\n- Minimum ofthree years of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- One year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred\n- Working knowledge of CRT and PC\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706839/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Advice Nurse - Henry Towne Center", "reqid": "135630", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "McDonough, GA", "uid": 28706839}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Storage Services, KPIT - IMG\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe executive is responsible for driving the storage transformation at Kaiser Permanente in concert with the wider Infrastructure Management Group transformation to a service centric operating model. In this role the executive will direct the activities of multiple storage strategy, design, & implementation teams while maintaining a strong client focus. Must be an excellent communicator with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams, with building and managing storage teams a plus. Manages a group responsible for the early concept formulation that integrates client needs and business requirements, design, implementation, testing, and delivery and sustaining of enterprise storage enhancements and/or new storage systems including arming he delivery organizations with the information and tools they need to fulfill requests, monitor and manage storage services. The executive will be accountable for business engagement and ensuring alignment with business strategies including cost levers to help drive positive outcomes.\nThe executive oversees the design and development of an enterprise storage environment that includes: enterprise storage hardware, software and technologies, controllers, backplanes, enclosures, arrays, hardware building blocks for larger Direct Attached Storage (DAS) and Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Storage Area Network(SAN) solutions include backup, achieve, local and/or remote replication. The executive focuses on optimizing stability, availability, reliability and performance. The executive is also responsible for leading rigorous storage process and service improvement programs for stable and secure platforms. The executive will direct the implementation of new or additional storage technology and solutions to improve infrastructure service, both locally and remotely. The executive will establish operational objectives and metrics for managers and/or teams of professionals across sub-functions. The executive will provide authoritative advice to management based on deep subject matter expertise. The executive provides direction and guidance for operations, administration and results for multiple departments within a function. The executive will ensure that product design meets the requirements for schedule, feature set, functionality, cost, continuity of supply, quality, reliability, regulatory compliance and industry standards of compliance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs the efforts of others in the achievement of the strategic and operational objectives of the group.\n- Manages the hiring, staffing and maintenance of a diverse and effective workforce.\n- Responsible for career development/planning, performance and pay discussions of team members.\n- Oversees the delivery of designs and projects within budget, schedule and quality guidelines.\n- Manages a team responsible for the design, development, testing, integration, maintenance and documentation of storage systems.\n- Analyzes and investigates storage engineering tasks, and prepares design specifications, analysis and recommendations.\n- Provides direction for design, planning, configuration, documentation, deployment and top-level support ownership of storage infrastructure technologies.\n- Approves recommendations for capacity planning, performance optimization and future direction.\n- Oversees the design of storage solutions per business requirements.\n- Collaborates with business partners, Infrastructure leadership and domain architects on storage solution roadmaps that deliver customer value through technology leadership, ease of use, better-together product integrations, end-to-end data management, and cost competitiveness.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree required\n- Candidates should have14+years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, plus 10+ years of leadership experience\n- Direct accountability and management of a yearly $10M plus, multi year storage transformation effort\n- In sync with current storage architectures and industry credibility\n- Executive level presentation\n- Business acumen and proven ability to determine accurate unit costs and influence business consumers to tie consumption to cost\n- Experience with Distributed Systems storage is a must\n- Working with a off shore service delivery partner is a must\n- Knowledge of ITSM frameworks and concepts\n- Exposure to and working experience with organizational change\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field would be highly advantageous", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706827/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Storage Services, KPIT - IMG", "reqid": "135600", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28706827}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Patient Safety and Risk Mgmt Dir\nLocation: Denver, CO\nDirects the development, implementation, & ongoing effectiveness of patient safety & risk management programs & strategies.Develops & implements service & quality improvement activities for the department.Provides leadership & consultation in identifying & implementing strategic & tactical solutions to actual or potential adverse events.Requires leadership by influence. Assures the successful implementation of local & regional-scale projects designed to reduced risk to the organization, physicians, staff, & members. Partners w/ National KP safety & risk management programs. Supervises assigned program staff. Accountable for creating a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance for areas of assigned responsibility.Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ applicable regulatory requirements & accreditation standards as they relate to the Business & Clinical Risk Management department.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs the development, implementation, & ongoing effectiveness of programs & strategies to achieve patient safety & risk management program goals\n- Guides department in the development & implementation of quality & service monitoring processes\n- Monitor's performance against established targets\n- Plans & conducts strategies to effectively develop individuals & build teams to ensure a competent & motivated staff provides leadership & support\n- Supervises assigned staff\n- This includes interviewing, selecting, training, motivating, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, & termination in compliance w/ EEO/AA goals & personnel policies of the organization\n- Manages the day-to-day supervisory, professional, technical & clerical activities of patient safety & risk management program; Establishes a collaborative working relationship w/ appropriate managers to identify & facilitate operational changes needed to improve and/or support care delivery & reduce risk to the organization, physicians, staff, & members\n- Chairs or participates on inter- & intra-regional committees to address patient safety & risk management issues that can range from local to region-wide issues w/ significant & critical impact\n- Works closely w/ counterparts in other KP Regions to coordinate efforts, share best practices, & promote consistency of KPCO patient safety & risk management practices w/ program-wide efforts\n- Administers annual operating budget & capital equipment budget for the patient safety & risk management programs\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in health care management, w/a minimum of 4 years of experience in managing or coordinating projects, budgets, & personnel\n- Master's degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration or related field\n- Knowledge of KP, as well as federal & state laws & regulations, & NCQA patient safety requirements\n- Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, implementation, & management of projects involving personnel in a variety of settings\n- Ability to develop structures & processes necessary to comply w/ all legal & regulatory requirements relating to patient safety & risk management\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal & written communication skills required to work w/ internal & external customers\n- Strong skills in personal computer applications including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, & database systems\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Licensed in the State of Colorado as a RN, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician's Assistant preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706826/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Safety and Risk Mgmt Dir", "reqid": "134892", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28706826}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Surgical Housekeeper\nLocation: Denver, CO\nUnder indirect supervision, performs sanitation practices for the KASC operating room. Prompt cleanup of organic debris & blood contamination using hospital-grade disinfectant, as required. Appropriate disposal of biohazard & non-biohazard trash, during terminal cleaning, & as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prompt cleaning of OR rooms by removing debris & blood contamination using a hospital-grade disinfectant\n- Follows appropriate techniques & precautions necessary for handling & transporting of contaminated surfaces, equipment, soiled linens & trash as defined by policy regarding bloodborne pathogens\n- Requires working w/ hazardous chemicals on a daily basis\n- Cleans floors, walls, ceiling, equipment, grills/filters, overhead or floor tracks, furniture & any other items between each procedure, or as needed\n- Requires bending on a daily basis\n- Keeps specimen log & transport specimen to pathology or radiology, as needed\n- Works w/ maintenance staff to change filters of air conditioning/heating, as necessary\n- Monitors temperature of rooms, warmers & refrigerators\n- Stocks pillows, warmers w/ fluid (sterile water & saline), & blankets\n- Replenishes soap in dispensers, paper towels, scrub brushes, & any other products at sink as frequently as necessary\n- Responds to call for assistance in all area including Pre-Op & PACU, & cleans up spills, blood, and/or organic debris\n- May assist w/ nurses in moving patients from bed in OR to gurneys, which requires bending & extensive lifting\n- Works in OR setting where quarters may be cramped\n- Works w/ many interruptionsIn addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months of surgical housekeeping experience\n- Knowledge in working w/ hazardous waste & chemicals\n- HS Graduation or equivalent\n- Follows appropriate techniques & precautions necessary for cleaning, handling, & transporting of biohazard material, according to policies & procedures\nSalary: $13.24 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-05-15 19:34:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28706825/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgical Housekeeper", "reqid": "131698", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28706825}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Research: Senior Data Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAt Kaiser Permanente, we're not just practicing medicine; we're working to advance it. We believe that research is an integral part of our social mission and essential to providing members with quality health care.\n\nFounded in 1961, the Division of Research's research program is built on a base of rigorous epidemiologic investigation in a large, well-characterized population. Many of the division's major contributions have been in the areas of risk factor identification, prevention, and drug safety. However, this is an exciting time in biologic, medical, and health services research, and the division is contributing to progress in many new areas including: research looking at the role of genes and the environment in health, clinical trials, and research to help answer the critical questions of how to implement and use health informatics, manage chronic illness, and motivate self-care and disease prevention.\n\nPostion Profile: Under general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, and reporting data. This position takes an active leadership role both as a consultant and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, &/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify\n- Resolves issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results\n- Directs the development of outcomes & process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, & evaluation\n- Builds and maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, & software written by self & others\n- Tests & maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL)\n- Builds sophisticated statistical models & forecasting tools using these databases\n- Designs & enhances databases\n- Designs menu systems that are effective & user-friendly\n- Develops reports w/ accurate, easy to read, useful information that satisfies the client's needs\n- Designs & generates tracking and monitoring tools\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis participates significantly in interpreting analyses & developing action plans accordingly\n- Defines & frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues & develops time tables/processes for decision making\n- Translates needs, issues, & ideas into effective strategies and action plans\n- Formulates specific implementation plans & evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented\n- Develops creative alternative solutions & works closely with IT and outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments).\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects & determines goals and priorities w/ team, clients, or project management sponsors (when appropriate)\n- May coordinate team/project activities & schedules\n- May establish team membership & project participants, provides leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, as well as manage work of outside consultants when used\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, & various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments)\n- May participate in the development & management of the department, including coaching and recruiting for consultants/analysts & other departmental activities\nOther Duties:\nThe incumbent provides data management, scientific programming and analytic support for the Research Program on Genes, Environment and Health (RPGEH) in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR), including:\n- Creating data extracts and analytic datasets for collaborative studies\n- Conducting statistical analyses and creating tabular & graphical reports\n- Providing consultation to researchers concerning the availability and appropriate interpretation of KP and RPGEH data\n- Integrating data from diverse KP and RPGEH sources into a consolidated repository\n- Performing other programming, analytic or consulting duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5+ years programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required\n- Typically, 5+ years of related analytical consulting experience and healthcare experience preferred\n- Project management experience strongly preferred\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required\n- Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Health Care Administration, Public Health Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or related field, or equivalent bachelor's degree and work experience in lieu of a Masters degree\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred\n- Microsoft Office skills required\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training\n- Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team\n- Must be an independent self-starter\n- Proven leadership in consulting and, for some areas, project management\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Expertise with Kaiser Permanente regional data sources and computing environments preferred\n- Familiarity with bioinformatics concepts, methods and software preferred\n- Familiarity with epidemiological and genetic statistical methods preferred\n\nSchedule: Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm\nThis position is expected to continue for 2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663489/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research: Senior Data Consultant", "reqid": "135393", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28663489}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr. Research Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nWe are seeking a Sr. Research Assistant to join a clinical trials team studying medical therapies for painful back-related conditions, including sciatica and spinal stenosis. The successful applicant will be responsible for conducting eligibility screening, interviewing participants, organizing records, and completing web based questionnaires for these NIH-funded studies, working closely with the study investigators and clinic staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols & implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' & providers' questions\n- Screens & recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews w/study participants & providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness & accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; & codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists w/all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g.; blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records & files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\nOther Duties:\n- Assist in data collection/tracking/coordination\n- Assist in preliminary datamanagement/cleaning/analysis\n- Perform literature searches and review of journal articles\n- Participate on project teams and provide research support\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Experience & knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing & database software, required\n- Familiar w/ medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with SAS and STATA preferred\n- Ability to take initiative in resolving programming, analytical, and epidemiological questions.\n- Experience in a research/health care environment with knowledge of medical practice and ambulatory care delivery preferred\n- Must be well-organized and detail oriented\n- Ability to work independently and with a team\n- Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills\n\n+++ This position is expected to continue for2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding +++", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663488/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Research Assistant", "reqid": "135403", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28663488}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Consultant II\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position exists to provide leadership and facilitation in the resolution of strategic and sensitive issues or projects for regional or for multi-function groups directly under a senior executive. The incumbent acts as an advisor or thought partner by structuring undefined issues for resolution, researching issues, summarizing information and working with relevant stakeholders to provide the executive with the information needed to make sound and timely decisions. The incumbent represents executive position on committees and in communications with direct reports and outside clients. May manage others or support staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Acts as an advisor or thought partner to a senior executive by structuring undefined issues for resolution, researching issues, summarizing information and working with relevant stakeholders to provide the executive with the information needed to make sound and timely decisions.\n- Provides consultation and analysis regarding regional performance and strategic opportunities.\n- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.\n- Facilitates committees and task forces.\n- May lead projects or oversee regional programs.\n- Delivers high quality results on time.\n- Acts as a communication liaison between the office and direct reports and outside clients.\n- Represents the executive's point of view and makes decisions on behalf (within established parameters).\n- Prepares presentations for the executive as well as papers and public statements.\n- Develops and administers the office budget.\n- Administers human resources initiatives, including compensation, executive search, succession planning, and management continuity.\n- Works with HR Consultants to facilitate resolution of any problems.\n- This executive consultant position is reserved for direct reports to Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) or more years of work experience in consulting, operations or project management, preferably in a health care setting.\n- Bachelor's degree, master's preferred, in finance, business, health care or public administration.\n- Demonstrated performance in strategic/operational analysis and planning, analytical techniques, financial and market assessments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the intricacies of hospital/HMO/medical offices operations and practices.\n- Superior communication, consulting, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, problem resolution, change management skills and consensus building skills.\n- Superior leadership and project management skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities in managing a wide range of projects.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663490/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Consultant II", "reqid": "135419", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28663490}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Data Quality Trainer [San Jose]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nAccountable for ensuring accurate and appropriate documentation through local coaching, training and monitoring. Provides documentation training for clinicians. Supervises Data Quality Auditors, overseeing the monitoring of training and coaching success in Outpatient Clinic and Emergency departments through encounter audits and assuring corrective actions are implemented. Serves as the local expert on the Official ICD-9-CM Documentation Guidelines and other internal and external regulatory requirements (e.g., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), National Committee for Quality Assurance).\nEssential Functions:\n- Accountable for ensuring accurate and appropriate documentation through local coaching, training and monitoring.\n- Supervises Data Quality Auditors.\n- In collaboration w/ the Encounter Information Operations (EIO) Training Manager and the local Data Quality Auditor, maintains a training program that supports documentation improvement and addresses documentation risk areas identified through local and regional audits.\n- Training to deliver in multiple ways including individual clinician, groups of clinician and departmental meetings.\n- Assures the planning, scheduling, and performance of concurrent and retrospective encounter audits, in accordance w/ regional compliance plan.\n- Encounter audits will be the primary monitoring tool used to identify operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance requirements and to ensure complete and accurate data capture in compliance w/ Federal and State requirements.\n- Conducts audits on an as-needed basis and assures corrective actions are implemented for audit review findings.\n- Serves as the local expert to Medical Center leadership and CMS team on internal and external regulatory requirements (e.g., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).\n- Actively participates w/ local CMS team to ensure and meets local objectives and regional CMS compliance activities are supported.\n- Acts as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines and works w/ medical center leadership to provide confidential audits and feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Work w/ local CMS team and OSCR Liaison / Coordinator to address operational processes that hinder encounter data capture.\n- Works w/ EIO to assure regional resolution, assures and enters audit results into regional audit database to support quality assurance process, regional analysis, and regional training activities if impact extends beyond the medical center.\n- Oversees the preparation and/or performance of medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects.\n- Collects data and performs analysis to determine root causes of under or over reporting as well as quantifying the effect of the condition identified in the audit.\n- Recommends appropriate actions.\n- Partners w/ the local Data Quality Auditor and the EIO Training and Audit Managers to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures / Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance w/ Federal, State and other regulatory requirements and assures local compliance w/ these policies and procedures.\n- NOTE: Travel between Medical Center facilities may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience coding (five (5) or more years) based on Coding Clinic Guidelines for inpatient and outpatient.\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience developing and conducting training / educational sessions for diverse audiences.\n- Supervisory experience (two (2) or more years).\n- Demonstrated experience conducting Medical Record audits including analysis and the creation / implementation of action plans that address audit finding.\n- Demonstrated project management experience including design and implementation of audit plans.\n- Experience using PC applications such as MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Health Care, Public Health, Finance, or Business Medical Records Technology or equivalent experience.\n- Certification in one of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC).\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account and personnel data.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment and build effective teams.\n- Willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical data and audit findings to identify documentation trends and other risk areas.\n- Demonstrated ability to develop data requirements and work with analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor / Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663491/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Quality Trainer [San Jose]", "reqid": "135421", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28663491}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Staff Assistant\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nProvides administrative support to department manager or staff. Performs a variety of routine administrative duties that have set procedures or precedents; some assignments may be complex. Requires instructions to perform special assignments.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains manager/executives and department calendars.\n- Arranges meetings, conferences and travel itineraries.\n- Orchestrates and organizes project meetings.\n- Schedules and materials such as agendas, timeliness, reports, and presentations.\n- Screens telephone calls/visitors and refers to appropriate staff member.\n- Determines which requests should be referred to others.\n- May provide information to top level management, Board Members, etc.\n- Responds to internal and external requests for information relating to established departmental policies and procedures.\n- Interprets policies and procedures in response to inquiries.\n- Reviews/screens manager/executives mail, researches issues, and provides recommendations.\n- Performs data input and maintains established databases.\n- May collect and research information or data needed by manager or staff.\n- Maintains confidential department files and records.\n- May provide training/direction to other non-exempt personnel.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.\n- Various positions are under review w/ a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status and this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future. Should this position be determined to be union, it returns to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) plus years of experience in performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- High School or General Education diploma.\n- Strong proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Lotus Notes.\n- Well organized and detail oriented.\n- Strong customer service skills.\n- Ability to merge documents and summarize information.\n- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer literacy is required.\n- Microsoft Office 2010 including Word, Excel, Power Point, two+ years' experience in performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Primarily, position will support the administrative aspects of Utilization Review and Discharge Planning staff and processes for the medical center.\n- Ability to generate database reports such as found in Access, creating run charts and pivot tables.\n- Computer testing may be required\n\nSkills testing: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 32 hours per week. Sunday, Monday, Friday and Saturday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Working every weekend will be required. Hours and days may change base on the needs of department and/or hospital operations.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663493/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Assistant", "reqid": "135452", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28663493}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Microsoft Word (advanced), Excel (intermediate), and PowerPoint (intermediate)", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663479/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant", "reqid": "135206", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28663479}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Staff Education experience preferred.\n- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663481/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "135326", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28663481}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Staff Education experience preferred.\n- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663482/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "135327", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28663482}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Research Assoc III\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSupervises day-to-day activities of a major segment(s) of a large study; all phases of a medium study; or several smaller studies to include direction of less experienced research staff. Large project usually is multi-year, with a budget in excess of $200k annually and hundreds of participants at multiple sites. Recommends solutions to project design problems. Final review required for some phases of projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages all or most of the research study components and phases.\n- Manages staff to include: hiring, training, evaluating performance and assigning work.\n- Designs, implements and interprets findings of pilot programs.\n- Identifies and oversees preparation of study tools and protocols.\n- Prepares/presents progress reports as well as assists in writing scientific articles.\n- Manages project budget; recommends budget actions/decisions.\n- Supervises and monitors data collection, data editing and on-site pretests.\n- Recommends solutions to project design problems.\n- Leads professional committees with other coordinators, investigators, etc.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (five (5) plus years) in one (1) or more of the technical areas required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in public health, health care administration, epidemiology, or other related field required.\n- Master's degree in public health, health care administration, epidemiology, or other related field preferred.\n- Strong working knowledge of research methodology/research study design, hypothesis testing and qualitative data interpretation and application.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Project management skills required.\n- Excellent knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet design, and database applications.\n- Able to create flow charts, chart review instruments, design questionnaires, interpret data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663485/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Assoc III", "reqid": "135372", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28663485}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Supervisor Administrative Services -Temporary\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nSupervises and coordinates the daily operations of multiple work units in a multi-functional department. Provides leadership to and reviews the work of more than ten (10) employees performing a wide variety of multiple, routine to moderately complex administrative support activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the day-to-day activities in accordance to ensure quality and/or quantity goals are met.\n- Identifies, coordinates and implements projects and/or programs to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of operations.\n- Ensures projects are completed on schedule following established procedures and schedules.\n- Estimates personnel needs and assigns work to meet completion dates.\n- Reviews department/unit/area performance.\n- Develops operating and customer service procedures.\n- Ensures compliance with department/organization policies/procedures.\n- May perform, especially in staff or professional groups, ongoing operational tasks of organizational units.\n- Supervises, coordinates and provides leadership to and reviews the work of assigned staff.\n- Provides training, coaching, and professional development.\n- Interviews and recommends candidates for employment or termination.\n- Conducts performance evaluations and salary reviews for assigned staff.\n- Resolves grievances.\n- Assists manager with development of short and long-range departmental goals and objectives.\n- Accountable for non-payroll budget expenses.\n- Participates in the budget planning and preparation process of assigned work units to meet the fiscal goals for capital, payroll and non-payroll expenses.\n- Provides support and advice to management.\n- Serves as a liaison between management, other departments, subordinates and/or members.\n- Resolves problems and complaints from client departments, other managers and/or members.\n- Conducts analyses and produces management reports.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience supervising a multi-disciplinary staff of non-exempt and entry level exempt employees.\n- Experience conducting training programs.\n- Experience with budget management.\n- Experience and knowledge of procedures/policies/regulations in a specific functional area.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration.\n- Proficient in a variety of software applications.\n- Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects and use time management skills and independent judgment.\n- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities.\n- Team player, tactful and diplomatic.\n- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management internal/external.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to September 2, 2012.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663486/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Administrative Services -Temporary", "reqid": "135377", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28663486}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Service Unit Manager II Non-RN (120244)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains budgets and on-going staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units in an outpatient facility.\n- Ensures assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance w/ The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care and quality service standards to meet members and internal clients expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Develops and monitors budgets and resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance, identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs, and improves quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, and train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader and Department Chief in developing the level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Significant supervisory experience required (usually five (5) years).\n- Significant experience in an outpatient care setting preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- BLS certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663476/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Manager II Non-RN (120244)", "reqid": "135171", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28663476}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Director Risk and Patient Safety\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nResponsible for the strategic planning, implementation & effectiveness of a comprehensive Risk Management & Patient Safety Program across the continuum, linking the plans w/ the organizational vision & mission as well as leadership's goals & objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures that a highly effective Risk Management & Patient Safety Education Program is developed, implemented & sustained.\n- Authors annual risk management & patient safety (Safe Care) plan that links program goals w/ (1) organizational vision & mission statements & strategic priorities set by the governing body (2) previous year's accomplishments (3) results of ongoing monitoring & evaluations & (4) licensing & accreditation requirements.\n- Develops & maintains highly effective relationships w/ key stakeholders & departments such as leadership team members, professional staff & its leadership, quality management/performance improvement department, continuing professional staff education, patient care services, pharmacy, infection control, environmental health & safety, employee assistance program staff, healthcare ombudsman & mediator, local & regional medical legal, member services as well as external regulatory & accrediting bodies.\n- Partners w/ Assistant Physician-in-Chief for Risk to ensure program goals & objectives are operationalized across the continuum.\n- Co-chairs the Medical Center's Risk Management/Patient Safety focused committees fulfilling the organizational obligations for committee management & reporting structure.\n- Responsible for the Management of Risk Data & Information: Develops & fosters internal risk identification mechanisms including, but not limited to, incident reports, staff referrals, medical records reviews, review of patient complaints, reviewing pertinent quality improvement information, closed claims analysis & environmental risk/safety assessments.\n- Communicates pertinent risk management information through regular & ad hoc analysis reports regarding trends, patterns, & issues to the KFH/HP Board of Directors, Leaders, TPMG leadership, Executive Committee, other committees/groups as appropriate.\n- Recommends patient safety/error reduction initiatives to leadership.\n- Facilitates the design of error reduction projects & maintains oversight to ensure projects stay on track.\n- Ensures root cause analyses are conducted timely & meet the test of being thorough & credible.\n- Ensures high-risk processes are identified for Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA).\n- Responds to emerging needs of the organization relating to new legislation & standards by drafting policies & procedures &/or assisting departments w/ revisions of current procedures.\n- Provides risk management expertise to physicians & staff when faced w/ patient care dilemmas.\n- Represents the organization during patient/family conference, as appropriate & required.\n- Coordinates w/ Medical-Legal Affairs to investigate or assist w/ claims investigation, as appropriate.\n- Represents the Medical Center on regional committees as requested & appointed.\n- Represents Kaiser Permanente to outside organizations & regulatory & accrediting bodies, as requested & appropriate.\n- Manages staff & makes recommendations regarding the need for staff, space & other resources.\n- Manages & resolves human resources & labor relations specific to the Risk Management & Patient Safety Department.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Programs will be directed at the identification, analysis, and implementation of initiatives to improve systems of healthcare while reducing human error within the system.\n- Also responsible for ensuring appropriate actions are taken when heatlhcare errors have occurred and caused harm to members, patients, staff and/or the organization.\n- Consults with providers and staff regarding specific patient care dilemmas.\n- Builds and sustains strong, effective relationships with KFH/HP and TPMG leaders/managers/staff.\n- Ensures collaboration with local and regional Medical Legal Departments.\n- Participates in CME and CEU program through the provision of programs on such topics as loss prevention, informed consent process, confidentiality, communcation of unanticipated outcomes, and human factors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial experience (usually seven (7) plus years) in risk management/patient safety or performance improvement in an integrated healthcare delivery system.\n- Bachelor's degree required; strongly preferred to be in nursing of other clinical healthcare field.\n- Advanced degree in law, healthcare risk management, healthcare business or business administration strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of risk management principles.\n- Demonstrated knowledge & understanding of legal principles of tort w/ ability to apply in any situation.\n- Ability to apply federal/state healthcare laws & accreditation standards to all settings of care.\n- Proven basic statistical analysis & problem-solving skills.\n- Persuasive oral & written skills.\n- Strong interpersonal skills w/ proven ability to influence across functional lines.\n- Success in curriculum development & presentations to large groups of diverse healthcare providers.\n- User knowledge of various software applications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663477/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Risk and Patient Safety", "reqid": "135188", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28663477}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Novato", "description": "Title: Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager\nLocation: Novato, CA\nProvides inpatient and intensive outpatient case management for high-risk, high-utilizing members with acute and/or chronic psychiatric conditions across the continuum of care. Develops treatment and care plans for the specific population.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, coordinates, assesses, and evaluates services provided to members to promote quality and cost effective outcomes.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures to assure optimal and appropriate member utilization of services.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/ approvals for outside services.\n- Participates in the development of care paths.\n- As an Intensive Case Manager coordinates the care of a large caseload of high risk patients and provides assessments and interventions in the community including in-home visits.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments.\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and quality of care improvements across the continuum.\n- Develops and collects reports and data, and trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Develops and presents in-service training and communication to both internal and external stakeholders.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates the transmission of clinical and benefit information and treatment to patients, families and outside agencies including issuing Non-Coverage and Denial of Benefits letters consistent with Health Plan Regulations.\n- Acts as liaison to psychiatry clinics outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers.\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care.\n- Provides administrative case management oversight to Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Crisis Residential Programs and IMDs to ensure that services delivered to our members meet Kaiser's Quality and Utilization expectations and guidelines.\n- Provides administrative on-call to the RSR/Sub-regional Office.\n- Provides Clinical and Administrative documentation in accordance with Kaiser Regional Psychiatric Standards including the Inpatient/Integrated Urgent Services Guidelines.\n- Travel is required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience, usually two (2) years in an inpatient psychiatric setting or psychiatric emergency service.\n- Previous experience, usually two (2) years of care management or clinical experience, and responsibility for a large caseload (50-100) for an extended period of time.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization data collection and cost benefit analysis.\n- Master's (Social Work or Psychology), or PhD (Psychology) required.\n- LCSW, MFT or Psychologist License required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Demonstrated expertise in crisis management.\n- Knowledge of TJC, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Partnership Environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with home visits and telephonic case management of high complexity, high utilizer population.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663475/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager", "reqid": "135168", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Novato, CA", "uid": 28663475}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Clerk G1 Weekend, (No. 12-RUN-03), (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Transports specimens for processing, testing and/or distribution.\n- Establishes priority for timely transport of specimens from hospital and satellite collection sites (on occasion) to the main processing and testing lab area in a manner to contribute to a total turnaround time of less than 1 hour from the time of specimen collection.\n- Interacts with the LIS to log-in appropriate specimens for testing.\n- Communicates effectively with co-workers to ensure efficient specimen handling.\n- Employs proper procedures of safety and infection control when handling specimens.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\n- Uses communication devices (pagers, phones, walkie-talkie, etc) effectively in responding to pickup and delivery of specimens.\n- Walk, ride shuttle or employs other modes available to transport specimens and materials in the timeframe needed.\n- Employs good judgment to ensure expedient transportation of specimens.\n- Sets appropriate priorities to respond to changing workload and conditions.\n- Knows and follows Infection Control Policies and procedures.\n- May perform various clerical tasks; i.e. maintaining log sheets, distributing paperwork/reports, filing, photocopying and other miscellaneous tasks.\n- All tasks are to be done accurately, in a timely fashion, and according to departmental procedure.\n- Perform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum High School / GED\n- Computer keyboard skills preferred.\n- Good oral and written English communication, additional languages desirable.\n- Ability to lift, transport and distribute lab supplies.\n- Good patient or customer relations skills based on previous work experience.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership (LMP).\n- Physical Requirements: Specific assignments require prolonged standing, bending, walking, sitting and ability to lift and move supplies.\n- Good mobility is essential.\n- Duties require manual dexterity in performance of wrist/hand intensive tasks.\n\nSchedule: Short-Hour Temporary, 16 hours per week, Day shift. Sunday and Saturday: 3:00pm to 11:30pm. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-05-13 18:56:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28663474/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clerk G1 Weekend, (No. 12-RUN-03), (Temporary)", "reqid": "134382", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28663474}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - MCH Float Pool, Full-time, K305P\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in mother/baby care.\n- NRP completion required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS, ACLS, and Advanced Fetal Monitoring.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# K305.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:00 am withback up eight (8) hour shift 3:00 pm-11:00 pm.\n- This is a mother child float position.\n- Rotating weekends.\n- Works 'Non Payday' weekend.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657099/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - MCH Float Pool, Full-time, K305P", "reqid": "134025", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28657099}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - MCH Float Pool, Part-time, K304P\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in mother/baby care.\n- NRP completion required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS, ACLS, and Advanced Fetal Monitoring.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# K304.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:00 am withback up eight (8) hour shift 3:00 pm-11:00 pm.\n- This is a mother child float position.\n- Rotating weekends.\n- Works 'Payday' weekend.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657101/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - MCH Float Pool, Part-time, K304P", "reqid": "134023", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28657101}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital Y1/ O239 PT Eves 4hr Shifts Float Pool\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS certification.\n- One(1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# O239\n- Rotating weekends.\n- Works 'Non Payday' weekend.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657102/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital  Y1/ O239 PT Eves 4hr Shifts Float Pool", "reqid": "134039", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28657102}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "West Covina", "description": "Title: Clinical Program Manager I - CDRP\nLocation: West Covina, CA\nThese positions are responsible at one site (established clinic) for the coordination, planning, design, development, delivery, and evaluation/continuous improvement of out-and/or in-patient psychotherapy programs for groups of patients and/or individual patients (adults, adolescents, children, and families). Managing psychotherapeutic programs for Addition Medicine and/or Psychiatric patients that add value and are integrated with Behavioral Health Care service priorities and performance standards, as well as with strategic organizational goals/objectives Providing clinical and administrative direction for licensed non-MD clinicians/providers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the delivery of timely, appropriate, cost-effective and high quality services/programs for assigned site\n- Assures continuity of care and appropriate utilization of resources both within and outside of Behavioral Health Care\n- Assists physicians and department managers in short and long-range planning of psychotherapeutic/psychiatric social work programs/services that meet identified needs of members and purchasers\n- Ensures that the professional practice standards for group and/or individual therapeutic modalities and psychodiagnostic testing are maintained by clinicians\n- Evaluates the professional clinical practice of staff and provides professional staff with regular/appropriate training, direction, supervision, and consultation\n- Integrates and coordinates psychiatric and/or addiction medicine programs with other in-and out-patient departments as well as with community resources\n- Achieves a continuum of care within Behavioral Health Care Services\n- Develops systems and methodologies for continuous improvement of group and/or individual treatment modalities\n- Evaluates effectiveness of program and services\n- Review/evaluates group therapy designs\n- Establishes group protocols\n- Delineates inclusion/exclusion criteria and utilizes pre-and post testing evaluations\n- Conducts on-going program evaluation of individual and/or group modalities and, in concert with the department manager and/or Chief of Service, develops/maintains systems and processes for outcomes management/improvement and for identifying the need for revised and/or new clinical treatment programs, designs, and/or protocols\n- May develop and implement policies, procedures and systems to ensure customer/member/patient/purchase satisfaction and member/patient access\n- In concert with other personnel and physicians, responds to and resolves service, access, and provider concerns/issues\n- Develops and maintains departmental policies and procedures to meet Behavioral Health Care and organizational operational, business, and strategic goals/objectives\n- Participates in-or independently conducts - performance evaluation of professional staff\n- May hire, train/orient, coach, discipline, or terminate professional staff\n- In concert with the Chief, and department manager maximizes and manages physical, fiscal, and human resources and manages/reduces associated costs\n- Analyzes departmental volume/workload indicators and evaluates/improves utilization and productivity of staff\n- Less than 50% of working time may provide direct psychotherapeutic services to individual patients and/or patient groups\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) - five (5) years of clinical experience as a staff clinician in a mental health setting\n- One (1) year of experience in managing/supervising the development, delivery and evaluation of clinical mental health programs.\n- Master's degree in a field/discipline related to mental health such as psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral science, psychiatric/chemical dependency nursing specialty\n- Proof of current state of California license in Clinical Social Work (LCSW) or Clinical Psychology or licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Current CA RN license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of individual and/or group psychotherapeutic treatment modalities and techniques\n- Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate/improve multi-discipline group and/or individual program for patients (children, adolescents, adults, and families)\n- Interpersonal and leadership skills\n\nNotes:\n- Candidate will function as OD and will be triaging", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657104/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Program Manager I - CDRP", "reqid": "134046", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "West Covina, CA", "uid": 28657104}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital PACU\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS.\n-One (1)-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PACU, or Critical Care or completion of a KP PACU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS and PALS card required.\n-The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\nNotes:\n-Rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657105/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital PACU", "reqid": "134166", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 28657105}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker (Bilingual)\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nThe psychiatric social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The psychiatric social worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. A major time of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem.\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal & external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents, & children.\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, and friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group, family, & child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 131156.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n- Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- Master's degree in a social work required.\n- Valid and current California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license or (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) nomenclature required.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.\n- Abilityto work in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams, and have excellent customer service skills.\n-Ability to work in a Labor/ManagementPartnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- General education programs to support pediatric and adult weight management, and Psychosocial programs - The work schdule varies some evening hours (1 to 2x weekly) coverage for evening classes.\n- Will travel throughtout the Fontana Service Area.\n- The position home base will be PC I, but is able to work anywhere it's determined there is a need for education.\n- May require Saturdays.\n- Must have dependable transportation.\n- Will require lifing and moving program supplies that could be up to 50 pounds.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657094/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker (Bilingual)", "reqid": "133606", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28657094}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Pharmacist - (KMK-9507)\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provide direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, & non-licensed personnel. Dispenses compounds, procures, stores, & distributes pharmacy products. Provide medical personnel & patients w/ medication & information & product identification. Perform other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Interviews patient to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies & sensitivities & documents the information to appropriate records of the pharmacy information system; advises patients verbally & w/ written materials on significant precautions, proper drug therapy & administration, the use of related devices & the coordination of drug therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Reviews & interprets prescription orders & verifies accuracy & completeness of patient labeling & input into pharmacy information system\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmaceuticals & pharmacy products, including antineoplastics and/or other sterile products as required, according to legal requirements, established policies & procedures, & accepted professional standards of practice\n- Evaluates & resolves real or potential drug therapy problems related to interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints & issues such as drug procurement or equipment problems, according to established polices & procedures\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning care & treatment of patients, related critical diagnoses, drug dosage, interactions, dosage forms, & other factors which might influence the course of treatment & the activity medications; suggests changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe & efficient work environment\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration with the California State Board of Pharmacy\n- Must have excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of federal & state laws, regulations, & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Must be able to type prescription labels\n\n\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to lift or transport items weighing from 1-50 lbs\n- Ability for frequent bending/stooping/reaching\n- Ability to learn computer systems\n- Ability to stand for long periods of time\n- Ability toread fine print\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # KMK-9507\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n- Must be willing to work at multiple locations within the Riverside and Coachella Valley Area", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657095/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist - (KMK-9507)", "reqid": "133646", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28657095}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Ana", "description": "Title: Psychologist Per Diem\nLocation: Santa Ana, CA\nPerforms diagnoses & psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring & interpreting psychometric & projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques & behavior observations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license, maintains license\n- Performs diagnoses & psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring & interpreting psychometric & projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques & behavior observations\n- Assesses brain functioning & pathology through the administration of special psychological techniques per mental health benefit contract\n- Transmits diagnostic & assessment information to referring professionals through verbal & written reports\n- Offers consultation & in-service training to other mental health professionals on clinical issues relevant to the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of psychological disorders to include consultation w/ physicians on psychological factors in the physical health or illness of individuals\n- May conduct research of human behavior & possible methods for eliminating psychological disorders\n- Conducts program evaluation to assess quality of care & cost effectiveness of clinical procedures\n- Offers research & program design consultation\n- Conducts initial interview w/ member by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints\n- Determines urgency of member's needs\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action; selects appropriate treatment modality\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents & children\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but limited to individual, group, family & child therapy\n- Complies w/ organization, department, state, federal, regulatory agency guidelines, policies & procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) or more years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting\n-Internship in a Psychological Association (PA) approved program preferred.\n- Doctorate degree from an APA accredited University with specialization in a field of clinical or counseling psychology.\n- Current license as a Psychologist by the California Board of Behavioral Examiners.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent experience in treatingAutistic children and their families and conducting ADHD evaluations.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish). Level I \n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position, days and hours may vary.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657096/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychologist Per Diem", "reqid": "133663", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Ana, CA", "uid": 28657096}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- ONS Provider Card required.\n- PICC didactic course with PICC insertion validation as applicable.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN preferred.\n- One (1) year full-time equivalent experience within the last three (3) years as an RN within the area of specialty either in Emergency or acute care hospital specialty ambulatory setting.\n- Recent IV experience within the last year.\n- Must have good assessment/triage skills both face to face and via telephone.\n- Leadership experience.\n- Demonstrated clinical assessment both telephonic and hands on.\n- Demonstrated leadership skills.\n- Must have good communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Good customer service is expected.\n- PICC/Central line management and chemotherapeutic drug administration\nexperience in either inpatient or outpatient setting.\n- Home IV equipment.\n- Health Connect, KPDS, OPAS.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekend calls/standby.\n- May work split shifts.\nStart and end time will vary according to departmental needs.\n- Required to learn and perform 'Consistent Messaging and Customer Service Behaviors' and comply with the attendance program.\n- Will be required to work a split campus Bellflower and the new hospital Downey Medical Center.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657085/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "132938", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28657085}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year within the last 3 years full-time equivalent experience in an acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nNotes\n- If ten (10) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:30 am-6:00 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 7:30 am-4:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:47:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657093/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "133462", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28657093}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n-One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm-11:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:46:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657080/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "118603", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28657080}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - ICU\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Must be currently working in an acute care ICU or have one year recent experience in an ICU.\n- Proof of completion of a Critical Care Course.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:46:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657079/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - ICU", "reqid": "117781", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28657079}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Analyst Financial Reporting\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is responsible for distributing, updating, reviewing, tracking and receiving monthly and quarterly reports, schedules and templates; performing reconciliations; loading data into TM1 and producing TM1 reports; assisting in the monthly, quarterly and annual close process; and other duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Perform various monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliations as directed.\n- Update schedules or reports, create additional ones as needed, distribute to regions/entities, track their return and copy and distribute to appropriate POFR staff.\n-Assist in processing manual checks.\n- Produce monthly Summary Statement of Membership and Net Income (Flash Report).\n- Load regional/entity data into the TM1 cube.\n- Assist in performing quality control checks on IMROP and other documents/reports.\n-Monitor compliance with records retention policy.\n- Prepare monthly and year-end close calendars and checklists, or assist/backup other staff in this function.\n- Track timeliness of various regional/entity deliverables to POFR and prepare Timeliness report each month for distribution to regions/entities, or act as backup to staff performing this function.\n- Collects PBC information for year-end audit or act as backup to staff performing this function.\n-Assist as directed by the Manager of Financial Reporting in the closing process and the preparation of financial statements.\n-Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically two (2) to four (4) years financial analysis or related experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in finance related field or equivalent experience.\n- General application of financial analysis concepts and principles.\n- Full use and application of standard, financial analysis principles, theories, concepts and techniques.\n- Required proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables and macros.\n- Working knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems.\n- Able to formulate study designs and conduct analyses.\n- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques and standards.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:45:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657074/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Analyst Financial Reporting", "reqid": "135077", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657074}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager Finance Financial Planning\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Manager of Finance willmanage a financial planning unit that provides key business processes, data, analysis and reporting that supports the attainment of finance goals. He or she will be responsible for managing the processes that consolidates and analyzes the annual budgets, strategic plan, quarterly forecasts, and monthly budget/forecast to actual variance analysis. This position will be a change management expert and guide the finance organization through change.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership and direction for the staff in accordance with the overall strategic direction of the department.\n- Facilitates the ongoing learning, well-being, professional satisfaction and development of staff through training, work assignments, increased responsibility/autonomy and mentoring.\n- Serves as the content expert of the responsible area, providing assistance and advice.\n- Recommends financial process improvement to finance leadership\n- Communicates information effectively, translating financial data into meaningful information that support business decision-making.\n- Applies understanding of operational and financial performance to anticipate and meet the needs of clients.\n- Holds unit to high standards of performance.\n- Assures integrity of data and analysis.\n- Partners with stakeholder groups in resolving operational / planning issues, and gaining acceptance and approvals.\n- Coordinates Financial Planning activities with stakeholder groups.\n- Prepares analysis and presentation for senior leadership.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Three or moreyears of management experience.\n-Five or more years ofyears of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n- Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.\n- Proficiency with Microsoft office (i.e. Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint).\nPreferred Experience:\n- Master's in Business Administration.\n- Strongdirectly related financial planning and analysis experience.\n- Experience with TM1, Cognos, or relational databases.\n- Knowledge in one of the following: accounting, finance, quantitative analysis, financial analysis, information systems, or organizational development.\n- Excellent skills in analytic problem solving and group processes.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:45:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657076/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Finance Financial Planning", "reqid": "135431", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657076}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Auditor\nOakland,CA\n\nInternal Audit Services (IAS) is looking for a Senior Auditor. \nEssential Functions:\n-Effectively prepare a well-developed audit approach and document high quality work papers for complex financial and operational audits.\n-Understand and document business systems / processes using narrative and/or flowcharting techniques.\n-Prepare and utilize risk assessment tools, audit-related exhibits, materials, communications, etc. as required.\n-Analyze findings, determine 'root causes', formulate opinions, and develop recommendations.\n-Prepare work papers documenting and supporting audit procedures and techniques conducted.\n- Under guidance of Auditor-in-Charge, may prepare audit presentations to management. \n-Other duties as assigned.\n-25-35% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Typically less than 5 years of professional auditing or comparable experience\n-Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, information systems or related field or equivalent experience required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience in applying the principles and practices of internal auditing in accounting, financial, and operational environments, including auditing business functions and information technology systems.\n- Demonstrated general accounting, financial and business skills, knowledge, and experience.\n- Demonstrated skills in the identification and resolution of business problems within a team setting. Ability to research and identify best practices.\n- Demonstrated ability to understand and document business processes and related internal controls in narrative and/or flowchart formats.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize general audit software such as ACL, AutoAudit, etc.\n- Basic project management skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing demands and environment and rapidly develop in-depth knowledge of new audit areas.\n- Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills. Ability to persuade, articulate & defend positions.\n- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access)\n- Ability to travel 25-35% of the time\n\nOne of the following certifications is strongly preferred:\n- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)\n- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)\n- Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)\nIf currently not certified, employee is expected to actively demonstrate progress toward completion of certification within a reasonable time as approved by the VP, Internal Audit Services.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:45:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657075/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "135379", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657075}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Consultant, Marketing Analytics - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSummary/Overall Purpose\nThe Direct Marketing group is responsible for developing and implementing targeted direct response marketing strategies to support business line growth objectives. This position's primary role is to provide analytical support by way of marketing and consumer insights to inform our direct marketing learning agenda.\n\nThe Senior Consultant is expected to bring scientific rigor to marketing, fostering a test-and-learn approach, with the end goal of maximizing the effectiveness of marketing efforts. Also demonstrates a thirst for knowledge and natural curiosity that leads to continuous improvement in analytical techniques used and in marketing processes. In this position, the Senior Consultant will also manage a team of analysts. The specific focus will be on consumer loyalty and retention marketing programs within Direct Marketing.\n\nResponsibilities include:\n1. Support business objectives in making strategic data-driven decisions by analyzing, internally managing and reporting data\n2. Design and execute complex analytics projects that involve data collection and statistical analysis\n3. Contribute to problem solving, process design and analytical report development. Problem-solving continually involves new concepts and creativity where precedents are limited.\n4. Support the design and analysis of direct marketing campaigns\n5. Hires, assesses, coaches and develops staff. Provides oversight, coaching & management to individual contributors\n6. Requires significantly complex decision-making and a high level of judgment to make appropriate decisions for diverse and ambiguous issues.\n7. Generally involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of somewhat obscure or inconclusive data.\nQualifications:\nExperience\n5+ years experience in direct marketing analytics, marketing insights, or statistical analysis with a proven ability to translate data and analysis into actionable business insights to a business minded audience\n - Experience manipulating large databases as well as ad hoc data and reports to generate insights\n - Proven track record of direct marketing tactics, creative thinking, and problem solving.\n - Experience managing staff, cross functional and external partners in fast paced, deadline oriented environment.\n - Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.\n - Demonstrated ability to communicate technical messages and translate them into business level benefits.\nEducation/Training\n - Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, mathematics, economics or related field required. Master's degree in relevant field a plus.\n - Minimum experience: 4 + years experience in data analysis\n - Prior experience in database marketing, reporting, market profiling or general analytics preferred\n - Understanding of SAS, SPSS or other statistical analysis package\n - Experienced in regression analysis using SAS\n - Understanding of statistically designed tests and response models\n - Strong analytical skills and ability to conduct complex data analysis using Microsoft Excel and Access. Demonstrated ability to manipulate data, understand complexities, and generate relevant reports.\n - Excellent organizational and communication skills required, both oral and written.\n - Flexible and creative, with a collaborative work style. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.\n - Attention to detail and strong follow-through.\n - High-energy and self-motivated.\n - Proven ability to interpret data and express implications of analysis to clients\n - Excellent analytical, written and verbal skills\n - Proven self-starter with strong ability to meet deadlines.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:45:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657078/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consultant, Marketing Analytics - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "135562", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657078}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alameda", "description": "Title: Director, Human Resources - Human Resources Service Center (Alameda, CA)\nLocation: Alameda, CA\nHR Leadership is on a journey to transform the service, quality and capabilities of Kaiser Permanente's HR Service Center (HRSC). We are creating a new position of\nDirector, Human Resources to be based at the HRSC in Alameda, CA.\n\nSome of the key responsibilities of this new role include:\n - Acting as the strategic HR Business Partner to the HRSC senior leadership\n - Leading an integrated Talent Management approach\n - Driving change efforts to achieve business results\n - Partnering in the development and implementation of a shared services approach for the HRSC\nPosition Develops & implements HR programs & initiatives (e.g., salary review, workforce planning, & organizational change). Partners w/ senior management in the development of solutions through cultural & process perspective organizational development. Often viewed as a strategic business partner, change agent, & member of the line management staff selects, develops, & evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages extremely complex organization(s) that may include multiple lines of business\n- Manages the efforts of direct & indirect reports, & collaborates w/, provides guidance to & influences employees, clients & matrix partners\n- Responsible for selecting, developing, & deploying staff in the most effective manner to meet assigned objectives\n- Responsible for performance management , compensation decisions, & providing on-going, regular performance feedback\n- Utilizes compensation principles to ensure that staff is appropriately selected, developed, utilized, evaluated & rewarded\n- Proactively engages HR staff, client leaders & matrix partners to actualize change initiatives\n- Develops and/or encourages new ideas/approaches\n- Establishes procedures & practices which promote the use of available enabling technologies (software, paperless processing, computerized record keeping, etc.)\n- Uses efficient & cost-effective approaches to integrate technology into the workplace & improve program effectiveness\n- Develops strategies using new technology to enhance decision making\n- Understands the impact of technological changes on the organization\n- Ensures that effective controls are developed & maintained to ensure the integrity of the organization\n- Ensures that performance appraisals are aligned w/ mission, goals & outcomes & are completed w/in established timeframes\n- Monitors & evaluates plans; focuses on results & measuring attainment of outcomes\n- Formulates effective strategies consistent w/ the business & competitive strategy of the organization and/or functional area\n- Examines policy issues & strategic planning w/ a long-term as well as short term perspective\n- Determines objectives & sets priorities; anticipates potential threats or opportunities & vets them w/in the HR team & w/ the client as appropriate\n- Leads management team to establish strategic plans & objectives for the function; may assist w/ developing some cross-functional oriented objectives\n- Has accountability for planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, performance requirements, & recommending & implementing changes to methods\n- Influences the development & execution of functional KP-wide policies & long-term goals\n- Participates in development of methods, techniques & evaluation criteria for projects, programs, & people\n- Major impact on objectives & goals for both HR functional area as well as client groups\n- Actions & decisions affect many areas of KP\n- Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of functional & KP objectives, that strongly contribute to long-term success or failure\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations would result in failure to achieve the major functional goals & objectives, as well as have a long-term effect on an aspect of KP's success\n- Assume other duties as required\n\nThis role is an exciting opportunity to affect significant organizational change that will benefit the entire Kaiser Permanente Workforce.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) - eight (8) years of management experience & twelve (12) + years of human resources experience, and/or equivalency\n- Four (4) year degree in human resources or related field OR equivalent experience\n- Thorough knowledge of human resources policies, practices & systems\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new human resources/ employee relations concepts, techniques, & standards\n- Considered expert in field w/in KP\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new department human resources/ employee relations methods\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience working in a Call Center environment\n - Graduate coursework may be preferred\n - SPHR Certification preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:44:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657073/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Human Resources - Human Resources Service Center (Alameda, CA)", "reqid": "134948", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Alameda, CA", "uid": 28657073}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Project Manager-Specialist\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nResponsible for employing standard project management methods and techniques to ensure successful completion of technology related projects, including system upgrades or implementations. Projects can vary from small, short term projects through large, enterprise level projects across functional areas. Responsible for producing or managing the production of the entire portfolio of project deliverables, including project timelines, budget, task and issue tracking, etc. Engages clients and functional peer groups in information gathering/research, issue identification and management, and change management/acceptance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Project planning: Responsible for planning and conducting project kickoff meetings, defining project scope, facilitating technical/operational requirements identification, developing detailed project plans, project budget or anticipated savings, and establishing a framework for the management of on-going project activities.\n- Project execution and tracking: Manages the project management process, including leading project meetings.\n- Oversees project activities such as documenting issues, action items, user requirements, or deliverables from project meetings.\n- Manages a variety of project related activities, including: updating project schedules and plans, project communications, budget tracking, etc.\n- Accomplishes all work within established methodologies and standards.\n- Issues management: Identifies and tracks project issues, resolving issues where possible or escalating to higher management when needed.\n- Assesses and manages risks and drives mitigation activities.\n- Change management: Influences and gains commitment to change.\n- Partners with clients and project team members to drive communications and change management activities for each project deliverable.\n- May be responsible for participating in the development of communications and change management materials.\n- Business and process improvement: Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement and makes associated recommendations as appropriate.\n- Business Case development: Leads business case development and benefits realization tracking.\n- Customer Service: Actively engages clients through all phases of the project life cycle, ensuring client satisfaction through timely communication and consistent completion of deliverables within communicated timeframes.\n- Responsibilities impact at the enterprise level, including project deliverables and project timelines at the enterprise level.\n- Responsible for the development of functional objectives.\n- Has budgetary influence or manages a project budget. Generally this is defined as a project budget, or anticipated savings, of greater than $10M.\n- Work is generally conducted across up to 10 interdependent work tracks.\n- Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues.\n- Requires significantly complex decision-making where measurement of outcomes may be undefined or highly unclear.\n- Organizes and guides project operations through highly complex decision making regarding resource allocation, project scope and deliverables in the context of conflicting, often ambiguous priorities.\n- May have formal supervisory responsibilities.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum eight (8) plus years of experience with dedicated project management using industry standard project management tools and techniques.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Microsoft Project - project plan creation and maintenance and conceptualization of project components and deliverables.\n- Ability to facilitate project planning meetings to articulate project components and deliverables with high level audiences.\n- Expert knowledge of information technology and applications.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:44:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657072/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager-Specialist", "reqid": "121424", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28657072}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Health Educator, Nutrition and Fitness\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo support the Health Education Services Department by providing and interpreting nutrition information and strategies in a supportive learning environment to members/customers as a treatment for medical conditions. To direct patients/members toward a healthier lifestyle thus improving their status and adding to their satisfaction.\nEssential Functions:\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n- Leads health education and group appointments classes according to established protocol and curriculum, including assessing learning needs and barriers and adjusting presentations to meet identified group needs.\n- Teaches and reinforces a low fat and low sugar eating pattern and essentials of adequate nutrition using didactic and behavior change techniques.\n- Create a supportive group atmosphere conducive to participant success.\n- Functions as a team player for planning and conducting presentations and in developing and updating additional curriculum.\n- Maintains current knowledge in the nutrition and behavior change field as it applies to the particular program taught.\n- Manages routine data collection and administrative duties in a timely manner, including outcome documentation.\n- Attends and participates in regularly scheduled staff meetings and training sessions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n- Two years experience teaching adults\n- One year experience counseling consumers on dietary modifications.\n- Registration in the American Dietetic Association (RD-Registered Dietitian) or\n- BS degree in nutrition or nutrition related field, or dietetics with at least five years experience teaching applied nutrition and /or leading weight management groups and registration in the American Dietetics Association (DTR- Dietetic Technician Registered) or MS degree in nutrition or nutrition-related field.\n- Comprehensive knowledge in human nutrition and dietetics.\n- Working knowledge in current dietary treatments for weight management, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes.\n- Ability to present curriculum content clearly, accurately and with consideration for participant needs and educational level.\n- Ability to facilitate a positive group process, reinforcing participant responsibilities, in a time limited format.\n- Must be able to work a variety of shifts without incurring overtime pay.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n- One year experience working in an HMO setting.\n- Two years leading weight management groups.\n- MS degree in nutrition or dietetics or related field.\n- Working knowledge of behavior modification and relapse prevention.\n- Has the skills and ability to co-facilitate task oriented groups.\n- Ability to facilitate adult groups in specific area of instruction (i.e., weight management, adolescence, cardiovascular risks)\n- Computer applications\n\nSalary Range:\n$30.35 - $42.04", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657050/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Educator, Nutrition and Fitness", "reqid": "135132", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28657050}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Histology Technician - Anatomical Pathology\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe purpose of the position is to assist the pathologists by supplying diagnostic material by both routine and special procedures to enable the pathologists to provide diagnostic interpretation.\nEssential Functions:\nPrepare 3 micron sections. Must be able to recognize if cut section is representative of block. Also able to recognize tumor is left for diagnostic review.\nImbed tissue in paraffin. Must be able to recognize if properly embedded. Correct orientation of specimen is critical to diagnosis.\nSpecial stains for identification of specific cell components. Also encompasses the knowledge of chemistry to make up titrate reagents. Able to recognize, differentiate, and develop cell components so that the stain will be of diagnostic value.\nPerform Immunoperoxidase procedure, which involves working with antibodies that are infectious. Must work with micropipets to achieve appropriate dilutions. Must be able to make up checkerboard dilutions which are used to see which dilution is strong enough but weak enough for exact staining with little or no background to enable the pathologist to be confident in his/her diagnosis. Must be able to troubleshoot problems with the procedure.\nSupervise and train clerical staff with labeling, filing, workload tally, and instrument and reagent maintenance.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n2 years of experience in a histology laboratory or completion of a prescribed histology training program\nhigh school diploma or equivalent\nComprehensive knowledge of all histology functions including MOHS and Immunoperoxidase, through completion of a prescribed histology training program.\nFamiliar with microtome and cryostat\nAble to perform basic tests done in the Histology department\nDemonstrated verbal and written command of the English language\nPreferred Qualifications:\nRecent histology experience with 2 years of application\nPreferred certification: HT(ASCP) or HTL(ASCP)\nFamiliar with all instrumentation in histology laboratory\nChemistry background and knowledge of all special procedures in the histology department\n\nSalary Range:\n$23.40 - $27.81", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657056/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Histology Technician - Anatomical Pathology", "reqid": "135161", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28657056}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Information Analyst I - Dental\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThis position enables strategic data-related decisions by designing and executing quantitative and qualitative analysis for business areas and providing recommendations for decision making under uncertainty. Becomes an 'expert' in an operational area and utilizes both operational and technical knowledge to clearly define business problems and definitions. Provides analytical expertise to identifying opportunities for sustained business improvement.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Define business problems and create scope of work for new work initiatives\n- In collaboration with business clients and data teams, provide information analysis and analytical modeling support\n- Use query tools extract data, create data and meet client needs\n- Consult with senior level analyst to troubleshoot and design complex problems\n- Design and interpret analyses of data, providing recommendations in suppport of basic to moderately complexbusiness problems\n- Regularly use busibess intelligence tools, programming languages and spreadsheets to produce quantitative analyses and reports\n- Work independently with client and other contractor staff at an intermediate professional level and is expected to be articulate, prepared, and knowledgeable in those encounters\n- Produce graphs and tables for reports, presentations and publication. Carefully document all programs, data sets and analyses\n- Perform other duties as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors degree or Associates degree and 2 years of experience, or 4 years of analytical experience\n- Proven ability to conduct, interpret and present quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (1:1, peer, multi-disciplinary group, presentations, written). Be assertive, objective and be able to confront clients with difficult issues\n- Proven ability to pull and analyze data using standard query tools\n- Working knowledge in the use of Microsoft Office\n- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 years of analytical experience\n- Advanced degree in a quantitative or technical discipline\n- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations, KP applications, and KP HealthConnect, including Hyperspace, Clarity and Chronicles\n- Health care or insurance experience\n\nSalary Range:\n$53,420 - $70,580", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657051/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Information Analyst I - Dental", "reqid": "135139", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28657051}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: PA - Primary Care Access Management - Regional Urgent Care (On-Call)\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nProvide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost-effective manner and n accordance with accepted professional practice standards.\n\nEssential Functions:\nProvide high-quality health care through direct assessment, diagnosis, and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients with common acute chronic illnesses and injuries (may include performing histories and physicals; ordering, interpreting, and following up on diagnostic studies; ordering medications; assisting with surgery; performing minor surgery; rounding on patients; and assuming on-call responsibilities). Perform health maintenance services, including patient education, for well members. Refer patients for specialty consultation or difficult problems. Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provide all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and state licensing guidelines.\n - Coordinate, develop or organize patient or department services or programs. Examples include, but are not limited to:\n - Assist in developing department/hospital protocols.\n - Screen incoming department referrals.\n - Coordinate CME activities for department.\n - Develop written patient education materials.\n - Provide in-service training Proctor NP/PA students.\n - Chair or participate on committees such as Breastfeeding Task Force, Regional Controlled Substance Abuse Committee, etc.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of ANA-approved NP or AMA-approved PA or Child Health Associate training program (both provide masters or equivalent degrees) or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure.\n- PA: National certification, state medical license, and prescribing registration at time of hire\n- NP: National certification state RN license, state NP license, and prescribing registration at time of hire\n- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.\n- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.\n- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common medical diseases and injuries.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.\n- Minor surgery or surgical assist skills.\n- Demonstrate customer-focused service skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years clinical experience\n\nSalary Range:\n$42.77 - $63.69", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657059/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PA - Primary Care Access Management - Regional Urgent Care (On-Call)", "reqid": "135192", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28657059}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: Medical Laboratory Technician I - WA Float\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nTo perform laboratory tests and processes within scope of practice in an accurate and timely manner.\nEssential Functions:\nPerform and report lab tests according to work instructions: Process patient specimens according to priority and document results. Review patient reports for accuracy before release. Alert clinicians and appropriate designees of abnormal results.\nMonitor test accuracy through performance and evaluation of quality control: Perform instrument maintenance and calibration according to standard operating procedure. Assay quality control and proficiency testing materials. Execute corrective actions and document if controls are not within specified limits.\nProblem solve by auditing specimen integrity and identification. Identify test discrepancies. Investigate or initiate inquiries; troubleshoot any malfunctioning equipment or test system and repair if possible. Refer problems to technologist, specialist, supervisor, manager or pathologist as needed. Answer inquiries about department policies and procedures.\nMaintain clean and well-organized work area with adequate supplies and reagents. Order and/or prepare reagents and supplies when necessary.\nMaintain technical competency. Attend all required training, education, and meetings.\nAssist with orientation and training of new employees or students.\nEvaluate data according to laboratory policies and procedures to determine if results are accurate before releasing.\nTroubleshoot malfunctioning equipment or test systems. (Refer to technologist, supervisor or technical specialist if unable to solve problem.)\nPrioritize daily work and assignments.\nReject and document specimens which are not appropriate, per laboratory Quality System.\nPerform duties of position under general oversight by Medical Technologist.\nProvide accurate, quality results with high workload. Organize work; remain current in job knowledge; ask for assistance when needed.\nTroubleshooting instruments or instrument downtime. Follow procedures or service manuals; contact service representatives when appropriate.\nCommunicating effectively. Calmly gather facts, provide information and attempt to resolve problem or seek help as needed.\n\nReplacement for all Washington Locations; Weekend and Holiday Rotation May be Required.\nSecondary Functions:\nEvaluate data according to laboratory policies and procedures to determine if results are accurate before releasing.\nTroubleshoot malfunctioning equipment or test systems. (Refer to technologist, supervisor or technical specialist if unable to solve problem.)\nPrioritize daily work and assignments.\nReject and document specimens which are not appropriate, per laboratory Quality System.\nPerform duties of position under general oversight by Medical Technologist.\nProvide accurate, quality results with high workload. Organize work; remain current in job knowledge; ask for assistance when needed.\nTroubleshooting instruments or instrument downtime. Follow procedures or service manuals; contact service representatives when appropriate.\nCommunicating effectively. Calmly gather facts, provide information and attempt to resolve problem or seek help as needed.\nSalary Range:\n$22.00 - $26.87\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nCompletion of approved 2-year program for Medical Laboratory Technician\nASCP or NCA certification for a Medical Laboratory Technician, obtained within 90 days of hire, or employed by KPNW laboratory as Medical Laboratory Technician on or before January 1, 1990 or or ASCP (MT) or ASCP (MLS) certification.\nAssociate degree in laboratory science or documented education as defined by the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Requirements under CLIA within 30 days of hire.\nWashington State Health Care Assistant Certification Category A, to perform venous and capillary invasive procedures for blood withdrawal. Certification is required of all unlicensed individuals who perform minor invasive procedures to withdraw blood in WA State. Proof of certification is required within 90 days of hire.\nAbility to communicate in the English language\nPhlebotomy skills\nManual dexterity\nCommunication and interpersonal relationship skills\nBasic computer skills\nAbility to prioritize and organize\nPreferred Qualifications:\nTwo or more years clinical laboratory experience.\nWorking knowledge of specific laboratory analytical equipment.\n\n\nSalary Range: $22.00 - $26.87", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657061/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Laboratory Technician I - WA Float", "reqid": "135202", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28657061}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Hospice and Palliative Care Public Health Nurse - Continuing Care Services\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe self-directed Hospice and Palliative Care Public Health Nurse (HPCPHN) provides skilled nursing assessment, planning and coordination/care management across settings to patients in a private home, adult foster home, residential/assisted living care, intermediate care, skilled nursing facility, inpatient hospice facilities and hospital settings in order to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families consistent with hospice philosophy and CCS policies and procedures.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Assume initial responsibility for assessing patient/family needs and consulting with attending physician, Hospice and Palliative Care Physician (HPCP) , other IDT staff members or other appropriate community or facility contacts as indicated by patient location and needs at the time of the assessment and care provision\n- Obtain data on physical, psycho/social, emotional and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care\n- Facilitate advanced illness and/or end of life discussion with patient and family members to assist with choice of hospice or palliative care\n- Determine patient appropriateness for palliative care or hospice services (including hospice level of care and care site) in consultation with the HPCP\n- Case Management: assume primary responsibility for a patient/family caseload that includes the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating phases of the nursing process; including scheduling visits to reflect patient care needs in order to maintain continuity of the plan of care; and advocate for patient and family\n- Participate as an active member of the IDT to coordinate information and services to update the plan of care\n- Maintain up to date patient records so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly stated and changes are reflected as they occur in accordance with CCS policies and procedures\n- Instruct primary caregivers, family members, employed caregivers and facility staff to provide hospice specific care as indicated.\n- Attend weekly case conferences and actively participate in discussion of patient needs and care planning\n- Coordinate hospice care across settings to achieve smooth transitions of care and assure compliance with the hospice plan of care through communication and documentation for family members, caregivers, facility staff as appropriate\n- Supervise and document Hospice Aide care delivery every two weeks\n- Provide phone triage and support to patients/families as needed and requested\n- Assure professional competency through maintaining state-of-the-art skills and knowledge consistent with state and Medicare regulations, Joint Commission accreditation standards, applicable nurse practice acts and agency policies\n- Participate in CCS and KP orientation and in service training for professional staff as well as agency and community programs as requested to promote professional growth and understanding of hospice and palliative care\n- Demonstrate familiarity with policies of the agency and rules and regulations of state and federal bodies which aid in determining policies\n- Participates in department quality management/improvement activities; including but not limited to clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review, continuous quality improvement projects\n- Partner in defining and achieving agency productivity standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- One year medical-surgical nursing experience in an acute care setting\n- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or commensurate knowledge and experience (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management, community health, and public health). Licensed in Oregon and Washington. Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire\n- Valid driver's license\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes. Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer\n- Keyboarding or typing skills\n- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation\n- Working knowledge of concise, yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessments and care\n- Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication and organizational and time management skills required to accomplish case management responsibilities within allocated time frames\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test 20 wpm\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers\n- Working knowledge of the managed care industry\n- Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements\n- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills\n- Able to work autonomously and manage patient caseload\n- Experience working as a member of an interdisciplinary team\n- Knowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail elderly\n- Working knowledge of Hospice and palliative care for the terminally ill patient. Pediatrics\n- Oncology/hospice\n- Hospice care and the dying process\n- Peripheral and central line IV management\n- Able to perform venipuncture and IV insertion\n- Able to operate multiple IV pumps\n- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657063/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Hospice and Palliative Care Public Health Nurse - Continuing Care Services", "reqid": "135322", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28657063}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Teach classes on childbirth/breastfeeding/newborn care classes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Childbirth, Breastfeeding certifications", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657025/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II", "reqid": "135098", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28657025}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator RN\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis and includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review.This determination will be made within the next several months.Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit and become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information.\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members.\n- In conjunction with physicians, evaluates and develops discharge plans, recommends alternative levels of care, and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures.\n- Coordinates, directs, and performs concurrent and retrospective reviews, and monitors level and quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Consults with physicians, health care providers, discharge planning and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Encourages members to follow plans of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops and collects data, and trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous case management experience preferred.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization management, discharge planning, or transfer coordination.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in nursing or health related field.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n-BLS Required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal/state/local regulations.\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 24 hours per week, Variable shifts. Requires every-other Weekend shifts and Holidays. Schedule varies depending on departmental needs, variable start times. Primary assignments will be Night shift in the Emergency Department. However, this position requires cross-training for both inpatient and Emergency Department PCC job duties.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657026/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator RN", "reqid": "135099", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28657026}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Physical Therapist-Full-time-Sacramento, CA\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nExperience treating pediatric patients preferred.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience treating pediatric patients preferred.\n\n++Selected applicant with less than 2 years experience may be hired as a Physical Therapist rather than a Sr. Physical Therapist ++", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657027/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Physical Therapist-Full-time-Sacramento, CA", "reqid": "135147", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28657027}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Home Health Occupational Therapist\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nThis job is limited to Occupational Therapists who are required to make home visits at any given time, or who have responsibilities which include working in the patients' place of residence. In accordance with agency policy and state/federal regulations, provides independent, age-appropriate occupational therapy evaluation and treatment to patients. Teaches patient/family and care givers preventative and rehabilitative procedures. Develops and coordinates the plan of care and provides case management.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction (as appropriate, in relationship to their adaptive equipment needs and Activities of Daily Living).\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals (as appropriate, for adaptive equipment).\n- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.\n- Implements the plan of care through direct treatment of patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Based on clinical guidelines, may assess for appropriate adaptive equipment for Activities of Daily Living. May reassess adaptive equipment as needed, to determine effectiveness and/or modification of equipment.\n- Coordinates adaptive equipment assessment with appropriate certified equipment vendors as appropriate.\n- Provides instruction and education to patient, family and caregivers.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need to modifying goals and treatment.\n- Evaluates need for interdisciplinary referrals to RN, PT, ST, MSW and HH Aide.\n- Participates in multidisciplinary patient care conferences.\n- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received a maximum benefit from occupational therapy in accordance with federal (Medicare), state and/or other regulatory guidelines.\n- In accordance with agency policy, provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management (to include, as relevant, when patient has received appropriate adaptive equipment to meet medical needs).\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in occupational therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department. Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects.\n- Supervises the work of Home Health Aides according to regulation and agency policy.\n- Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Develop & manage utilization & outcome measurement system for rehab in SNF, data collection & analysis, strategy development and implementation, training and consultation with contracted SNF, participate in quality program.\n- Provide clinic and in-home evaluations for high mobility equipment, approve equipment quotes from high mobility vendors; requires specific knowlede of DME benefit, assist with documentation required during appeal process, works closely with vendors to coordiante equipment fit.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years of experience in occupational therapy.\n- Experience in an automated clinical information system preferred.\n- Experience in assessment of high mobility equipment preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree.\n- Current license to practice as an Occupational Therapist in California.\n- Advanced Practice Certification may be required based on operational need.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- Current valid CA driver's license required.\n- Clinically skilled to detect early warning signs of medical complications including assessments of skin integrity and mentation.\n- Ability to differentiate emergent versus non-emergent patient care status.\n- Ability to look at patient holistically, not just body part or functional ability.\n- Commitment to Service Orientation.\n- Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Knowledge of Medicare conditions of participation and OASIS preferred.\n- Computer literate preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM\n\nMon - Fri; may require some weekends and holidays.\n\nNote: Will work in Marin and Sonoma County,may include somecoverage in San Francisco.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657028/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health Occupational Therapist", "reqid": "135162", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28657028}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Staff Education experience preferred.\n- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657031/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "135292", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28657031}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Staff Education experience preferred.\n- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657032/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "135295", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28657032}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Service Unit Dept Mgr RN [120245]\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657033/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Dept Mgr RN [120245]", "reqid": "135417", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28657033}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Emergency Department Technician II - Grade 465 (13002)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder direct supervision of the physician and/or designee, assists in examination and treatment of patients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs within the scope/training of EDT & State/ Federal regulations including EMTALA, HIPAA risk management & other applicable regulations.\n- Provision of competent patient care for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population, including ensuring age-specific care & responding to cultural needs of patients & families.\n- Communicates clearly & w/courtesy w/all members of healthcare team, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Completes duties with regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunications in documentation, tracking & conveying information.\n- Establishes priorities based on patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment & supplies.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of sensitivity to staff/patient/family rights, cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Participates in ED staff meetings, in-services & performance improvement activities.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients & families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights & cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Requires dependable attendance, flexibility to scheduled shifts & staff development.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Assists w/rooming & undressing patients at the direction of the RN & ensures patient belonging are collected, bagged & tagged.\n- Obtains, records & reports vital signs, EKG, heights, weights & inputs/outputs of patients as directed.\n- Assists physicians & nurses w/various procedures, including positioning & set up of draping, prepping, monitoring devices, prepares patient for suturing, performs wound cleaning, dressings, orthopedic devices, splints & crutch fitting.\n- Assists patients to/from bathroom, in general ambulation, & transports as needed.\n- Assists health care team in emergency situations including resuscitation.\n- Assists w/discharge process under direction of physician or nurse.\n- Cleans ED gurneys & equipment for efficient provision of care, including instruments per facility infection control policy.\n- Provides post-mortem care.\n- Prepares requisitions for lab, imaging reports & medical records.\n- Conducts pharmacy, lab, nutrition & imaging pick-ups/deliveries, including specimen transport as needed.\n- Inventories, orders, unpacks & distributes supplies, forms & linens.\n- Responsible for cleanliness, stocking & organization of patient care areas, utility & storage rooms.\n- Responsible for the quality control checks of urine dipsticks.\n- Carries out basic clerical duties of the Unit Assistant/Receptionist to include proper cash handling, customer service, greeting/identifying patients & filling out paperwork, including after-hour admission.\n- Must be able to perform proper body mechanics/lift techniques when transporting patients to the floor/another department.\n- The EDTII classification shall apply only to those EDT who are qualified and assigned to perform casting and/or Ortho Tech I duties as discussed in Appendix E of the Master agreement (p.312).\n- This assignment may also include, but is not limited to, phlebotomy & EKG.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of related experience as an Emergency Medical Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, or Medical Assistant with certification as specified by the Medical Board of California, or equivalent (e.g., military experience) or, completion of an ED or UCC externship in an unlicensed assistive personnel externship or, completion of first semester of clinical course work in a nursing program.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- CA Limited Phlebotomy Certification (LPT) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'skin puncture' for lab testing purposes and Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'blood draw' for lab testing purposes.\n- BLS required.\n- Demonstrated ability to use personal computer.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English)\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657019/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Department Technician II - Grade 465 (13002)", "reqid": "133916", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28657019}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Emergency Department Technician II - Grade 465 (13003)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder direct supervision of the physician and/or designee, assists in examination and treatment of patients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs within the scope/training of EDT & State/ Federal regulations including EMTALA, HIPAA risk management & other applicable regulations.\n- Provision of competent patient care for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population, including ensuring age-specific care & responding to cultural needs of patients & families.\n- Communicates clearly & w/courtesy w/all members of healthcare team, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Completes duties with regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunications in documentation, tracking & conveying information.\n- Establishes priorities based on patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment & supplies.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of sensitivity to staff/patient/family rights, cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Participates in ED staff meetings, in-services & performance improvement activities.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients & families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights & cultural & ethical beliefs.\n- Requires dependable attendance, flexibility to scheduled shifts & staff development.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Assists w/rooming & undressing patients at the direction of the RN & ensures patient belonging are collected, bagged & tagged.\n- Obtains, records & reports vital signs, EKG, heights, weights & inputs/outputs of patients as directed.\n- Assists physicians & nurses w/various procedures, including positioning & set up of draping, prepping, monitoring devices, prepares patient for suturing, performs wound cleaning, dressings, orthopedic devices, splints & crutch fitting.\n- Assists patients to/from bathroom, in general ambulation, & transports as needed.\n- Assists health care team in emergency situations including resuscitation.\n- Assists w/discharge process under direction of physician or nurse.\n- Cleans ED gurneys & equipment for efficient provision of care, including instruments per facility infection control policy.\n- Provides post-mortem care.\n- Prepares requisitions for lab, imaging reports & medical records.\n- Conducts pharmacy, lab, nutrition & imaging pick-ups/deliveries, including specimen transport as needed.\n- Inventories, orders, unpacks & distributes supplies, forms & linens.\n- Responsible for cleanliness, stocking & organization of patient care areas, utility & storage rooms.\n- Responsible for the quality control checks of urine dipsticks.\n- Carries out basic clerical duties of the Unit Assistant/Receptionist to include proper cash handling, customer service, greeting/identifying patients & filling out paperwork, including after-hour admission.\n- Must be able to perform proper body mechanics/lift techniques when transporting patients to the floor/another department.\n- The EDTII classification shall apply only to those EDT who are qualified and assigned to perform casting and/or Ortho Tech I duties as discussed in Appendix E of the Master agreement (p.312).\n- This assignment may also include, but is not limited to, phlebotomy & EKG.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of related experience as an Emergency Medical Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, or Medical Assistant with certification as specified by the Medical Board of California, or equivalent (e.g., military experience) or, completion of an ED or UCC externship in an unlicensed assistive personnel externship or, completion of first semester of clinical course work in a nursing program.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- CA Limited Phlebotomy Certification (LPT) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'skin puncture' for lab testing purposes and Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'blood draw' for lab testing purposes.\n- BLS required.\n- Demonstrated ability to use personal computer.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English)\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657020/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Department Technician II - Grade 465 (13003)", "reqid": "133918", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28657020}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1463) - Temporary\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience as a surgical technician\n- Two (2) years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neuro surgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- The senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician plus the demonstrated ability to perform and under general supervision frequently do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nExpected length of employment:Up to 90 days.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657021/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1463) - Temporary", "reqid": "134047", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28657021}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1464) - Temporary\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience as a surgical technician\n- Two (2) years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neuro surgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- The senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician plus the demonstrated ability to perform and under general supervision frequently do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nExpected length of employment:Up to 90 days.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657022/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1464) - Temporary", "reqid": "134055", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28657022}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1465) - Temporary\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience as a surgical technician\n- Two (2) years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neuro surgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- The senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician plus the demonstrated ability to perform and under general supervision frequently do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nExpected length of employment:Up to 90 days.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657023/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (1465) - Temporary", "reqid": "134058", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28657023}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Systems Analyst (924166)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThis position develops, modifies, maintains, and documents complex applications. In addition, consults, provides technical guidance to clients, documents new applications, and conducts training classes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs coding, maintenance, modification, and documentation of complex and advanced applications\n- Assists clients in defining their requirements and recommends appropriate application alternatives\n- Prepares documentation and conducts training sessions\n- Participates in the evaluation of new application packages and the identification of anticipated systems requirements for planning purposes\n- Performs related duties as assigned or requested\n\nSecondary Functions:\nPosition may also support shared systems administration and small-scale database development/support\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience, typically 2+ years with systems and applications programming, or its equivalent in education and work experience\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science or a related discipline\n- Some knowledge of systems alternatives is required\n- Good analytical and communication skills are essential\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657024/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Systems Analyst (924166)", "reqid": "134779", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28657024}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe cashier/receptionist is a member of the health care dept team who functions under the direction guidance & supervision of the dept mgr, assistant mgr, or designee. The position greets & checks in all patients reporting to the medical office in a professional & courteous manner. This position is responsible for accurate check-in, check-out where applicable, info capture & revenue collection per procedures. Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients w/ questions & concerns. Requires extensive use of the computer. \nEssential Functions:\n- Follow approp patient registration/check-in policies & procedures\n- Verify and/or update all demographic info\n- Working knowledge of Health Plan coverage types, for example (but not limited to) traditional, deductible, etc\n- Check in patients by following check-in policies & procedures & using the check-in systems or manual visit records when the systems are down\n- Determine patient's membership/benefits according to the benefit display\n- Create accounts as necessary\n- Capture & populate workers' compensation data on the correct screens & select the correct coverage as necessary\n- Manage electronic in-basket\n- Use notes function where applicable to document prepayments\n- Obtain a patient medical record number when necessary\n- Order Health Plan cards as needed\n- Collect co-pays & fees, inform patients of available payment options\n- Generate approp encounter forms per procedure electronically or manually if the system is down\n- Direct patients to approp area after the check-in process is completed\n- Check out patients by following checkout policies & procedures & using the checkout systems or manual visit records when the systems are down, if applicable\n- Follow approp procedures when registering exception-type patients such as non-members, out-of-area health plan members, Medicare, Media-Cal, & industrial patients\n- Initiate & complete required forms for all appts per policy\n- Access necessary info from the fee schedule to determine approp fees based on CPT-4 and/or service codes in order to collect approp revenue\n- Referring to other dept & administrative services for further info, e.g., Member Services, Medical Secretaries, & Business Office\n- Initiating & completing approp forms as needed, for e.g., Release Of Info, Patient Financial Responsibility\n- Tracking referrals to specialty care by utilizing the consultation/referral system as needed in those areas where this responsibility currently exists for the individual in this classification where this responsibility is not part of an existing position, it cannot be added w/out written agreement as part of the LMP\n- Demonstrate knowledge of & application to Patient Admin Appt Registration\n- Maintain the patient will-call area box if applicable\n- Communicate w/ clinical & business office staff as needed\n- Handle cash according to the Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement (CHRA)\n- Comply w/ all applicable cash handling policies & procedures (see reference list)\n- The registration designee is responsible for the safekeeping of change funds, all revenue collected during the shift, all assigned revenue documents, & all keys assigned for cash control\n- Obtain, secure, & ensure sufficient denominations to provide change\n- Reconcile shift & deposit funds according to the CHRA\n- Use correct procedures to document & report discrepancies\n- Working towards positive operational outcomes\n- Perform other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of work experience\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Basic knowledge and use of computer and computer keyboard\n- Passing of a PC skills assessment\n- Ability to read and follow instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Communicate with health care providers, staff, patients and visitors\n- Professional phone etiquette\n- Ability to multi-task, organize, manage time and prioritize workflow in a complex environment\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to the detailed responsibilities outlined in the appropriate (United Healthcare Workers - West) Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement\n\nSkills Testing: PC Skills", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657016/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3", "reqid": "133638", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28657016}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Chemical Dependency Recovery Program Counselor I (55)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nUnder general supervision, provides comprehensive psycho-social services to Health Plan members and their families presenting to the Chemical Dependency Recovery Program (CDRP/CDS). Utilizes established therapeutic techniques in interviewing, assessing and treating psycho-social problems as they relate to chemical dependencies and addictions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients and related sources to identify extent and effects of chemical dependency, in order to arrive at a treatment plan.\n- W/ approval from the supervisor, utilizing close supervision and commensurate w/ skills and training, provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, and HIV risk assessment and counseling as related to chemical dependency.\n- Participates in team discussions related to appropriate treatment plans for patients and their families.\n- Confers w/ staff physician and clinical supervisor regarding patients' progress and treatment.\n- Prepares psycho-social assessments, case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of patients.\n- Confers w/ representatives of other departments and private agencies to resolve problems and to develop and maintain public understanding and sound working relationships.\n- Participates in training programs and workshops for continued professional growth in general counseling skills, as well as specialized treatment in addiction medicine.\n- Maintains ethical and professional standards of conduct.\n- This position does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\n- Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully and develops alternative solutions.\n- Interpersonal Skills: Maintains confidentiality, treats co-workers, patients and facility visitors with respect.\n- Oral Communication: Listens and gets clarification to ensure that instructions and requests are fully understood.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of paid experience under licensed supervision.\n- Bachelor's degree in Applied Behavioral Science or equivalent work experience.\n- Current certification as an addiction counselor.\n- If in chemical dependency recovery, a minimum of three (3) years continuous sobriety is required.\n- Ongoing employment in the CDRP/CDS is contingent on continuous sobriety.\n- Must have basic computer skills.\n- Must be able to work in a multidisciplinary environment.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: 8:30am - 12:30pm\n\nWeek 1: Sun & Sat\nWeek 2: Off\nWeek 3: Sun & Sat\nWeek 4: Off", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657017/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chemical Dependency Recovery Program Counselor I (55)", "reqid": "133877", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28657017}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (120221)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year of experience within the past three (3) years as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Completion of master's program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657014/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Perioperative/Surgical Services (120221)", "reqid": "132981", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28657014}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Workers' Compensation Examiner\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages complex and litigated workers compensation indemnity claims requiring considerable judgment, independent analysis, and detailed knowledge. Acts in lead capacity in claims unit.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises administrative clerks and claims assistant, including the distribution of work, coaching, and performance evaluations.\n- Acts as claims manager in the claims managers' absence.\n- Reviews and approves work of examiners based on authority level.\n- Trains claim examiners.\n- Reviews, analyzes, and assigns new claims.\n- Assigns claims for investigation as necessary to help resolve compensability issues.\n- Makes determination to accept, delay, or deny claims based upon valid medical, factual, or statutory reasons.\n- Controls and manages medical aspect of each claim.\n- Determines probable monetary value of case and assigns appropriate reserves.\n- Reviews reserves regularly to ensure adequacy.\n- Ensures payment of benefits in accordance w/ the California Labor Code, Administrative Rules and Regulations, and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Manages all aspects of litigated cases in accordance w/ client specifications.\n- Assigns case to Rehabilitation Counselor as needed.\n- Negotiates cost effective settlements.\n- Meets w/ assigned clients at least quarterly to review claims and discuss any pertinent issues.\n- Assumes managerial responsibilities in absence of claims manager.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for the daily management of workers compensation caseload of approximately 135 cases.\n- Determines if a case should be accepted, delayed or denied based on medical, factual and legal aspects of each individual case.\n- Controls and manages medical aspects of all cases in their caseload.\n- Manages all aspects of litigation of negotiates settlements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually three (3) to five (5) years) in California workers compensation claims administration/examining.\n- Previous supervisory experience or ability to act in a lead capacity.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Social, or Behavioral Science.\n- Insurance Education Associations Certification and Certificate of Competency required.\n- Strong written and verbal communication skills.\n- Proficient in a variety of software applications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 5 years of workers compensation claims handling experience.\n- Proven workers compensation claim technical expertise.\n\n\nSkills Testing: Technical Workers Compensation Claim Exam", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657012/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Workers' Compensation Examiner", "reqid": "130060", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28657012}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Houskeeping Aide - Grade 100\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder direct supervision, cleans and maintains an assigned area, and performs a variety of environmental services duties in and around the medical center in order to maintain a neat, orderly, sanitary, and safe environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates and utilizes equipment needed to include cleaner, wet mop unit, dust pay, dust mop, back vacuum, automatic floor scrubber, shampoo machine, high speed buffer, carpet extractor, wet/dry vacuum, floor buffer, wall washer and utility cart.\n- Operates and utilizes sanipac, compactor and bailer.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products cleans patient areas to include restrooms, discharge beds, woodwork, horizontal surfaces, TVs cabinets, furniture, glass, walls, floors, all affixed items, replenish dispensers, remove soiled linen and trash.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products, cleans auxiliary areas to include medication room, nursing station, tub room, soiled utility rooms, storage areas, staff lounge, quiet rooms, offices, exam rooms, treatment rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, elevators, water fountain, ice machines, telephones, all horizontal surfaces and high dusting.\n- Replenishes supplies such as: paper-towels, toilet paper, soap, plastic liners, paper cups and seat covers.\n- Reports unsafe conditions such as defective or damaged equipment.\n- Assures sharp objects are in proper containers, follows safety rules established by the department and uses proper body mechanics such as lifting techniques.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience preferred.\n- Moderate to heavy lifting ability required.\n- Ability to operate all types of floor machinery and other housekeeping related equipment.\n- Ability to lift 50 lbs., carry items of 25 lbs., push carts up to 200 lbs.\n- Ability to perform frequent pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting and reaching.\n- Job requires extensive standing and walking.\n- Ability to understand and communicate effectively.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:43:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28657010/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Houskeeping Aide - Grade 100", "reqid": "125723", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28657010}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: HP Clinic Operations Manager I\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\n**Travel between facilities.\n\nCoordinate the delivery of quality patient care to facilitate member satisfaction with the care experience.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages clinical operations, including staffing schedules, phone access to the health care team, and patient flow.\n- Responsible for all appropriate documentation and reporting requirements, such as QA reports, performance evaluations, time sheets, and budget variance reports.\n- Ensures the appropriate level and mix of staff and effective staff utilization to meet staffing and workload requirements and support the delivery of quality patient care and services, within budgetary guidelines.\n- Develops staffing plans; works with Human Resources staff to recruit and hire staff; and coordinates comprehensive orientation of new staff.\n- Establishes accountabilities and performance goals and provides counseling, coaching, feedback, recognition, training and development to staff.\n- Develops and manages quality improvement initiatives for areas of responsibility and ensures compliance with HEDIS indicators and other mandated standards.\n- Collaborates with physician managers and providers to coordinate day-to-day patient care, ensure balanced provider panels within the health care team, and facilitate appointment access for members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 year of current clinical experience plus 2 years supervisory experience required.\n- BSN or bachelor's degree in health care administration, other health related field, or equivalent years of related experience required.\n- Current RN license.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Demonstrated clinical and managerial competence appropriate to area(s) of responsibility; familiarity with all pertinent laws, regulations, and standards of nursing practice; demonstrated competence with financial management principles and standard software applications in a Windows environment required.\nPreferred Skills:\n- OBGYN and Pediatrics experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656984/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HP Clinic Operations Manager I", "reqid": "135323", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28656984}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Continuing Care Program Manager, RN\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nThe Continuing Care Program Manager is responsible for developing & directing region-wide programs to assist our members, families & practitioners in need of care provided outside of the medical office building & hospital. The Program Manager directs region-wide management of operations for patients requiring services outside of the medical office building & hospital with an emphasis on resource stewardship, length of stay, & patient placement to match level of care w/ place of service. The manager works collaboratively w/ the department leadership, service area leaders, administrative leaders & contracted facility leaders to develop & implement programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages Continuing Care health plan staff to ensure daily Continuing Care UM activities are applied in a consistent, effective manner in accordance w/ departmental goals & targets.\n- Recruits staff, supports professional growth, conducts performance evaluations, counsels & services as a mentor to direct reports.\n- Provides leadership role in advancing the use of UM criteria including Senior Metrix tools that staff must adhere to in performing case management & utilization review.\n- Manages length of stay & appropriateness of placement.\n- Ensures staff applies member benefits correctly & in compliance w/ state & federal regulations. This includes oversight of data entry & documentation.\n- Oversees SNF placement including transfer of care w/ medical facility health care teams, contracted providers & member's family\n- Oversees denial letter process & works w/ UM department staff to ensure compliance w/ state & federal regulations\n- Supervises referral tracking for patients in need of care outside of the medical office & hospital.\n- Develops, implements, and manages region-wide continuing care quality programs. This includes:\n- Identifies best practice working w/ KP practitioners & staff to tailor programs to region & service areas.\n- Identifies performance standards, works w/ KP practitioners to set standards, processes, & monitors mechanisms.\n- Directs & participates in regional & service area meetings to identify quality concerns & take appropriate follow-up action.\n- Identifies patient safety related to transitions in care & develops, implements & manages new processes that ensure safe transitions.\n- Participates in regional & service area Continuing Care meetings to identify quality concerns & take appropriate follow-up action.\n- Actively provides leadership role in continuing care activities. This includes:\n- Educating service area & regional leaders on continuing care programs and goals.\n- Organizes and leads regularly scheduled meetings between KP & agencies to improve processes & resource stewardship.\n- Represents KPMAS on inter-regional initiatives related to continuing care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 years of experience required to include 5 years of clinical experience & 2 years of utilization management/case management.\n- 4 years of direct supervisory/managerial experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care/related clinical field or equivalent years of related experience required.\n- Current RN licensure in assigned jurisdiction required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health care/related clinical field preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656985/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Continuing Care Program Manager, RN", "reqid": "135334", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28656985}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Product Manager\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nLeads the ongoing analysis, planning & management of a product or products w/in a product line or product family & facilitates corrective actions to improve product financial (membership, revenue, margin) & administrative (health plan & delivery system operations) performance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for managing the performance of the assigned product or products to support regional profitability & membership goals. Managing entails ongoing analysis of product performance & the facilitation of corrective actions to improve the product financial & administrative performance.\n- Develops an annual product plan containing target performance metrics, initiatives & strategies that are consistent w/ overall regional goals.\n- Works w/ Sr. Product Managers to support multi-disciplinary task groups that assess the marketing, financial, operations, administrative & clinical implications of specific product changes & enhancements.\n- Leads the implementation of product enhancements as appropriate. Ensures product enhancements, initiatives & strategies are implemented consistent w/ agreed upon timelines & milestone dates. Oversees weekly progress in key project initiatives.\n- Updates, monitors & enhances as necessary a product dashboard to monitor & track product performance.\n- Coordinates product documentation & assists w/ product training as appropriate.\n- Ensures contractual compliance w/ benefit filings & other regulatory issues.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of relevant experience in health care &/or marketing w/ an emphasis in product management or project management, or 3 years of relevant experience w/ a master's degree required.\n- 3 years of experience in leading complex, interdisciplinary projects to a timely completion required.\n- 3 years of experience w/ spreadsheets (Excel), presentation graphics (PowerPoint) & word processing (Word) tools required.\n- BA/BS in Business, Health Care or a related field required.\n- Excellent written & oral communications skills are required.\n- Ability to deal effectively w/ multiple clients is required.\n- Ability to effectively interact w/ a diverse workforce & cross-functional groups required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Business, Health Care or a related field preferred.\n- Knowledge of insurance regulatory & contractual requirements preferred.\n- Knowledge of various analytical methods & statistical techniques preferred.\n- Knowledge of current health care marketplace dynamics & KP's position in the market preferred.\n- Knowledge of KP operations & marketing processes & strategies preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656987/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Product Manager", "reqid": "135350", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28656987}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Revenue Integrity Coding Analyst\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nAssists CODING SUPERVISOR in meeting departmental quality, service, cost, productivity & reimbursement goals & objectives.\nWorks closely with Patient Financial Services & denial management team to ensure coding issues are resolved.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists Coding Supervisor & Coding Manager in meeting departmental quality, service, cost, productivity & reimbursement goals & objectives.\n- In collaboration with the Patient Financial Service managers & front ends staff identify, troubleshoot & problem solve any coding issues that impact the Revenue Cycle processes.\n- Communicates & participates in local, regional & operational strategic meetings & initiatives involving coding & the revenue cycle enhancement process.\n- Actively involved in mentoring & training all functions & services related to inpatient & outpatient medical coding, medical documentation & physician queries, abstracting & data collection.\n- Monitors coding & abstracting quality by conducting &/or coordinating ongoing audits to ensure coding quality & performance improvement standards are maintained, achieved & improved.\n- Works with HIM Management to develop, implement, evaluate & improve coding policies & procedures & department operations.\n- Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state & local regulations, as well as with institutional/organizational standards, practices, policies & procedures.\n- Strong research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools & on-line research tools required to resolve complex coding/systems issues.\n- Conducts Quality Assurance audits & qualitative/quantitative review of medical record to verify the completeness & accuracy of diagnoses, operation & special diagnostic & therapeutic procedures which conform to established standards & in compliance with outside regulatory agencies & Kaiser Permanente policies.\n- Participates in regular quality assurance activities by providing technical support for data collection & report compilation relative to coding. Conducts on-going training sessions & routine feedback (oral & written) to providers & ancillary staff on standard coding practices as it relates to revenue recovery principles & procedures for identification & billing.\n- Performs focused reviews on encounters as needed to support various coding & revenue cycle initiatives as appropriate.\n- Edits or queries providers as needed diagnostic & procedure codes assigned to encounter visits using the ICD-9-CM, CPT & HCPCS coding systems as seen in the charge review work queues.\n- Participate in various audit validation processes.\n- Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 4 years of experience in a health care setting is required.\n- 3 years of coding experience is required.\n- 2 years of medical records audit experience is required.\n- 2 years of electronic medical records experience is required.\n- 2 years of medical terminology required.\n- 3 years of customer service experience is required.\n- 3 years of knowledge in coding practices is required.\n- 3 years of knowledge of compliance & regulatory requirements is required.\n- Bachelor's degree in health administration (or a related field) or RHIA certification is required OR Associate's degree in health related field or RHIT certification plus 2 years of additional experience is required.\n- CPC or CCS-P is required.\n- CPC-H or CCS is required within 6 months of employment.\n- CPMA or other auditing certificate is required within 6 months of employment.\n- Ability to work with & maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account & personnel data is required.\n- Effective verbal & written communication skills, as well as, strong interpersonal skills is required.\n- Ability to effectively abstract medical information to determine the correct data is required.\n- Strong data management skills including proficiency in MS Office applications is required.\n- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision is required.\n- New Hire:\n-Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n- 80% or higher passing score.\n- Annually:\n- Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n-80% or higher passing score.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Project management experience preferred.\n- Training/Education experience preferred.\n- Supervisory experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656986/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Revenue Integrity Coding Analyst", "reqid": "135339", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28656986}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Beltsville", "description": "Title: Educational Theatre Programs Specialist\nLocation: Beltsville, MD\nTo provide quality, consistent, & creative execution of all roles theatrical & non-theatrical assigned by the Director & designated personnel in Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Programs & to lead the ETP touring staff at all venues. Maintains knowledge of & assures departmental compliance w/ KP\u2019s Principles of Responsibility & policies & procedures, & applicable regulatory requirements & accreditation standards. Responds appropriately to observed fraud or abuse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Consistently & professionally executes of all assigned acting roles.\n- Leads touring staff & ensures that all administrative, technical, logistical, & or other duties assigned are carried out in a timely & efficient manner.\n- Drives ETP vehicles, both vans & trucks, to & from performance venues.\n- Loads & setups of all production material including sets, lights, sound equipment, costumes, & props at performance venue.\n- Leads touring staff performing at ETP Special Events w/ internal & external clients.\n- Leads touring staff performing & facilitating at ETP Medical Center Service Projects.\n- Ensures that all administrative, technical, logistical, & or other duties assigned are carried out in a timely & efficient manner.\n- Drives ETP vehicles, both vans & trucks, to & from performance venues.\n- Loads & setups of all production material including sets, lights, sound equipment, costumes, & props at performance venue.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 4 years of acting and movement training required.\n- 4 years of acting experience required, not including high school productions.\n- Valid driver's license required.\n- High diploma or GED required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor\u2019s degree in Theatre or related field highly preferred.\n- Proficiency in one of the following skills - Spanish language fluency; choreography; video production; musical instrument and/or voice; directing and/or playwrighting; stage management; classroom instruction - highly preferred:\n- Experience performing for youth audiences highly preferred.\n- Classroom teaching experience highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656988/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Educational Theatre Programs Specialist", "reqid": "135352", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Beltsville, MD", "uid": 28656988}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Beltsville", "description": "Title: Sr. Educational Theatre Programs Specialist\nLocation: Beltsville, MD\nTo lead the ETP touring staff at all venues & ensure efficient & quality productions while assisting the Director in the development & implementation of creative programs. Maintains knowledge of & assures departmental compliance w/ KP\u2019s Principles of Responsibility & policies & procedures, & applicable regulatory requirements & accreditation standards. Responds appropriately to observed fraud or abuse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Consistently & professionally executes of all assigned acting roles.\n- Leads touring staff & ensures that all administrative, technical, logistical, & or other duties assigned are carried out in a timely & efficient manner.\n- Drives ETP vehicles, both vans & trucks, to & from performance venues.\n- Loads & setups of all production material including sets, lights, sound equipment, costumes, & props at performance venue.\n- Leads touring staff performing at ETP Special Events w/ internal & external clients.\n- Leads touring staff performing & facilitating at ETP Medical Center Service Projects.\n- Ensures that all administrative, technical, logistical, & or other duties assigned are carried out in a timely & efficient manner.\n- Drives ETP vehicles, both vans & trucks, to & from performance venues.\n- Loads & setups of all production material including sets, lights, sound equipment, costumes, & props at performance venue.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 4 years of acting and movement training required.\n- 4 years of acting experience required, not including high school productions.\n- Valid driver's license required.\n- High diploma or GED required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor\u2019s degree in Theatre or related field highly preferred.\n- Proficiency in one of the following skills - Spanish language fluency; choreography; video production; musical instrument and/or voice; directing and/or playwrighting; stage management; classroom instruction - highly preferred:\n- Experience performing for youth audiences highly preferred.\n- Classroom teaching experience highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656989/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Educational Theatre Programs Specialist", "reqid": "135358", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Beltsville, MD", "uid": 28656989}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hyattsville", "description": "Title: Coding Supervisor\nLocation: Hyattsville, MD\nUnder the direction of the Coding Manager, supervises day-to-day operations of HIMS Coding & Coding Support Staff, including Internal & External Professional Services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts on-going quality audits & monitors expertise to Certified Professional coders & other assigned non-clinical personnel work performance in order to ensure that appropriate medical documentation supports all code assignment required to receive appropriate reimbursement for Professional Services patient care services, treatments & procedures.\n- Leads & provides supervision, direction & technical expertise to Certified Professional coders & other assigned non-clinical personnel.\n- Provides ongoing education & development on documentation & coding to physicians & coders based on trends & patterns identified from ongoing audit findings.\n- Coordinates external audits & reporting to regulatory agencies including Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health Services (DHS), Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD). Ensures compliance w/ guidelines/requirements of the Office of Inspector General (OIG ) by ensuring accurate & compliant submission of abstracted & coded data. Consistently upholds Corporate Compliance & Principles of Responsibility (KP's Code of Conduct).\n- Works w/ Coding Manager to develop implement & monitor departmental policies & procedures that support organizational goals, business objectives & CMS requirements.\n- Develops, trains & monitors the productivity & performance of assigned staff.\n- Provides ongoing staff development based on identified needs.\n- Supervises team locations & roles determined by the Manager & demand for on-site support.\n- Collaborates with operating departments to schedule coding support & feedback audits.\n- Assist with on-site support & end user feed back & coaching.\n- Assists in the development of communication tools for coding documentation, questions & provider feedback assumes responsibility for additional projects concerned with supplies, training, scheduling, & data collection for the roll-out as needed & assigned.\n- Functions as ongoing resource to providers for questions & serves as conduit for feedback from the end users & teams to the auditing tool designers for application modifications & additions.\n- Supervise coding staff, including scheduling, coaching, & issue resolution.\n- Works in collaboration with the Coding Manager, Revenue Integrity & the Patient Financial Services management team to provide ongoing feedback to the HIMS Education team for training & routine feedback purposes to the providers & ancillary staff.\n- Hires, disciplines & evaluates/manages the performance of assigned staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience in a health care setting is required.\n- 4 years of coding experience is required.\n- 2 years of medical terminology required.\n- 4 years of customer service experience is required.\n- 4 years of knowledge in coding practices is required.\n- 4 years of knowledge of compliance & regulatory requirements is required.\n- Bachelor's degree in health administration (or a related field) or RHIA certification is required.\nOR Associate's degree in health related field or RHIT certification plus 2 years of additional experience is required.\n- CPC or CPC-H or CCS or CCS-P is required.\n- CPMA or other auditing certificate is required within 6 months of hire\n- Ability to work with & maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account & personnel data is required.\n- Effective verbal & written communication skills, as well as, strong interpersonal skills is required.\n- Ability to effectively abstract medical information to determine the correct data is required.\n- Strong data management skills including proficiency in MS Office applications is required.\n- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision is required.\n- New Hire:\n-Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n- 80% or higher passing score.\n- Annually:\n- Successful completion of Assessment of Critical Coding Skills.\n- 80% or higher passing score.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Project management experience preferred.\n- Training/Education experience preferred.\n- 2 years of supervisory experience is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656990/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coding Supervisor", "reqid": "135448", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Hyattsville, MD", "uid": 28656990}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Intern-Undergrad IT Research and Quality\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe intern position is typically responsible for providing support, for various departments from routine/entry level to graduate level experience. As part of a team under close supervision, Information Technology or Business interns at this level will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Research and Quality Directorate\n\nThe Research and Quality group is forming in 2011 and 2012. It will provide comprehensive IT partnership efforts for Community Benefit, Research & Health Policy; and the Quality and Care Delivery Excellence organizations. We will coordinate and provide leadership across the IT organization for the technical work, information management solutions and collective intelligence delivered for these organizations.\nOur focus will be to provide strategic, tactical, and operational leadership which supports the IT planning and delivery for these business and clinical organizations. We will be delivering some IT projects directly and coordinating with other BIOs on the programs and projects they are delivering. Our goal is also to provide an overall IT planning and coordination function as this group forms.\nWe actively participate and contribute in Industry, KP, and KPIT wide initiatives in the areas of data usage and governance, information management, privacy and security, service oriented architecture, data analytics and visualization, information modeling, and data access controls.\n\nIntern Project:\nSupport the research and quality portfolio organization's strategic leadership responsibilities, ensure development and innovation technology delivery related tasks assigned to the portfolio of research and quality are completed in a timely manner, perform weekly executive status reporting requirements, represent the program in communications with program direct reports and external program constituents, and support research and quality directors in the analysis of project health metrics.\n1. Provide meeting support including organization, facilitation, minutes creation and action item tracking for different audiences\n2. Executive Status Report Roll-up and Distribution\n3. Communications Coordination and Production\n4. Research and quality Program Wide Meeting Preparation and Meeting Minutes\n5. Research and quality portfolio presentation creation & management\n6. Upkeep for various project and program databases as needed\n7. Data request, contract and procurement tracking as needed\n8. Research and Quality Multi-Year Planning and Funding Package Distribution & Communication\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.\n - 3.0 GPA\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Honesty, integrity and demonstrated customer-focused interpersonal skills and attitude.\n - Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others, maintains confidences, admits mistakes, conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions, and follows through on commitments.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656981/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern-Undergrad IT Research and Quality", "reqid": "135444", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28656981}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: Intern-Undergrad KP HealthConnect\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nThe intern position is typically responsible for providing support, for various departments from routine/entry level to graduate level experience. As part of a team under close supervision, Information Technology or Business interns at this level will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments.\n\nEssential Functions:\nKaiser Permanente HealthConnect is the largest private sector electronic health record in the world. It is an integrated clinical & administrative information management system that integrates the patient's electronic medical record w/ their appointments, registration and billing information. It offers our members to communicate securely with their physicians and provides the members 24/7 online access to view key portions of their medical record. The HealthConnect department not only maintains such a system but also integrates HealthConnect with ancillary applications and trains the physician to use the system.\n\nIntern Project:\nThe HealthConnect application is suite of EPIC applications which is maintained by different teams. The duties may vary depending on the team.\n\nThe HealthConnect System Analyst (Intern) is responsible for\n1) Support the clinical, scheduling, professional billing, security, and tapestry teams with specific projects\n2) Design, develop and create reports to support the KP HealthCare team and/or the customers\n3) Assist the HealthConnect Managers/Director in process optimization\n4) Assist the Application Leads/Managers/Director in tracking, projects\n5) Update and execute Regression Test Cases\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.\n - 3.0 GPA\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\nPreferred Qualifications:\n1) A history of academic success\n2) You must be entering your final year in school to qualify for this internship\n3) Pursuing degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or software engineering\n4) Organized, articulate, personable. Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing\n5) Analytical and demonstrated the ability to solve complex problems\n6) Self-motivated", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656982/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern-Undergrad KP HealthConnect", "reqid": "135491", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 28656982}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: Intern Grad - KP HealthConnect\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nAre you looking for an Internship where you will:\n- Learn how to present and communicate complex information and ideas to senior management?\n- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?\nIf you are, then this is a position for you!\nWe are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working within a health care environment with an emphasis on technology.\nKaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting and improving health care for its 8.6M members, and to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments and learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies, and application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management and business intelligence. At the end of the Internship, the intern would have learned about the various activities involved in project management and business analysis.\n\nEssential Functions:\nKaiser Permanente HealthConnect is the largest private sector electronic health record in the world. It is an integrated clinical & administrative information management system that integrates the patient's electronic medical record w/ their appointments, registration and billing information. It offers our members to communicate securely with their physicians and provides the members 24/7 online access to view key portions of their medical record. The HealthConnect department not only maintains such a system but also integrates HealthConnect with ancillary applications and trains the physician to use the system.\n\nIntern Project:\nKP HealthConnect Education, Optimization, Support (EOS) team delivers training to Physician Community. The EOS team is looking at innovative solution to deliver training such that it is tailored to an individual provider. Hence, it is looking to create knowledge maps for the Physician to acquire new skills or to learn new concepts. Knowledge Map will be web based tools that will be supported by a database on the back-end. The HealthConnect Software Developer (Intern) is responsible for\na) In coordination with the EOS Manager gather and understand the requirements of the Knowledge Map Tool\nb) Create design documents to support the business requirements\nc) Code the design to specification\nd) Test the code to specification\ne) Draft deliverables to transfer knowledge to the appropriate assigned personnel f) Track, document and communicate progression of tasks and follow-up to ensure on-time completion\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nWorking towards bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, Computer Science, Economics, English, Finance, Health Care, IT or other related discipline.\nMust have an interest in strategy and intermediate to advanced PowerPoint skills.\nGeneral understanding of health care IT, best practices, industry trends, as applicable to areas of responsibility.\nGeneral understanding of corporate communications health care IT, best practices, industry trends, as applicable to areas of responsibility.\nAcademic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment.\nAnalytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.\nWorking knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Access DB skills.\nHigh school diploma or GED.\nExcellent organizational skills and detail orientation.\nExceptional customer service orientation.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - You have or are about to receive your master's degree\n - A history of academic success\n - You must be entering your final year in school to qualify for this internship\n - Pursuing degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or software engineering with emphasis on Database design and Web Design\n - Organized, articulate, personable. Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing\n - Analytical and demonstrated the ability to solve complex problems\n - Self-motivated\n - Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems and software\n - Experience working with relational databases to facilitate programming software", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656983/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Grad - KP HealthConnect", "reqid": "135472", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 28656983}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Principal Program Manager, (ICD-10)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nEncapsulates individuals who manage projects and programs within IT.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages large complex programs or national strategic initiatives.\n- Total managed project budget is over $20M.\n- Project Complexity can be Multiple Sites and up to 40 integrated Work Tracks.\n- Develops strategies and approaches for organization for large complex programs.\n- Provides leadership to program and project team members in developing program frameworks, and facilitates with business partners on utilization of shared PMO structures.\n- Ensures alignment across multiple IT and business stakeholders on overall program schedule, budget, deliverables, and ensures alignment is maintained for duration of program.\n- Leverages knowledge, expertise and experience of change management process and consults with project/programs.\n- Responsible for accurate time reporting across multiple programs or a mega-program.\n- Manages the interdependencies across multiple program tracks within enterprise programs.\n- Partners with business partner on development of financial materials and supports presentation of budget requests to appropriate funding.\n- Directs the quality/testing strategies for the project. Evaluatesbest practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios to enhance.\n- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.\n- Participate in project team and staff performance appraisals, career planning and succession planning.\n- Manages the executive vendor engagement relationship with IT Procurement.\n- Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives and project functional trends.\n- Participate in Business strategic planning.\n- Sets the standards and frameworks for ensuring program wide communication plan is in place and followed by project/program track leads.\n- May manage 7- 9 project managers.\n- Effectively manage cross-functional team members.\n- Develop, coach & mentor others.\n- Manages a combined project team of up to 300 resources.\n- Leverages knowledge across the project/program arena to develop robust client solutions.\n- As an expert in the field of project management, uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad matters in relevant areas.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 10 years of Program/Project Management experience.\n- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.\n- Demonstrates deep understanding and knowledge of IT methods and project management and applies this in all stages of project/program.\n- Requires advanced knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of multiple related functions.\n- Recognized as a leader in project and program management.\n- Ability to influence others and build strong partnership with others.\n- Team and Service oriented.\n- Understands funding mechanisms including relationship between project/program budgets, multi-year plan, regional budgets, long-range financial plan, and member rates.\n- Demonstrated strategic thinking skills.\n- Ability to deal with people dynamic with minimal guidance.\n- Ability to resolve conflict with minimal guidance.\n- Requires a broad range of highly complex decision-making.\n- Requires the persuasion, presentation and/or negotiation of functional strategies, philosophies, policies, and/or opinions in order to substantially impact the function.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare industry knowledge.\n- Information technology experience.\n- Should have managed project budgets of over $20 million.\n- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656978/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal Program Manager, (ICD-10)", "reqid": "125203", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28656978}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Wailuku", "description": "Title: Sales Representatitve\nLocation: Wailuku, HI\nThe Sales Representative is accountable for managing a sales territory to achieve sales goals and strategic objectives. Develop a culture of collaboration and accountability between sales, account management, pricing and other key internal partners.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Sell large, mid and/or small commercial group business\n- Achieves sales goals by business line\n- Develops and manages a pipeline of prospects through various sales channels\n- Develops and executes a sales plan\n- Contributes to competitively positioning Kaiser Permanente in the marketplace\n- Positions Kaiser Permanente as a strategic partner with customer, broker or consultant decision-makers and influencers\n- Strategically builds new and leverages established broker relationships to increase prospect and sales opportunities\n- Effectively consults with purchasers and brokers to demonstrate value and build commitment to Kaiser Permanente\n- Engages Kaiser Permanente resources as identified in sales plans, including clinics and providers to engage community and implement sales plan\n- Manages operational sales activity to achieve sales goals by business line\n- Identifies and solicits appropriate business\n- Sells the group with right rate, product benefit mix and conditions of offering in compliance with Kaiser Permanente policy and procedures and federal and state law\n- Manages implementation process\n- Tracks/records account information, strategy, and activities on an ongoing basis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of industry or related experience in successfully achieving sales objectives\n- bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirements for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within 3 months of hire)\n- Valid driver's license\n- Proven track record of successful sales dealing with high-levels of issue complexity and relationship sensitivity\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Sales experience in service related industry\n- bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or related field", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656973/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sales Representatitve", "reqid": "133393", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Wailuku, HI", "uid": 28656973}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder immediate supervision of pharmacist, performs variety of technical and clerical duties. Fills, packages, and provides medication. Restocks to fixed levels and compounds or repackages following established policies, practices, procedures, or specific instructions and within federal and state statutes and regulations. Performs cashiering duties such as collection of cash, check, or credit card payments for all collectible services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Matches prescriptions with labels; selects proper drug and quantity to be dispensed, fills container, applies labels, and presents completed product to pharmacist for checking\n- By typing or computer entry, inputs patient and prescription information to produce labels and to assist in prescription filling process\n- Assists with and/or provides medication (checked by pharmacist), OTC product, or supplies to correct patient in helpful and caring manner; refers all consultation function to pharmacist; collects money if needed\n- Calculates price for prescriptions or order; sells non-prescription drugs; collects cash, check, or credit card payments for all collectible services; verifies information is accurate on all checks; assures valid authorization is received for all credit card payments; validates checks and credit slips and issues receipts accordingly\n- Balances monies, checks, and credit card charge documents daily against cash register receipts; reconciles any discrepancy; prepares bank deposit\n- Orders, receives, stores, returns, credits, and discards drugs and supplies\n- Packs, compounds, reconstitutes, and distributes inventory for issue, transfer or dispensing\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years (4,160 hours) of pharmacy technician trainee or related experience\n- High school diploma\n- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)\n- Demonstrated ability to safely handle and/or prepare compounds such as chemotherapeutic agents, biologicals or other\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, customer service, oral communication, multi-tasking, teamwork, and written communication\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of Pharmacy technician training program\n- Post high school coursework training", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656974/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician", "reqid": "134185", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28656974}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Data Analyst Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nDevelops and manages information to support corporate decision making. Manages and improves existing reporting systems. Performs complex analyses. Educates/trains on or conducts/facilitates analyses, issues identification, organizational risk assessment, and decision making processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides consulting and analytic services to leadership\n- Provides technical support and mentoring and training to less senior analysts\n- Develops methodology and processes for prioritization and scheduling of projects\n- Analyzes problems and determines root causes\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Fives years of data analyst or related experience, including proficiency with analytical software or equivalent related education\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, computer science, management information systems, or related field or equivalent related experience\n- Proficiency in statistics, data analysis, and research methods\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, project management, quality management, teamwork, written communication, group presentations, group process facilitation, influence, results orientation, strategic thinking, and team building\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Working knowledge of ICD-9 CM coding and Medicare programs if relevant to area supporting", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656975/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Analyst Senior", "reqid": "135123", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28656975}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Pain Psychologist\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder general supervision, provides variety of ambulatory behavioral health services including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, case management & psychotherapeutic intervention to individuals, families, groups &/or Intensive Outpatient Programs. Provides services to adults of all ages, adolescents & children. Supports compliance & Principles of Responsibility & maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics & integrity. Adheres to applicable federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & licensing requirements, policies & procedures. Reports &/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews member & evaluates their psychological & mental status. Utilizes DSM IV to diagnose patients. Determines if member is in crisis, at-risk, or suicidal/homicidal. Refers members in need of immediate or urgent care to appropriate level of services, within time frame established by policy. Collaborates with Call Center or referring practitioner/provider when appropriate\n- Provides psychotherapy & counseling for individuals, families, groups &/or Intensive Outpatient Programs. Utilizes a wide range of intervention modalities, which support positive mental health & enhanced individual or family functioning. Provides services such as crisis intervention, brief therapy, cognitive & behavioral therapies, skills training, supportive therapy, stress management, family therapy\n- Assesses urgent or high-risk clinical situations & makes appropriate interventions. Coordinates referral of patient to psychiatrist or other clinician in timely fashion. Assists with admission to hospital or other specialized facility when needed. Plans & provides appropriate follow-up & intensity of services based on clients' needs. Assesses needs for psychological testing, chemical dependency treatment or other specific services & makes appropriate referrals\n- Evaluates needs & appropriateness for psychopharmacological therapy. Refers patients to physician or clinical nurse specialist for medication evaluation per department guidelines. Maintains basic knowledge of medications, indications & side effects for commonly used psychotherapeutic agents\n- Plans, develops, implements, & leads therapeutic & educational group programs to address needs of patient. Evaluates outcomes & effects of treatment for individual patients & programs\n- Researches, collects & records data & information relating to identification & treatment of behavioral & interpersonal problems of patient. Formulates alternatives for interventions & approaches for resolution of these problems. Assists to establish clinical best practices & guidelines for delivery of service to population of clients served\n- Assists & empowers clients to participate in their treatment plan. Engages client in therapeutic relationship. Educates client regarding mental health services & their benefits. Assists members to use services appropriately. Makes appropriate recommendations & referrals for patients to obtain information, support, services & assistance they may need from Kaiser or community resources\n- Follow established guidelines & laws for assuring client safety & confidentiality\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of experience in chronic pain management or fellowship training in pain management\n- Experience in conducting group therapy, intensive outpatient treatment, and/or partial hospitalization program\n- Experience in writing treatment plans\n- Doctoral degree in Psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA) approved program in clinical psychology or from an accredited institution with the graduate level training leading to the doctoral degree meeting the requirements of Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) 16-98-9\n- Valid Hawaii Psychologist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire.\n- Knowledge and experience in conducting assessments and using the DSM IV\n- Knowledge and experience with frequently used psychiatric medications\n- Familiarity with statistical/analytical methods of instruments\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, conflict resolution, decision making, group process facilitation, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, quality management, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two to four years of experience in chronic pain management\n- Experience with inpatient settings\n- Experience with primary care\n- Experience with people who are chemically dependent\n- Experience in consultation/liaison\n- Training in Pain Management", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:42:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656976/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pain Psychologist", "reqid": "135135", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28656976}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alpharetta", "description": "Title: Charge Nurse - OB/GYN - Alpharetta - FT(40)\nLocation: Alpharetta, GA\nThe Charge Nurse coordinates patient care, patient flow, communication, and departmental organization of assigned clinical areas daily by providing leadership and direction to a single team, including up to 15 non-physician clinical staff in assigned clinical areas under the direction of the Clinical Manager. The Charge Nurse monitors competency of staff and identifies educational / training needs. This role will provide direct nursing care as needed and demonstrate clinical knowledge and competency.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides daily oversight of staff performance and assures efficient patient flow. Prepares and coordinates daily work assignments for staff ensuring appropriate staffing coverage at all times.\n- Provides direct patient care, as needed, modeling and teaching standards for highest quality care to other staff members. Partners with manager and /or practitioner to provide leadership in emergency situations.\n- Reports significant operational issues that arise in the clinical area to the clinical manager. Ensures team members are aware of any changes that affect daily patient care processes.\n- Assists in developing and coordinating in-service programs for patient care staff in collaboration with clinical educators and other resources. Collaborates with physicians, clinical manager, clinical educator, and others to evaluate staff education / training needs. Engages in opportunities to develop or enhance personal leadership skills.\n- Values diversity, fostering respect, appreciation, and inclusion of diversity within the team and in the delivery of culturally sensitive care.\n- May assume designated supervisory functions and tasks in absence of clinical manager.\n- Assists the clinical manager in the process of interviewing, hiring, orienting, and evaluating of all assigned staff. Assists in planning, scheduling, and implementing staff orientation to assigned clinical area.\n- Evaluates the system by which patient care is delivered and implements and/or recommends appropriate changes and innovations in nursing practice.\n- Provides feedback and assists clinical manager in evaluation of staff performance on a regular basis.\n- Provides leadership to ensure the team meets or exceeds regional patient satisfaction targets and promotes on-going improvement.\n- Addresses member concerns or needs and attempts to resolve while the member is in the office or on the phone.\n- Monitors competency of all staff members and addresses any issues to ensure safe, effective patient care and service.\n- Ensures staff support and compliance with team processes designed to meet or exceed regional and HEDIS quality targets. Implements any needed changes to ensure continuous improvement.\n- Assists with QI monitoring and collection of data in collaboration with clinical manager.\n- Ensures staff knowledge and monitors compliance with universal precautions, infection control, quality assurance, regulatory standards, and quality of service standards and policies for assigned clinical area. Responsible for ensuring exam rooms, treatment rooms, and waiting area are maintained in conformance with regional, facility, and regulatory standards.\n- Ensures proper inventory levels of clinical and pharmaceutical supplies are maintained and that security and storage precautions are observed.\n- Provides input during the development cycle of team budget. Assists clinical manager in monitoring of team budget. Promotes financial and budget understanding and ownership among team members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current Georgia RN License\n- Current BLS certification\n- Three years of nursing experience, preferably in the specialty of the assigned area\n- Two years of demonstrated strong leadership and organizational skills\n- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and communication skills\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Supervisory experience\n- Ambulatory Care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:41:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656969/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Charge Nurse - OB/GYN - Alpharetta - FT(40)", "reqid": "134548", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Alpharetta, GA", "uid": 28656969}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Actuarial Services - National Accounts\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is responsible for making sure that appropriate methodology is in place in all regions so that we deliver the required revenue to the organization. In his/her FEHBP role, he/she is responsible for minimizing audit findings on the $2.25 billion FEHBP line of business. In his/her national accounts role, he/she is influential in making sure that appropriate investments are made in major accounts so that membership/margin targets are met. In the SBU/KPIF role, he/she is influential in delivering positive membership and margin performance in the face of dramatic market changes ushered in by ACA.\nThis position provides actuarial leadership, management and analytical support for the following lines of business:\n- Large group rating methodology program-wide with corresponding actuarial rate modeling support\n- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)\n- National Accounts\n- KP employee health benefits plan.\n- KP Individual Plan (KPIF)\n- Small Group\nEssential Functions:\n- Providing leadership on the actuarial aspects of the National Pricing System (NPS) and related applications, the rate modeling process and rating factor development for the regions outside of California.\n- Providing program-wide financial and strategic leadership for the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan (FEHBP) line of business and implementing appropriate risk management protocols to minimize audit findings or Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rebate exposure.\n- Providing program-wide actuarial leadership for the National Accounts line of business, including strategy development and renewal negotiations for our largest accounts and process improvements to help manage this portfolio of business.\n- Supporting and partnering with regional staff to analyze individual and small group product line financials to determine premium rates, profit forecasts, reserve adequacy, and other product line evaluations.\n- Modeling and analysis (including durational analysis) - e.g., to forecast the impact of changes in underwriting practices on acceptance rates, membership and financial results.\n- Offering instruction for and collaboration with regions actuarial staff.\n- Forecasting - membership, revenue and costs under various scenarios.\n- Explaining rating factors and rating methodology to senior-level internal (e.g., OLG) and external stakeholders (e.g., large customers, consulting houses).\n- Increasing the skill level and competency of market-facing staff regarding the KP large group rating methodology.\n- Evaluating the impact of ACA on revenue and rate impact on individual and small group business lines.\n- Drive standardization of tools and processes used by regional actuaries in supporting individual and small group business lines, including regulatory rate filings; promote best practices.\n- This position is expected to report to the Chief Actuary. This position interacts with many other internal leaders (listed below in key relationships) and many senior leaders at OPM, technology vendor leaders, and at our largest national accounts.\n- Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance to the Principles of Responsibility; adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty; shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.\n- Regional Leaders are accountable for communication, implementation, enforcement, monitoring and oversight of compliance policies and practices in their departments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- An Associate Society of Actuaries (ASA) is required along with being a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).\n- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field required.\n- Must have a minimum of 8 years of experience in insurance brokerage, benefits consulting or health plan actuarial services.\n- Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience managing professional staff.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries (FSA) is preferred but not required", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:41:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656957/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Actuarial Services - National Accounts", "reqid": "135443", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28656957}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lone Tree", "description": "Title: Orthopedic Radiologic Technologist\nLocation: Lone Tree, CO\nOperates radiology equipment to produce radiographic images of specified areas of the body and performs related technical x-ray procedures, in accordance with physician's orders and standard techniques, procedures or specific instructions; to include sterile techniques, basic patient care procedures and monitoring. Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works closely with other technologists. Instructs patient, in a courteous manner, regarding xray procedures to be carried out.\n- Positions patients for radiographic imaging utilizing supportive and immobilization devices to prevent undue movement, and uses protective shields.\n- Practices ALARA procedures.\n- Operates and positions complex radiographic equipment at proper distance and angle for purposes of obtaining Orthopedic radiographic images.\n- Consistently selects proper film size and correct technical factors relative to the study, the patient's age and body habits.\n- Follows standards as specified\n- Consistently operates Radiology Information System to ensure accurate patient information by: tracking patient in/out of procedure room, tracking supplies/films used, identifying patient films, tracking repeated films, and all other necessary aspects of RIS\n- Reviews developed radiographs for accuracy and technical quality according to established standards, and repeats procedures as required; submits developed radiographs for interpretation by radiologist.\n- Assists physicians with special procedures such as fluoroscopic examinations; educates patients regarding the type and duration of procedures; obtains informed consent as indicated, and assists with examinations as required.\n- Maintains appropriate quality control of all radiologic procedures and equipment by monitoring the operating condition of the equipment and accessories and by utilizing proper radiation protection and sterile techniques and universal precautions.\n- Cleans and makes minor adjustment to equipment, and reports equipment malfunctions to supervisor.\n- Communicates clearly, effectively and appropriately at all times.\n- Communicates verbally in a clear and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates courteous and appropriate telephone skills.\n- Communicates in writing accurately, completely and legibly, and routes such communication appropriately and in a timely manner.\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients in the age group served.\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, and provides the care needed in accordance with department policy.\n- Exercised clinical judgment within scope of practice.\n- Performs other duties as required. Requires working with radiant energy sources, film processing Chemicals and portable x-ray machines.\n- May require use or bio/hazardous waste.\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school graduation or equivalent.\n- Successful completion of a Radiologic technology training program approved by the American Medical Association.\n- Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.\n- Ability to operate radiologic equipment and perform related technical procedures.\n- Will be expected to work in all orthopedic clinics; Acute Orthopedic Clinic at Franklin Rock Creek, and/or other future clinics.\n- Ability to work in a busy environment with high volume and stress.\n- Must successfully complete a one hour Orthopedic Radiology Assessment that demonstrates competence at the following views: pre-surgical views with markers and stressed views performed with surgeons, Scoliosis, leg length, and Scanogram.\n- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50-70 pounds throughout the workday. May require heavy lifting.\n\nPreferred Skills:\nRadiologic Technologist with Orthopedic experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-12 18:41:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28656951/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Orthopedic Radiologic Technologist", "reqid": "131766", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lone Tree, CO", "uid": 28656951}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Nursing Dept Asst Manager, RN\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including two (2) years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within two (2) years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Must have high-risk labor and delivery/postpartum experience within the last three (3)years.\n- Basic PC Skills: word, Powerpoint", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639335/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Dept Asst Manager, RN", "reqid": "134925", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28639335}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nPerform pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests and analysis in one or more areas of clinical laboratory such as hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, immuno-hematology, serology, parasitology and chemical and morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis and recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides the highest level of patient care as defined by established standards & maintains confidentiality on all tests performed by the laboratory.\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team.\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures. Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results.\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods.\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift.\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc. on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results.\n- Instructs new employees &/or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology.\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to laboratory assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & medical center personnel.\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department.\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department.\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation.\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs.\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner.\n- Observes all laboratory, Kaiser Permanente & regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols.\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels.\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients. Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own.\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications.\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of recent experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), preferred.\n- A current and valid California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies and techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.\n- Preferred Qualifications:\nThree years experience within the last five years in all areas of the clinical laboratory\n\nNotes:\n- Days and times may vary according to department needs, including weekends and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639333/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist", "reqid": "133905", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28639333}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (TR-10324)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Knowledge of Federaland State laws, regulations and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sourcesand relate it to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Ability to learnand operate pharmacy computer systemsand other equipment.\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm.\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workersand patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping and reaching.\n\n\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# TR-10324.\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639322/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (TR-10324)", "reqid": "133584", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28639322}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (TR-10323)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Knowledge of Federaland State laws, regulations and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sourcesand relate it to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Ability to learnand operate pharmacy computer systemsand other equipment.\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm.\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workersand patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping and reaching.\n\n\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# TR-10323.\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639323/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (TR-10323)", "reqid": "133585", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28639323}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (OCP-4158)\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nProvides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional. Includes managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesizes a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Successful completion of a pharmacy practice residency or ambulatory care residency, or equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- Advanced residency, fellowship or board certification, preferred.\n- A doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree, preferred.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.\n- Current California Pharmacist license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n\nKnowledge Required:\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review.\n- Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & chemotherapeutic agents, as required.\n- Emergency medication & drug monitoring, as required.\n- Sources of current drug information and medical literature.\n\nSkill/Abilities Required:\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.\n- Teaching ability and evaluation.\n- Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.\n- Learn & operate pharmacy computer system (s) & other equipment and software.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with others on the patient care team.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# OCP-4158\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- May include working at multiple locations\n- Duties will be in Oncology Services", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639324/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (OCP-4158)", "reqid": "133594", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28639324}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Mission Viejo", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (OCP-4163)\nLocation: Mission Viejo, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 WPM\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n-PR# OCP-4163\n-Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n-Position may include working at multiple locations and weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639325/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (OCP-4163)", "reqid": "133614", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Mission Viejo, CA", "uid": 28639325}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (OCP-4161)\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 WPM\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n-PR# OCP-4161\n-Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n-Position may include working at multiple locations and weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639326/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (OCP-4161)", "reqid": "133618", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28639326}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (PD-6322)\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 WPM\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n- Must be willing to work at multiple locations within the Fontana Area.\n- PR# PD-6322", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639329/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (PD-6322)", "reqid": "133709", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28639329}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist (PD-6321)\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 WPM\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n- Must be willing to work at multiple locations within the Fontana Area.\n- PR# PD-6321", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639328/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist (PD-6321)", "reqid": "133712", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28639328}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Opthalmic Photo\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates an ophthalmic fundus camera (e.g., Zeiss Fundus Flash III) to photograph portions of the eye, such as anterior segment, the ocular adnexa & the ocular fundus\n- Explain test procedures & purpose\n- Monitor & evaluate test readings during procedures\n- Perform fluorescing angiography & ultrasound diagnostic procedures\n- Prepare exam results for interpretation by physician\n- Consult w/ physician concerning test results & alert physicians to positive test results or test abnormalities\n- Fill request for equipment & supplies\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of experience as an ophthalmic photographer is required\n- Certification by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel on Ophthalmology preferred\n\nNotes:\n- Ophthalmology DepartmentOn-Call COA for the Regional Reading Center. Practical working knowledge of fluorescein angiography.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639327/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Opthalmic Photo", "reqid": "133718", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28639327}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Financial Counselor\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, at the point of service provides financial counseling to patients in a personal interview to create a payer source for Inpatient & Outpatient self-pay accounts. Identifies potential third party liability, Workers Compensation, Commercial, COB, Medicare & Medi-Cal. Provides functional direction to Business Service Representatives & Receptionists. Determines & approves Medical Financial Assistance & payment arrangements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Confidentially obtains or reviews & records patient financial & demographic information\n- Coordinates w/ inpatient/outpatient admission & registration for identification of potential alternate payor sources\n- Interviews patients to determine financial status, counsels & makes arrangements for direct payment, potential enrollment in a government sponsored program or direct billing to the patient\n- Completes Medical Financial Assistance applications based on analysis of patient financial information\n- Provides functional guidance to the support staff & informs support staff & physicians on new & revised processes\n- Acts as a patient/member advocate & uses knowledge of external & internal Social Services agencies for patient referral\n- Retrospectively reviews diagnosis & treatment records to identify potential Third Party Liability & Workers Compensation cases\n- Screens for potential eligibility for KP Membership through government programs (Medi-Cal, Medicare, transition plan, etc)\n- Obtains pre-authorizations for services from employers & other insurance carriers\n- Coordinates & collects conversion dues for KP coverage\n- Checks patient information against updated eligibility using on-line systems (Foundations)\n- Places telephone call to the appropriate departments (CSC, Sales & Marketing, etc) in cases where group eligibility is not updated\n- Ensures that all documentation in the billable jackets is complete & obtains missing or needed information\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public, patients & other personnel\n- Performs other related duties as required\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 14\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in health care billing, collections or financial counseling or equivalent\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certificate of completion of a course in Medical Terminology\n- Typing 35 wpm. Typing scoremust be current within one (1) year. Please contact Human Resources for testing.\n- Demonstrated ability in patient registration, admissions & billing practice required\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of & to utilize Government Programs & alternate payor sources (Workers Compensation, TPL, COB, Commercial, etc)\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639331/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Counselor", "reqid": "133745", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28639331}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ h134 FT Day SDU\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or equivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior 12 months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Critical nursing experience\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm-11:30 pm.\n- Position Control h134\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639332/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ h134 FT Day SDU", "reqid": "133830", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28639332}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Lifestyle Educator II (Lamaze) - Per Diem\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nFacilitates monitors & evaluates specific lifestyle & behavior changes that contribute to the improvement of health by providing group & individual counseling, & instruction to health plan members & others.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Facilitates behavior/education change groups and/or individual consulting established within theory-based practice\n- Identifies educational and behavior change needs of patients by assessing patient supplied data, medical records, and other health data\n- Implements instructional objectives and counseling strategies based upon needs assessments\n- Provides individual short term or long term counseling to promote or maintain behavior change\n- Serves as a patient advocate in the coordination and delivery of services both within the organization and the community\n- Tracks, evaluates and documents patient progress towards identified goals\n- Provides in-services and training to staff members, as assigned\n- Consults with medical professionals, psycho-social professionals, other educators and managers regarding patient care issues\n- Prepares reports, grants, proposals and documentation, as assigned\n- Provides input into the development and modification for program curriculum, support materials and activities\n- NOTE: Must be able to work flexible hours, evening hours as required\n- PAY RATE: Scale\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in health education or counseling preferred.\n- Experience facilitating groups.\n- Master's degree or above in area of instruction or related field.\n- Ability to assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of appropriate educational strategies related to patient diagnosis and treatment.\n- Knowledge of educational psychology, behavior change and adult learning theory, educational methodologies, and organizational behavior.\n- Ability to establish rapport with patients and affect continued positive change relating to improved health and lifestyle.\n- Demonstrated ability to apply effective communication skills both in individual and group environments. This includes demonstration of exceptional written and verbal skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator or other childbirth training certification highly preferred.\n - Experience developing lifestyle/health education curriculum, etc.\n - Previous experience as a lead or supervisor over other lifestyle/health educators\n\nNotes:\n- Lamaze-Childbirth preparation classes.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639319/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lifestyle Educator II (Lamaze) - Per Diem", "reqid": "133131", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28639319}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Lifestyle Educator I (Lamaze) - Per Diem\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nFacilitates monitors & evaluates specific lifestyle & behavior changes that contribute to the improvement of health by providing group & individual counseling & instruction to health plan members & others.\nEssential Functions:\n- Facilitates behavior/education change groups and/or individual consulting established within theory-based practice.\n- Identifies education & needs of patients.\n- Implements instructional objectives & counseling strategies based upon need assessments.\n- May track, evaluate, & document patient progress towards identified goals.\n- May provide individual short term or long term counseling to promote or maintain behavior change.\n- Serves as a patient advocate in the coordination & delivery of services both within the organization & the community.\n- Provides in-services & training to staff members, as assigned.\n- Prepares reports as assigned.\n- Provides input into the development & modification of program curriculum, support materials & activities.\n- NOTE: Must be able to work flexible hours, evening hours as required.\n- PAY RATE: Scale.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of experience in education or counseling, preferred.\n- Previous teaching experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, certification and/or equivalent experience in area of instruction or related field.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written, & verbal communication skills & group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy preferred.\n- Knowledge of educational psychology, behavior change, adult learning theory, educational methodologies, & organization behavior.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator or other childbirth training certification highly preferred.\n- Computer skills to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint.\n\nNotes:\n- Lamaze-Childbirth Preparation Class.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639320/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lifestyle Educator I (Lamaze) - Per Diem", "reqid": "133132", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28639320}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Moreno Valley", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Moreno Valley, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Maternal/Child Health, FCC, OB/GYN or Women's Health in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- Antepartum testing, advanced fetal monitoring certification and experience in Labor and Delivery or antepartum testing required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of basic fetal monitoring course may be required and if so must be obtained within three (3) months of hirePost with RI number per Union.\n\nNotes:\n- PNI, Scheduled at Moreno Valley Iris Building.\n- May need to float to Moreno Valley Heacock.\n- This is an temporary position for approximately five (5)months.\n- This is an IrregularlyScheduled part time position between the hours of 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.\n- Vacation coverage.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639313/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "131273", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Moreno Valley, CA", "uid": 28639313}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Pharmacist - (KS-1289)\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, consult with patients and medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provide direction to pharmacist residents, pharmacist interns, pharmacy technicians, and non-licensed personnel. Dispense compound, procure, store, and distribute pharmacy products. Provide medical personnel and patients with medication and information and product identification. Perform other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uphold KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Interview patient to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies and sensitivities and documents the information to appropriate records of the pharmacy information system; advises patients verbally and with written materials on significant precautions, proper drug therapy and administration, the use of related devices and the coordination of drug therapy with diet, according to established policies and procedures.\n- Review and interpret prescription orders and verify accuracy and completeness of patient labeling and input into pharmacy information system. Dispense, compound, procure, store and distribute pharmaceuticals and pharmacy products, including anti-neoplastics and/or other sterile products as required, according to legal requirements, established policies and procedures, and accepted professional standards of practice.\n- Evaluate and resolve real or potential drug therapy problems related to interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints and issues such as drug procurement or equipment problems, according to established polices and procedures.\n- Confer with medical personnel concerning care and treatment of patients, related critical diagnoses, drug dosage, interactions, dosage forms, and other factors which might influence the course of treatment and the activity medications; suggest changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results and cost effective prescribing.\n- Maintain work area and equipment in an organized and clean condition; maintain a safe and efficient work environment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration with the California state board of pharmacy.\n- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations, and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources and relate it to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer systems and other equipment.\n- Must be able to type prescription labels.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to stand for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workers and patients.\n- Lift or transport items weighing 1-50 lbs.\n- Position requires frequent bending/stooping/reaching.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# KS-1289\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Mid-Night Shift with On Duty Meals", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639315/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist - (KS-1289)", "reqid": "131743", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28639315}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Certified HC Interp (One Langu\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nResponsible for the provision of oral simultaneous, consecutive interpretation & sight translation throughout the medical center/designated location.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs on-site & over-the-phone interpretation for patients, families, KP & non-KP health care providers who prefer to speak in their primary languages, other than English\n- Provides simple sight translation\n- Completes interpretation work requests as per protocol, provides accurate & timely documentation of work done, & compiles reports as required\n- Participates as a member of the health care delivery team, exercising sensitivity & maintaining confidentiality of employee & patient information at all times\n- Provides expert knowledge regarding the interaction of medical treatment & key aspects of culture\n- Conducts and/or facilitates for medical staff, members & prospective members\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience as an Interpreter in a multi-specialty health care environment preferred\n- High School Graduate\n- Health Care Interpreter certification required\n- Excellent oral command of English and a second language of service\n- Ability to demonstrate professionalism in a demanding, high stress and fast-paced environment\n- Demonstrated understanding of cultural issues related to health care\n- Must be sensitive and knowledgeable of the distinction between neutral interpreting and patient advocacy\n- Must pass an oral competency assessment in both target and source language\n- Basic computer skills required, i.e. Email, Word processing, spreadsheet and data entry\n- Must be flexible and able to prioritize multiple tasks\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- Basic computer (Word, Excel) skills\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekends required\n- Travel to cover outlying areas with the exception to Coachella", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:43:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639316/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified HC Interp (One Langu", "reqid": "132045", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28639316}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Competitive Intelligence Analyst (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nCompetitive Intelligence Analyst\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Analyst in the Competitive Assessment group, which provides leadership with comprehensive analysis of health benefits and provider trends, tracks KP's position relative to competitors on all relevant dimensions (e.g. price, cost structure, service, and products), and provides analysis of competitive environment to KP that challenges current beliefs and identifies actions needed to improve KP's competitive position.\n\nCompetitive Assessment tracks, analyzes, provides business intelligence and relevant market insight, and reports on market and competitor trends to support enterprise-wide senior leadership (including Health Plan & Hospital leadership and the Permanente Medical Groups) in their strategic business decisions. The group brings external market information into the company to inform numerous strategic business processes (e.g. proposal design, pricing decisions, cost trend, product strategy, etc).\n\nEssential Functions\nObtains, assembles and organizes market and competitive data from a variety of external and internal sources, including research services, investor reports, website sources and print sources, for easy use by internal business and analytical clients.\nCollects data and performs analyses of healthcare issues and trends to increase understanding of competitor performance and strategy, and to inform the development of KP market strategy.\nPerforms basic analysis of health plan competitors and the healthcare market. Works with colleagues to frame issues, develop analytical approaches, evaluate assumptions, identify key trends, assess options, etc.\nEvaluates sources of market and competitive information for relevance, dependability and accuracy.\nCollaborates with peers and with other departments on special projects. Responds to ad hoc requests for information and consulting.\nDevelops sophisticated Excel reporting tools.. Creates and maintains databases with information on health plans and health providers.\nPrepares presentation materials.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Strong critical thinking and analytical skills\n - Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis\n - Very strong Excel skills (including VLOOKUP, macros, check boxes, toggle buttons)\n - Proficient with PC applications including Word/PowerPoint/Access\n - Excellent written and verbal communication skills\n - Data analysis and data mining\n - 4-year degree and 1-2 years of experience\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious related analytical and/or consulting experience in one or more of the following areas preferred:\n - Healthcare related projects\n - Competitive market analysis and research\n - Economic analysis or forecasting\n - Analysis of corporate income statements and/or balance sheets\n - HTML, SAS, SQL or other programming skills", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:42:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639284/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Competitive Intelligence Analyst (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "135128", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28639284}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Clinical Business Process Mgr\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nBusiness Process Manager\nOakland, CA or Pleasanton, CA, or Corona, CA\n\nThe Contact Center Strategy provides the Program-wide capability and roadmap for upgrading the technology and redefining the business processes for our 45 Contact Centers across the Enterprise. This $250+ million dollar project will improve customer satisfaction and move Kaiser Permanente ahead of our competitors. The Business Process Manager is the designated resource responsible for the quality of the business area's deliverables and for performing the business processes, such as user acceptance testing, that produce those deliverables. Business Process Managers generally control the inputs used in the process and are accountable for the quality of the outputs. The Business Process Manager is expected to work in conjunction with the Realization Team Leader to ensure that the business requirements are defined and that the program realizes the Business Plan objectives.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Primary liaison to the business community.\n- Acts as primary point of coordination/aggregation of business requirements\n- Ensures that business requirements are defined and feasible.\n- Maintains ownership of functional description of the business plan.\n- Verifies that the business requirements are supported in the IT implementation\n- Provides planning expertise for deploying solutions in the deployment sites.\n- Signs off on the system transition strategy and plan, where applicable.\n- Contributes to estimates for project costs (time, money, resources, etc.) and assists in managing budgets and schedules for the project's business resources.\n- Maintains constant communications with the RTL regarding process or site deployment issues.\n- Identifies deployment environment changes that may impact the solution.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Bachelor's degree required\n- Minimum of 8+ years of direct business related experience which may include large business technology projects with a significant number of integrated processes.\n- Demonstrates ability to direct and manage quality reviews and quality control monitoring for large complex programs.\n- Competency with Microsoft Office Suite of products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project)", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639280/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Business Process Mgr", "reqid": "134421", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28639280}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Instructional Designer\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nTrainer\nStockton, CA\n\nSupports the management team on the technical and non-technical subject matters. Develops and implements training programs. Ensures measurements are in place to validate training accuracy, comprehension, and effectiveness of training. Interacts with various management team members to ensure ongoing staff development. Develops processes and procedures based on findings, recommendations and management approval for the business unit. Ensures familiarity with all systems, regulatory, policy and procedure changes and external factors relating to training. Ensures training standards are being met. Responsible for becoming product expert by taking initiative and getting hands-on experience in relevant curriculum applications.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Full use of application of standard principles, theories and techniques.\n- Uses professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways.\n- Puts forward ideas assertively and directly, providing data to support conclusions.\n- Adapts ideas and ties them to the needs and goals of others in order to gain their support and commitment.\n- Addresses volume of patient/customer needs by looking at all variables and making decisions based on urgency of specific cases, given time demands and key priorities.\n- Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of variety of factors.\n- Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n- Builds productive working relationships internally and externally.\n- Demonstrates excellent verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, platform and interpersonal communication skills.\n- Able to interact with various levels of professionals.\n- Asks direct questions and listens carefully to responses, restating to clarify understanding.\n- Proactively creates opportunities for open, two-way communication with others.\n- Communicates thoughts clearly and concisely.\n- Normally receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments.\n- Work is reviewed for accuracy and overall adequacy.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires a minimum of three (3) plus years of experience in role/position.\n- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of experience.\n- Training certification preferred but not required.\n- Intermediate competency in MS Applications and KP technologies.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n- Able to discuss mission, vision and objectives within own department and unit.\n- Describes company philosophy, culture and history.\n- Discusses the roles and responsibilities of major business units and department's operating principles and practices.\n- Able to identify and discuss key players, key issues and strategies.\n- Identifies and discusses client expectations as relevant to own area.\n- Monitors and reports on delivery of what was promised.\n- Conducts and analyzes of daily problems for trends and take steps to avoid recurrence.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nRequires two plus years of training experience.\nExperience in membership and customer service call center training environment, preferable healthcare environment.\nCompetency in MS Applications (CMS, Excel, Power Point) and KP Technologies (FS, CM, TMS, telephony applications)\nExperience in curriculum development and industrial design\nExperience in project management and deployment skills\nExperience in developing, assessing, and summarizing, and feedback tools.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639281/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Instructional Designer", "reqid": "134427", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 28639281}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Clinical Nurse Educator\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Clinical Nurse Educator assists the Patient Care Managers in the provision of quality patient care by ensuring the clinical competence of nursing staff. Consults with Managers and Staff regarding patient care and staff performance issues, participates in setting standards for patient care, and maintains knowledge and skills in the clinical area to which assigned. Utilizes consultation, facilitation, evaluation, curriculum development, and instructional design skills to develop educational activities. Develops and implements or helps others to implement educational programs. Evaluates outcomes of educational offerings ensuring high quality and cost effectiveness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Follows an organized process to plan and develop educational programs and services for staff members that meet the organization's strategies and goals\n- Conducts educational needs assessments on a regular basis using a variety of methods. Documents and reports findings\n- Selects teaching strategies that meet learning objectives and promote intended outcomes. Adjusts programs and services as needed to ensure the needs of the customer group are being met\n- Evaluates staff education programs by monitoring goal/objective attainment, stakeholder satisfaction and cost effectiveness\n- Uses evaluation results to help assess and plan for future programs and services.\n- Partners with nursing leadership to develop an evidence-based orientation, training, and competency assessment program for new hired employees and transferring employees\n- Refers to regulatory standards, scope and standards of practice, job description, Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures, and professional organization recommendations to select content for competency assessment\n- Selects appropriate validation methods to evaluate competence. Provides feedback on competency evaluation to the individual and nursing leader\n- Develops and delivers high quality, cost effective educational programs with content that is evidence based, follows standards of care and standards of practice, and is in alignment with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures\n- Develops materials, education processes, and programs that are based on adult learning principles and take into account the novice-to-expert framework for skill development and knowledge acquisition\n- Demonstrates the ability to implement instructional design skills (methodology selected is appropriate for topic, etc) and assists others in instructional design\n- Works in partnership with nursing leadership to develop and implement annual competency assessment program\n- Analyzes data to determine deficits in the competence of individuals or groups. Identifies high risk, problem prone, changed or new equipment/processes that need to be addressed\n- Refers to regulatory standards, scope and standards of practice, andKP policies and procedures to identify clear expectations and standards for competency assessment\n- Maintains a knowledge base of Joint Commission, OSHA and other regulatory standards and incorporates into educational activities\n- Acts as a role model for ongoing professional development. Clinical expertise is maintained through self evaluation, peer review, continuing education and the pursuit of ANA or specialty certification\n- Performs other duties as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of education experience\n- 3 years of clinical experience in specialty field\n- Must have current Oregon RN license upon hire\n- Must obtain BLS with AED Certification within 30 days of hire\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing\n- Knowledge of current regulations and requirements (JCAHO, OSHA, OSBN)\n- Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member\n- Demonstrated skills in didactic presentation\n- Demonstrated time management skills\n- Strong interpersonal skills and ability with conflict resolution\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 years of leadership/management experience\n- 5 years of education experience\n- 5 years of clinical experience in acute care setting\n- Certification in area of specialty\n- Master's in Nursing with focus on clinical specialty\n- ANA or specialty certification\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills\nSalary Range: $35.91 - $61.10", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:41:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639256/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Nurse Educator", "reqid": "134515", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28639256}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Sr. KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nKP HealthConnect is a $3 billion integrated clinical and administrative information system that is being deployed across all KP regions. KP HealthConnect will enable us to leverage the power of our integrated delivery system to be the solution in heath care that is patient-centered, safe equitable, accessible, and affordable. In order to achieve this vision, every region must fully optimize the use of this system.\nThe mission of the KP HealthConnect Operations Department is to optimize the use of the system across the Region in order to achieve high priority goals in clinical care and business outcomes. The department does this through diligent and conscientious attention to user needs, through partnerships with National and Epic Systems in the continued development and enhancement of the system, through partnerships in the Region with NWP, IT, and the Labor Management Partnership, and by applying medical systems to meet problem-oriented and opportunity-driven objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Lead operational and information systems and system integration expertise in the analysis, development, training, testing, optimization and application of KP HealthConnect (KPHC) business and clinical systems\n- As the subject matter expert for multiple Epic modules systems and circle of support systems, direct and recommend system solutions to regional leadership, clinicians, staff, brokers, employers, professional organizations and vendors including Epic Systems Corporation\n- Manage complex Epic and circle of support integration issues and critical support/ enhancements issues in the KPHC systems\n- Collaborate with work teams, departments, regional leadership, clinicians, staff, and information technology to define needs, facilitate agreements and decisions\n- Plan execution of complex and large projects including user communication, support and post implementation review\n- Lead the configuration of new features and modules for integration with installed Epic applications. Direct and plan relevant workflow sessions and manage resulting workflow changes with senior business sponsors\n- Lead large complex configuration activities for complex function to resolve problems escalated to the KPHC Operations department.\n- Set up and test configuration to resolve complex patient safety problems modifications and cross application enhancements. Build, maintain and update application master files and category lists to ensure data integrity and maintain synchronization with Enterprise CB (Collaborative Build) updates\n- To sustain efficient current and future functionality, provide leadership and direction for operational and information for new version upgrades, system integration issues, optimization of current functionality, and incorporation of new modules in the KPHC business and clinical systems\n- As the subject matter expert, test complex system changes or system integration issues, direct training materials content, anticipate workflow impact and solutions, and manage deployment\n- Lead test script development, test data validation, test results analysis, defect and problem resolution and identification of problem fix\n- Review, analyze and recommend implementation of release notes as received from Epic Systems. Analyze Change Requests for impact of change and costs. Communicate changes to business partners and assist with implementation of change\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health care profession, information systems, business, library science, or information resource management\n- Epic Certification required\n- Certified/Proficient in 2 Epic modules or application sub-components\n- Experience on at least 2 major system implementation (go-lives)\n- Demonstrated experience managing small projects or taking lead role in supporting components of medium to large projects\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of medical terminology\n- Demonstrated skills in complex project management\n- Ability to scope and estimate large complex enhancements\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary teams through influence and collaboration\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of computer applications in business settings\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 5 years ofexperience at Kaiser Permanente\n- A minimum of 3 years of experience using at least one of the Epic suite of application products or completion of Epic certification in an application(s)\n- Master's degree in medical informatics, computer science or a related health care field\n- Direct experience implementing business information systems in the Northwest region\n- Knowledge of functional areas and/ or systems analysis\n- Knowledge of research and analyses /design\n- Demonstrated skills in conflict resolution\n- Public speaking skills\n\nNotes:\n-May requireoccasional travel to otherKaiser medicalcenters\n\nSalary Range:\n$81,100 - $111,100", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:41:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639257/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator", "reqid": "135207", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28639257}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator - Level I\nLocation: Portland, OR\nKP Health-Connect is a $3 billion integrated clinical and administrative information system that is being deployed across all KP regions. KP HealthConnect will enable us to leverage the power of our integrated delivery system to be the solution in heath care that is patient-centered, safe equitable, accessible, and affordable. In order to achieve this vision, every region must fully optimize the use of this system. The mission of the KP Health-Connect Operations Department is to optimize the use of the system across the Region in order to achieve high priority goals in clinical care and business outcomes. The department does this through diligent and conscientious attention to user needs, through partnerships with National and Epic Systems in the continued development and enhancement of the system, through partnerships in the Region with NWP, IT, and the Labor Management Partnership, and by applying medical systems to meet problem-oriented and opportunity-driven objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establish personal credibility and effectiveness with complex, cross-functional health systems to improve cost, quality and service\n- Manage and coordinate multiple and diverse projects and priorities simultaneously\n- Because this position has minimal line accountability, the ability to influence change and cooperation is extremely important\n- Provide consistent systems and tools across entities, boundaries and locations\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Project Management\n- Application & interface enhancements/development\n- System configuration, build, installation & monitoring\n- Modifications and enhancements\n- System testing, training & deployment\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's or equivalent work experience required in health care administration, information systems, business, a health care profession, library science, or information resource management\n- Epic Certification required or may be obtained within 6 months of hire date\n- Demonstrated skills in project management\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary teams through influence and collaboration\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of computer applications in business settings.\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 years experience using at least one of the Epic suite of application products or completion of Epic certification in an applications\n- Minimum of 5 years' experience at Kaiser Permanente\n- Advanced degree in medical informatics, computer science or a related health care field\n- Direct experience implementing business information systems in the Northwest region\n- Knowledge of functional areas and/ or systems analysis\n- Knowledge of research and evaluation design\n- Demonstrated experience leading a multidisciplinary project to successful completion\n- Public speaking skills\n- Demonstrated experience with office software, e.g., Power Point, Excel, Word and/or MS Project\n\nSalary Range:\n$63,540 - $87,060", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:41:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639259/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator - Level I", "reqid": "135215", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28639259}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Sr. KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nKP HealthConnect is a $3 billion integrated clinical and administrative information system that is being deployed across all KP regions. KP HealthConnect will enable us to leverage the power of our integrated delivery system to be the solution in heath care that is patient-centered, safe equitable, accessible, and affordable. In order to achieve this vision, every region must fully optimize the use of this system.\nThe mission of the KP HealthConnect Operations Department is to optimize the use of the system across the Region in order to achieve high priority goals in clinical care and business outcomes. The department does this through diligent and conscientious attention to user needs, through partnerships with National and Epic Systems in the continued development and enhancement of the system, through partnerships in the Region with NWP, IT, and the Labor Management Partnership, and by applying medical systems to meet problem-oriented and opportunity-driven objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Lead operational and information systems and system integration expertise in the analysis, development, training, testing, optimization and application of KP HealthConnect (KPHC) business and clinical systems\n- As the subject matter expert for multiple Epic modules systems and circle of support systems, direct and recommend system solutions to regional leadership, clinicians, staff, brokers, employers, professional organizations and vendors including Epic Systems Corporation\n- Manage complex Epic and circle of support integration issues and critical support/ enhancements issues in the KPHC systems\n- Collaborate with work teams, departments, regional leadership, clinicians, staff, and information technology to define needs, facilitate agreements and decisions\n- Plan execution of complex and large projects including user communication, support and post implementation review\n- Lead the configuration of new features and modules for integration with installed Epic applications. Direct and plan relevant workflow sessions and manage resulting workflow changes with senior business sponsors\n- Lead large complex configuration activities for complex function to resolve problems escalated to the KPHC Operations department.\n- Set up and test configuration to resolve complex patient safety problems modifications and cross application enhancements. Build, maintain and update application master files and category lists to ensure data integrity and maintain synchronization with Enterprise CB (Collaborative Build) updates\n- To sustain efficient current and future functionality, provide leadership and direction for operational and information for new version upgrades, system integration issues, optimization of current functionality, and incorporation of new modules in the KPHC business and clinical systems\n- As the subject matter expert, test complex system changes or system integration issues, direct training materials content, anticipate workflow impact and solutions, and manage deployment\n- Lead test script development, test data validation, test results analysis, defect and problem resolution and identification of problem fix\n- Review, analyze and recommend implementation of release notes as received from Epic Systems. Analyze Change Requests for impact of change and costs. Communicate changes to business partners and assist with implementation of change\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health care profession, information systems, business, library science, or information resource management\n- Epic Certification required\n- Certified/Proficient in 2 Epic modules or application sub-components\n- Experience on at least 2 major system implementation (go-lives)\n- Demonstrated experience managing small projects or taking lead role in supporting components of medium to large projects\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of medical terminology\n- Demonstrated skills in complex project management\n- Ability to scope and estimate large complex enhancements\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multidisciplinary teams through influence and collaboration\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of computer applications in business settings\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 5 years ofexperience at Kaiser Permanente\n- A minimum of 3 years of experience using at least one of the Epic suite of application products or completion of Epic certification in an application(s)\n- Master's degree in medical informatics, computer science or a related health care field\n- Direct experience implementing business information systems in the Northwest region\n- Knowledge of functional areas and/ or systems analysis\n- Knowledge of research and analyses /design\n- Demonstrated skills in conflict resolution\n- Public speaking skills\n\nNotes:\n-May requireoccasional travel to otherKaiser medicalcenters\n\nSalary Range:\n$81,100 - $111,100", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:41:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639258/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. KP HealthConnect Application Coordinator", "reqid": "135210", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28639258}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Facilities Services Regional Manager (1486)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThis position is accountable for management, operations, and financial performance of Plant Operations, Environmental Services, and Safety. The Manager is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance, building repair, mechanical/electrical systems, equipment and grounds, and for the provision of a safe working environment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in the design, development, implementation of programs, policies & procedures to ensure all facilities (building, structures, systems, equipment, furnishings & physical environment) and grounds are maintained in an operationally effective, clean, & safe manner\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal, & regulatory requirements of governmental & accrediting agencies\n- Schedules, manages, documents, & maintains records of a comprehensive preventive maintenance program\n- Manages the landscaping maintenance as well as contractual services required to maintain all grounds & public sidewalks\n- Schedules their upkeep & repairs to maintain them for safety, aesthetics, & effective operation\n- Ensures compliance of medical center w/ fire prevention, general safety, seismic conformance, health hazards protection, & disaster/emergency preparedness plans\n- Submits quarterly safety summary reports to the Safety Committee\n- Manages staff, ensures their competency in area of expertise, & manages the budget & resource allocations\n- Manages the financial performance, identifies recommendations strategies/best practices to reduce costs & improve service\n- Manages & resolves human resources, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in supervising and managing all plant operations, maintenance, renovation, and related activities (5 years)\n- Healthcare industry experience preferred\n- Previous experience in the management of building systems required\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Health, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or Applied Sciences or equivalent years of experience\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Previous background in facility management, construction management, and project management\n- Knowledge of advanced building engineering principles, especially as they relate to the medical care environment required\n- Knowledge in The Joint Commission, industry, local, state, and national codes and regulatory agency requirements\n- Understanding of environmental services practices in relation to staffing, infection control, and aesthetic maintenance\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639146/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Facilities Services Regional Manager (1486)", "reqid": "134974", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639146}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor III\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThis position conducts specialized health education classes using moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser Members & non-members & may serve as content & resource expert in the development of class curriculum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches & models self-management skills, concepts, resources, & tools related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction & counseling, as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants & modifies class content to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Sustains a high level of expertise & assures cutting-edge knowledge in specific topic area.\n- May coordinate health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc.\n- May support staff education training related to specific content area.\n- May consult w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services.\n- May be called on to review & develop or recommend high quality, culturally appropriate, written, & audio-visual health education materials to better meet class needs.\n- Arranges & coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, & audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities, including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, & timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers & collects class evaluation forms & class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, & answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training & education such as; those related to workplace safety, legal & regulatory compliance, accreditation & license requirements, & department specific requirements.\n- Maintains & promotes knowledge & utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente & through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Instruct members/ patients in health education, including behavioral health classes in such areas as couples communication, anxiety, depression and/or anger management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum offour (4)years of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree.\n- Master's degree in public health administration or equivalent preferred.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification as appropriate for the course instruction.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory & group process.\n- Current knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, & behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication & interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques & presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead & facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently & exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in other health education topic areas including obesity prevention, tobacco cessation, chemical dependency also preferred.\n- Licensed Marriage, Family Child therapist or Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor III", "reqid": "134978", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28639147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor III\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThis position conducts specialized health education classes using moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser Members & non-members & may serve as content & resource expert in the development of class curriculum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches & models self-management skills, concepts, resources, & tools related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction & counseling, as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants & modifies class content to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Sustains a high level of expertise & assures cutting-edge knowledge in specific topic area.\n- May coordinate health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc.\n- May support staff education training related to specific content area.\n- May consult w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services.\n- May be called on to review & develop or recommend high quality, culturally appropriate, written, & audio-visual health education materials to better meet class needs.\n- Arranges & coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, & audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities, including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, & timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers & collects class evaluation forms & class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, & answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training & education such as; those related to workplace safety, legal & regulatory compliance, accreditation & license requirements, & department specific requirements.\n- Maintains & promotes knowledge & utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente & through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Instruct members/ patients in health education, including diabetes and nutrition education, obesity prevention, and/or behavioral health.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum offour (4)years of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree.\n- Master's degree in public health administration or equivalent preferred.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification as appropriate for the course instruction.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory & group process.\n- Current knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, & behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication & interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques & presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead & facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently & exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor III", "reqid": "134980", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28639149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: TCU On Call Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- MED/SURG/TELEMETRY - Six months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an acute care setting. Training in chemotherapy, neurosurgery, telemetry or other specialties may be required once hired. Basic Arrhythmia recognition skills are required. Current ACLS certification required within six months of hire.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639135/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "TCU On Call Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing", "reqid": "134232", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28639135}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Coordinator of Care Service Director\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nDirects, plans, organizes, evaluates and coordinates operations of the Utilization/ Resource Mgmt Department focused on the achievement of satisfactory patient outcomes and has overall responsibility for the coordination of care services provided by the hospital. The position carries 24/7 operational responsibility. Provides oversight of the utilization mgmt functions within the organization as directed by its policies and procedures and are aligned w/ federal, state and local regulations. Coordinates w/ TPMG and appropriate hospital staff to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care. Represents Health Plan for Hospital operations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, organizes, plans and coordinates the utilization/ resource mgmt and social services process assuring that the organizational goals and objectives for KFH/P are met.\n- Directs development and implementation of quality and utilization standards across the hospital to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services, and cost effective utilization of necessary services.\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of the Health Plan contract and governmental and accrediting agencies.\n- Oversees the development of department standards as identified by regulatory agencies, including The Joint Commission, NCQA, CMS, DHS, DPHS, and DMHC.\n- Maintains a state of continuous regulatory readiness.\n- Maintains oversight of the concurrent and retrospective inpatient reviews and appeal process.\n- Collaborates w/ other Service Directors in identifying and implementing innovative models and best practices.\n- Develops services that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes and the delivery of patient care and member services.\n- Evaluates processes and makes recommendations to improve resource mgmt systems and patient care outcomes.\n- Participates in Executive Team's strategic planning forums.\n- Utilizes data to support quality patient outcomes and presents to Executive Team ongoing and reliable information about the treatment and patient flow throughout all levels of care and providing expertise in utilization mgmt, regulatory compliance and coordination of care.\n- Directs through managers all activities within the Resource Mgmt department including Social Services.\n- Responsible for efficient utilization of resources and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support and meet the organization's goals and business objectives.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee, and department safety and risk mgmt issues.\n- Participates in region wide peer group and leadership activities to drive consistency of operations and performance improvement.\n- Develops and manages systems and relationships w/ outside vendors and contract and quality oversight w/ external vendors.\n- Develops budget and resource allocations for areas of responsibility.\n- Manages the financial performance and identifies and implements appropriate strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and services.\n- Focuses on prevention/intervention and identification if issues/problems prior to their impact on operations and patient care.\n- Assumes other duties as directed.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Provides leadership for various Continuum departments as assigned, which includes 24 hour and/or multiple location departments.\n- Plans, organizes, directs, evaluates, and coordinates services across the continuum of care within Service Area(s), a single medical center or a Regional department.\n- Oversees utilization and resource management functions in assigned continuum service lines.\n- Partners with the hospital on discharge planning and social needs of member population.\n- Accountable for providing oversight of the regulatory and health plan functions for assigned service lines within the organization as directed by its policies and procedures.\n- Coordinates with TPMG and appropriate hospital staff to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care.\n- Works with KFHP/H and the Medical Group to develop strategic plans and, provide quality cost effective care and services which are aligned with federal, state, and local regulations.\n- Represents Health Plan for Hospital operations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) years of experience in patient care.\n- Five (5) years of progressive management experience.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Knox, Keene Act, Federal HMO Act, Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and all other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639136/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coordinator of Care Service Director", "reqid": "134819", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28639136}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Continuing Medical Education Coordinator (1413)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThis position ensures the continued accreditation of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program and provides operational support & program development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assures support systems that allow compliance w/ regulatory CME requirements & legal mandates\n- Assists in the development & implementation of services provided for all physician education activities\n- Provides support to the DME & CME chairs committee in carrying out the functions of the program\n- Collects & compiles data & QA information for the preparation of educational activities, site visits, & annual reports\n- Maintains program documentation/records\n- Consults w/ physicians & others to interpret & observe the guidelines set by CMA when providing CME programs\n- Monitors department CME budgets to ensure timely payment of invoices, log-ins of all CME expenses, & helps ensure expenditures remain within budget\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Provide support to GME program for vacation, PTO relief\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in desktop publishing, spreadsheet, database, email & internet\n- Preliminary data analysis experience\n- Two (2) years experience in an acute care setting working w/ regulatory agencies or legal entities & preparing for site/compliance visits preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience (four (4) years preferred)\n- Demonstrated ability to manage projects in a health care setting\n- Demonstrated knowledge of CMA, AMA & related regulatory requirements & copy right laws\n- Demonstrated ability to delegate word, be effective in written & oral communication, consultative & interpersonal skills\n- Familiarity w/ audio-visual equipment utilization\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in CME and GME functions", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639137/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Continuing Medical Education Coordinator (1413)", "reqid": "134844", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639137}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Chaplain Intern (1415)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder the supervision of the Chaplain, provides spiritual support and counseling to hospital and hospice patients, families and staff in a culturally competent manner. The chaplain intern is a member of the interdisciplinary patient care team. This individual participates in patient care planning and documents all pertinent interventions in the patient care record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the supervision of the Chaplain participates in direct services to patients, family members/significant others, and staff.\n- Interact daily with staff and interdisciplinary team members to formulate and evaluate patient care needs.\n- Provide documentation in the patient care record.\n- Serve as a liaison between the Medical Center, local congregations and religious institutions.\n- Conduct services for patients, as requested.\n- Participate in appropriate professional associations for personal and professional growth.\n- Demonstrate ability to minister with persons of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Preferred minimum one (1) year full-time or two (2) years part-time pastoral counseling in hospital or death and dying experience.\n- Enrolled in a Theology program with an accredited institution.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon & Sat 8:30am - 5:00pm, Fri 1:00pm - 5:00pm", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639138/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chaplain Intern (1415)", "reqid": "134866", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639138}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Data Quality Auditor\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder minimal supervision, ensures accurate and appropriate documentation through local coaching and monitoring. Provides documentation coaching to clinicians in the Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Department. Monitors success of coaching and training efforts through encounter audits which ensure documentation meets requirements for diagnosis and E&M assignment, based on Official ICD-9-CM Documentation Guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, coaches individual physicians, reviewing their audit findings, making suggestions for documentation improvements and updating on changes to Federal and State government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Partners with Trainer in the development of future training that will address documentation risk areas identified through local and regional audits.\n- Plans, schedules and performs encounter audits to monitor performance and ensure lasting improvement.\n- Encounter audits will be the primary monitoring tool used to identify operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance requirements and to ensure complete and accurate data capture in compliance with Federal and State requirements.\n- Monitors corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Serves as a local resource in meeting internal and external regulatory requirements (e.g., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)).\n- Actively participates with local CMS (Center for Medicare/Medical Services) team to ensure local objectives are met and regional CMS compliance activities are supported.\n- Works with medical center leadership to provide confidential audits and feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Assists in the identification of operational processes that hinder encounter data capture.\n- Enters encounter audit results into regional audit database to support quality assurance process, regional analysis and regional training activities.\n- Prepares and/or performs medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Partners with Data Quality Trainer and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures / Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\n- NOTE: Travel between Medical Center facilities may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience coding, three (3) or more years, based on Coding Clinical Guidelines for inpatient and outpatient.\n- Demonstrated experience conducting Medical Record audits and ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated project management experience including design and implementation of audit plans.\n- Experience using PC applications such as MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care, public health, finance, business medical records technology OR equivalent experience.\n- Certification in one of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC).\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to providers and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account and personnel data.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.\n- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment.\n- Willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical data and audit findings to identify documentation trends and other risk areas.\n- Demonstrated ability to develop data requirements and work with analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639140/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Quality Auditor", "reqid": "134904", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639140}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Manteca", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator RN (PCC-SB-04112012_0.8)\nLocation: Manteca, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis and includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review.This determination will be made within the next several months.Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit and become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information.\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members.\n- In conjunction with physicians, evaluates and develops discharge plans, recommends alternative levels of care, and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures.\n- Coordinates, directs, and performs concurrent and retrospective reviews, and monitors level and quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Consults with physicians, health care providers, discharge planning and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Encourages members to follow plans of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops and collects data, and trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous case management experience preferred.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization management, discharge planning, or transfer coordination.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in nursing or health related field.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n-BLS Required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal/state/local regulations.\n\nSchedule: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM\n\nWeek 1: Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Tues, Wed, Thurs", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639141/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator RN (PCC-SB-04112012_0.8)", "reqid": "134910", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Manteca, CA", "uid": 28639141}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Pulmonary Clinical Services Manager (1468)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nManages staff in providing delivery of high quality, patient-focused, and cost-effective pulmonary care services in a widely diverse culture across the CSA. Accountable for service area and across the continuum of care. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, implements, and monitors quality of CSA pulmonary standards across the continuum of care.\n- Ensures all programs support the organization's goals and strategic plans.\n- Coordinates plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services, and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Ensures all patient care is in compliance with administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements and follows established policies and procedures.\n- Works with other health care providers to develop, implement, and provide efficient pulmonary care services and outcomes.\n- Reviews best practice models including systems development and cost effective care delivery models.\n- Develops, implements, and evaluates standards of practice, to improve quality and service to members.\n- Meets short and long term financial goals by continually planning, developing, monitoring, adjusting and evaluating annual budgets.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs, while maintaining quality of services.\n- Manages staff, ensuring all are fully competent in providing the highest quality of care to members.\n- Determines appropriate staffing to maintain the service levels.\n- Develops and presents in-service programs to medical center staff.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Progressive management experience in respiratory care, in a multi-faceted health care system, multi-service provider setting or academic setting required, usually four (4) years.\n- Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care, Health Care Administration, Nursing, Business Administration, or completion within two (2) years, OR equivalent experience.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential required.\n- Current State Respiratory Care Practitioner license required.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of budgeting, staffing, systems, quality improvement, and clinical care delivery in an inpatient setting.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pulmonary Clinical Services Manager (1468)", "reqid": "134938", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28639142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Clinical Services Director (1483) - ICU/CMU - Walnut Creek\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nPlans, organizes, directs, evaluates & coordinates inpatient-nursing services w/in a service line. Collaborates w/ KFHP/H & the Med Grp staff in the development & execution of strategic plans, providing quality care, & managing cost-effective services which are aligned w/ fed, state, & local regulations. Responsible for achieving the strategic vision for nursing in their assigned areas of accountability. Responsible for the quality of nursing care & services to patients in their assigned areas of responsibility. Accountable for the following areas dependent upon med ctr beds & services offered. Maintains key relationships w/ Clinical & Administrative Dir peers, Chiefs of Service, other dept dirs reporting to Asst Administrators for clinical & ops, reg'l PCS, AMGAs, community peers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates w/ CNO & other med ctr mgmt in identifying & implementing innovative models & best practices w/ an emphasis on quality of care, service improvements & cost reduction\n- W/ TPMG partner, directs development & implementation of quality & utilization stds across the continuum of care to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, patient focused delivery of svcs & cost effective utilization of necessary svcs\n- Coordinates w/ TPMG to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care\n- Establishes partnerships w/ facility leadership groups\n- In collaboration w/ medical staff & facility leadership ensures a superior care experience & a safe environment w/ patients & staff\n- Ensures policies, practices, & procedures comply w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements of the Health Plan contract & govt'l & accrediting agencies\n- Provides clinical & professional oversight for areas of accountability\n- Assures successful implementation of organizational strategies such as Hospital Efficiency, Work Place Safety, Supply Cost Initiative including OR Back-log, Patient satisfaction\n- Through the hiring, retention, & development of internal staff in areas of accountability, achieves staffing ratios & optimal patient outcomes w/ minimal dependence on premium pay\n- Mentors nursing mgrs in development of leadership skills, fiscally accountable staffing/scheduling practices, professional development of staff, & outcomes based practice\n- Oversees the development of dept stds as identified by regulatory agencies including policies & procedures\n- Develops svcs that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction w/ emphasis on customer service, highest stds of quality & innovation\n- Maintains a state of continuous regulatory readiness\n- Manages & resolves HR, labor relations, employee & dept safety & risk mgmt issues\n- GRASP committees\n- Participates in developing the hospital's plan for the recruitment & retention of nursing resources to ensure that a sufficient number of qualified staff members are available to meet the needs of the patients\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes & the delivery of patient care & member svcs\n- Directs the budget & resource allocations for designated depts\n- Manages the financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care & svcs\n- Communicates effectively as hospital's advocate to members of the community, continually seeking ways to improve & promote the PR objective of the hospital & marketing svcs\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided & uses it to manage clinical ops\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will focus on the Cardiac Monitoring Unit and Intensive Care Unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial nursing experience in patient care, usually eight (8) years\n- Progressive management experience required, usually five (5) years\n- BSN or BA in health care related field required\n- Master's degree in nursing, health care, public administration, or business administration preferred\n- Current California RN license required\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills\n- Demonstrated ability to lead & manage through influence & change\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal & state laws & regulations such as: Knox-Keene Act, Federal HMO Act, Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & all applicable Medicare & Medi-Cal regulations\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Demonstrated ability to achieve results in a union environment\n- Proven ability to deliver results for meeting organizational objectives\n- Proven ability to work effectively with Labor\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Critical Care Registered Nurse certification", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Services Director (1483) - ICU/CMU - Walnut Creek", "reqid": "134969", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Assistant Administration Support Services (1485)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nDirects, manages, and controls medical center-based operational activities including: environmental services, material management, plant operations, nutritional services (food services), gardening, linen, transportation, environmental health and safety and security services. Point of contact for all internal and external issues related to operation of physical plant, environmental services, landscaping and construction project liaison. Also serves as the service area liaison to Regional Departments: National Facilities Services, Biomedical Engineering, and Construction Services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direct management of the Area Manager or COO and performance accountability to the Regional Support Service Administrator, the Leader, Support Services: Plans, develops and implements support services that achieve area business goals and objectives.\n- Identifies, implements, and evaluates best practices, including systems development and cost-effective operations standards and focuses on prevention, intervention and identification of issues and problems prior to impact on operations.\n- Effectively manages budgets that are designed to maintain, remodel and secure the facility assets of the Area.\n- Directs the development and implementation of standards for plant operations, maintenance, safety, and enhancement of work and member space, building, grounds and equipment.\n- Collaborates with service area constituents to structure support services that promote a high degree of internal customer satisfaction and the implementation of best practices.\n- Works closely with Regional and local departments to champion and implement organization-wide initiatives (e.g., Workplace Safety, Revenue Enhancement, Business Continuity, Supply Savings).\n- Works with Regional Financial Services and the Area Finance Officer to ensure all Area capital assets are tracked successfully.\n- Works with staff of the National Facilities Services Department to plan, design and implement plant maintenance and large scale capital projects that adhere to organizational standards, are delivered on a timely basis and meet established budgets.\n- Develops and revises standards for all Support Services departments as identified by regulatory agencies.\n- Coordinates local/state fire authority, OSHA, DOHS and The Joint Commission inspection visits involving facility or building concerns.\n- Develops, coaches and manages a staff dedicated to providing professional expertise and a high degree of customer service.\n- Participates in Area Management Teams that create and track long and short term business goals.\n- Works with the Business Strategy & Finance and Materials Management departments to assure that all procurement activity adheres to organizational policies, procedures and financial standards.\n- Actively collaborates with our Labor Partners to create a professionally satisfying work environment by assuring that our managers and staff are working within the parameters of the KP National Labor Management Partnership Agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) - ten (10) years of facility and support services operations (in healthcare environment preferred).\n- Practical experience in facility management, construction administration and project management.\n- Demonstrated experience developing operational standards, policies and practices that promote organizational efficiencies, cost effectiveness and the delivery of high quality services.\n- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in engineering or related discipline with practical experience in business administration, public administration or related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Expert knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations especially those relating to environmental services, hazardous waste management and safety.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the application of various codes/standards managed by local, state and national regulatory agencies and The Joint Commission regulations.\n- Demonstrated proficiency in the development, motivation, mobilization and leadership of effective teams that achieve results.\n- Ability to develop, administer and achieve sound financial plans and budgets.\n- Demonstrated understanding of environment care and its relation to hospital operations.\n- Must be able to successfully collaborate with Medical Group and Labor Partners to mutually achieve operational successes in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Demonstrated excellent communication skills (written, verbal, active listening).", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639145/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Administration Support Services (1485)", "reqid": "134972", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28639145}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Pathology Technician Assistant AA - Grade 430 [LAB-12-S024]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder the overall supervision of the Chief of Pathology/Laboratory Director and the Laboratory Administrative Director or designee and under general supervision of the grossing pathologist, assists pathologist in the receipt, organization of surgical tissue specimens, and autopsies and assures and logs specimens appropriately, processes, and disposes in a timely and safe manner. All tasks are to be done courtestly and correctly using judgment to respond appropriately to changing workload. Must be willing to work in a Labor/Management Partnership enviroment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, transports, verifies identification, logs, and prepares gross surgical and cytology specimens received in pathology.\n- May be required to pick up and transport all pathology specimens from laboratory and surgery, verifying specimen identification and resolves discrepancies.\n- Labels specimens, requisitions, cassettes with surgical accession number, legibly and accurately.\n- Enters accession number, patient and specimen identifiers into computer database.\n- Processes, prepares, and sends specimens to outside laboratory and accurately completes all associated paperwork.\n- Processes, prepares, and distributes intra-facility consultations.\n- Performs tissue sections according to written policies and procedures.\n- Assists pathologist with gross examination.\n- Sets up necessary equipment, supplies and specimens for gross examination.\n- Stores specimens after examination.\n- Disinfects area/instruments including cryostat.\n- May assist pathologists preparing fetal/infant cadavers and associated paperwork for delivery to fetal pathologists.\n- Maintains wet tissue storage.\n- Stores, rotates, and disposes of all wet tissues in accordance with departmental procedures. Disinfects and maintains specimen storage cabinets.\n- Disposes of tissues, decanting formaldehyde per department protocol and following all safety precautions.\n- Assists other staff, as directed, and assists with clerical duties:\n- Receives slides from Regional Lab and distributes slides to pathologist. Verifies accuracy of shipment.\n- Files, including slides.\n- Assists with stocking supplies and proper utilization of supplies.\n- Mailing and distribution of report.\n- Answering the telephone and responding to voicemail messages in a timely manner.\n- According to established facility protocol, conducts daily morgue census; verifies if autopsy is required and collects permit chart, etc. as assigned.\n- Properly labels, stores, handles, and disposes reagents and hazardous wastes according to local, State and Federal regulations. This may include recycling or reprocessing of reagents used in the department/unit including neutralization of formaldehyde before disposing.\n- May be assigned to train staff in all non-grossing duties.\n- Performs other duties assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current pathology experience including assisting in receipt and processing surgical specimens.\n- Experience in assisting the pathologists in post mortem procedures preferred.\n- Current pathology technical assistant experience preferred.\n- Must have an AA in Laboratory Science or Medical Laboratory Technology, or equivalent education with at least sixty (60) semester hours including, at a minimum, six (6) semester hours each of chemistry and biology and twelve (12) semester hours of chemistry, biology, or medical technology in any combination from an accredited institution.\nOR\nMust have previously qualified or could have qualified as a laboratory medical technologist on or before February 28, 1992\nOR\nOn or before April 24, 1995 must have been a high school graduate or equivalent and have either graduated from a HHS approved medical laboratory training program or successfully completed an official U.S. military medical laboratory procedures training course of at least fifty (50) weeks duration and have held the military enlisted occupational specialty of Medical Laboratory Specialist (Laboratory Technician).\n- Good working knowledge of basic clinical laboratory and pathology terminology.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n- Excellent organizational skills necessary to work under time constraints.\n- Ability to keep detailed records.\n- Excellent attendance.\n- Strong customer focus.\n- Excellent interpersonal skills in working with customers, clinicians and coworkers.\n- Basic computer keyboard skills and word processing of 20 wpm.\n- Ability to function according to established policies and procedures under the general supervision, and, as applicable, direct supervision of a pathologist.\n- Must be able to read, write and speak the English language.\n\nSkills Testing: PC Skills, Typing 20WPM", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639134/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pathology Technician Assistant AA - Grade 430 [LAB-12-S024]", "reqid": "133884", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28639134}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Novato", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker II ***Temporary***\nLocation: Novato, CA\nThe primary role of the Medical Social Worker II in the Hospice/Home Health setting is to assist patients and families/caregivers to cope with the social/ emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patient's illness. Under general direction, delivers age-appropriate social work care to patients and their caregivers in their place of residence in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations. The Medical Social Worker II serves as an integral member of the home health team providing assessments, coordination and implementation of social work services to meet the complex needs of patients in the home setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings. Provide counseling to help patients cope w/ acute/chronic/terminal illnesses.\n- Responsible for developing & implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients & families to cope &/or restore social, emotional, financial & environmental factors which affect &/or affected by illness.\n- Completes biopsychosocial strengths based assessments. Partners w/ patient to identify needs & develop & implement individual treatment plan based on mutually agreed upon treatment plan.\n- Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources & external community/government resources to assist patient/family in developing short & long term care plans as appropriate. Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.\n- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services w/in Kaiser & community. Assist patient & family in placing patient in higher level of care as determined by team & patient, if applicable.\n- Takes, reviews, evaluates & prioritizes written & oral referrals.\n- Maintains documentation, records & data collections.\n- Responsible for completion of required documents in a complete & timely manner.\n- Functions as part of the Home Health/Hospice Team to assure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilities.\n- Liaison between patient & Kaiser maintaining positive relationship w/ Kaiser & providing for continuity of care.\n- Identifies appropriate levels of care & facilities for referred patients, where applicable.\n- Obtains placements, where applicable.\n- Collaborate w/ internal & external resources in Kaiser & the community to meet mutually agreed upon goals & objectives.\n- Provides information & referral to community resources as requested.\n- Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members & skilled nursing facilities.\n- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situations.\n- Participates in Quality Assurance activities as assigned.\n- Assist in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, & field staff, triaging of phone calls from members'/families.\n- Works w/ referral sources to clarify & complete required clinical & psychosocial information.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Step I: Less than two (2) years' social work experience (M.S.W. field work not included).\n- Step II: Two (2) to four (4) years of social work experience within the last five (5) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- Step III: Four (4) or more years of social work experience within the last ten (10) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- One (1) year experience providing direct service in medical or home health related setting - MSW internship considered.\n- Home Health - Title 22 Requirement: 'Social worker' means a person who has a masters of social work degree from a school of social work accredited or approved by the Council on Social Work Education and having one year of social work experience in a health care setting.\n- Hospice - California standards: 'Social worker' means a person who has a master of social work degree from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and clinical experience relevant to the counseling and case work needs of patients and families.\n- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.\n- LCSW preferred.\n- California Driver's License required.\n- BLS required.\n- Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary team.\n- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills.\n- Knowledge of chronic and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family functioning.\n- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication skills and written documentation.\n- Must be computer-literate and, preferably, experienced in automated clinical information systems.\n- Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple tasks.\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.\n- Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collectivebargaining agreement.\n\nTemporary:\nExpected Length of Employment: Up to 90 days\n\nSchedule:\n\nMon: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Tues: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Thurs: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639128/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker II ***Temporary***", "reqid": "133580", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Novato, CA", "uid": 28639128}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant, Grade 180\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Short-Hour Regular, 8 hours per week, Day shifts. Friday: 9:30am to 6:00pm and every other Monday off. Starting and ending times and days may vary according to departmental needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639119/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant, Grade 180", "reqid": "131842", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28639119}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100 (1201)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder direct supervision, cleans & maintains an assigned area, & performs a variety of environmental services duties in & around the medical center in order to maintain a neat, orderly, sanitary, & safe environment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates & utilizes equipment needed to include cleaner, wet mop unit, dust pay, dust mop, back vacuum, automatic floor scrubber, shampoo machine, high-speed buffer, carpet extractor, wet/dry vacuum, floor buffer, wall washer & utility cart. Operates & utilizes sane Pac, compactor & bailer\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products cleans patient areas to include restrooms, discharge beds, woodwork, horizontal surfaces, TV5 cabinets, furniture, glass, walls, floors, & all affixed items, replenish dispensers, & remove soiled linen & trash\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products, cleans auxiliary areas to include medication room, nursing station, tub room, soiled utility rooms, storage areas, staff lounge, quiet rooms, offices, exam rooms, treatment rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, elevators, water fountain, ice machines, telephones, all horizontal surfaces & high dusting\n- Replenishes supplies such as: paper-towels, toilet paper, soap, plastic liners, paper cups & seat covers\n- Reports unsafe conditions such as defective or damaged equipment Assures sharp objects are in proper containers follow safety rules established by the department & uses proper body mechanics such as lifting techniques\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six months experience preferred\n- Moderate to heavy lifting ability required; ability to operate all types of floor machinery and other housekeeping related equipment\n- Ability to lift 50 lbs., carry items of 25 lbs., pushes carts up to 200 lbs.\n- Ability to perform frequent pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting and reaching Job requires extensive standing and walking\n- Ability to understand and communicate effectively\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Refer to position specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:40:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639105/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100 (1201)", "reqid": "121874", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28639105}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Polysomnographic Technologist - FT\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nAssists patients referred to the sleep disorder clinic to obtain appropriate diagnosis & treatment. Under direction of physicians in the Sleep Medicine Department, provides information regarding study procedures, diagnostic findings, & recommended treatments.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules appointments for patients to visit sleep disorder clinic.\n- Conducts initial education & orientation session as per department guidelines.\n- Enters referrals into HealthConnect.\n- Provides patients w/ home diagnostic equipment & instructs them on its use.\n- Downloads home studies, scores raw data & forwards the results to the physician.\n- Reviews results from outside laboratories.\n- Under direction of physician, communicates sleep study results & recommendation to patients.\n- Assists patients to understand their covered benefits & obtain therapeutic equipment.\n- Dispense CPAP & related equipment:\n- Performs CPAP auto titration;\n- Dispense CPAP equipment & accessories & performs mask fittings; & assists patients w/ equipment problems.\n- Maintains equipment & supplies used by clinic for diagnostic & therapeutic purposes.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- Associate's degree in respiratory therapy or polysomnography or equivalent years of directly related work experience.\n- Licensed Polysomnographic Technologist in the corresponding jurisdiction required.\n- Certified RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist) must be obtained w/in six (6) months of hire.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as a sleep apnea technician or polysomnographic technologist, preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639085/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Polysomnographic Technologist - FT", "reqid": "135136", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28639085}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician I - FT\nLocation: Reston, VA\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- The available shift is Monday - Friday 8:00am - 1:00am, with rotational / variable weekends and holidays from 8:45am - 9:30pm (8 Hours shift). The hours are subject to change\nat any time.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience in pharmacy.\n- High school diploma or GED.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacy nomenclature & calculations.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Effective interpersonal & communication skills.\n- Excellent customer service skill, with flexibility is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639086/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician I - FT", "reqid": "135140", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 28639086}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Data Management Lead\nLocation: Portland, OR\nMAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES\nProject Management\n- Manages small to medium size projects.\n- Develops and executes project plans.\n- Provides project reporting to project sponsor under guidance of higher level resource.\n\nMeta Data Repository\n- Develops data definition consistent with data management standards and conventions.\n- Defines meta data structures for information repository and performs model management.\n\nDatabase Design (physical)\n- Analyzed business information requirements, such as throughput, data volume, performance and availability, and transforms logical data model into physical data model.\n- Transform physical data model into physical database design with appropriate DBMS features to meet the business non-functional requirements.\n- Develops database definitions consistent with data management standards and conventions.\n- Participates in physical data model integration and convergence activities.\n\nDatabase Development (physical)\n- Develops, tests, and implements the organization's physical databases across multiple platforms, technologies, and computing environments.\n\nDatabase Performance\n- Provides support to Lead in capacity planning, forecasting, and tuning.\n- Develops performance / tuning evaluation reports.\n\nCommunications\n- Communicates business / information models to clients, developers, and database designers.\n- Communicates database designed to data analyst and application programming staff.\n\nTechnology Evaluation\n- Research and evaluates alternative database solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost-effective solution for the project, ensuring consistency with enterprise direction.\n\nMethodologies and Standards\n- Recommends development of or adoption / incorporation of new methodologies and standards for supporting information management.\n\nDatabase Management and Support Tools\n- Implements, configures, and customized database management and support tools.\n\nClient Consulting\n- Consults with clients and development areas in the design and implementation of small to medium projects.\n- Consults with clients to determined information management requirements.\n\nTraining / Mentoring\n- Provides direction, guidance, and technical support to clients, applications, and operations areas.\n- Develops technical and analytical skills of lower level resources.\n\nData Transformation\n- Designs, develops, and tests complex transformation extracts and load routines.\n\nDatabase Maintenance\n- Provides level diagnosis and resolution of database projects.\n- Works with vendor personnel, if necessary, to achieve timely solutions of database problems.\n- Escalates, as necessary, and provides problem resolutions.\n- Implement database security configurations and compliance-related tasks.\n- Maintain DBMS currency.\n\nDatabase Systems Engineering\nDesigns develops, configures, tests, and integrates database infrastructure system components to produce product roadmaps, system standards, and product builds that span multiple platforms, technologies, and computing environments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of design, testing, implementation, control and maintenance of logical and relational databases across platforms and computing environments.\nFunctional Knowledge & Skills\nThorough knowledge of business functions / business related policies.\nComplete understanding and application of business related principles, concepts, practices, and standards. Full knowledge of industry practices..\nBroad application of business function / business related principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields..\n\nEducation & Training\n4 year degree in computer science, statistics or math and/or equivalent experience.\n\nPreferred\nOracle Database Administration Certification", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639076/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Management Lead", "reqid": "135291", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28639076}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Project Management Lead\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Lead Project Manager in the Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) National Facilities Services Business Information Office (BIO) Integrated Systems Delivery (ISD) group is responsible for leading projects focused upon device and system integration and the delivery of those systems/devices into operational use. The Lead Project Manager is accountable for meeting financial and schedule commitments for all assigned projects and to communicate effectively with cross functional team members. Additionally the KPIT Lead Project Manager is accountable to ensure that IT services are delivered according to scope, schedule and budget.\n\nThis is a position for a Lead Project Manager in the National Facilities Services BIO joining our Integrated Systems Delivery Team. The Integrated Systems Delivery Team partners with various internal groups that include but are not limited to Clinical Technology, IT, National Facilities Services and our Clinical Partners. The ISD team is constantly working on leading edge technology projects and it is our mission to improve the quality of care provided to our members by providing the correct data and controls to the correct person in the correct context at the correct time.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\nExhibit leadership to motivate, set achievable objectives, maintain a positive outlook, take responsibility, make decisions and provide constructive feedback\nBuild, track and monitor project plan(s) using either MS Project or Primavera to ensure that the project is on schedule and budget and that it remains so\nEnsure project data is accurate and available for review by management and ensure that management is proactively informed of potential problems so that they can be resolved before they become insurmountable\nUtilize a proactive change control process\nUse negotiation skills to achieve successful project outcomes around issues, scope, schedule, costs/budget and resources\nManage the project funding/budget process\nMatrix manage project managers and teams from other KP-IT groups who supply resources and services to the project\nConsistently support compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nManages complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.\n- Total managed project budget up to $10 million.\n- Project complexity includes multiple sites and up to 10 interdependent work tracks.\n- Project Integration Management, including converts business cases to business plans.\n- Manages coordination across multiple stakeholders from both IT and Business to ensure project objectives are met.\n- Understands and consistently meets project stakeholder expectations within scope of project role by responding promptly to client/stakeholderinquiries.\n- Demonstrates knowledge and use of change management process.\n- Responsible for accurate time reporting for project work they are leading.\n- Responsible for measuring and reporting 'on budget' metric for assigned scope.\n- May provide quality reviews and guidance for projects.\n- Directs or may develop the quality/testing strategies for the project. Provides best practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios for consideration.\n- Establishes coordination across projects to ensure adequate resources are available and delivery commitments are met.\n- Responsible for tracking and reporting accurate project and deliverable status for assigned scope of work.\n- Capable of developing communication presentations with minimal guidance.\n- May assist in the development or provide guidance to project managers in development of risk plans, qualitative/quantitative risk assessments.\n- Evaluates business cases for vendor requirements.\n- Contributes to RFP development and technical specifications.\n- Demonstrates understanding of and applies knowledge in all phases of the project delivery life cycle.\n- Accountable for coordination ofcollection and validation of business requirements.\n- May determine the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.\n- Negotiates with application release manager to include changes in a release.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.\n - Required is 8 years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of both IT infrastructure and application projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n - 6 years of progressive experience as a program/project manager that includes managing implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets.\n - Demonstrated strong customer focus and client relationship building skills\n - Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - System Integration experience is preferred\n - Very strong presentation creation and delivery experience is preferred.\n - Capital Construction experience is a plus\n - Healthcare experience is a plus\n - Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639077/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Management Lead", "reqid": "135319", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28639077}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Information Security Consultant - Systems Assurance\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe ideal candidate will have a security mindset and the ability to think outside the box, contributing to a team of highly motivated and skilled information security practitioners. As a member of the Systems Assurance team, the candidate will balance both security and business imperatives using a risk based approach. The primary responsibilities will include assessing the security and compliance posture of existing environments, identifying risks and recommend remediation plans, and performing system integrations into our risk management platform. Candidate should be well-rounded and have knowledge in all information security domains.\nThe candidate will represent Information Security in the assessment as well as research, development and implementation of technologies, techniques, and process improvements pertaining to initiatives that require information security guidance. The candidate will have close working relationship with both IT and the Business. The candidate will work directly with project personnel as well as business management teams. The ability to communicate in both technical and business terms is crucial. As subject matter expert, the candidate must be able to articulate information security requirements and risks in business language.\nGeneral Requirements\n\nProvide project leadership for security related engagements related to vulnerability management, security configuration management, security metrics, and GRC integration concerns.\nAssist in designing and delivering comprehensive remediation workflow and reporting solutions to customers.\nAbility to apply data visualization and statistical best practices to enterprise risk reporting.\nExcellent analytical skills to compliment strong written and verbal communication skills.\nExcellent interpersonal, motivational, organizational, persuasive and project management skills.\nProven ability to work effectively with management, staff, vendors, and external consultants\nProven ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical business area representatives.\nUnderstanding of security risk assessment methodologies. Ability to assess both technical and business risks as they pertain to information security.\nProvide project leadership for security related engagement related to vulnerability management, configuration management, metrics, and GRC integration concerns.\nUnderstanding of regulatory climate and industry standards such as SOX, HIPAA and PCI.\n\nTechnical Requirements\n\nDrive the extension of integration, big data, and business intelligence toolsets for systems assurance, metrics and GRC related programs\nSolid understanding of basic statistical methodologies and how to apply them to real world problems.\nAssist in designing and delivering comprehensive remediation workflow and reporting solutions to customers.\nProvide senior level database support for multiple OLTP and OLAP systems\nPlan and execute on mitigation and remediation effectiveness testing.\nIn-depth knowledge of web application security and industry best practices (i.e, OWASP, WASC, etc), as well as SDLC.\nAbility to program and script in various languages (i.e., Python/Perl, Ruby, Java, shell scripting, .Net).\nWorking knowledge of vulnerability and configuration assessment technologies.\nGood understanding of enterprise level network and infrastructure security technologies from tier one vendors..\nExpert knowledge of hardening Unix, Linux, Mainframe, Windows and other enterprise level platforms.\nGood understanding of sound security practices around the deployment and operations of cloud computing, virtualization, mainframe and database technologies.\nQualifications:\nBS Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Mathematics or equivalent combination of experience and formal education, or additional 4 years of work experience.\n10 years of hands on experience in two or more of the following: application security, network security, or platform/OS security in engineering, architecture or consulting capacity.\nFormal training and general certification in the security field, both vendor agnostic and vendor specific (such as CCIE, CISA, CISSP, GIAC)\nSecurity generalist experience: Deploy and maintenance of vulnerability management, NIDS, HIDS, AV, security configuration management, GRC, Security Metrics Project management experience with the security domain", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639073/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Information Security Consultant - Systems Assurance", "reqid": "132964", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28639073}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: UBT Consultant Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides high quality and cost effective project management, consulting, and analytic support to high visibility projects. Leads consultants, clients, and/or groups in identifying and resolving issues of strategic importance to the organization. May assist Regional co-leads or manage complex projects independently.\nEssential Functions:\n- Defines and frames complex issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making\n- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans\n- Leads team/project activities and schedules\n- Researches key business issues, and directs the collecting and analyzing of quantitative and qualitative data\n- Synthesizes analysis and identifies key findings\n- Works to determine goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors\n- Establishes team membership and project participants\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach and work plan\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed\n- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors\n- Develops creative alternative solutions\n- Recommends action steps to team and client\n- Plans and facilitates meeting.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences\n- Transfers project team knowledge/tools to client\n- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, conducting performance reviews for analysts, and other departmental activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four years of experience in related analytical and/or consulting experience\n- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or equivalent experience in related field\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, presentation, and project management skills\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Working knowledge of Windows applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.)\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Four years of related analytical and/or consulting experience\n- Master's Degree in related field\n- IA Certification", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639065/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "UBT Consultant Senior", "reqid": "134086", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28639065}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate\n- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care\n- Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.\n- Administers medications\n- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care\n- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate\n- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel\n- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver\n- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor\n- Takes charge duties as assigned\n- Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice\n- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience working with electronic medical records\n- One year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty\n- Coursework in basic EKG", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639066/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse", "reqid": "134177", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28639066}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Medical Technologist\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, performs chemical, microscopic, and bacteriologic tests to provide data for use in treatment and diagnosis of disease. Applies techniques used in fields of bacteriology or mycology, parasitology, histopathology, hematology, serology, manual, and/or automated chemistry, radioimmunoassay, or morphological examinations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts laboratory testing; initiates and implements course of action based upon standard operating procedures; collaborates with other technologists, supervisors, and technical specialists\n- Organizes work-flow to accomplish efficient and accurate output; reviews and verifies results for accuracy, and credibility prior to release; records and reports results in timely manner\n- Problem-solves to achieve acceptable test results and assures optimal system and instrument operations; formulates plan of action for situations not addressed in standard operation procedures\n- Interprets and verifies lab findings with regard to type and quality of specimen submitted; correlates test results with available clinical information and other laboratory data\n- Analyzes and evaluates each process of testing to assure final results are valid and accurate\n- Serves as resource for medical laboratory technicians, assistants, and other laboratory personnel in trouble-shooting problems with automated and other equipment, and in standard operation decision-making\n- Takes corrective action to resolve problems; reviews unresolved problems with supervisor; reports action limit results according to standard procedures\n- Performs proficiency testing and reports results\n- Coordinates laboratory operations in absence of supervisor by monitoring workflow and making adjustments as necessary to maintain optimum service level\n- Advises providers and nursing service personnel of correct procedures for collection, handling, and processing of specimens; assists providers in determining appropriate laboratory services to be used for patient care\n- Participates in review of proficiency testing critiques\n- Maintains and updates technical knowledge and skills by actively participating in department meetings, continuing education, and in-service instructions; assists in development of operational procedures to ensure effective workflow\n- Assists in training of technical students and/or new technologist employees; review work; recommend improvements; provides input for performance evaluations, when requested\n- Assists in development of technical procedures and in writing training procedures; reviews and critiques new procedures developed by others\n- Detects and repairs subtle instrument and/or reagent problems\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Appropriate clinical internship\n- Bachelor's degree in medical technology from accredited school\n- Valid Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Technologist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Certified Medical Technologist (MT) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) by the National Credentialing Agency (NCA)\n- Good knowledge and skills of general clinical lab\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, on the telephone, and supervising others\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639067/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Technologist", "reqid": "134184", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28639067}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Ward Clerk\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct or indirect supervision of supervisor, contributes to patient care by performing clerical and non-professional tasks directly and indirectly related to patient care and unit functioning. Responsible and accountable for tasks delegated.\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers phones in unit and manages calls appropriately; takes phone reports from lab, diagnostic imaging, and other departments accurately, and delivers to proper nurse; calls and schedules clinic appointments for patients who need help, when directed by RN/LPN; refers all calls from physicians to appropriate nursing staff\n- Uses system to order entry for appropriate departments; uses system to access test results from appropriate departments; uses system to verify ADT information; uses manual system when computer is down\n- Answers PTS and keeps station ready and available; retrieves medication and supplies and delivers to proper place/person\n- Reports maintenance problems immediately\n- Reviews face sheet for errors; prepares chart and kardex on admission; orders outpatient or old charts and ensures receipts; assembles chart and maintains in proper order; ensures that patient weight, allergies, pap smear, and consents are on chart; records changes in physician or other basic data and updates in computer system; files final reports of diagnostic tests promptly in right chart; maintains inpatient chart by thinning, preparing new forms, etc.; processes chart to prepare for patient transfer; pulls chart and prepares it for discharge; compiles discharged patient's chart and puts into proper order\n- Maintains inventory of unit supplies; orders non-stock items as directed; orders stock items to maintain par level; maintains inventory of unit/departmental/hospital forms and chart; transport/arranges for transport of supplies and equipment between units or departments as needed\n- Xeroxes and processes charts and other documents as directed by supervisor or RN\n- Communicates ADT information to admitting department and shift supervisor/bed control\n- Answers nurse call console and refers patient calls to appropriate person\n- Picks-up blood/blood products from lab as directed by RN, non-controlled medications from pharmacy, and supplies/equipment from other departments\n- Calls acuity forecast to staffing office by designated times; tallies and completes daily acuity sheets; calls updated acuity; completes additional tasks on individual units per standards/procedures or supervisor instructions\n- Transcribes physicians orders to appropriate medical record and other forms accurately; completes request forms/orders entry for diagnostic tests, consultations, referrals; schedules special tests with in-house and outside agencies and documents appointment; makes arrangements for patient transport to outside agencies and departments\n- Transmits messages and other pertinent information to appropriate staff members; picks up, sorts, and delivers unit and patient mail\n- Remains calm in emergency patient care/unit situations\n- Completes required in-services annually; participates in orientation of new clerical staff\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in Medical Terminology\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Type 30 wpm\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in conflict resolution, decision making, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, written communication, organizational skills, time management, and initiative\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in transcribing physician's orders, computer skills, and setting up and maintaining file systems\n- Post high school coursework in commercial or vocational secretarial science", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:39:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639064/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ward Clerk", "reqid": "124753", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28639064}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lafayette", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse\nLocation: Lafayette, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a focus of one's actions; develops productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, & needs. Builds rapport & relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect; responds quickly to meet needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Portions adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103)\n- Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment CRS 12-38-103 (10)\n- Analyzes, reports & records\n- Triage patients either in person or via teleph1 & implements proper course of action in accordance w/ established protocol/guideline or in consultation w/ provider\n- Conducts teleph1 call backs to patients requiring follow-up care\n- Evaluates emergency situations & initiates appropriate interventions\n- Practices within scope of practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing practice, knowledge, skill level, sound clinical judgment, & KP guidelines\n- Accurately documents patient data, actions or interventions, responses, & plans for care/follow-up according to guidelines and/or standard practice\n- Health teaching & health counseling to patients and/or their families\n- Executing delegated medical functions which deliver aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority\n- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications\n- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others\n- Refers to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance\n- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly\n- Facilitates the coordination & integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources\n- Leads health care team by influence & role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, exemplary service, innovation & providing outstanding support\n- Patient advocate\n- Supports compliance & Kaiser Permanent's Code of Conduct by adhering to federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & license requirements, by policies & procedures\n- Responds appropriately to observed fraud\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n-Other essential funtions as outlined in the full job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- Applicant must be a graduate of a RN program that meets Colorado State Board of Nursing curriculum requirements\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous med/surg experience preferred\n- BLS strongly preferred\nMust be Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Certified within 90 days of hire. Must be a team player. Must be able to multitask. May have to float between locations.\nACLS certification and procedural sedation competency required within 90 days of hire. At least one year of oncology experience and certification in chemotherapy administration. The oncology experience and certification must be recent (within the previous five years). Independent, critical thinking necessary; excellent IV and communication skills and function well in a team setting.", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:38:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639057/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse", "reqid": "134699", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lafayette, CO", "uid": 28639057}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lakewood", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant\nLocation: Lakewood, CO\nUnder direct supervision, performs basic & routine patient care & clerical duties to assist medical providers in the care & treatment of patients. Primary function is to room patients & facilitate provider schedule. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions &develops & sustains productive member/patient. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances. Builds rapport & relationships w/ members/patients; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs duties & resp.w/ excellence, enthusiasm, great service demonst. courteous behaviors & by anticipating physician & other needs\n- Prepares exam rooms for use by physicians & providers by cleaning, stocking supplies, equipment & instr.\n- Reviews & communicates to physician & other providers appt. schedule to determine patient visit order & requests for the day, greets patient to exam or treatment rm. in a respectful & caring manner\n- Keeps patients, physician or providers, & team members, informed of physician's or provider's status &/or time delays\n- Interviews patient to determine reason for visit; takes patient's vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height & weight; records information in patient's med record; & reports findings to appropriate personnel, according to standard requirements\n- Instructs or assists patients in prep. for scheduled procedures in a caring & courteous manner\n- Performs basic, routine & regular delegated medical functions & within appropriate scope of practice as inferred by knowledge, skill level, & KP guidelines (vision screening, ear irrigations, hearing tests, hematocrit, tonometry measurements, EKG tests, collecting throat, wound, & sputum specimens, & urine cultures) using approp instruments, techniques, & specimen labeling process\n- Supports physicians & providers performing routine exam & treatment procedures by attending patient during procedures & providing appropriate supplies and instruments.\n- Performs routine clerical & reception duties, as required, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining dept logs, answering phones & taking messages, checking in patients, & scheduling patient appts\n- Prepares treatment rms for special procedures using knowledge of sterile technique\n- Cleans, packages & sterilizes reusable supplies & instr. appropriately using germicide solution\n-Provides routine verbal and written instructions to patients as specifically directed, such as use of crutches, cast care and wound care; escorts patients to other patient care areas\n- Maintains a safe & healthy work environment for patients,self\n- Performs duties, such as assisting in orienting & training new employees, transporting equipment or patient, stocking shelves, taking inventories, ordering supplies\n- Demonstrates computer literacy for charting & reviewing in an automated med record.\n- Works within scope of practice & according to KP policies\n- Complies w/regulatory reqts & standards of care\n- See Compensation Job Description\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Completion of a Medical Assistant training program of at least 6 months in duration for the Medical Assistant\n- Copy of diploma & transcripts from program required.\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification as Medical Assistant preferred\nPrimary Care Ambulatory experience preferred with training in electronic medical record, open to innovation and flexibility", "date_new": "2012-05-11 19:38:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28639056/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant", "reqid": "132337", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lakewood, CO", "uid": 28639056}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Senior Manager of Health Innovation\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nScan the internal and external environment for Innovation to transform care delivery. Manage an idea intake process to identify, qualify, fund and track innovation proposals in the region. Partner with region and medical centers to pilot funded ideas. Host Innovation summits in SCAL to promote learning and innovation. Participate in the strategic planning, and management of the department. Make formal presentation to senior leadership on the Innovation strategy and progress.\nResponsible for guiding clients, including Sr Leaders, in development of project work that addresses the strategic priorities of the organization. Responsible for building on-going relationships & proactively thought partnering w/ key clients across the organization. Provides leadership for complex projects and/or multiple projects, including project scoping & planning, staff mgmt, analysis & issue resolution, & deliverable development & presentation. Proactively recognizes organizational improvement areas & communicates frequently w/ sr leadership. Actively oversees & participates in a broad array of project work, including strategy development, market assessments, operational & process improvement, policy issues, profitability assessments & major implementations. In addition to providing consulting support & project mgmt for the organization, position is also responsible for building a strong departmental culture. Will have direct accountability for staff development & various administrative functions w/in the dept. Will help to foster a professional, results-oriented, collaborative environment, which supports staff growth & development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Effectively leads large, complex and/or multiple project teams dealing w/ varied content\n- Makes significant contributions & provides leadership to highly visible mgmt projects to address issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Manages the work of all project participants, including outside consultants & other dept staff, when used\n- Ensures that project related expenditures are reasonable & approp\n- Develops & maintains strong relationships w/ key clients throughout the organization to proactively identify improvement opportunities & appropriate project work\n- Effectively interfaces w/ key clients, including Sr Leaders, to reach mutually acceptable agreements around project scope, objectives, deliverables, timeframes & outcomes\n- Interacts w/ Sr Leaders to provide thought leadership for strategic issues\n- Work w/ key clients & stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes, including achieving buy in & acceptance of project scope, plans, timelines & recommendations in highly political environments\n- Understands organizational complexity/priorities & incorporates knowledge into project design & mgmt\n- Ensures that work addresses root cause issues & structures work accordingly\n- Demonstrates insight & creativity & offers options when approaching resolution of issues or problems\n- Is proactive in identification & communication of issues or barriers that may impede the project or compromise success & takes approp steps to resolve them\n- Creates a team environment that encourages collaboration, ongoing feedback & encourages participation from all staff\n- Adapts mgmt style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance\n- Develops clear project plans that result in production of high-quality deliverables & outcomes\n- Monitors plan on an ongoing basis & proactively adjusts, as necessary, to resolve barriers and/or issues\n- Oversees work to ensure high quality deliverable w/in timeframes & budget\n- Provides project oversight & inter-coordination of related projects\n- Helps to develop, execute, & monitor dept-wide activities that support the culture & values of the dept\n- Ensures that dept plans are in alignment w/ organizational goals & priorities\n- Shares project based & general work related knowledge w/ colleagues to enhance departmental performance\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7) years of experience in project management, general management and/or consulting required\n- Additional experience preferred\n- Healthcare experience in a health plan, medical group or hospital setting preferred\n- Direct staff or departmental management experience preferred\n- Experience in managing staff, including staff development, coaching/mentoring, performance reviews, and administration of guidelines\n- Master's degree or experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health, Health Administration or other related field required\n- Demonstrated expertise in multiple content areas necessary to the work of the department\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated core consulting skills, including analytics, project management, facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills\n- Advanced knowledge of computer applications and knowledge of data systems\n- Proven leadership skills in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the operations and/or business of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible practice area\n- Demonstrates ability to lead project work involving various partners including Medical Group and/or Labor Partners\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Minimum of 10 years experience in healthcare and consulting preffered\n-Proven track record of managing the innovation life cycle from idea generation, proof of concept, to operationalizing the solution with proven results\n-Strong analytics, communication and business management skills\n-Experience in building strategic alliances with industry to pilot innovative concepts\n- Understanding of mobile technology and social media\n- Computer skills in Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Project, Social Media and Mobile Technology\n\nNotes:\n- 50 % of travel", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606801/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager of Health Innovation", "reqid": "134823", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28606801}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (TJC, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two to three (2-3) years of critical care experience.\n- Current Drivers License\n- Current BLS certificate\n- BSN to Masters\n- CM Certificate\n- Basic computer skills to include Word and Powerpoint.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Variable Days and Hours with rotating weekends.\n- Will be cross-trained to provide case management in the inpatient and ED setting at 9961 Sierra Ave, Fontana.\n- May also be cross-trained to provide coverage for Outside Utilization.\n- Will be trained to assist with Medi-Cal TARs and Utilization quality review.\n- May be required to travel to offsite locations for trainings or meetings.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606802/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "134846", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28606802}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Asst Mgr Amb Care Dept\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAssists an Ambulatory Care Department Manager by supervising assigned operations of a department providing ambulatory patient care services; ensuring that staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient-focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state, & federal requirements; implementing & maintaining clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development; delivering nursing/patient care services that add value, are integrated with business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards/performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & ensures staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, & federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/ service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals & business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory care or other relevant healthcare experience required (usually two (2) - three (3) years)\n- Two (2) years of previous supervisory experience, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in health care related field required\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer skills in Word and Excel\n\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies after hours / weekend as needed", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606803/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst Mgr Amb Care Dept", "reqid": "134848", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28606803}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Senior Manager Project Portfolio and Knowledge Management\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Portfolio and Knowledge Manager will be responsible for managing the prioritization and tracking of regional process transformation and innovation investments and development of a process and infrastructure to qualify and disseminate innovation and process transformation best practices among the Medical Centers. The responsibilities will include:\n- Design, implement a project intake, prioritization, governance and reporting process for regional process transformation and innovation investments\n- Manage a regional dashboard for tracking and reporting PT and Innovation project performance\n- Design and implement a knowledge management infrastructure and process for the region to capture, qualify and disseminate project leanings to Medical Centers.\n- Collaborate with academic institutions to publish case studies of successful PT and Innovation projects to promote Kaiser's brand\n- Partner with Medical Centers to develop the business case for new Innovation and PT proposals\n- As a member of the leadership team, actively participate and contribute to the management of the department, people development and strategic planning\n\n\nResponsible for guiding clients, including Sr Leaders, in development of project work that addresses the strategic priorities of the organization. Responsible for building on-going relationships & proactively thought partnering w/ key clients across the organization. Provides leadership for complex projects and/or multiple projects, including project scoping & planning, staff mgmt, analysis & issue resolution, & deliverable development & presentation. Proactively recognizes organizational improvement areas & communicates frequently w/ sr leadership. Actively oversees & participates in a broad array of project work, including strategy development, market assessments, operational & process improvement, policy issues, profitability assessments & major implementations. In addition to providing consulting support & project mgmt for the organization, position is also responsible for building a strong departmental culture. Will have direct accountability for staff development & various administrative functions w/in the dept. Will help to foster a professional, results-oriented, collaborative environment, which supports staff growth & development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Effectively leads large, complex and/or multiple project teams dealing w/ varied content\n- Makes significant contributions & provides leadership to highly visible mgmt projects to address issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Manages the work of all project participants, including outside consultants & other dept staff, when used\n- Ensures that project related expenditures are reasonable & approp\n- Develops & maintains strong relationships w/ key clients throughout the organization to proactively identify improvement opportunities & appropriate project work\n- Effectively interfaces w/ key clients, including Sr Leaders, to reach mutually acceptable agreements around project scope, objectives, deliverables, timeframes & outcomes\n- Interacts w/ Sr Leaders to provide thought leadership for strategic issues\n- Work w/ key clients & stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes, including achieving buy in & acceptance of project scope, plans, timelines & recommendations in highly political environments\n- Understands organizational complexity/priorities & incorporates knowledge into project design & mgmt\n- Ensures that work addresses root cause issues & structures work accordingly\n- Demonstrates insight & creativity & offers options when approaching resolution of issues or problems\n- Is proactive in identification & communication of issues or barriers that may impede the project or compromise success & takes approp steps to resolve them\n- Creates a team environment that encourages collaboration, ongoing feedback & encourages participation from all staff\n- Adapts mgmt style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance\n- Develops clear project plans that result in production of high-quality deliverables & outcomes\n- Monitors plan on an ongoing basis & proactively adjusts, as necessary, to resolve barriers and/or issues\n- Oversees work to ensure high quality deliverable w/in timeframes & budget\n- Provides project oversight & inter-coordination of related projects\n- Helps to develop, execute, & monitor dept-wide activities that support the culture & values of the dept\n- Ensures that dept plans are in alignment w/ organizational goals & priorities\n- Shares project based & general work related knowledge w/ colleagues to enhance departmental performance\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7) years of experience in project management, general management and/or consulting required\n- Additional experience preferred\n- Healthcare experience in a health plan, medical group or hospital setting preferred\n- Direct staff or departmental management experience preferred\n- Experience in managing staff, including staff development, coaching/mentoring, performance reviews, and administration of guidelines\n- Master's degree or experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health, Health Administration or other related field required\n- Demonstrated expertise in multiple content areas necessary to the work of the department\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated core consulting skills, including analytics, project management, facilitation, communication and interpersonal skills\n- Advanced knowledge of computer applications and knowledge of data systems\n- Proven leadership skills in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the operations and/or business of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible practice area\n- Demonstrates ability to lead project work involving various partners including Medical Group and/or Labor Partners\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer skills in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Social Media and Mobile Technology\n-Proven track record of implementing and managing Project Portfolio and Knowledge Management process\n-Trained in Process Excellence and Change management\n-Minimum of 8 year experience in combination of Healthcare and IT preffered\n-Experienced with technology selection and implementation\n-Strong consulting, project management, relationship management, communication and analytical skills\n-Effective leadership skills\n\nNotes:\n- 50 % of travel", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606804/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager Project Portfolio and Knowledge Management", "reqid": "134854", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28606804}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (TJC, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two to three (2-3) years of critical care experience preferred.\n- Current Drivers License\n- Current BLS certificate\n- BSN to Masters\n- CM Certificate\n- Basic computer skills to include Word and Powerpoint.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Variable Days and Hours with rotating weekends.\n- Will be cross-trained to provide case management in the inpatient and ED setting at 9961 Sierra Ave, Fontana.\n- May also be cross-trained to provide coverage for Outside Utilization.\n- Will be trained to assist with Medi-Cal TARs and Utilization quality review.\n- May be required to travel to offsite locations for trainings or meetings.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606805/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "134856", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28606805}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cudahy", "description": "Title: Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr\nLocation: Cudahy, CA\nAssists an Ambulatory Care Department Manager by supervising assigned operations of a department providing ambulatory patient care services; ensuring that staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient-focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state, & federal requirements; implementing & maintaining clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development; delivering nursing/patient care services that add value, are integrated with business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards/performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & ensures staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, & federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/ service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals & business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory care or other relevant healthcare experience required (usually two (2) - three (3) years)\n- Two (2) years of previous supervisory experience, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in health care related field required\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual Level II Preferred.\n- Minimum 3-5 years recent (within 1 year) supervisory experience in adult & pediatric medicine.\n- 25 wpm.\n- Ambulatory care experience.\n-Good command of English language.\n- Knowledge in QI.\n- Meeting facilitation/project management.\n- Ability to problem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment.\n- Interpersonal skills in interacting with adults.\n- Knowledge in Affirmative Action, Union regulations, NIQA, and JCHO.\n- Knowledge in Coaching/Counseling, team-building, and to use critical thinking for problem solving.\n- Good interpersonal skills in interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner.\n- Ability to do strategic planning and goal setting.\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and PC skills.\n\nNotes:\n- May be on call for evening, weekends and holidays.\n- Schedule Varies.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606806/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr", "reqid": "134858", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cudahy, CA", "uid": 28606806}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lomita", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: Lomita, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors' or masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- DPT preferred\n- Physical Therapy minimum of three (3) - four (4) years experience", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606807/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "134883", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lomita, CA", "uid": 28606807}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cudahy", "description": "Title: Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr\nLocation: Cudahy, CA\nAssists an Ambulatory Care Department Manager by supervising assigned operations of a department providing ambulatory patient care services; ensuring that staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient-focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state, & federal requirements; implementing & maintaining clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development; delivering nursing/patient care services that add value, are integrated with business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards/performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & ensures staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, & federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/ service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals & business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory care or other relevant healthcare experience required (usually two (2) - three (3) years)\n- Two (2) years of previous supervisory experience, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in health care related field required\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual Level II Preferred.\n- Minimum 3-5 years recent (within 1 year) supervisory experience in adult & pediatric medicine.\n- 25 wpm.\n- Ambulatory care experience.\n-Good command of English language.\n- Knowledge in QI.\n- Meeting facilitation/project management.\n- Ability to problem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment.\n- Interpersonal skills in interacting with adults.\n- Knowledge in Affirmative Action, Union regulations, NIQA, and JCHO.\n- Knowledge in Coaching/Counseling, team-building, and to use critical thinking for problem solving.\n- Good interpersonal skills in interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner.\n- Ability to do strategic planning and goal setting.\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and PC skills.\n\nNotes:\n- May be on call for evening, weekends and holidays.\n- Schedule Varies.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606808/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr", "reqid": "134868", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cudahy, CA", "uid": 28606808}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Risk Management Project Manager RN\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nLeads and manages projects to achieve medical center and outpatient department goals related to risk management, loss prevention and patient safety such as - but not limited to - risk identification/prevention, reduction in preventable adverse outcomes/incidents, reduction in expenses related to risk/loss, improvement in quality of care outcomes and creation of a culture of safety throughout all departments within, a medical center and associated medical offices. Accountable for managing all phases of improvement projects including design, prioritization, staffing, development, implementation, analysis, metrics and reporting.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and manages performance improvement projects designed to achieve organizational goals/objectives in risk management and patient safety\n- Develops and implements project plans which identify improvement opportunities, key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and required resources\n- Designs processes to address identified problems\n- Establishes and manages team membership and time commitments, as well as resource allocation to achieve project goals on time, within scope and budget\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis\n- Leads data and risk analyses including Root Cause Analyses and Failure Mode and Effect analyses; developing recommendations and action plans\n- Provides advice/decision support by developing comprehensive strategies, plans and systems/processes to achieve identified objectives\n- Provides insights and recommendations regarding the most effective means/processes to achieve identified objectives/outcomes\n- Provides project leadership to multi-disciplinary team; motivates team members and facilitates team processes and goal accomplishment\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues\n- Uses appropriate decision making tools (e.g. risk ranking or cost-benefit analysis) and performance improvement tools (e.g. fishb1 diagram, flow charting, praetor analysis, etc.) to implement action plans in order of priority\n- Prepares reports on professional liability cases and risk management patterns, trends and issues including loss prevention, patient safety and risk reduction\n- Coordinates and delivers risk management education, training and communication programs for the medical center; provides updates on legislation; communicates significant events information/analyses; provides consultative services and functions as an expert authority to physicians and other staff regarding all risk management issues; implements and maintains formal communication processes to disseminate information relative to best practices and significant learning's based on performance analyses\n- Maintains knowledge of all rules, regulations and standards required of accrediting and Federal/State governing entities as applicable to Risk Management and Patient Safety in the health care setting\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 130358.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of clinical experience in an acute health care setting\n- Previous experience in risk management in an acute care setting, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in Business or Health-related field required\n- Current and valid licensure as a Registered Nurse required\n- Certification as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM) preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize effective oral and written communication skills\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize consulting, project management skills and interpersonal skills such as facilitation, negotiating, and influencing\n- Knowledge of governmental and regulatory standards/requirements/guidelines related to risk management; medical malpractice, tort principles and proceedings, preferred\n- Knowledge and utilization of the principles, practices and techniques of patient safety, and risk management, including risk identification, assessment, audit design, analysis, treatment and evaluation of risk management processes and systems (including Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis); quantitative and qualitative statistical, preferred\n- Analysis; outpatient medical care delivery; quality management/improvement principles, methods and techniques, preferred\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certified Professional of Risk Management\n- RN with two (2) to three (3) years experience\n- Proficient with PC applications: data entry, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, spreadsheet, word processing and MIDAS", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606809/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Risk Management Project Manager RN", "reqid": "134900", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28606809}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cudahy", "description": "Title: Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr RN\nLocation: Cudahy, CA\nAssists in managing a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services by supervising daily operations & patient care activities. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & supervises the maintenance of clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Assists in integrating services/operations w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ business, departmental, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & service delivery\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends, implements, & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Supervises the implementation of policies & procedures which support the goals & business objectives of the organization & department\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience (usually three (3) years) in outpatient care including two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related healthcare field OR four (4) years of equivalent experience in outpatient nursing or related clinical experience\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local state, federal regulations\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual Level II Preferred.\n- Minimum 3-5 years recent (within 1 year) supervisory experience in adult & pediatric medicine.\n- BLS Preferred.\n- 25 wpm.\n- Ambulatory care experience.\n-Good command of English language.\n- Knowledge in QI.\n- Meeting facilitation/project management.\n- Ability to problem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment.\n- Interpersonal skills in interacting with adults.\n- Knowledge in Coaching/Counseling, team-building, and to use critical thinking for problem solving.\n- Good interpersonal skills in interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner.\n- Ability to do strategic planning and goal setting.\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and PC skills.\n\nNotes:\n- May be on call for evening, weekends and holidays. - Schedule Varies.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606811/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr RN", "reqid": "134914", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cudahy, CA", "uid": 28606811}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cudahy", "description": "Title: Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr RN\nLocation: Cudahy, CA\nAssists in managing a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services by supervising daily operations & patient care activities. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & supervises the maintenance of clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Assists in integrating services/operations w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ business, departmental, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & service delivery\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends, implements, & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Supervises the implementation of policies & procedures which support the goals & business objectives of the organization & department\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience (usually three (3) years) in outpatient care including two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Two (2) years of leadership experience\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related healthcare field OR four (4) years of equivalent experience in outpatient nursing or related clinical experience\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local state, federal regulations\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual Level II Preferred.\n- Minimum 3-5 years recent (within 1 year) supervisory experience in adult & pediatric medicine.\n- BLS Preferred.\n- 25 wpm.\n- Ambulatory care experience.\n-Good command of English language.\n- Knowledge in QI.\n- Meeting facilitation/project management.\n- Ability to problem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment.\n- Interpersonal skills in interacting with adults.\n- Knowledge in Coaching/Counseling, team-building, and to use critical thinking for problem solving.\n- Good interpersonal skills in interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner.\n- Ability to do strategic planning and goal setting.\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and PC skills.\n\nNotes:\n- May be on call for evening, weekends and holidays. - Schedule Varies.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606810/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Amb Care Asst Dept Mgr RN", "reqid": "134916", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cudahy, CA", "uid": 28606810}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Manager Area Lab\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nDirects and controls the day-to-day operations for their specific area of responsibility, which includes all personnel activities, technical oversight, general work flow, and budget. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs and controls the day to day operations, 24/7, for one or more of the following areas: chemistry, hematology/coagulation, urinalysis/bacti, blood bank, point of care, general lab, and/or quality control assurance.\n- Recruits, hires, train, and ensures competency of staff.\n- Motivates and encourages professional and personnel growth.\n- Controls costs by monitoring personnel utilization, material usage rates, analyzing fluctuations in types and volumes of tests, and implementing corrective action.\n- Directs and implements effective risk control processes.\n- Supports, consults, and participates with facility and regional QA programs to ensure internal and external regulatory compliance.\n- Assists in developing and monitoring section specific QA/Risk Management program.\n- Assists in monitoring quality assurance for laboratory information systems.\n- Researches/resolves client problems/issues.\n- Oversees and coordinates operational aspects within various subsections of the clinical laboratory.\n- Consults with clients to resolve service issues.\n- Recommends processes to correct problems.\n- Participates in department, inter department, and inter facility projects which help the laboratory achieve its goals of providing quality service and client support in a cost effective manner.\n- Develops equipment and system needs analysis as appropriate.\n- Coordinates the integration of secondary laboratory information systems with RILIS. Interfaces with lab manager to implement and monitor an internal and external complaint/incident program.\n- Coordinates and implements a safety program to include fire, hazardous wastes, infectious wastes, electrical, and chemical.\n- Coordinates a program of continuing education in the area of safety.\n- Coordinates internal resources and monitors milestones to achieve service expectations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually three (3) to five (5) years) in a high volume clinical laboratory.\n- Previous experience in a supervisory/managerial position, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in clinical laboratory science or related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- ASCP certification preferred.\n- Valid current California Laboratory Scientist license.\n- Knowledge of CLIA, Title 22, CAP, JCAHO, NCQA, AABB, local, state, federal regulations.\n\nNotes:\n- Days may vary\n- The manager will be responsible for Hematology, coagulation, PM shift and other departments.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606800/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Area Lab", "reqid": "134722", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28606800}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n-One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting or ambulatory care\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Basic computer skills\n- Orientate and ability to train new and existing personnel\n\n\nNotes:\n-May work at multiple MOB's in Kern County\n-Must be willing to work in all departments at facility\n-Hours and days may vary to meet the needs of the department and may include weekend/holiday shifts", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606795/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "133806", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28606795}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n-One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting or ambulatory care\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Basic computer skills\n- Orientate and ability to train new and existing personnel\n\n\nNotes:\n-May work at multiple MOB's in Kern County\n-Must be willing to work in all departments at facility\n-Hours and days may vary to meet the needs of the department and may include weekend/holiday shifts", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606796/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "133819", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28606796}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full time equivalent experience in pediatric acute care or pediatric ambulatory care.\n- Current PALS card required.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish). Level II\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Triage and Message Management experience\n- Good written and verbal communication.\n- Basic computer skills to include Word and Excel.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Must be able to calculate and administer medications to children and adults.\n- Other duties may be assigned per departmental needs.\n- May be floated to work in other areas based on operational needs .", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606797/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)", "reqid": "133885", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28606797}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: NICU-Transport RN\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduation from an accredited or NLN approved program Attends continuing education programs relevant to field of practice.\n- Maintains membership in related professional organization. (I.e. AWHONN, NANN, ANA California.)\n- Current CA RN license and American Heart Association approved BLS, NRP, PALS REQUIRED, RNC preferred.\n- Experienced RN's: Applicant must have a minimum of Three (3) year full-time equivalent experience within the past three (3) years in a licensed acute care facility as an RN. This experience must be within the clinical area of specialty for the position of hire NICU Level II.\n- Able to work Independently.\n- Ability to attend all high risk deliveries,\n- Ability to admit and stabilize critically ill neonates\n- Competent clinical skills.\n- Skilled at assessing and functioning emergent situations.\n- Ability to troubleshoot problem situations.\n- Good communication skills.\n- Willingness to be flexible, act as a resource to transport, ability to function clinically in the NICU.\n- Exceptional documentation skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MSN preferred\n- Neonatal /Transport certification preferred\n- Three (3) years Level III NICU transport.\n- A.A.P. Neonatal Critical Care Transport Course preferred.\n- Strong clinical skills\n- Five (5) years NICU experience,\n- One (1) year transport experience; Independent and capable of stabilizing patients prior to transport", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:08:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606784/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "NICU-Transport RN", "reqid": "130177", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28606784}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Charge RN - Hospital\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nFunctions as a Lead of the healthcare team, coordinates departmental operations that ensure quality patient care in a safe, healing environment that is patient & family centered. Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice. Has an appropriate clinical skill to be an expert resource. Is available & supportive to employees & understands priorities/needs of the department. Is a staff role model for professional nursing practice. May recommend to mgmt in efficient resource allocation by assuring appropriate patient assignments, staffing, & scheduling. Demonstrates performance consistent with the strategic plan of the organization & the KP nursing mission & values.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, reviews, assigns & organizes the work of at least three (3) or more employees, of which at least one (1) must be another RN.\n- Provides professional leadership & direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.\n- Coordinates departmental operations & delegates tasks appropriately.\n- Is an excellent staff role model for professional nursing practice (e.g. RN/MD Collaborating for Outcomes, Just Culture, Quality, Service, Safety).\n- Supports & enhances the leadership skills of the staff RNs, LVNs & UAs/CNAs (& other ancillary staff as appropriate).\n- Acts as a resource, preceptor & mentor to new employees, registry, students, & other team members in department specific operations & patient care activities.\n- Collaborates with or refers to mgr/clinical nurse specialist/educator any outstanding issues or concerns on the unit.\n- Participates in activities related to patient flow, including admission & discharge processes.\n- Serves as a resource for clinical concerns, scope of practice & applicable state & federal regulations as well as operational concerns of providers & staff.\n- Possesses experience & skills to be a resource for providers, RNs, LVNs, USs/CNAs, (& other ancillary staff as appropriate).\n- Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule to meet the department demands of the day; facilitates & relieves staff breaks.\n- Actively involved in assigning, orienting, & precepting & coaching staff as needed.\n- Conducts audits & ensures that documentation reflects thorough assessments, incorporates physical & psychosocial findings, diagnostic tests, learning needs, barriers, multidisciplinary education plans & age appropriate care.\n- Provides input on employees' performance evaluations through daily observation & monitoring of performance.\n- Acts as a role model for staff regarding providing a patient care experience that exceeds members' expectations.\n- Coordinates smooth transition for patients across the care continuum.\n- Ensures support of the collaborative LMP environment through unit based teams (UBTs).\n- Identifies & supports staff professional/clinical development needs (i.e. certification, presentations, & reward/recognition).\n- Motivates staff to attain their fullest potential in improving performance, attendance, access, service & quality outcomes.\n- Lead/facilitate daily/shift multidisciplinary huddles.\n- Attends Charge Nurse Educational programs.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 125751\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experienced Medical Surgical telemetry RN. preferable with Charge or Relief Charge RN experience\n\nNotes:\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606773/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Charge RN - Hospital", "reqid": "126382", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28606773}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nEssential Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license andAHA BLS certification.\n-One (1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full time equivalent experience in PACU, or Critical Care or completion of a KP PACU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS and PALS card required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) year full time or three (3) years part-time sixteen (16 hours per week), continuous employment in the past three (3) years as an RN in an acute Hospital PACU or Adult CriticalCare Unit (ICU, CCU, CSU).\n- Effective verbal and written communication skills.\n- Recent experience within the past eighteen (18) months caring for critically ill patients.\n- Completed a critical care course at least eight (8) weeks in length with both clinical and didactic components.\n-Knowledge of Phase I and II Recovery process.\n- Experience recovering adults, adolescents and pediatrics with various surgeries is essential.\n- Basic PCskills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Applicant will be included in the PACU on/call pool and must work on call on a rotational basis on the weekends.\n- All PACU will be trained to administer procedural sedation.\n- All PACU RN's will rotate to the PS rooms when required to do so.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606765/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery", "reqid": "111927", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28606765}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Audit and Compliance Analyst Marketing Finance\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPerforms and participates in planning various and diverse operational and financial audits, reviews and special projects for National Compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for conducting and documenting complex financial and operational audits.\n- Understand and document business systems/processes using narrative and/or flowcharting techniques.\n- Analyze findings, determine 'root causes', formulate opinions, and develop recommendations.\n- Prepare working papers documenting and supporting audit procedures and techniques conducted.\n- Under guidance of Auditor-in-Charge, may prepare audit presentations to management.\n- Interprets and analyzes situations and information based on established concepts and general guidelines.\n- Make decisions in conjunction with AIC on less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Develops solutions to complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies when making decisions.\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Interact regularly with various Regional management, Internal Audit management and staff, and external auditors and consultants.\n- Conduct assigned audit projects independently and/or with team members.\n- In conjunction with AIC determines and identifies potential risks and opportunities to the organization, and develops appropriate corrective action plans.\n- Has no formal supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically at least five (5) years of professional auditing or comparable experience required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience in applying the principles and practices of internal auditing in accounting, financial and operational environments, including auditing business functions and information technology systems.\n- Demonstrated general accounting, financial and business skills, knowledge, and experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, information systems or related field or equivalent experience required.\n- One (1) of the following certifications (or actively pursuing one (1) of these): Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA).\n- In addition to knowledge and skills of an Auditor II.\n- Demonstrated skills in the identification and resolution of business problems within a team setting.\n- Ability to research and identify best practices.\n- Demonstrated ability to understand and document business processes and related internal controls in narrative and/or flowchart formats.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize general audit software such as ACL, Auto Audit, etc.\n- Basic project management skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing demands and environment, and rapidly develop in-depth knowledge of new audit areas.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.\n- Ability to persuade, articulate and defend positions.\n- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access).\n- Lotus Notes.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606759/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Audit and Compliance Analyst Marketing Finance", "reqid": "135120", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28606759}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Compliance Consultant III-PharmacyCompliance Analyst(Oakland or Pasadena, CA or any KP Region)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nCompliance Consultant III - Pharmacy Compliance Analyst\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland or Pasadena, CA or any KP Region\n\nThis Position is responsible for partnering with regional Pharmacy personnel, Pharmacy Fraud Control, Pharmacy Compliance, , Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (eGRC) initiatives and National Compliance's various departments (management and analysts) to conduct and document complex Pharmacy-related analyses identified from analytic tools within iACT and pharmacy. Adhere to eGRC reporting and monitoring and review, document and present to NSIU and / or Regional Subject Matter Experts (SME). Identifying best practices and process improvement surfaced by internal analytics.\n\nResearches, plans, implements, and monitors a broad portfolio of compliance systems and initiatives to enable organizational compliance with all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations/laws, as well as overseeing the protection of organizational assets. On an on-going basis, researches and interprets regulations and laws to establish compliance standards, and may develop and/or deliver training and communications/change management relative to new standards. Assesses organizational systems (both physical and process or data related) to determine gaps in compliance and determine opportunities for remediation. Advises the organization on all compliance matters. May investigate violations of compliance policy, laws, regulations, etc. or conduct on-going monitoring and reporting to ensure remediation. May be responsible for project management relative to new compliance initiatives, products, or annual processes.\n\nMajor Responsibilities:\n\nAnalysis includes Part D and other pharmacy related usage, payment and statistical review of analytic findings.\nCategorization and presentation of findings with recommendation of action(s).\nRecommendations could include internal prepayment review or process improvement recommendations\nApplication of eGRC documentation rules and use of eGRC system(s)\nCompliance analysis and impact/ risk assessment.\nAssist with designing analyses and project management of technical and business processes relating to Medicare rules and regulations Fraud, Waste and Abuse requirements Improvement of existing algorithms.\nPrepare and present recommendations with supporting documentation (gleaned from internal and external sources) to Investigator(s).\nProvide training to regional Pharmacy departments as needed\nUnderstand and document business systems / processes using narrative and/or flowcharting techniques.\nUsing quantitative and qualitative methods, capture and present external and internal experts findings\nPerform in depth root-cause analysis related to findings and design solution and implementation process in coordination with operational business partner\nPrepare and deliver analyses and recommendations to management.\nUnderstanding of technology involved. Create and maintain detailed project, analyses and communication plans. Ability to interact with Information Technology personnel\nUnderstanding of oversight and risks in the Pharmacy area\nCreation of education and training program. Provide education and training as needed.\nRequires excellent judgment to identify best solutions from existing alternatives.\nInteracts regularly with various Regional Pharmacy personnel, management and staff, National Compliance Office, Regional Pharmacy management, Fraud Control Manager and National Special Investigations Unit.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Required: Five (5) to eight (8) years of heath care compliance, health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), audit, finance, project management, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or insurance/health plan governance experience\n- Four (4) year or clinical degree or equivalent experience\n- Expert analysis, which includes prescriptions, payment and statistical review of analytic findings.\n- Experience and understanding of oversight and risks in the Pharmacy area\n- Thorough knowledge of health care compliance policies, practices and systems\n- Complete understanding of compliance principles, theories, and concepts\n- Full knowledge of health care industry practices and standards\n- Ability to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports\n- Project management skills\n\nPreferred Qualification\n- Thorough knowledge of health care and related compliance issues", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606760/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Consultant III-PharmacyCompliance Analyst(Oakland or Pasadena, CA or any KP Region)", "reqid": "135125", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28606760}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Project Manager, National Sales Operations\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nLead Project Manager, National Sales Operations\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Lead Project Manager in any of our regional locations. \n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n - The Lead Project Manager will manage projects and programs within Sales and Sales Operations with a high degree of autonomy.\n - Plans and tracks projects (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.\n - Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.\n - Manages complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.\n - Leverages knowledge and prior experience to develop appropriate solutions.\n - Leverages knowledge of and trains Project Management methodology, skills, tools for team members.\n - Interprets less defined guidelines to make recommendations for process improvements and/or enhancements.\n - Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for complex and yet to be defined processes.\n - Requires complex decision making in planning, developing and implementing customized processes, tools and performance metrics.\n - Requires considerable judgment in assigning projects to appropriate staff to ensure execution excellence. Must prioritize work in alignment with organizational strategies as they evolve.\n - Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity, innovation and a strong knowledge of organizational climate.\n - Prepares written and verbal reports to senior leadership and project sponsors.\n - Coordination and leadership of teams of 5-15 individuals from entry to senior level positions. No direct supervisory responsibilities.\n - Up to 30% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5+ years of project management experience\n - 4 year degree or 4 additional years of equivalent experience\n\n\nIf not already certified, these certifications will be required within the first year of employment:\n - Project Management Professional (PMP)\n - Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Certification\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience in Sales, Account Management or Sales Operations in addition to project management experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606754/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Project Manager, National Sales Operations", "reqid": "134995", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28606754}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: IT Recruiter, level 4\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThis IT recruiterwill bea criticial talent advisorof the Kaiser Permanente Technology Recruitment team. This is a full-lifecycle position and the ideal candidate is expected to excel at all stages from sourcing to client management.\n\nDevelops implements and/or maintains employment and other recruiting and sourcing programs.Interviews and screens applicants and conducts reference checks. Coordinates pre-employment travel, relocation, reporting dates, security clearances and employment processing, including visas.Conducts employment advertising campaigns and programs.Maintains college recruiting, affirmative action and career development programs.Conducts research and analyzes data on assigned projects, including agency performance.May work with external resources including temporary agencies, contract search and Internet sourcing tools.Professionals at the higher levels may function as technical specialists, sourcing, recruiting and identifying candidates for highly specialized and difficult-to-attract positions, usually requiring extensive search.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In partnership with clients, develops job postings based on internal job descriptions.\n- May identify recruitment advertising needs or marketing plans.\n- Builds source pools of candidates through consultative staffing approaches and networking to ensure a strong pipeline of qualified candidates.\n- Screens rsums to identify potential candidates.\n- Conducts interviews with candidates, capturing feedback for discussion with more senior recruiters or the client.\n- Advises clients in candidate selection based upon candidates presented to client for interviews.\n- Negotiates offers with candidates; coordinates with client department on developing employment offers.\n- Helps to develop recruitment action plans.\n- May work with agencies, recruiting contractors, and/or Internet website representatives in the course of identify candidates.\n- Documents candidate evaluation and interview process.\n- May specialize in technical recruiting and/or highly specialized executive searches.\n- Works on assignments of diverse and complex scope.\n- Interprets less defined guidelines to make recommendations for process improvements and/or enhancements.\n- Requires complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional and/or KP objectives that have direct and significant business impact.\n- Contributes to the development of the department's objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affect expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends.\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\n- Requires complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment.\n- Work is accomplished without considerable direction.\n- Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives and performance requirements have been met.\n- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department and/or function.\n- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.\n- Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 8 years of recruiting experience, preferably with IT or technical type positions\n- Develops contacts/leads strategy by identifying professional associations, networking opportunities prior to meeting with manager.\n- Works with candidates/applicants to ensure job expectations match qualifications, work requirements for positions of interest.\n- Demonstrates through interactions with a diverse group of individuals, sensitivity to cultural differences in values, beliefs, etc.\n- Collaborates with hiring manager to determine job requirements, competencies, and selection criteria for open positions.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of job market and effect of current economic trends, and available candidate pool on employment strategies for specific positions.\n- 4-year degree in human resources or related field or equivalent experience", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:07:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606755/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "IT Recruiter, level 4", "reqid": "135065", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28606755}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cleveland Heights", "description": "Title: PRN Ultrasonographer - Abdomen\nLocation: Cleveland Heights, OH\nProvide quality diagnostic ultrasound services to assure the imaging department will meeting the needs of the providers and members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Perform all ultrasound procedures, including however not limited to abdominal, OB-GYN and vascular\n- Document and measure anatomy, Doppler and color images with the ability to evaluate clinical information, and prepare reports as needed\n- Maintain documentation of images, policies and QC necessary for accreditation and regulatory agencies\n- Ability to make minor equipment adjustments and/or elevate equipment for service\n- Ability to schedule appointments, properly file and/or retrieve ultrasound images (PACS)\n- Willingness to perform any related task needed to provide quality patient care and service\n- Recognize and respond appropriately to emergencies\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an American Medical Association (AMA) approved school\n- Registered Ultrasonography by ARDMS, in at least one specialty; abdomen and/or OB-GYN\n- Must be registered in OB-GYN when performing obstetrics, valid certification must be maintained\n- BCLS certification from the American Heart Association\n- Ability to float locations and/or shifts, and to work flexible schedules\n- Ability to provide on-call coverage when needed", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606737/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PRN Ultrasonographer - Abdomen", "reqid": "132624", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Cleveland Heights, OH", "uid": 28606737}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: Mental Health Therapist - Cascade Park Medical Office\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nProvide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.\nEssential Functions:\nProvide high quality health care through direct screening, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for mental health patients (may include depression, anxiety, marital conflicts, etc., in individuals, couples, families or groups). Document in writing all care in patients permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provide all care in accordance with accepted practice standards and hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician)\nProvide case management through appropriate triaging and referrals, reporting to other providers, telephone contact with patients and their families, and contact with outside agencies\nConsult with other department providers regarding treatment plans\nPerform other duties as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years clinical experience\n- Thorough knowledge of psychosocial diagnostic categories and treatment approaches including evidence-based treatment modalities, suicide assessment, and therapeutic crisis intervention\n- Rapidly establish rapport with a diverse population of patients presenting with a wide range of psychiatric, social and emotional difficulties\n- Master's level degree required (M.S.W., M.S., M.A., M.Ed.)\n- Washington or Oregon state license including LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LPA, LMHC, PsyD or PhD\n- Thorough knowledge of psychosocial diagnostic categories and treatment approaches including evidence-based treatment modalities, suicide assessment, and therapeutic crisis intervention\n- Working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse and homicidal threats\n- Quickly and accurately assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans\n- Intervene and effectively treat emergent problems involving mental health functioning\n- Strong interpersonal communication and problem solving skills\n- Rapidly establish rapport with a diverse population of patients presenting with a wide range of psychiatric, social and emotional difficulties\n- Process and communicate in a manner that is sensitive and appropriate to the cultural, linguistic and psychological needs of patients, families and other healthcare team members.\n- Function effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team and to collaborate well with other disciplines despite potential disagreements or conflict\n- Remain calm and use appropriate skills to defuse potentially violent or aggressive situations\n- In the event of patient suicide, the resilience to manage emotional impact, ability to evaluate clinical assessment and treatment plan decisions, and integrate new learning.\n- Identify and respond to chances in policies, regulations, and procedures which can impact the patient\n- Ability to use electronic medical record\n- Ability to access, diagnose and treat child and adult mental health patients. Individual, couple, family and group therapy skills required\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Working knowledge of relevant outcome measures\n- Familiarity with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy\n- Ability to manage a large caseload, and to interface with large provider and support staff\n- Knowledge of Co-occurring mental health and chemical dependency disorders\n- Thorough and working knowledge of psychological diagnostic categories and evidenced based treatment approaches\n- Working knowledge of relevant outcome measures\n- Familiarity with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy\n- Working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse, homicidal threats, involuntary hospitalization, etc.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of ethical guidelines and behaviors for therapists\n- Ability to access, diagnose and treat child and adult mental health patients. Individual, couple, family and group therapy skills required.\n- Ability to manage a large caseload, and to interface with large provider and support staff\n- Efficient use of electronic medical record\n- Proficient electronic mail communication skills\n- Proficient computer skills in windows applications\n- Knowledge of Co-occurring mental health and chemical dependency disorders\n\nSalary Range:\n$30.35 - $42.04", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606732/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Mental Health Therapist - Cascade Park Medical Office", "reqid": "122206", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28606732}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides high quality and cost effective project management, management consulting, and analytic support services or technical expertise and has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely and valuable results.\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects.\n- Determines goals and priorities w/ management team sponsors.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, and work plan.\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assists, as needed, in planning and coordinating w/ other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.\n- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, and other departmental activities.\n\nKaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.\nIn addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606728/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consultant", "reqid": "134954", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28606728}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Senior Systems Administrator (04-09-12-4788-1) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nEvaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external). Serves as technical resource on data availability, structure, security, and system interfaces for multiple programs/systems. Develops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Reports may influence outcome of management decisions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports\n- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures\n- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users\n- Coordinates systems support\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance\n- Performs master file maintenance\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles\n- Monitors data quality and integrity\n- Participates in business improvement project teams\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems\n- Delivers training for end users on system\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports\n- May perform user system training\n- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation\n- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports\n- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically five (5) plus years in business systems analysis and administration or an equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, or user-specific area\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served\n- Ability to use complex data resource, specialized and sophisticated PC's, and MIS programming languages\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606729/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Systems Administrator (04-09-12-4788-1) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "134986", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28606729}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager, Ambulatory Surgery Unit (Days, 40) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation.\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPrevious management experience.\nPrevious Operating Room and/or PACU experience.\n\nSchedule: Day Shift\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Tues - Fri\nWeek 2: Mon - Thurs, Sat", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606730/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager, Ambulatory Surgery Unit (Days, 40) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "134987", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28606730}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Certified Nurse Midwife\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nIndependently manages the care of low-risk women during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods. Co-manages higher risk patients when determined appropriate by CNM and MD. Provides standard maternity care and counseling to women, adhering to the standards of the American College of Nurse Midwives, procedures and instructions regulated by the State Nurse Practice Act and The Permanente Medical Group.\nEssential Functions:\n- ANTEPARTUM: Evaluates patient's general and obstetrical health status.\n- Determines pregnancy status, duration of gestation, presentation, and position of fetus, fetal heart rate, and determines whether all statistics are within normal limits.\n- Obtains an accurate medical, obstetrical, gynecological and social history and an account of the course of the present pregnancy.\n- Observes signs of the member's general and obstetrical health status.\n- Performs all appropriate physical examinations appropriate to CNM care needed, including the pap smear, breast examination, and pelvic examination.\n- Records all findings of examinations, histories and significant observations on patient's chart.\n- Consults with appropriate MD regarding any abnormal findings.\n- Orders appropriate lab and medical imaging studies as needed.\n- Institutes preventative measures and detects abnormal conditions. Obtains consultation and assistance from ancillary services as needed.\n- Teaches, counsels, and guides individual members regarding their individual health care.\n- Teaches antepartum classes as needed in individual facilities.\n- Evaluates maternal general health status and well being.\n- INTRAPARTUM: Performs medical screening exam to diagnose labor.\n- Independently manages the care of low risk women during labor and delivery, under the supervision of a physician.\n- Co-manages higher risk patients when determined appropriate by CNM and MD.\n- Performs facility specific standardized procedures.\n- Evaluates patient for appropriate pain management. Includes requesting epidural for women in labor.\n- POSTPARTUM: Provides health supervision, care, teaches family planning, and prescribes contraception to women during the postpartum period.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of recent experience as a C.N.M. preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.\n- Current and valid California R.N. license, California Nurse Midwife certificate, A.C.N.M. certification and BLS certification required.\n- Current and valid California Nurse-Midwife furnishing certification (including any needed education in pharmacy) and didactic education and supervised clinical experience in third trimester limited obstetric ultrasound preferred or to be obtained at midwife's expense within one year of hire.\n- Current and valid DEA registration number specific to our practice at Kaiser to be obtained within one year of hire at midwife's expense.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606720/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Nurse Midwife", "reqid": "134693", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28606720}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Maintains manager/executives and department calendars.\n- Arranges meetings, conferences and travel itineraries.\n- Orchestrates and organizes project meetings, schedules and materials such as agendas, timeliness, reports and presentations.\n- Determines which requests should be referred to others.\n- May provide information to top level management, Board Members. etc.\n- Responds to internal and external requests for information relating to established departmental policies and procedures. Interprets policies and procedures in response to inquiries.\n- Reviews/screens manager/executives mail, researches issues and provides recommendations.\n- Performs data input and maintains established databases. May collect and research information or data needed by manager or staff.\n- Maintains confidential department files and records.\n- May provide training/direction to other non-exempt personnel.\n- This position supports administrative functions for TPMG Administration.\n- Manages department calendar and meetings - this includes: scheduling; preparing and distributing meeting materials; briefing participants as needed; booking meeting facilities; setting up conference calls; keeping a master calendar\n- Appropriately refers substantive questions/key business issues to others, and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of Leadership.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Kaiser Permanente experience,\n- Ability to work on confidential matters and maintain private information confidental.\n- Highly organized and detail oriented.\n\nSkills testing: Advanced level Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Typing (45WPM)", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606721/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant", "reqid": "134715", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28606721}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Executive Consultant II (ECII-031512)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThis position exists to provide leadership and facilitation in the resolution of strategic and sensitive issues or projects for regional or for multi-function groups directly under a senior executive. The incumbent acts as an advisor or thought partner by structuring undefined issues for resolution, researching issues, summarizing information and working with relevant stakeholders to provide the executive with the information needed to make sound and timely decisions. The incumbent represents executive position on committees and in communications with direct reports and outside clients. May manage others or support staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Acts as an advisor or thought partner to a senior executive by structuring undefined issues for resolution, researching issues, summarizing information and working with relevant stakeholders to provide the executive with the information needed to make sound and timely decisions.\n- Provides consultation and analysis regarding regional performance and strategic opportunities.\n- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.\n- Facilitates committees and task forces.\n- May lead projects or oversee regional programs.\n- Delivers high quality results on time.\n- Acts as a communication liaison between the office and direct reports and outside clients.\n- Represents the executive's point of view and makes decisions on behalf (within established parameters).\n- Prepares presentations for the executive as well as papers and public statements.\n- Develops and administers the office budget.\n- Administers human resources initiatives, including compensation, executive search, succession planning, and management continuity.\n- Works with HR Consultants to facilitate resolution of any problems.\n- This executive consultant position is reserved for direct reports to Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) or more years of work experience in consulting, operations or project management, preferably in a health care setting.\n- Bachelor's degree, master's preferred, in finance, business, health care or public administration.\n- Demonstrated performance in strategic/operational analysis and planning, analytical techniques, financial and market assessments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the intricacies of hospital/HMO/medical offices operations and practices.\n- Superior communication, consulting, facilitation, negotiation, conflict management, problem resolution, change management skills and consensus building skills.\n- Superior leadership and project management skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities in managing a wide range of projects.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606723/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Consultant II (ECII-031512)", "reqid": "134786", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28606723}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neuro Critical Care) - Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis and includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review. This determination will be made within the next several months. Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit and become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information.\nProvides in-depth clinical expertise in a defined area of nursing practice (eg., pediatrics, oncology, adult medicine). Develops and ensures quality standards for nursing practice for a specific patient population. Provides advanced clinical practice education, consultation, research and administration.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice.\n- Collaborates with nursing staff in assessing patient, family age-specific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex high-risk patients.\n- Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided.\n- Designs teaching programs for patients/families and provides assistance to nursing staff in program implementation.\n- Develops interdisciplinary plans of care for complex and high risk patients.\n- In conjunction with members of the health care team, assesses staff knowledge and identifies competency-based education needs of staff and members.\n- Designs and implements education programs to ensure the quality of staff knowledge and skills. Introduces new techniques/innovation based on advanced practice trends.\n- May serve as a preceptor to graduate healthcare students.\n- Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other heath care providers in meeting care needs of individual or groups of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings.\n- Makes recommendations to change standards of care or standards of practice based on own research or the research of others. Defines and implements best nursing practices.\n- Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence and provides coaching and counseling.\n- Participates and consults in setting the direction for QA&I monitoring, establishing standards and evaluating outcomes. Collects and analyzes data regarding patient care outcomes, trends, morbidity and mortality.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation.\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three years experience in area of specialty required.\n- Prior Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.\n- BSN required.\n- Clinical Masters in Nursing, in area of specialization, is required.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- California Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification in area of specialty required.\n- Current BLS certificate required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- ACLS or PALS Certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Three years experience in area of specialty (Neuro).\n- Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty (Neuro).", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606724/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neuro Critical Care) - Sacramento", "reqid": "134807", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28606724}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Director STAR Leadership Program\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nReporting to the Area Manager, with dotted line accountability to Strategy & Culture Alignment in Regional Offices, leads and directs the implementation and ongoing management of the STAR leadership development program in local area including needs assessment, curriculum design and development and implementation of programs. Provides gap analysis, consultation, assessment, and recommends solutions to develop sustainable leadership qualities in all Area leaders. This position reports to senior leadership and provides organizational development consultation and executive/management coaching to the senior leadership team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and directs the development, implementation and ongoing management of a full array of leadership classes for Area Leaders, Managers and Supervisors.\n- Inspires and leads change, drives for organizational improvements, celebrates successes and builds consensus among TPMG, Hospital/Health Plan and Physician Leaders.\n- Ensures that leadership development courses and initiatives align with overall region-wide business strategies and imperatives.\n- Oversees program administration and follows up with local leaders, managers and supervisors to ensure ongoing engagement in the leadership development process.\n- Serves as a key member of the local leadership team and provides guidance in determining goals and priorities for the STAR leadership development program.\n- Updates leadership team on progress and participation in the STAR Leadership Development Program.\n- Leads development of STAR curriculum and modules.\n- Understand Senior Leadership Team's vision for current and future curriculum needs.\n- Reviews curriculum with Senior Leadership Team to meet competencies.\n- Submits curriculum revisions for Leadership review.\n- Works with module developers to create and revise modules to meet the STAR Module standards.\n- Identifies and works with Senior Leadership Team to develop recommendations for website enhancements.\n- Communicates with Senior Leadership of KFH/HP and TPMG to learn of new focus areas for curriculum and forums and to understand potential content needs and trainer interest.\n- Designs curriculum and programs aligned with leadership competencies.\n- Identify with Senior Leadership Team new course requirements and opportunities.\n- Partners with Learning and Development staff to actively engage in the development and delivery of local leadership development courses.\n- Deliver high levels of service to achieve established leadership goals and objectives.\n- Works with subject matter experts to design and deliver leadership development courses to meet local needs.\n- Trains and certifies local leaders to facilitate leadership development training programs.\n- Designs and implements leadership forums to recognize leaders who have actively participated in and achieved key leadership development milestones.\n- Conducts overall and ongoing assessment and gap analysis of local leadership development needs; identifies opportunities for improvement.\n- Conducts outreach to managers and leaders for potential content needs and trainer interest.\n- Oversee development, enhancements and revisions of modules to ensure they meet the STAR module standard.\n- Consults with local Leadership on organizational development needs and the facilitation and attainment of key organizational objectives.\n- Builds and manages a high performing team; responsible for hiring, performance management, coaching and mentoring of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications: - Seven (7) plus years of experience in developing and leading training programs.\n- Demonstrated management experience in hiring, managing and mentoring high caliber staff in a complex organization.\n- MA or MBA with concentration in Leadership Development or Organization Development or related area.\n- Demonstrated expertise as strategic leader with excellent problem-solving skills, proven capability to motivate change and to galvanize action.\n- Demonstrated leadership in key behaviors such as communication, influence, team focus, change leadership, reward/recognition, cultural competence, developing others, personal development and emotional intelligence.\n- Excellent oral and written skills.\n- Knowledge of Organization Development, change management, leadership development, organization and group dynamics, motivation theory and organization design, strategies and business planning preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606726/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director STAR Leadership Program", "reqid": "134817", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28606726}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Elk Grove", "description": "Title: Health Education Assistant [1245-001]\nLocation: Elk Grove, CA\nUnder supervision, maintains efficient operation of the health education center & provides program support & assistance to the department & internal & external customers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains the daily operations of the health education center\n- Assists members, physicians, staff, instructors, & community in utilization of health education services\n- Assesses individual needs, consults, & recommends resources & referrals\n- Maintains & recommends updates of all multi-media health information resources, including inventory, ordering, & database management of all materials\n- Manages & schedules logistics for classes & programs\n- Coordinates conference room use, tracks attendance statistics, & enrolls members & the community for classes\n- Supervises & trains health education volunteer staff\n- Assists in processing & tracking financial documents, e.g., revenue cost centers, class fees, etc.\n- Supports the development of departmental strategic goals & priorities\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management\n\nSecondary Functions:\nThis position supports the South Sacramento Medical Weight Management Program. Successful candidate will be expected to work afternoons/evening hours in support of patient care and inventory management. Schedule may change subject to program needs and expansion activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year full time or 2 years part time experience in the last 5 years in Health Education or a customer/patient service area in a health care setting\n- Previous experience in customer/patient service area in a health care setting required\n- Associates of Arts required or equivalent years of experience (3 years)\n- Bachelor of Arts preferred in health care related field\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Cash handling experience.\n- Experience with inventory management a plus.\n- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606725/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Assistant [1245-001]", "reqid": "134870", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Elk Grove, CA", "uid": 28606725}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Sr Staff Assistant [CEAA322] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nResponsible for managing education continuing education files and maintaining database. Prepares notifications for classes, maintains registration, and confirmation of attendance. Assists in the preparation of class educational handouts. Maintains confidentiality of files. Coordinates scheduling of new hire employees into PCS Orientation and KP HealthConnect classes. Assist with the management of the HealthStream Education system.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in working with an Education Department.\n\nSkills Testing: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.\n\n++ This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to December 31, 2012.++", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606727/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Staff Assistant [CEAA322] - Temporary", "reqid": "134946", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 28606727}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Anesthesia Technical Assistant - Grade 520, South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder direct supervision of the Anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), sets up, troubleshoots, and provides general maintenance on all anesthesia equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- On a daily basis and in accordance with department standards, maintains and services all electronic and mechanical equipment used by Anesthesia Department personnel.\n- Sets-up transducers, calibrates and zeros monitors.\n- Assembles pediatric and adult ventilator circuits.\n- Prepares procedural equipment such as the CVP, arterial line, Swan-Ganz and routine intravenous lines.\n- Operates, calibrates and performs routine maintenance on a variety of technical equipment used in the operating room such as the Drager and/or Narkomed anesthesia machines, HP Monitors, pulse oximeter and rapid infusion/transfusion systems.\n- Identifies malfunctioning equipment, troubleshoots equipment problems and refers more serious equipment problems to appropriate technical repair personnel when there are no established guidelines.\n- Assists in the establishment and maintenance of a regular schedule of preventive maintenance and calibration of monitors utilized in the administration of anesthesia, including the BP physiological monitors, Datascope, Propac monitor and Nellcor pulse oximeters.\n- Assists in positioning and supporting patients for regional anesthesia procedures such as spinal and epidurals.\n- Supports the Anesthesia Provider during insertion of arterial catheter lines and internal jugular catheters.\n- Applies monitoring devices to the patient and operates all common physiological monitors (Datex, pulse oximeter, C02 monitor, BP monitors cuffs).\n- Removes and disposes of all relevant supplies and equipment following use, exchanging soiled for clean parts between cases and restocking room carts with supplies and drugs.\n- Assists in monitoring and ordering supplies for the department.\n- Maintains an inventory in the main anesthesia workroom.\n- Orders from the pharmacy and stocks all 'non scheduled drugs'.\n- May order and stock 'non-scheduled drugs.'\n- Cleans and decontaminates equipment per Sterile Processing Department protocols; this includes the disassembly of equipment and sterilization in accordance to the Center for Disease Control guidelines to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases.\n- Performs related duties as assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Hospital experience with an understanding of the function and operation of various kinds of anesthesia equipment.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- BLS required.\n- American Society of Anesthesia Technologist and Technicians, preferred.\n- Working knowledge of Anesthesia department operations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of basic instruments and treatment procedures commonly used in the administration of anesthesia.\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic anatomy.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must possess an understanding of aseptic and infection control.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606716/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Anesthesia Technical Assistant - Grade 520, South Sacramento", "reqid": "133700", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28606716}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: 11:00 PM - 7:30 AM\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Wed, Thurs\nWeek 2: Thurs, Fri, Sat", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606717/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department", "reqid": "133899", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28606717}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: EKG Technician - Grade 445\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates EKG equipment, including specialized equipment such as treadmills, holter and event monitors, pacemaker, etc. Accurately applies lead placements to patients to ensure best possible recording.\n- Performs treadmill testing, Holter application, Event monitor application, signal average ECG and 12 lead ECG when dept needs arise.\n- Assist and prepares patients for the following procedures: Holter hookup and treadmill\n- Prepares ECG tracing for interpretation indicating the correct required information\n- Prepares paperwork and EKG for physician interpretation for hospitalization of patient\n- Participates as a member of the team in non-invasive procedures such as pacemaker clinics, Holter monitor, treadmill and cardiac profusion testing\n- Maintains accurate and complete files making copies of cardiac procedures and assist with any other paperwork as required\n- Greet patients in a pleasant and professional manner\n- Explains procedures to patients\n- Utilizes effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills when interacting with others. Displays tact, establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations with the public, patients, members of the team and other personnel\n- Promotes, ensures and improves customer service to the internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service\n- Responds to all acute emergency situations in a timely manner\n- Maintains equipment in operating order and notifies supervisor of needed repairs\n- Maintains safe and orderly work area. Provides safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff in compliance with policy and procedure as delineated in the department safety and infection control manuals\n- May orient other technicians to equipment utilization/procedures, alerts appropriate personnel to difficulties requiring personal attention\n- Answers telephones and relays messages courteously and accurately\n- Actively participates in education programs and staff meetings scheduled by the department\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-High School Diploma or Equivalent\n- EKG Certification required from an accredited program minimum of three (3) months or longer\n- One (1) year clinical experience as an EKG technician in a Cardiology Department within the last three years\n- CCI preferred\n- BLS for Healthcare Provider (American Heart Association) certification required\n- Working knowledge of computers required", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:06:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606714/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EKG Technician - Grade 445", "reqid": "133531", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28606714}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: IT Maintenance and Logistics Project Coordinator-Shared Analytics Environment\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nThe Shared Analytics environment looks to enable both historical and real-time business and clinical analytic solutions in support core KP functions, including:\n\nBudgetary Planning and Forecasting\nFraud Management\nBusiness Intelligence and Decision Support\nData Mining\nData Warehouse and Data Mart development\nETL and Advanced Data Transformation\n\nThe Shared Analytic Environment (SAE) Maintenance and Logistics (M&L) team provides project coordination, ITIL based change management oversight and control, incident management and internal operational support\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide customer projectslogistics management and coordinate communication and reporting\n- Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems.\n- Provide incident oversight, request for change (RC) and service request(SR) oversight\n- Manage dashboard development and portal content\n- Capacity Reporting\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of IT project coordination/management\n- Excellent written communication skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PMP and ITIL certification", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606668/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "IT Maintenance and Logistics Project Coordinator-Shared Analytics Environment", "reqid": "134621", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28606668}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Business Operations Analyst - New Grad\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nWe are seeking an organized, self-motivated person with a successful background as a Senior/Administrative Specialist for a position that requires the ability to work with minimal direction and deal discreetly with sensitive and confidential information. This position will provide support to Directors in the Northern California BIO by performing complex administrative activities that require independent initiative and excellent judgment. The position will also execute recommendations to improve office and organizational efficiencies.\n\nResponsibilities:\n - Position supports Director(s) by performing moderately complex administrative activities that requires a high level of initiative and judgment.\n - Position may support multiple managers within various functional organizations.\n - Coordinates special events, large group meetings, conferences, and audio-visual equipment,\n - Maintain calendar, and travel itineraries.\n - Researches, compiles, and formats information into databases and spreadsheets.\n - Provide support to multiple projects and handle sensitive information with the strictest confidence\n - Participates in committee meetings, prepares and distributes agenda, takes and transcribes minutes, prepares presentation summaries, manages logistics and oversees action items.\n - Make recommendations to improve office efficiencies.\n - Prepares and submits expense reports for Director(s)\n - Coordinate processes for new employee work environment, to include space assignment, telephone and computer arrangement.\n - Coordinate resource moves, adds, or changes space reassignments\n - Provide solutions to cell phones, pagers, computer hardware/software needs and problems.\n - Maintains and stocks department office supplies.\n - Assume floor steward role to ensure shared equipment and/or services are functioning/stocked properly.\n - Monitors space and equipment needs.\n - Assumes liaison role between assigned unit and other KP-IT Business units.\n - Disseminates information such as policies and agendas to functional unit team.\n - Assists in researching and analyzing data to prepare reports for manager\n - Adheres to strict confidentiality and information privacy requirements.\n - Independently performs routine activities Minimal supervision required for non-routine tasks\n  \nFunctional Knowledge & Skills Required:\n - Uses a variety of software to compose both routine and sensitive communications and reports, (including graphics presentations and desktop publishing).\n - Advanced Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products (Visio, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)\n - Proficient planning, verbal communication, writing and editing skills are required.\n - Proficient in the use of email (Outlook and/or Lotus Notes) fax equipment and Xerox equipment.\n - Detail-oriented, can-do attitude, self motivated\nQualifications:\nFunctional Knowledge & Skills Needed:\n - Uses a variety of software to compose both routine and sensitive communications and reports, (including graphics presentations and desktop publishing).\n - Advanced Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office products (Visio, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)\n - Proficient planning, verbal communication, writing and editing skills are required.\n - Proficient in the use of email (Outlook and/or Lotus Notes) fax equipment and Xerox equipment.\n - Detail-oriented, can-do attitude, self motivated\nMinimum Qualifications:\n - 1 years experience in a corporate office setting\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience\n - Strong Customer Service Orientation\nPreferredQualifications:\n\n- Experience with Website development and use for corporate communications and information distribution.\n- Experience in implementing and using Web-based tools (like Microsoft SharePoint and DocuShare) for communications, distributions, notifications and archiving\n- Ability to construct wide variety of well-written communications while working under tight deadline", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606669/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Operations Analyst - New Grad", "reqid": "135034", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28606669}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Management Assistant Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides complex administrative and operational clerical support to department managers and/or staff. Serves as resource person to staff, members, and outside vendors. Researches, plans and arranges special events. Responsibilities may include answering phones and relaying messages/information to both departmental staff and callers; scheduling/calendaring meetings and conferences; maintaining filing systems; ordering/stocking office supplies; opening/sorting mail. Types/proofreads/composes correspondence; creates graphs and presentations; researches issues as needed. Additional responsibilities may include data gathering, compilation of findings utilizing spreadsheets, graphics and database software; tracking expenditures; managing expense reports; participating in budget development; training, and monitoring work of other support staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers phones, takes messages, screens calls, and greets KP visitors or outside vendors. May monitor emails for others\n- Manages the manager's calendar, and schedules/plans meetings. Researches, plans and arranges special events including hotel and conference facilities. Makes travel arrangements for the department/staff or manager\n- Writes detailed correspondence for managers and staff; independently updates department documents as needed\n- Creates reports, presentation materials with charts and illustrations, and proofs content for accuracy\n- Inputs data and maintains established databases; gathers and researches information. May analyze data\n- Researches and collects information needed to complete project tasks or reports.\n- Interfaces daily with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function\n- Tracks expenditures to include billing and payment authorization on behalf of the dept manager; authorizes recharges across business units. Manages expense reports\n- May participate in budget development for equipment and supplies. May be responsible for tracking expenditures and variances to budgets\n- Administers programs, projects, and/or processes specific to operating unit served.\n- May serve as administrative liaison for others within and outside organization regarding administrative issues relating to purchasing, personnel, facilities, and operations.\n- May conduct department-specific training\n- May establish work priorities and scheduling. May train, monitor and check work of other administrative support staff\n- May research and develop department administrative policies and procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years administrative assistant or related experience\n- High school diploma or equivalent related experience\n- Type 50 wpm\n- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete detailed work with accuracy and within time line requirements\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, interpersonal relations, oral communication, written communication, organization, customer service, teamwork, project management, problem solving, decision making, results orientation, influence, leadership, and group process facilitation\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration or related field\n- Specialized knowledge related to department (e.g. finance, compliance, benefits)\n- Proficiency in taking and recording meeting minutes", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606664/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Management Assistant Senior", "reqid": "132082", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28606664}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Vice President, Human Resources - Information Technology\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position is the top HR leader supporting Information Technology with over 6,000+ employees, supplemented with 4,000+ consultants and contractors. The 10,000+ workforce is recognized as the leading organization in Health IT. This position is responsible for leading a team of HR professionals who specialize in HR consulting, employee and labor relations, organizational design and effectiveness, workforce planning, and systems/metrics providing day-to-day tactical HR support to managers and employees in multiple locations across the U.S.\n\nIn addition, the VP, HR (KP-IT) will manage a team of program and project managers and organizational development staff providing strategic partner services to the IT organization. This includes, but is not limited to, Leadership and Team Development, Employee and Leader Assimilation, Location and Workforce Strategy, Internship Programs, Organization Development, Strategic Talent Management and Diversity Strategies and Plans. \n\nThe VP, HR (KP-IT) is a key leader, thought partner and driver of business performance as well as human growth and development. This VP will be an active and contributing member of the IT Executive Committee and the IT Leadership Group, and is responsible for proposing and implementing human resource solutions to enable the IT strategy and business plan.\nEssential Functions:\nStrategic Partner Services (Lead and Participate)\n - Leads, directs and leverages a cross-functional, matrixed team of HR professionals, project and program managers and vendor management staff capable of providing a high level of support, service and sophistication to business leaders and managers.\n - Develops, implements and achieves an HR People Strategy for KP-IT encompassing recruitment, retention, leadership development, talent and skills management with the goal of retaining Kaiser Permanente's IT organization's position as a Best Place to Work in IT and a leader in Health IT. Ensures the People Strategy is consistent with and supports KP-IT's business strategy and objectives.\n - Ensures the organization has the people capabilities to deliver on business strategies.\n - Actively participates as a member and key business partner of the IT Executive Committee. Works collaboratively to shape IT's business strategy and act as a strategic partner to the CIO and IT Executive Committee. \nOperational HR Services (Manage and Oversee)\n - Provides direction, sets standards, and maintains accountability and oversight for the deliver of high quality, client focused services and programs in all areas of HR including compensation, vendor management, staffing, employee and labor relations, management development and training, HR systems, HR policy creation and implementation, and fundamental HR program administration.\n - Develops business cases as needed to ensure funding for implementation of workforce strategies and specific solutions. Defines and implements workforce planning strategies and processes which achieve short and long term objectives to improve IT productivity as well as reduce costs. This includes potential solutions such as outsourcing, managed services, offshoring, as well as population/facility growth in new markets.\n - Ensures IT reflects our 'best place to work' commitments. Administers annual People Pulse Survey. Leads improvement efforts based on survey results. Drives employee engagement strategies.\n - Develops and maintains benchmarks and dashboard of metrics and measures for HR services and performance.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's in related field required.\n - 12 - 15 years' experience in Human Resources leadership roles with cross-functional HR accountabilities and progressive levels of responsibility. Significant experience supporting senior level business executives.\n - Ability to navigate complex organizations and understand the operating, financial, and critical success factors of the business. \n - Proven organizational development and change management experience, including communications competence.\n - Proven current knowledge of IT-specific workforce solutions and successful implementations\n - Strong leadership skills and abilities to directly and indirectly lead all levels of employees throughout the organization; demonstrated ability to deliver HR services in collaboration with a wide range of other HR specialists and partners.\n - Strong influence skills and the ability to use them to advise, recommend and persuade at all levels of the organization, especially senior and executive levels\n - Proven track record with talent acquisition and building leadership teams especially at senior and executive levels.\n - Prior experience leading and supporting multiple change initiatives.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's in related field or specialized training and certification in areas of change management, organization effectiveness, preferred.\n- Prior experience in technology or IT organizations preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606659/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vice President, Human Resources - Information Technology", "reqid": "135030", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28606659}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Quality/Resource Coordinator\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nProvides assessment & monitoring of resource utilization, coordinates outside referrals, provider practice patterns, quality of care, & coordination of our members continuing care needs. Maintain & support a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance for the department. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ applicable regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards as they relate to the department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Determines & manages appropriate levels of care & services; using clinical knowledge, established guidelines, & physician consultation\n- Implements changes in contract benefits, state & federal regulations, & established review criteria guidelines\n- Synthesizes & analyzes a large volume of data related to the member, benefits, eligibility, facilities, contracts, & clinical status to identify issues & facilitate problem solving that results in continuity of care, quality of care & optimal resource management for the patient\n- Coordinates care w/ various internal & external customers to facilitate high quality, timely, & cost effective care & service\n- Consults & educates other staff, physicians, departments & members regarding resource management options that provide high quality while efficiently using available resources\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in hospital setting, preferably ICU, CCU, Med-Surg\n- Experience in utilization review, case management, discharge planning, & managed care\n- Knowledge & experience w/ Medicare coverage guidelines & medical criteria such as Interqual or Milliman & Robertson\n- Current unrestricted license as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- Knowledge of quality & utilization review methods, statistical techniques, utilization management compliance standards, & regulatory elements\n- Effective interpersonal, communication, & negotiating skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prefer clinical experience in hospital setting to be in ICU, CCU, Med-Surg\n\nRotate schedule. Works holidays, nights and weekends. Floats between departments/facilities/locations.\nMain location is Exempla Good Samaritan Hospital and will float to all core and non-core hospitals\n\nSalary Range: $31.84- $37.46 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606655/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Quality/Resource Coordinator", "reqid": "130258", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28606655}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse-Oncology\nLocation: Denver, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103) Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment of health data CRS 12-38-103 (10)\n- Collects subjective & objective data\n- Analyzes reports, & record data\n- Uses data to identify health care problems & create plan\n- Prioritizes patient's needs\n- Triage patients either in person or via telephone & implements proper course of action in accordance w/ established protocol/guideline or in consultation w/ provider\n- Conducts telephone calls backs to patients requiring follow-up care\n- Evaluates emergency situations & initiates appropriate nursing interventions\n- Health teaching & health counseling to patients and/or their families\n- Executing delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority\n- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications\n- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others\n- Referring to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance\n- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly\n- facilitates the coordination & integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources\n- Leads health care team by influence & role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation & providing outstanding support for physician practices\n- Patient advocate\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least one year of oncology experience and certification in chemotherapy administration\n- The oncology experience and certification must be recent (within the previous five years)\n- Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program & completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience & guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- ACLS certification & procedural sedation competency required within 90 days of hire\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n- Independent, critical thinking necessary; excellent IV & communication skills & function well in a team setting\n\nPreferred Skills -\nGood communication skills, team player, ability to multitask, may float between locations, ONS chemotherapy/biotherapy required within 90 days of hire.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606656/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse-Oncology", "reqid": "132058", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28606656}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Chemical Dependency SrMgr\nLocation: Denver, CO\nIn collaboration w/ the Behavioral Health Senior Director & the Chief of Chemical Dependency Services, responsible for the design & oversight of effective chemical dependency treatment services throughout Colorado region, including accountability for quality of care, quality of patient services, cost-effectiveness & competence in Chemical Dependency inpatient services, outpatient services & services integrated into primary care. Manages the work of all counseling professionals in the areas of alcohol & chemical dependency.\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration w/ the Behavioral Health Senior Director (or Mental Health Director) & the Chief of Chemical Dependency Services, set the vision for the Chemical Dependency Department & responsible for developing & executing the Chemical Dependency strategic plan & other organizational & departmental goals w/ specific targets & metrics\n- Provide leadership across the Chemical Dependency Department & other departments to ensure high quality care & effective systems of care delivery\n- Accountable for the quality of care, service & cost effective operations. Including accountability for creating a culture of service, compliance, ethics & integrity\n- Responsible for the preparation & management of departmental budgets, including all inpatient & external costs\n- Responsible for developing clinical services & administrative processes to anticipate & meet the complex & changing demands on the department's service delivery system\n- Leadership responsibility in fully understanding, promoting & implementing the Labor Management Partnership\n- Represents the Chemical Dependency Department to all clinical & administrative departments w/in the organization to ensure high quality of care & service to our members\n- Supervises assigned staff. This includes interviewing, selecting, training, motivating, evaluating, counseling, disciplining & terminating in compliance w/ EEO/AA goals & personnel policies of the organization\n- Establishes communications w/ counselors & physicians. Develops methods to measure & monitor resource utilization & effectiveness\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 4 years of post-graduate supervised experience in alcohol/chemical dependency treatment services\n- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory/leadership experience w/ the ability to establish comprehensive outpatient programs & work effectively w/ outside agencies, members & staff\n- Master's degree in psychology or related behavioral health field\n- Must have current licensure by the State of Colorado as a professional in a behavioral health related field (i.e. Social Work, Psychology, Nursing)\n- Strong computer & communication skills\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606657/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chemical Dependency SrMgr", "reqid": "133222", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28606657}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Westminster", "description": "Title: Clinical Pharmacist\nLocation: Westminster, CO\nUnder general supervision, dispenses compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products, assists medical personnel & patients w/ drug information & identification, provides direction to pharmacy Interns & non-licensed personnel, performs other duties as required. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to legal requirements, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices, documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Evaluated & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential drug therapy problems identified through any & all available sources, including any pharmacy information system\n- Provides direction to pharmacy Interns, pharmacy Technicians & other pharmacy personnel by making suggestions & answering questions, resolving professional & clerical problems, orienting new employees to assigned duties, training employees in new procedures & techniques & checking their work for errors & adherence to established policies & procedures, documents verification by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms, temporarily substitutes for absent pharmacy personnel, as necessary\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies & sensitivities, documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system, advises patient on significant precautions, proper drug therapy & administration, the use of related devices, & the coordination of drug therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning care & treatment of patients related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of the drugs, including drug identification, suggests changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate\n- Maintains records of drugs & controlled substances as required by federal & state law\n- Maintains records pertinent to the purchase & control of narcotics & alcohol, following established procedures\n- Accepts the responsibility for resolving operational problems, in the absence of, or as assigned by, supervision, such as resolving professional problems related to the interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints & technical problems such as equipment needs & drug procurement, etc, according to established policies & procedures\n- Check equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning, report deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Keeps abreast of all current drug information as it relates to medicines, their uses, dosages & inherent side effects\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduation from an accredited school of pharmacy w/ completed pharmacy internship\n- Currently licensed by the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy as a Registered Pharmacist\n- Effective verbal & written communication skills\n- Must authorize a DEA drug screening\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Toxonomy code required at time of hire\nRotate schedule. Work holidays/nights/weekends. Float between departments/locations/facilities.", "date_new": "2012-05-10 19:05:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28606654/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Pharmacist", "reqid": "129631", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Westminster, CO", "uid": 28606654}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Carson", "description": "Title: Manager II Health Education Svcs\nLocation: Carson, CA\nResponsible for the overall management of the planning, development, delivery/implementation, & evaluation/improvement of health education programs for more than one medical center & associated outlying facilities. In addition, these positions also may include responsibility for one or more of the following functions: CME/academic affairs, patient education, library services, cancer registry, preventive medicine, behavioral medicine, & any other assigned program(s)/ service(s). Integrates services/programs w/ strategic/organizational goals & objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs the design, implementation, & evaluation of multi-disciplinary and/or health education programs/services projects which improve accessibility, increase member satisfaction, improve health care outcomes, & control costs in alignment w/ KP's strategic goals & objectives\n- Ensures programs are consistently delivered across the Medical Centers\n- Identifies health education strategies, interventions, & resource allocation\n- Defines, develops, implements measures for evaluating in house & non-Kaiser intervention/education services\n- Ensures active dialogue between physicians & staff to facilitate program development\n- Consults w/ other health education departments & KFH to assure education programs are consistent, high quality, & serve the needs of customers/members\n- Ensures all intervention/programs comply w/ regulatory agencies\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practices\n- Develops systems to identify, achieve, & manage quality & performance improvements & evaluate programs & to rapidly disseminate newly developed courses & successful existing programs\n- Leads or makes significant contributions to high level multi-disciplinary work teams to achieve quality outcomes\n- Leads & manages department activities\n- Determines scope of work, outcomes, & milestones\n- Negotiates time commitments & resources\n- Supervises, mentors, & coaches team members to achieve high quality results\n- Participates in planning & coordinating w/ other teams & projects internal & external to the department to maximize effectiveness\n- Interfaces w/ senior management\n- Establishes & recommends procedures & policies to assure consistency & quality in the provision of education services\n- Directs the production, presentation & dissemination of proposals, reports & position papers\n- Assures education interventions & programs comply w/ regulatory agency requirements\n- Manages the overall operations of the assigned education/support functions, supervises, & manages the performance/development of staff, & ensures they provide the highest quality of services to members\n- Develops/maintains the budget\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of previous program management experience in a healthcare organization/ system providing services to in and out-patients\n- Master's degree or equivalent experience (six (6) years)in nursing, education, health services, business administration or health education\n- RN license may be required for nursing staff development\n- Adult education, instructional design, and evaluation methodologies and research required\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal and organizational skills for program coordination and working with groups\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize education and facilitation techniques/skills\n- Computer literacy required\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous program management experience (3-5 years) in a healthcare organization", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576544/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager II Health Education Svcs", "reqid": "134767", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Carson, CA", "uid": 28576544}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker II/III\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nSEE JOB DESCRIPTION\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Quality of Clinical Services The Medical Social Worker II provides quality counseling services by assessing patient/family system needs then developing and implementing treatment plans in accordance with departmental and medical center policies, and in compliance with the I standards of the social work profession.\n- Quality of clinical services is indicated by QM findings, case presentations, documentation review, staff and patient feedback and supervisory discussions.\n- Performs a bio psychosocial assessment interview with patient, family, and/or significant other according to department policy and standards. Provides appropriate crises intervention/treatment to adults, children and families in emergent situations including assessment, counseling, information/referral and providing consultation to physicians and healthcare team.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of patient's condition (i.e., situation, affect, behavior and verbal content) and recommends appropriate psycho social intervention(s) and/or treatment plan.\n- Develops culturally sensitive assessment that reflects departmental standards and includes: reasons for referral; source of referral; Informant name; physical/medical issues; interpersonal and social relations; emotional/psychiatric/adjustment issues including assessment of depression; role performance/social transition; community planning/resources (as indicated); legal/protective issues (as indicated) Provides appropriate counseling services to patients and/or family based on clinical assessment and consistent with patient's on going medical condition/needs.\n- Performs relevant patient and family advocacy services within KP and the community.\n- Provides patient education on subjects related to psycho social adjustment to medical illness, individually, in classes or groups.\n- Professional Knowledge The Medical Social Worker II takes responsibility for implementation of social work knowledge and values, standards of practice and enhancement of professional skills as demonstrated by chart reviews, case presentations, staff and patient feedback, supervisory discussions and attendance at conferences/classes.\n- Assessment demonstrates ability to interpret the social, emotional and behavioral problems/elements as they relate to the patient's medical condition and treatment. Knowledge of availability of KP and community resources consistent with treatment goals.\n- Utilizes professional knowledge in facilitating staff and other meetings.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and observes department policies and procedures.\n- Utilizes formal and informal education opportunities to increase professional knowledge base as demonstrated by attendance at appropriate and approved programs/workshops/in services/etc.\n- Demonstrates the integration of clinical social work theory into practice by appropriately utilizing clinical knowledge of bio psychosocial development stages, personality development, human behavior, etc., to formulate assessment, direct treatment, and provide consultation and education to other team members. This includes integration of developmental theory and clinical practice in assessments and intervention specific to the age group served.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's Degree in Social Work from a school accredited by Council on SW Education.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- LCSW or LMFT preferred.\n- Inpatient Social Servies Experience\n- Experienced with end of life conversations.\n- Team orientated\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel & Powerpoint.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Variable hours/shifts to cover for full time staff", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576546/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker II/III", "reqid": "134774", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28576546}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Nursing Dept OR Manager, RN\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nThrough department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care.\n- Manages and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care.\n- Ensures staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements; establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors department's budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety and risk management issues.\n- Patient Safety: Accountable to promote an organizational culture of safety and ensure appropriate patient safety standards and guidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, including but not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, and Leapfrog.\n- See Patient Safety Management Accountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually five (5) to six (6) years), including management experience (usually three (3) to four (4) years).\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- BSN or BA/BS in health care or closely related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certificate required.\n- **BSN and National Health/Nursing Administration Certification or MSN are required for Pediatric and NICU Departments for facilities that are CCS certified or desire CCS certification. This requirement applies to Bellflower, LAMC, San Diego, Fontana and Orange County.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MSN.\n-Minimum 2 years recent OR Leadership experience.\n-Ability to engage staff in the complex management and pace of assuring clinical excellence, safety in a very busy service with ORS running above 90% capacity.\n-CNOR, PALS, ACLS Certificate preferred.\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Lotus Notes.\n\nNotes:\n-Will take call every 3rd weekend. \n-This a 24 hour coverage position. Schedule may vary upon need of the department.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576547/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Dept OR Manager, RN", "reqid": "134781", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28576547}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and/or Case Management preferred.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standard (Medicare, Medi-Cal, and JCAHO, etc.) regulations preferred.\n- Working knowledge of federal, state and local legislative regulations and accreditation requirement. General knowledge of hospital admissions, discharges and transfer processes.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a 10 hour shift.\n- May Require to travel for classes.\n-Weekend and Holiday coverage.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576548/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "134958", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28576548}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Supervisior Administrative Services - (MT-1369)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nDirects & supervises two (2) or more distinct groups of non-exempt and/or entry level exempt employees engaged in administrative/ processing/ support activities in separate functional areas. Supervises the day-to-day activities in accordance w/ applicable regulations & cost containment efforts. Conducts analyses & produces management reports. Identifies, coordinates, & implements projects/programs to improve the quality & cost-effectiveness of operations. Provides support & advice to management.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & actively assists & provides direction to subordinates as required\n- May perform, especially in staff or professional groups, ongoing operational tasks of organizational units\n- Provides human resources support including managing the hiring, salary determination, & competency assessment processes\n- Coordinates multiple projects, orchestrates meetings, develops timelines\n- Ensures projects are completed on schedule following established procedures & schedules\n- Promotes a team environment & provides work direction & guidance including coaching, professional development & training\n- Resolves grievances\n- Assists manager w/ development of short & long-range departmental goals & objectives\n- Administers budgets to meet the fiscal goals for capital, payroll & non-payroll expenses; performs financial & staffing analysis\n- Produces management information reports\n- Reviews department/unit/area performance to ensure quality and/or quantity goals are met to include business & financial aspects\n- Develops operating & customer service procedures\n- Serves as a liaison between management, other departments, subordinates and/or members\n- Resolves problems & complaints from client departments, other managers and/or members\n- Ensures compliance w/ department/organization policies/procedures\n- Conducts training sessions for professional development, systems training, & train-the-trainer program\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience supervising a multi-disciplinary staff of non-exempt and entry level exempt employees\n- Experience and knowledge of procedures/policies/regulations in a specific functional area\n- Experience conducting training programs\n- Experience with budget management\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration\n- Proficient in a variety of software applications\n- Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects, use time management skills and independent judgment\n- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities; team player, tactful and diplomatic\n- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management internal/external\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # MT-1369\n- Repost of MT-1364\n- Work schedule to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576536/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisior Administrative Services - (MT-1369)", "reqid": "134680", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28576536}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - (KJ-0107)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nUnder the direction of the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director, is responsible for the management of all aspects of Pharmacy services at identified Outpatient Pharmacy location(s). Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies, and procedures. Responsible for day-to-day operations of assigned work area(s)/ functions(s)/services(s). Provides supervision and direction to subordinate Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - Hourly, Pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees. Manages a pharmacy location(s). Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director w/ the development & implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director by providing supervision & direction of the pharmacy services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development & multi-disciplinary team development.\n- Manages departmental personnel & operational practices to ensure compliance w/ Federal & State laws & regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide & Departmental policies & procedures.\n- Collaborates w/ the Inpatient Pharmacy Mgmt & Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care & compliance w/ applicable Federal & State laws & regulations governing hospitals.\n- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Other Members of the Pharmacy Mgmt Team, Providers, Department Administrators, Physician-In-Charge.\n- Provides personnel mgmt activities (e.g. recruits, hires, trains & evaluates, &/or terminates subordinate hourly personnel).\n- Completes/administers performance evaluations & ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.\n- Develops/oversees processes to ensure the department meets HR compliance expectations for evaluations.\n- Works w/ HR in handling employee grievances.\n- Responsible for the preparation & assignment of department staff's work schedules & assignments.\n- Prepares &/or approves the biweekly payroll.\n- Provides regular communication & feedback to the staff.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director to monitor personnel utilization in accordance w/ operating budget & adheres to the personnel justification process for the department.\n- Develops departmental budget in conjunction w/ Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr &/or Outpatient Pharmacy Director.\n- May work w/ local BS&F on departmental budget.\n- Responsible for all financial performance targets in pharmacy.\n- Participates in designing, implementing & evaluating systems, processes & methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, & enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Responsible for all service measures in department.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director to collaborate w/ providers, department heads, & the Outpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate & improve quality mgmt programs.\n- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, & employees.\n- Administers organizational & department policies & procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees & other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Ability to demonstrate & apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles & standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, & public relations aspects\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required, Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal & State pharmacy regulations\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan\n- Demonstrated abilities & skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership & supervision\n- Must possess self-initiative, innovative & collaborative skills\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Proficiency in various databases & other computer usage\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Must pass background check\n- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # KJ-0107\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Position requires occasional travel to other KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576538/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - (KJ-0107)", "reqid": "134691", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28576538}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors' or masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n- May be requested to work at other locations including hospitals as well as weekend hospital rotation.\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576539/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "134707", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28576539}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Call Center Operations Manager - (MT-1370)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nManages the day-to-day operations of a centralized call center, oversees the budget, and ensures the operational goals and objectives of the Call Center are met.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains a centralized call center of well-trained, empowered staff to provide 24-hour service to clients.\n- Manages the activities of the staff to assure that best practices, policies and procedures are maintained.\n- Fosters a team environment, w/ emphasis on responsibility and accountability, both critical for the call center's success.\n- In conjunction w/ Call Center Manager, interviews, hires, coaches, disciplines, and terminates staff in accordance w/ established policies and procedures.\n- Provides for adequate staff coverage of daily center operations, operating within the department's assigned budget.\n- Assures Team Managers' availability at all times; to assist and monitor Customer Service Reps performance, and provides adequate coverage for the center.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) to four (4) years of Call Center Management experience required.\n- Five (5)toseven (7) years of experience in customer service required.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administrationOR four (4) years of equivalent work experience preferred.\n- Computer literacy (mainframe, PC, and spreadsheets) used in the department.\n- Knowledge of queuing theoriesand workforce scheduling.\n- Knowledge of budget preparationand financial tracking.\n- Knowledge of computer telephony integration (CTI), interactive voice response (IVR) units,and automatic call distribution (ACD).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # MT-1370\n- Work schedule to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576540/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Call Center Operations Manager - (MT-1370)", "reqid": "134728", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28576540}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Ana", "description": "Title: Project Manager I - Outside Referrals\nLocation: Santa Ana, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the first job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the entry level, a Project Manager may lead projects that impact a single functional area or service area. It is responsible for working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Masters degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, and Visio.\n-RN License preferred.\n-LVN Certificatepreferred.\n\nNotes:\n- May be required to work Saturday as needed.\n- Will be required to travel to differenct facilities as needed.-----", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576541/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager I - Outside Referrals", "reqid": "134735", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Ana, CA", "uid": 28576541}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Asst Dir Diag Imag Svs\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nIn a larger department, manages the daily operations of assigned areas/modalities or assists the Director in managing the daily operations of a smaller department. Either role/function is in a full service inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging department at one acute care medical center (7 days, 24 hours) which usually includes radiology, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, IR, mammography, and imaging files. Manages all administrative, clinical, technical, and clerical operations of the assigned areas to ensure quality, access, patient care, and budget goals are achieved. Provides Diagnostic Imaging Services which are integrated with departmental, service line, and organizational/strategic goals and objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Assists the Diagnostic Imaging Services Director in meeting the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members, as well as developing a strategy to integrate diagnostic imaging services.\n- Manages the daily operations of assigned areas, or assists the Director in managing daily operations of a small department by maintaining appropriate schedules (both staffing and patient), and monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality, and regulatory standards.\n- Participates in the planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures equipment and procedures are safe, functional, and capable of meeting the diagnostic needs of the medical staff in a timely manner.\n- Develops and monitors payroll and non-payroll budgets for the assigned areas.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and implements appropriate actions, policies, and procedures.\n- Manages union supervisors and staff and resolves human resources, labor relations, employee, and safety issues.\n- Selects and trains technical and administrative imaging staff.\n- Monitors staff performance and participates with the Chief and Director in the development of competencies, performance standards, and imaging protocols/standards.\n- Develops and implements a plan for equipment procurement, maintenance, and replacement.\n- Keeps abreast of new developments in diagnostic imaging technology and makes recommendations on the acquisition and implementation of new technology.\n- Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance.\n- Ensures compliance with JCAHO, MQSA, federal, state, and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous recent (within three (3) years of hire date) supervisory experience in a full service imaging department in an acute care medical center required.\n- Prior clinical experience(three (3) - five (5)years)as a staff technologist in a diagnostic imaging modality.\n- Previous experience managing in a union environment strongly preferred.\n- Working knowledge and experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Radiologic Technology or other imaging discipline, Health Care, Business or Health Services Administration OR equivalent experience required.\n- Certification as Radiologic Technologist (CRT), Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) or American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations and human relations skills essential.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards required.\n- Computer and standard software package skills required.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576543/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst Dir Diag Imag Svs", "reqid": "134747", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28576543}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr Learning Consultant\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE. Assesses and analyses training and development needs across a broad spectrum of positions and geographic areas, usually for a single large functional area or program-wide initiative. Develops strategic plans for development of training curricula, professional development and technical programs. Conducts and/or coordinates the programs. Works independently with significant latitude to make decisions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with leaders of major constituency groups within the organization to assess, trend and analyze the learning needs of employees across the region based on current and future strategic plans.\n- Develops, implements and coordinates management training programs.\n- Serves as a master trainer providing training and coaching to trainers and learning consultants.\n- Monitors, evaluates and makes leveraging recommendations about the cost effectiveness and quality of learning programs.\n- Plans, advocates for and implements the deployment of regionwide strategic learning systems.\n- Evaluates, selects, retains and brokers a pool of internal and external training consultants, with diverse expertise to provide leveraged training of a specialized and/or technical nature.\n- Evaluates, selects and deploys computer based training programs regionwide.\n- Stays abreast of learning, training and development research including theory, motivation theory and new materials, methods and techniques..\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience designing and administering education and training programs for a diverse client group with limited resources.\n- Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.\n- Masters degree, or six (6) years of equivalent work experience in Behavioral Sciences, Education or related field.\n- Expertise in the principles of group dynamics, adult learning theory and training and development techniques.\n- Outstanding verbal communication and presentation skills.\n- User knowledge of word-processing and spreadsheet software.\n- Must be able to travel within the United States 30% of the time.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Microsoft Project.\n\nNotes:\nThis position requires 10% of traveling.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576542/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Learning Consultant", "reqid": "134764", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28576542}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery Relief Charge, Full-time, L302P\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required.\n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control L302.\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Works 'Payday' weekend.\n- Works as a ReliefCharge RN.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00pm - 7:30 am,back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576526/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery Relief Charge, Full-time, L302P", "reqid": "133373", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28576526}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery, Part-time, L334N\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control L334.\n- Rotating Weekends\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekends.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576527/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery, Part-time, L334N", "reqid": "133407", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28576527}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Glendale", "description": "Title: LVN II (Armenian Bilingual) Fam Med Glendale\nLocation: Glendale, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Representative Duties: Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies.\n- Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair.\n- Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.\n- Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Perform other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 25\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English / Armenian) Level II required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse.\n- Current Basic Life Support card.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory setting.\n- Proficient in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology (including TAB counseling), Sports Medicine, Geriatrics, Nurse Clinic, and phone messages.\n\n\nNotes:\n-Will work every other Saturday on a rotating basis.\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576529/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II (Armenian Bilingual) Fam Med Glendale", "reqid": "133478", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Glendale, CA", "uid": 28576529}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Psychiatric RN (West LA/Temp)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nEssential Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of recent RN Psych experience\n- Two (2) or more years in a behavioral health setting, telephone triage support preferred\n- Graduate from an accredited nursing school\n- BSN preferred\n- Current CA RN License\n- Psychiatric & chemical dependency knowledge & ability to work w/ dual diagnosis patients\n- Able to triage & evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population\n- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills required\n- Knowledge of psychiatric medications, actions & side effects in an adult & pediatric population\n- Child & family education & learning theory technique, preferred\n- Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills, including the ability to gather information & express empathy on the telephone, the ability to remain positive & helpful when very busy & w/ difficult patient population & the ability to multitask & prioritize work, preferred\n- Computer skills to include data entry, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & HealthConnect, preferred\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelors degree from and accredited college of university\n\nNotes:\n- This is a temporary position for approximately three (3) months\n- This position will provide assistance to 12 Psychiatrists in the Department of Psychiatry, to provide for rapid response to member needs and concerns, and improve member access to services.\n- The RN will triage MD phone calls; coordinate with pharmacy regarding medication; provide information and education to members on the phone, in groups and individually; perform basic physical assessment and monitor for side effects of medication, and provide injectable medications; provide prescribed medications to patients per physician orders following appropriate protocol; review lab results and refer lab values to physician within protocols and guidelines; assist psychiatrist with coordinating hospitalizations of members and document services in the patients medical record.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576530/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric RN (West LA/Temp)", "reqid": "133536", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28576530}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Granada Hills", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Panorama City - Palliative Care PT\nLocation: Granada Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Hospice/Palliative Care\n\nNotes:\n- On-call required, rotational weekends required, floats to all service areas (teams 1, 3, 4,).\n- Geographic areas including San Fernando Valley, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Antelope Valley.\n- Must have a car and be able to drive to home visits.\n- Some shift care required.\n- Day off before/after WE WRK", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576531/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Panorama City - Palliative Care PT", "reqid": "133640", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Granada Hills, CA", "uid": 28576531}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Current CA RN license and AHA BLS.\n-One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PACU, or Critical Care or completion of a KP PACU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS and PALS card required.\n-The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Effective verbal and written communication skills.\n-One (1)year full time or three (3) years part-time(16 hours per week),continuous employment in the past (3) years as an RN in an acute Hospital PACU or Adult Critical Care Unit (ICU, CCU, CSU).\n-Working Knowledge of Phase I and II Recovery process.\n-Experience recovering adults, adolescents and pediatrics with various surgeries is essential.\n-Graduation from an accredited or NLN approved RN Program\n-Current BCLS\n-BSN\n-CNOR", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576523/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital / Recovery", "reqid": "132663", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28576523}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: RNP I/ PA I\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nPerforms complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations. Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery. Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes. Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician. Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs complete physical examinations, including ordering, interpreting & evaluating diagnostic tests & examinations.\n- Assumes on-going responsibility for each patient from discovery of the disorder to recovery.\n- Diagnoses & treats both chronic & episodic disorders including complications of otherwise normal processes.\n- Establishes & documents the health care plan & prognosis, maintaining records of each case that are sufficiently complete for any physician reviewing them to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan.\n- Initiates drug therapy, taking responsibility for such therapy when performed prior to consultation w/ a physician.\n- Determines when the patient has recovered from the disorder & releases the patient.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited RN and NP Program\n- Master's Degree* (* effective 5/23/07 for those not previously grandfathered in)\n- Current California RN License\n- Current California Nurse Practitioner Certificate\n- Maintain current national certification from approved organizations (American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, or the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board)\n- California Furnishing Number\n- American Heart Association BCLS\n- National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.\n- Minimum 1 year experience unless specified by department.\n- If department elects to hire a new grad NP, the California Furnishing Number and if applicable, the DEA Registration Number, must be obtained within 12 months of hire. In this case, the probationary period would also be extended from 6 to 12 months. \nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n\nNotes:\n- Physical Work Location isin Lost Hills, CA.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576525/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RNP I/ PA I", "reqid": "133247", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28576525}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Case Manager Utilization RN\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2)years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576520/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager Utilization RN", "reqid": "130385", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28576520}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Health Info Coder II\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder general supervision, is responsible for accurate coding of all inpatient & outpatient services, procedures, diagnoses & conditions, working from the appropriate documentation in the medical record. Classification systems include ICD-9-CM & CPT as well as other specialty systems as required by diagnostic category. All work is carried out in accordance w/ the rules, regulations & coding conventions of the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), ICD9, OSHPD, & KP Coding Guidelines.\nVerifies/corrects abstracted demographic & clinical data. As needed, Coder II's may be required to assist & be a resource for data integrity & the work of Coders I and/or other employees in the Health Information Management Department who need instruction & assistance in coding e.g., defining charts by diagnoses or procedures. May also be required to provide professional guidance, advice & instruction to Coders I.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Maintains timely coding & abstracting productivity & quality standards\n- Review medical records to identify diagnoses/procedures\n- Independently organizes & prioritizes all work to ensure that records are coded in time frames that will assure compliance w/ regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of all procedures concerning the sequencing of diagnoses, procedures such as but not limited to those outlined in ICD-9-CM, Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set & Medicare Guidelines\n- Demonstrates knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology to interpret general medical classifications for coding discharge data including the most complicated encounters/cases\n- Assigns Codes\n- Codes all diagnostic & operative information from the medical record using ICD-9-CM & CPT coding classification systems & independently quality checks own work\n- Selects the DRG for each inpatient case\n- Optimizes hospital payment legitimately & ethically by utilizing approved coding guidelines & conventions\n- Reviews DRG discrepancies from the fiscal intermediary to ensure the appropriate per case DRG assignment\n- Verifies & abstracts, all medical data from the record to complete a data abstract on each hospital encounter\n- Corrects data as appropriate\n- Ensures that all data abstracted is consistent w/ guidelines outlined by JCAHO, OSHPD & regional & local policies\n- Completion of Medical Records\n- Interacts w/ physicians to clarify & accurately document patient diagnostic & procedural information through a query process\n- Enters patient information into the computerized inpatient & outpatient medical record databases, ensuring the accuracy & integrity of the medical record abstract data prior to transmitting case to Government Reimbursement for billing\n- Ensures timely record availability by meeting established coding & abstracting productivity standards\n- Independently conducts medical record documentation auditing to monitor physician compliance w/ regulatory requirements i.e., Physician Review Project\n- Confidentiality/Security of Systems\n- Maintains & complies w/ policies & procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Other Duties\n- Answers the telephone promptly & identifies themselves & the department\n- Trains & instructs employees as appropriate\n- Acts as an expert resource person to other coders & personnel in other hospital departments regarding coding questions & issues\n- May perform other duties as assigned by supervisors\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 15\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires one (1) of the following current credentials: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H) or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)\n- Completion of classes in Medical Terminology, Anatomy/ Physiology, ICD-9 and CPT coding conventions conforming to standards established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), American Medical Association, CMS or successful completion of an AAPC or AHIMA accredited coding certification program\n- Obtain a passing score on a KP HIM Coder II coding Assessment\n- Keyboarding skills\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576517/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Info Coder II", "reqid": "129248", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28576517}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Health Info Coder II\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder general supervision, is responsible for accurate coding of all inpatient & outpatient services, procedures, diagnoses & conditions, working from the appropriate documentation in the medical record. Classification systems include ICD-9-CM & CPT as well as other specialty systems as required by diagnostic category. All work is carried out in accordance w/ the rules, regulations & coding conventions of the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), ICD9, OSHPD, & KP Coding Guidelines.\nVerifies/corrects abstracted demographic & clinical data. As needed, Coder II's may be required to assist & be a resource for data integrity & the work of Coders I and/or other employees in the Health Information Management Department who need instruction & assistance in coding e.g., defining charts by diagnoses or procedures. May also be required to provide professional guidance, advice & instruction to Coders I.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Maintains timely coding & abstracting productivity & quality standards\n- Review medical records to identify diagnoses/procedures\n- Independently organizes & prioritizes all work to ensure that records are coded in time frames that will assure compliance w/ regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of all procedures concerning the sequencing of diagnoses, procedures such as but not limited to those outlined in ICD-9-CM, Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set & Medicare Guidelines\n- Demonstrates knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology to interpret general medical classifications for coding discharge data including the most complicated encounters/cases\n- Assigns Codes\n- Codes all diagnostic & operative information from the medical record using ICD-9-CM & CPT coding classification systems & independently quality checks own work\n- Selects the DRG for each inpatient case\n- Optimizes hospital payment legitimately & ethically by utilizing approved coding guidelines & conventions\n- Reviews DRG discrepancies from the fiscal intermediary to ensure the appropriate per case DRG assignment\n- Verifies & abstracts, all medical data from the record to complete a data abstract on each hospital encounter\n- Corrects data as appropriate\n- Ensures that all data abstracted is consistent w/ guidelines outlined by JCAHO, OSHPD & regional & local policies\n- Completion of Medical Records\n- Interacts w/ physicians to clarify & accurately document patient diagnostic & procedural information through a query process\n- Enters patient information into the computerized inpatient & outpatient medical record databases, ensuring the accuracy & integrity of the medical record abstract data prior to transmitting case to Government Reimbursement for billing\n- Ensures timely record availability by meeting established coding & abstracting productivity standards\n- Independently conducts medical record documentation auditing to monitor physician compliance w/ regulatory requirements i.e., Physician Review Project\n- Confidentiality/Security of Systems\n- Maintains & complies w/ policies & procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Other Duties\n- Answers the telephone promptly & identifies themselves & the department\n- Trains & instructs employees as appropriate\n- Acts as an expert resource person to other coders & personnel in other hospital departments regarding coding questions & issues\n- May perform other duties as assigned by supervisors\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 15\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires one (1) of the following current credentials: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H) or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)\n- Completion of classes in Medical Terminology, Anatomy/ Physiology, ICD-9 and CPT coding conventions conforming to standards established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), American Medical Association, CMS or successful completion of an AAPC or AHIMA accredited coding certification program\n- Obtain a passing score on a KP HIM Coder II coding Assessment\n- Keyboarding skills\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:12:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576518/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Info Coder II", "reqid": "129249", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28576518}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor of Science in Nursing\n- Two (2) years experience as a Charge Nurse or Senior Nurse\n- Excellent customer service, critical thinking and communication skills\n- Ability to work as a team member, lead , problem solve, and collaborate with staff and physicians\n- Typing skills of 30-40 wpm\n- Computer skills in Word\n\n\nNotes:\n- Exemplary attendance\n- Will perform all duties within the scope of practice of a Registered Nurses, included but no limited to in-basket management, patient care, and coordinating department workflow\n- Schedule varies between 8:00 AM to 8:30 PM within the Evening shift\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:11:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576508/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "123357", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28576508}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Vice President, Large Group Accounts - CA\nLocation: \nThe California Large Group Accounts market segment consists of approximately 8,500 California-based accounts with 51-3000 eligible subscribers. The leaders of these organizations are key market influencers and the decisions they make provide a model for thousands of other customers to follow.\nThe Vice President of Large Group Accounts is responsible for achieving or exceeding annual targets for membership, revenue and margin in this market segment for the Northern and Southern California Regions, including new business sales. S/He will provide strategic leadership and direction to position Kaiser Permanente for success in future years. Successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong strategic thinking/planning skills, as well as execution. The VP of Large Group will lead a team of over 400 sales and account management professionals including 43 Directors and Sales managers.\nA critical role for this position is to develop and/or enhance strong business relationships with customers, key consultants and other market influencers in this segment in order to ensure Kaiser Permanente's collaboration, influence and strategic positioning in the health care marketplace. The successful candidate must be able to lead complex engagements that occur on multiple levels and in different venues that require KP to be seen as a trusted advisor and KP value to be apparent to these customers and consultants. This can require well-developed ability to influence combined with executive presence, confidence and communication skills.\nEssential Functions:\nProvide Strategic Leadership for Market Segment\n- Develop and implement business-line strategy for CA Large Group Accounts (1-5 yrs).\n- Develop and execute engagement strategies for overall book of business, ensuring KP's role as trusted advisor and industry expert.\n- Establish and nurture relationships with a network of large employers, consultants, brokers, and key business and health care industry leaders in order to ensure that KP's position and presence are integrated at appropriate leadership levels.\n- Anticipate key business, marketplace and competitor dynamics and develop and implement strategies that ensure growth and mitigate adverse risk.\n- Establish clear business line goals and expectations and execute a plan to meet these goals.\n- Organize and engage Kaiser Permanente senior leadership to work with key accounts.\n- Orchestrate internal resources for the development of tools, processes, and venues to engage purchasers and brokers.\n- Implement a disciplined Book of Business, account planning and account review process to ensure we mitigate risks with accounts.\n- Collaborate with VPs and Directors of CA and National market segments to create a common account management identity and account planning process across all of account management.\nLead Regional and Enterprise Strategic Initiatives\n- Lead with Directors in New Business Sales on the development and execution of a broker strategy to expand and strengthen our relationships with these key marketplace influencers/partners\n- Utilize experience with challenging purchaser/consultant meetings to inform sales strategies\n- Ensure business line engagement on all strategic initiatives with Program-wide implications\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or a related field is required.\n- Minimum of 8 years of experience in sales management, preferably in leadership roles in sales, marketing, or business development in the health care industry\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Master's degree or evidence of ongoing educational development is highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:11:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576492/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vice President, Large Group Accounts - CA", "reqid": "134956", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28576492}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Payroll Operations Manager\nLocation: Portland, OR\nUnder the general direction of the Senior Payroll Operations Manager, the Payroll Operations Manager will manage the day-to-day activities of the payroll operations and garnishments team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consistently ensures the timely and accuracy of payroll processing thru effective management of payroll supervisors leads and staff.\n- Ensure Peoplesoft/ADP are properly functioning and in compliance with garnishment regulations. Oversee payroll and payroll related system testing and garnishment rules maintenance. Consult as needed with Benefits, HRSC's and regional HR/Finance contacts regarding benefit and process changes to ensure compliance and standardization occurs as much as possible.\n- Lead Portland operations and garnishment team, including setting objectives, managing individual and team performance, mentoring staff members and ensuring adequate communication and a high level of team moral is achieved.\n- Recommend processes and standards which adhere to local, state and federal rules and regulations.\n- Develop and implement continued process improvements to the payroll operations and garnishment team processes.\n- Research garnishment issues. Owner of city, state and federal agencies correspondence and resolution of related garnishment issues.\n- Ensure the implementation and training of the FSO Service Vision, Standards and Norms is complete and effective in the Payroll Operations Team\n- Model and reinforce ethical behavior in self and others in accordance to the Principles of Responsibility; adhere to organizational policies and guidelines; support compliance initiatives; maintain confidences; admit mistakes; conduct business with honesty; show consistency in words and actions; follow through on commitments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of management experience and five (5) years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n- Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.\n\nPreferred Experience:\n- Three to five years multi-state garnishment processing experience in a large, complex organization.\n-CPP or related certification.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:11:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576491/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Payroll Operations Manager", "reqid": "134964", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28576491}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Regulatory Consultant III (Oakland or Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nRegulatory Consultant III\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland or Pasadena, Ca\n\nHealth Plan Regulatory Services (HPRS) is responsible for leading CA state regulatory initiative across all functions statewide, as well as managing relationships and maintaining communication with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Researches, plans, implements, and monitors a broad portfolio of regulatory systems and initiatives to enable organizational compliance with all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations/laws.\n- Advises the organization on all regulatory matters related to the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and other state regulators.\n- On an on-going basis, researches and interprets regulations and laws to establish standards, and may develop and/or deliver training and communications/change management relative to new standards.\n- Assesses organizational systems (both physical and process or data related) to determine gaps in compliance and determine opportunities for remediation.\n- Advises the organization on all compliance matters.\n- May investigate violations of compliance policy, laws, regulations, etc. or conduct on-going monitoring and reporting to ensure remediation.\n- May be responsible for project management relative to new compliance initiatives, products, or annual processes.\n\nHPRS is responsible for:\n\n- Assessment of organizational systems and processes to ensure appropriate Health Plan oversight and survey readiness and determine gaps for remediation prior to regulatory surveys.\n- All regulatory filings related to Health Plan's Knox-Keene license (ex. contracts, benefits, delivery systems, new products)\n- Benefits interpretation to ensure statewide consistency in providing benefits to members and compliance with benefits provisions in contracts\n- Processing regulatory complaints in a timely manner and trending, reporting, and analyzing data related to these complaints\n- May be responsible for project management relative to new regulations, legislation, surveys, new products, or other issues involving state regulators\n- Developing and directing proactive regulatory strategies to support membership growth\n\nJob Specific Function Summary\n\nResponsible for supporting all aspects of HPRS engagement in projects and issues related to the implantation of and compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).\n- Understands all aspects of ACA and state laws relating to Health Care Reform (HCR) and how they impact the organization.\n- Researches state and federal health care reform requirements and regulations and partners with other units in HPRS to identify impact.\n- Communicates information relating to new/developing HCR requirements to other HPRS units.\n- Works with Manager and Executive Director on the Health Plan's response to DMHC on requests for information.\n- Responds to internal inquiries and requests for information on KP's regulatory response to ACA requirements and regulator interpretation of ACA requirements.\n- Represents HPRS at various internal meetings on topics relating to Health Care Reform.\n- Supports manager and other HPRS stakeholders in preparing DMHC filings related to ACA/HCR requirements.\n- Partners with other internal compliance entities on topics and projects relating to ACA/HCR.\n- Customer and Industry Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of health care and related regulatory issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Required: Eight (8) to twelve (12) years of health care experience - health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), audit, finance, project management, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or insurance/health plan governance experience.\n- Preferred: Same.\n- Four (4) year or clinical degree or equivalent experience.\n- Advanced knowledge of health care regulatory policies, practices and systems.\n- Contributes to the development of regulatory concepts.\n- Broad knowledge of health care industry practices and standards.\n- Ability to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports.\n- Project management skills.\n- Advanced knowledge of health care and related regulatory issues.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:11:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576489/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regulatory Consultant III (Oakland or Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "134146", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28576489}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cleveland", "description": "Title: Regional Quality Improvement Consultant (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt)\nLocation: Cleveland, OH\nThe purpose of this position is to plan, organize, and direct the operation of performance improvement efforts and programs and the execution strategy for strategic initiatives as identified by Kaiser Permanente Ohio (KPO) leadership.Advise on the overall development of programs for improvement and consult with various internal and external stakeholders on the execution of performance improvement initiatives. Stakeholders include local site leaders, staff physicians, labor partners, regional and national colleagues. Develop performance improvement educational tools that will support the successful achievement of KPO goals and objectives.Lead and provide expert support to the design, planning, communication, coordination, project team, implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation,and technical support for the improvement system.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilize KP's Performance Improvement Model including lean and six sigma theory to implement the Ohio region's quality improvement Program. Assist facility improvement advisors and teams with the development of improved standardized workflow, instructions and procedures. Ensure processes are transferred to operations at a facility level to create standardization and reduce variation. Facilitate decision-making, target setting, result expectations and prioritizations\n- Provide leadership toKP Ohio's Quality Improvement Project selection committee. Ensure that all regulatory and accreditation quality improvement requirements are met by the appropriate prioritization of projects and deadlines. Consult with various internal and external stakeholders on execution of performance improvement initiatives\n- Develop key business operational metrics, dashboards, and reports for process control, benchmarking, and management review. Work with internal and external clients to develop departmental evaluations and measurement tools in support of documented and collaboratively developed service level agreements\n- Train others on quality improvement principles and how to identify and prioritize initiatives. Manage individual and organization resistance to change. Develop or serve-up process improvement educational tools to support the achievement ofKP Ohio's goals and objectives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field\n- Lean Six SigmaBlack Belt\n- 8 years of related experience in Performance Improvement\n- Experience in Six Sigma and Lean principles\n- The ability to apply advanced principles, theories and concepts\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree\n- Experience with deep change management skills\n- Heath care industry or clinical experience and/or Exposure to Malcom Baldridge criteria preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576474/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Quality Improvement Consultant  (Lean Six Sigma Black Belt)", "reqid": "134863", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Cleveland, OH", "uid": 28576474}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Cytotechnologist\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo perform screening tests which aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other disease. These tests are complex, require the use of professional judgment and are performed under the indirect supervision of a pathologist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Examine cells microscopically and using professional judgment, detect cancer and other conditions on Pap smears and fluids from various body sites\n- Prepare written diagnostic reports and make recommendation for further evaluation or treatment\n- Meets minimum screening standard set for department. Perform QC procedures and document according to procedure\n- Review retrospective slide QC's as determined by Department Director\n- Correlate results with findings from pathology Document screening time, in compliance with regulatory requirements\n- Participate in teleconferences, CAP PAP PT'S and multi-level scope sessions and other educational opportunities provided to maintain microscopic skills and screening parameters\n- Perform other duties as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of approved structured program in Cytology or equivalent knowledge as defined by Federal/State Regulations\n- CT (ASCP)\n- Operation and basic maintenance of microscope\n- Good interpersonal and communication skills\n- Demonstrated verbal and written command of the English language\n- High School Diploma or GED\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of microscope work as a Cytotechnologist, including Gyn and non-Gyn\n- Bachelor's degree in Cytology or biological science field\n- Good interpersonal and communication skills\n- Ability to prioritize and organize\n- Evidence of continuing education\n- Willingness to present interesting cases or other areas of expertise in a classroom setting\n- Knowledge and skills sufficient to provide technical instructions on problems and advise others on cytologic techniques\n- Data entry skills\nSalary Range:\n$33.47 -$38.20", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576469/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cytotechnologist", "reqid": "134778", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28576469}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Service Director\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nPlans, organizes, directs, evaluates and coordinates inpatient nursing services and/or integrated outpatient- inpatient nursing services across the continuum of care within a Service Area or within a single medical center. Works w/ KFHP/H and the Medical Group staff developing strategic plans, providing quality care and cost effective services which are aligned w/ federal, state, and local regulations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates w/ other Service Directors in identifying and implementing innovative models and best practices, emphasizing service improvements and cost reduction.\n- Directs development and implementation of quality and utilization standards across the continuum of care to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services and cost effective utilization of necessary services.\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of the Health Plan contract and governmental and accrediting agencies.\n- Oversees the development of department standards as identified by regulatory agencies.\n- Develops services that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction w/ emphasis on customer service, highest standards of quality and innovation.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety and risk management issues.\n- May act as site administrator.\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes and the delivery of patient care and member services.\n- Directs the budget and resource allocations.\n- Manages the financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and services.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial nursing experience in patient care (usually eight (8) years).\n- Progressive management experience required (usually five (5) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field required.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576461/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Director", "reqid": "134598", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28576461}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Project Manager II [1]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576462/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II [1]", "reqid": "134740", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28576462}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder the direction& supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures,& assists in performing surgical& other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic& hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician\n- Provides patient & family with pre-operative & other pertinent education\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery & risk factor modification, procedures\n- Provides blood transfusion information\n- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures\n- Locates & utilizes x-rays, instruments & pertinent patient information\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, & abnormal physical findings\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures & other procedures consistent w/ the standards of care & practice guidelines\n- Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, &/or perform suturing\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians w/ evaluation & management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory & x-ray studies, & assists w/ technical management of patients\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction w/ social worker, pharmacist, & physical therapist & dictates discharge & transfer summaries in a timely manner\n\nSecondary Functions:\nThe PA/ First Assistant works in collaboration primarily with surgeons & support staff to provide specific functions in the role of First Assistant for the Perioperative Services Department in accordance w/ the purpose, philosophy & objectives of the services. During the intraoperative phase, the PA/ FA practices at the direction of the surgeon. This individual will work primarily within the Perioperative Services Department & be assigned cases by the Supervising Physician or his designee.\n- Reports to the Director of Surgical Specialties & the P.O.R.D.\n- Collaborates with the Perioperative Services staff & the surgeons to support clinical functions in the Perioperative Services Department as determined by the Chief of Surgery.\n- Access & evaluate pre & post-operative surgical patients\n- Generate history& physical from complete interview & examination\n- Using instruments/medical devices\n- Providing exposure\n- Handling &/or cutting tissue\n- Providing homeostasis & suturing\n- Assists in setting up surgical cases\n- Acts as Surgical First Assistant per scope of practice of role & consistent w/ standards of care & practice guidelines\n- Assists in setting up & operating complex surgical equipment to support the cases\n- Participates in TIME OUT for all surgical cases\n- Assists in the transport of the surgical patient to the PACU\n- Supports room clean up & turn over for cases they have been assigned\n- Completes other Perioperative tasks as assigned as appropriate\n- Depth, breadth & currency of knowledge in area of practice &demonstrates competency in selected technical skills\n- Identifies & solves problems effectively\n- Utilizes effective communication methods\n- Documents patient care in a timely, accurate & concise manner\n- Awareness & sensitivity to patient/family rights\n- Knowledge of safety principles\n- Participates in staff development activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.)& the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.)\n- BLS certification required\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date)\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc)\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- At least 1 year of the last 3 years as a PA in an acute care setting\n- At least two years of PA First Assisting in an acute care setting is required with direct OR or 1st Assistant experience\n- Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty\n- Prior recent experience in Neurosurgery is preferred\n- Experience in managing surgical disorders\n- Demonstrated ability to provide first assistance to primary surgeon in OR\n- Experience with invasive procedures, i.e. providing exposure,handling and/or cutting tissue, suturing and suture removal and wound debridment.\n- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team to include MDs, RNs, LVNs, Medical and Nursing Assistants, OR technicians, CRNAs& Clerical Staff\n\nSchedule: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM\n\nTues - Fri. Schedule may vary,will share on-call responsibilities for holidays, evening/nights and week-ends", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576460/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II", "reqid": "134504", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28576460}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT or PSWA or MFTA\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position is for the Child Team.\n- Position may be subjected to relocate to other Diablo Service Area sites.\n- Provide clinical treatment for children and families.\n- Expected to lead cognitive behavioral and/or dialectical behavior therapy group programs for children, adolescents and teens in a variety of diagnosis-specific curricula (eg; anxiety, depression, ASD, ADHD, panic disorder, post -traumatic stress disorder, etc-).\n- Provide group-based mental health services.\n- Duties consist of individual and group therapy along with case management, crisis evaluations, short-term therapy, hospital consultation, and working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.\n- Applicants are expected to be comfortable working with an ethnically and culturally diverse patient population.\n- Evening hours and evening/weekend hospital consultation (on-call) service is required per operational need.\n- Credentialing and Privileging approval is required for WCR Medical Centers.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources.\n- Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs.\n- May conduct evaluations in Medicare, Social Security, and state disability cases.\n- Weekend hours may be required. Hours may be subject to change due to operational needs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR MFT:\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required.\n- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California.\n- Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years)\nOR PSWA:\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\nOR MFTA:\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college or university.\n- Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire.\n\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred. \nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience providing case management services for child, adolescent and teen patients with the persistent and/or chronic mental illness.\n- Ability to conduct initial and ongoing DSM-based mental health evaluations and diagnoses.\n- Ability to provide crisis intervention, family-focused treatment planning, and conflict resolution service.\n- Ability to develop treatment plans and coordinate care across various internal and external service modalities.\n- Ability to complete and maintain computerized documentation of treatment services.\n- Participation in Department and Service Team meetings as well as educational activities as approved by Supervisor.\n- Ability to maintain current licensing status and complete related continuing education and KP-defined competency training.\n- Ability to also work with children, adolescents and their families would be beneficial, but not required.\n- Bilingual/ Bi-cultural strongly encouraged to apply.\n\nSchedule: Mon 10:00am - 5:00pm, Tues & Fri 8:00am - 5:30pm, Wed 11:00am - 7:30pm, Thurs 10:00am - 6:00pm", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576457/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT or PSWA or MFTA", "reqid": "133658", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28576457}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Dedicated Laboratory Sonographer I - Grade 852 (85)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes. A Dedicated Specialty Sonographer is defined as a Sonographer I or II, registered in one or two disciplines performed by the lab, whose permanent work assignment is in an area where the scope of practice and work is limited to ultrasound exams and procedures in one or two registry disciplines as defined by the ARDMS.\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Must have one ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) registry in any specialty.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- BLS certification.\n- Must demonstrate competence and perform the specialty routinely.\n\nSchedule: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM\n\nWed - Fri, weekend rotation as needed", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576456/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dedicated Laboratory Sonographer I - Grade 852 (85)", "reqid": "133414", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28576456}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Radiologic Technologist II\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, performs radiographic diagnostic imaging procedures to assist physicians in the diagnosis of disease and injuries. Operates the radiographic equipment to produce radiographic recorded images of the body. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs specialized and routine diagnostic radiology procedures.\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for diagnostic imaging procedures.\n- Adjusts immobilization devices to obtain optimum views of specified area of body requested by physician.\n- Determines exposure factors based on height, weight, portion of body involved, and degree on penetration required.\n- Moves imaging equipment into specified position.\n- Adjusts equipment controls to set exposure factors and produce images of proper detail, density, and accuracy.\n- Operates mobile radiologic equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.\n- Assists radiologists and other qualified physicians who have a valid CA DHS RHB Supervisor Operator Permit for Fluoroscopy in fluoroscopic and special x-ray examinations.\n- Prepares images for reading by radiologist or requesting physician.\n- Processes images and reviews for proper identification and quality control.\n- Performs routine maintenance, diagnoses malfunctions, and makes minor repairs on radiologic equipment, arranging for repairs as needed.\n- Practices radiation protection techniques to minimize radiation to patient and staff.\n- Completes forms and maintains records, logs, and reports of work performed.\n- Orients new staff and trains students.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Radiologic Technologist License (CRT).\n- California State Fluoroscopy Permit.\n- California Venipuncture Certificate (1).\n- California Mammography Certificate, when required for the position.\n- BLS certification required. (ACLS when required for the position.)\n- Ability to perform all general diagnostic and routine fluoroscopic duties as determined by the employer.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n- (1) Radiologic Technologists without Venipuncture Certification - Working in a Modality where Venipuncture is NOT performed: Radiologic Technologists working on or before October 2005 at Kaiser Permanente WITHOUT California Venipuncture Certification in a Modality where it is NOT performed as part of their work assignment will not be required to obtain it. For promotions, transfers or training in a Specialty that requires Venipuncture, the Technologist must obtain CA Venipuncture certification on or before the date of application. The employer will provide the Technologist with education opportunities in order to pass the California permit test at the Technologist's request.\n\n\nSchedule: Shifts and days of the week may vary, must be willing to travel to multiple facilities for work assignments.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576455/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiologic Technologist II", "reqid": "133381", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28576455}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Nutrition Partner - Grade 110\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder direct supervision, performs a variety of tasks to ensure proper set up & delivery of meals & supplies for patient & non-patient food service and receives food & supplies & stores in appropriate storage areas. Processes information related to nutritional care of patients. Collects, maintains, & communicates data relative to patient's dietary requirements & operational needs of the department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Collects patient meal & snack choices according to diet order (MNT) in writing or via handheld electronic device, assuring the patient's age specific, food allergy, religious, cultural & food preference needs are accommodated\n- Resolves problems & concerns utilizing the patient care team, registered dietitian, nutrition clerk or management\n- Prints documents using CBORD software on PC Prepares tray tickets for tray-line & collects food & supplies for service\n- Assembles patient meals (tray line) & snacks accurately according to diet order, tray ticket, snack label or other protocol and measures food portions into individual servings\n- Delivers meals & snacks, stores properly &/or heats & serves trays to proper patient and deliver & store non-patient meals, catering or other assigned food & supplies\n- Receives & stores product deliveries such as groceries, tube feedings, supplements, office supplies, equipment, paper goods, etc\n- Organizes new products in proper location behind older products (First In, First Out), discards dented products, extra cardboard or garbage, and labels any goods or products as assigned Inspects delivery & reviews invoice for accuracy & proper condition of goods & signs invoice if authorized to do so\n- Stocks assigned areas w/ products such as condiments, paper goods, food, beverages, &chemicals according to defined par levels or procedures. Stocking may include floor nourishments, tray line supplies, printer paper supplies, chemical dispensers, etc. and organizes & cleans & sanitizes assigned pantry, kitchen surfaces & equipment according to defined procedures as frequently as assigned\n- Records all assigned data such as food storage temperatures, dishwasher temperatures, pH levels, meal counts, late trays, etc. & logs data in proper area\nAssures temperatures or other data are w/in assigned range & follows up w/ action & documentation when out of range\n- Documents equipment malfunctions according to facility procedure\n- Monitors pertinent patient information such as admission, discharge, transfer, diet order changes\n- Initiates all follow up based on the data such as adding a tray ticket, changing a room on a meal, adding a fluid restriction etc\n- Reviews diet related status of patients' nutritional care via CBORD software system & updates menus, tray tickets, nourishments, tube feeding, preferences, according to facility protocol to assure nutritional adequacy, age specific, cultural, religious needs are met, & avoids potential food-drug interactions\n- Organizes test meals for compliance w/ current prescribed diet order as assigned\n- Files required documents such as delivery logs, orders, patient census, diet order census, etc\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six months experience in nutritional services department/diet office in an acute care or skilled nursing facility desirable or one year other food service experience\n- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)\n- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred\n- Data entry skills utilizing Word or Excel database systems\n- Data entry skills utilizing Palm Pilot desirable\n- Ability to draft short correspondence desirable\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other individuals within the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSchedule: On-Call\n\nHours of work may vary between 5:30 AM - 2:00 PM, 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM,and 3:30PM - 7:30 PM\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576453/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nutrition Partner - Grade 110", "reqid": "133239", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28576453}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Nursing Work Study Intern\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Nursing Work-Study intern is a registered nursing student who practices at the level they have achieved in their nursing curriculum, under the supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Working under the direct supervision of an RN preceptor employed by the facility, the student plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for a selected group of clients. Emphasis is placed on refining previously learned nursing skills and strengthening organizational skills, priority setting and sound clinical decision-making.\n- Nursing Work-Study Interns must maintain an active enrollment in the work study course described above and are expected to complete all course assignments and requirements. Any student who ceases to be currently and actively enrolled in the nursing work study course will be ineligible to participate.\n- HOURS: Students must commit to working predetermined number of hours per week (variable by semester) for the duration of the course. Weekends and evenings may be required.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Senior level standing in a Bachelor of Science, Nursing degree program.\n- Senior student in good standing currently enrolled in a CA BRN approved Nursing Work-Study course in an affiliating BSN program.\n- Successful completion of usual BSN clinical rotations preceding the senior level.\n- Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0.\n- BLS required.\n\n\nSchedule: Part-time, Temporary, 24 hr/wk, Expected Length of Employment (June 2012 - August 2012)", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576438/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Work Study Intern", "reqid": "132969", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28576438}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Nursing Work Study Intern\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Nursing Work-Study intern is a registered nursing student who practices at the level they have achieved in their nursing curriculum, under the supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Working under the direct supervision of an RN preceptor employed by the facility, the student plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for a selected group of clients. Emphasis is placed on refining previously learned nursing skills and strengthening organizational skills, priority setting and sound clinical decision-making.\n- Nursing Work-Study Interns must maintain an active enrollment in the work study course described above and are expected to complete all course assignments and requirements. Any student who ceases to be currently and actively enrolled in the nursing work study course will be ineligible to participate.\n- HOURS: Students must commit to working predetermined number of hours per week (variable by semester) for the duration of the course. Weekends and evenings may be required.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Senior level standing in a Bachelor of Science, Nursing degree program.\n- Senior student in good standing currently enrolled in a CA BRN approved Nursing Work-Study course in an affiliating BSN program.\n- Successful completion of usual BSN clinical rotations preceding the senior level.\n- Minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0.\n- BLS required.\n\n\nSchedule: Part-time, Temporary, 24 hr/wk, Expected Length of Employment (June 2012 - August 2012)", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576439/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Work Study Intern", "reqid": "132971", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28576439}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3 (W12-41) - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe cashier/receptionist is a member of the health care dept team who functions under the direction guidance & supervision of the dept mgr, assistant mgr, or designee. The position greets & checks in all patients reporting to the medical office in a professional & courteous manner. This position is responsible for accurate check-in, check-out where applicable, info capture & revenue collection per procedures. Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients w/ questions & concerns. Requires extensive use of the computer. \nEssential Functions:\n- Follow approp patient registration/check-in policies & procedures\n- Verify and/or update all demographic info\n- Working knowledge of Health Plan coverage types, for example (but not limited to) traditional, deductible, etc\n- Check in patients by following check-in policies & procedures & using the check-in systems or manual visit records when the systems are down\n- Determine patient's membership/benefits according to the benefit display\n- Create accounts as necessary\n- Capture & populate workers' compensation data on the correct screens & select the correct coverage as necessary\n- Manage electronic in-basket\n- Use notes function where applicable to document prepayments\n- Obtain a patient medical record number when necessary\n- Order Health Plan cards as needed\n- Collect co-pays & fees, inform patients of available payment options\n- Generate approp encounter forms per procedure electronically or manually if the system is down\n- Direct patients to approp area after the check-in process is completed\n- Check out patients by following checkout policies & procedures & using the checkout systems or manual visit records when the systems are down, if applicable\n- Follow approp procedures when registering exception-type patients such as non-members, out-of-area health plan members, Medicare, Media-Cal, & industrial patients\n- Initiate & complete required forms for all appts per policy\n- Access necessary info from the fee schedule to determine approp fees based on CPT-4 and/or service codes in order to collect approp revenue\n- Referring to other dept & administrative services for further info, e.g., Member Services, Medical Secretaries, & Business Office\n- Initiating & completing approp forms as needed, for e.g., Release Of Info, Patient Financial Responsibility\n- Tracking referrals to specialty care by utilizing the consultation/referral system as needed in those areas where this responsibility currently exists for the individual in this classification where this responsibility is not part of an existing position, it cannot be added w/out written agreement as part of the LMP\n- Demonstrate knowledge of & application to Patient Admin Appt Registration\n- Maintain the patient will-call area box if applicable\n- Communicate w/ clinical & business office staff as needed\n- Handle cash according to the Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement (CHRA)\n- Comply w/ all applicable cash handling policies & procedures (see reference list)\n- The registration designee is responsible for the safekeeping of change funds, all revenue collected during the shift, all assigned revenue documents, & all keys assigned for cash control\n- Obtain, secure, & ensure sufficient denominations to provide change\n- Reconcile shift & deposit funds according to the CHRA\n- Use correct procedures to document & report discrepancies\n- Working towards positive operational outcomes\n- Perform other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of work experience\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Basic knowledge and use of computer and computer keyboard\n- Passing of a PC skills assessment\n- Ability to read and follow instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Communicate with health care providers, staff, patients and visitors\n- Professional phone etiquette\n- Ability to multi-task, organize, manage time and prioritize workflow in a complex environment\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to the detailed responsibilities outlined in the appropriate (United Healthcare Workers - West) Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement\n\nSkills testing: PC skills\n\nSchedule: Wed 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Thurs & Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576430/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3 (W12-41) - Temporary", "reqid": "132059", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28576430}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Undgrad Level Student Temp (SYEP Assistant)\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nUnder supervision assists in the provision of information, maintenance of databases, report production and routine data analysis. Work is reviewed for completeness, accuracy and soundness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Examples of project support include: Collects, prepares and tracks reports and summaries such as: budget to actual expenditures, production statistics, and utilization of services and statistical records of performance.\n- Performs a variety of data collection and analysis assignments.\n- Prepares ad hoc data requests as directed.\n- Prepares and/or formats graphs, spreadsheets and reports by utilizing office software.\n- May be asked to maintain databases on a regular basis by entering data and preparing data extracts.\n- May extract information from different sources to compile data.\n- Executes existing queries for established reports.\n- Schedules conference calls and meeting.\n- Contributes to the development of presentations materials.\n- Provides administrative and project support as assigned such as copying, filing, entering and extracting data.\n- Engages in and supports project work.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Prepares/complies detailed analysis of activities related to Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).\n- Provides clerical support to On-Site Coordinator.\n- Responds to inquires from employees/managers regarding SYEP.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Prior office experience desirable.\n- Current enrollment in an accredited college or university program, or recent graduate.\n- Excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite - excel, word, access and powerpoint.\n- Proficient with a variety of software applications.\n- Knowledge of Access and database experience desirable.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Basic administrative/secretarial or comparable experience\n- Customer service experience\n- Intermediate arithmetic, reading and writing skills\n\n***Expected length of employment: at least8 weeks***", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576429/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Undgrad Level Student Temp (SYEP Assistant)", "reqid": "131421", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28576429}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Emergency (ED) Clerk, Grade 4\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- The ED Registration Clerk is a member of the Health Care team who functions under the direction, guidance and supervision of the Department Manager, Assistant Manager or designee.\n- The ED Registration Clerk greets and checks in all patients reporting to the ED in a professional and courteous manner.\n- This position is responsible for accurate check-in; check out, information capture and revenue collection per procedures.\n- Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients with questions and concerns.\n- Requires extensive use of the computer.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma\n- Six (6) months experience in a hospital/clerical setting or medical office.\n- Typing of 40 wpm.\n- Medical Terminology Test required.\n- Ability to work accurately with a high volume of work in a fast paced setting.\n- Demonstrate and maintain professional conduct to include dealing courteously, tactfully, and patiently with patients, co-workers, and consumers.\n- Knowledge of CICS/REGP.\n- Reception and cash handling experience.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Medical terminology (able to pass standardized test), and typing speed 40wpm\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 32 hours per week, Evening shifts: 7:00pm to 3:30am.\nWeek 1: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday\nWeek 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:10:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576428/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency (ED) Clerk, Grade 4", "reqid": "130739", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28576428}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (W12-15)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or Designee\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department\n- Records information in patients' medical record\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- Customer Service:\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment:\n- Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance\n- Takes accountability for own actions\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six months experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship\n- High School Diploma or GED\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California\n- BLS certification\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience\n- Ability to use personal computer\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576420/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (W12-15)", "reqid": "122795", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28576420}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "White Marsh", "description": "Title: Float Pool Pharmacy Technician II - FT\nLocation: White Marsh, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nThis Float Technician has a home center of White Marsh, but is used throughout the entire Baltimore Medical Center.\n\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights,weekends and holidays.\n- Sunday & Monday 8:00am - 11:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday 8:00am - 1:30am.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576404/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Float Pool Pharmacy Technician II - FT", "reqid": "134825", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "White Marsh, MD", "uid": 28576404}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Business Analyst - FT\nLocation: Reston, VA\nTo research, comply, & perform data analysis from regional department databases including but not limited to the pharmacy system, lab, radiology, encounter membership & referral systems for the preparation of management reports for financial, utilization, & outcome analysis for management information & budgetary purposes. To ensure data quality & integrity exists in information extracted to other data warehouse universes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults & works w/ Pharmacy analysis supervisor to develop & compile ad-hoc & standard reports for clinical & pharmacy departments.\n- Extracts data from data sources using Business Objects, Infomaker, & MCPS.\n- Develops & compiles reports in support of current program initiatives related to conversions & formulary management.\n- Designs & prepares trend analyses of prescribing patterns & drug utilization.\n- Coordinates reports & analyses for other regional customers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience developing spreadsheets & graphs using Microsoft Excel required.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, health science administration, or an equivalent combination of education & experience (additional 4 years) required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of relevant experience in pharmacy or health care preferred.\n- 2 years of experience designing & developing databases & queries using Microsoft Access are preferred.\n- 1 year of experience w/ SQL/Oracle preferred.\n- Knowledge of Business Objects preferred.\n- Working knowledge of MCPS preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576402/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Business Analyst - FT", "reqid": "134826", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 28576402}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician I - FT\nLocation: Reston, VA\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- The available shifts are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 1:00am with rotational/variable weekends and holidays from 8:45am - 9:30pm (8 Hour shift). The hours are subject\nto change at any time.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience in pharmacy.\n- High school diploma or GED.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacy nomenclature & calculations.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Effective interpersonal & communication skills.\n- Excellent customer service skill, with flexibility is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576405/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician I - FT", "reqid": "134886", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 28576405}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Clinical Pharmacist (Anticoagulation) - OC\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nProvides customer focused clinical pharmaceutical care which includes but is not restricted to primary care & anticoagulation services. Communicates w/ providers to influence optimal drug information to patients & health care providers. Participates in patient & provider educational programs to positively impact patient compliance & provider prescribing practices. Oversees & directs pharmacy technician staff in the execution of technical functions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supports utilization management initiatives as assigned.\n- Assesses clinical outcomes.\n- Provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to members enrolled in clinical pharmacy services including anticoagulation.\n- Demonstrates the ability to problem solve.\n- Critically analyzes drug literature & lay press to provide drug information to health professionals & members.\n- Committed to Target Drug Programs & cost-effective prescribing initiatives.\n- Demonstrates clinical pharmacy knowledge & high motivation to seek continuing education to keep abreast of current drug therapies.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations specific to:\no Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\no State Board of Pharmacy\no HIPAA\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\n** This position will be located at Penderbrook until September and then moved to Springfield **\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of clinical practical experience.\n- Graduation from an accredited college or school of pharmacy.\n- Licensed to practice in assigned jurisdiction is required.\n- Computer literate w/ common word processing, spreadsheet & database computer software & applications.\n- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, presentation & written communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PharmD degree w/ clinical pharmacy residency training preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576403/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Pharmacist (Anticoagulation) - OC", "reqid": "134838", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28576403}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ashburn", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Supervisor - FT\nLocation: Ashburn, VA\nManages pharmacy operations for specified pharmacy service & provides leadership to ensure caring, comprehensive, efficient, economical & consistently high quality service in accordance w/ the departmental standards & government laws & regulations. This position has all supervisory, managerial, & administrative responsibilities including hiring, training, evaluating, disciplining, & terminating staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Oversees workflow processes, provides work direction & coordinates the activities of all pharmacists & support personnel including ensuring of appropriate scheduling of personnel to meet customer service, performance & quality assurance objectives.\n- Develops & communicates service, performance & quality assurance expectations & sets goals w/ staff which are consistent w/ department & regional goals & objectives; provides feedback & follow up.\n- Facilitates organizational change & conflict resolution.\n- Interviews, selects, hires, orients, instructs, trains, counsels, evaluates, disciplines & terminates staff.\n- Monitors & evaluates existing service levels, systems, procedures & practices.\n- Recommends appropriate changes or additions as required consistent w/ the department's goals & objectives.\n- Coordinates & manages the budgetary needs.\n- Collaborates w/ facility medical & nursing personnel on regional initiatives relative to the delivery of services.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & KP's policies & procedures & professional practice standards which include but are not limited to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration\n- State Boards of Pharmacy\n- HIPAA\n- Principles of Responsibility\n- Proper use of KP personal computers & applications\n- Supports development & implements policies & procedures relating to pharmacy operations & professional practice standards & implements department initiatives consistent w/ program goals & objectives.\n- Resolves daily operational problems & performs the general duties of a pharmacist.\n- Promotes loyalty & morale by creating a climate that encourages professional development, individual creativity, innovation & a high level of productivity.\n- Seeks training to further develop supervisory skills & assume additional management responsibility.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of pharmacist experience or 1 year as assistant pharmacy supervisor required.\n- 1 year of personnel management/supervisor experience required.\n- BS in Pharmacy or PharmD required.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in assigned jurisdiction required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of formulary process, inventory & cash control procedures required. If applicable, demonstrated knowledge & experience w/ IV, chemotherapy, &/or allergy admixture & sterile technique procedures also required.\n- Knowledge of federal & state laws as they pertain to pharmacy required.\n- Effective interpersonal, oral, & written communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience w/ KP preferred.\n- Advanced degree in business or health care administration preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576406/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "134896", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Ashburn, VA", "uid": 28576406}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Cardiovascular Technician II - FT\nLocation: Largo, MD\nUnder general supervision & direction of the cardiologist performs non-invasive diagnostic procedures such as electrocardiograms, stress tests, & Holter monitors. Explains procedures to patients & monitors response to tests.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares equipment & materials used in diagnostic procedures.\n- Obtains patient history from cardiologist & from patient as directed by cardiologist.\n- Explains diagnostic procedures to patients.\n- Places monitoring devices onto patient for procedures such as electrocardiogram & stress test.\n- Operates diagnostic equipment & records the patient's response for review by cardiologist.\n- Recognizes adverse chest pain or arrhythmia associated w/ stress testing & obtains immediate assistance.\n- Applies Holter monitor as directed by cardiologist & explains ambulatory electrocardiogram to patient.\n- Maintains accurate records of diagnostic procedures.\n- Enters medical reports into computer system.\n- Identifies the need to repair cardiac diagnostic equipment & obtains appropriate assistance.\n- Cleans equipment & keeps procedure rooms clean & properly stocked.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\n** Travel may be required to cover service line needs **\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a cardiology technician.\n- High School diploma or equivalent.\n- Completion of EKG interpretation courses.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576408/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cardiovascular Technician II - FT", "reqid": "134909", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28576408}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Colesville", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant - FT\nLocation: Colesville, MD\nWork as part of a multidisciplinary team in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment & rehabilitation of disorders that produce temporary or permanent function impairment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients & render care, w/ in the scope of practice outlined by state statue, in an outpatient setting.\n- Perform examination of patients, obtain/document information regarding patient history & assist in procedures in the outpatient setting.\n- Teach, counsel & assist patients & families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities & preventative behaviors.\n- Evaluated & modify healthcare plans as related to patient compliance & outcomes, independently & under the supervision of a physician.\n- Order, perform & interpret screening & diagnostic procedures & test, & appropriately communicate & document information.\n- Maintain detailed & confidential medical records in accordance w/ established protocol.\n- Ensure regulatory compliance.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 1 year of experience as a Physician Assistant in an acute care setting.\n- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant training program.\n- Board Certification from NCCPA - renewed every 6 years\n- State licensure valid in jurisdiction where assigned\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required\n- Enrollment in PECOS required\n- Written practice agreement with a supervising physician (on file in the Kaiser Permanente\n- Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) and the appropriate State Board)\n- Current or pending prescription authority including DEA & CLS required if authorized to prescribe controlled substances.\n- Current BLS & ACLS certification from American Heart Association.\n- The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (ie. at hospitals and ASC) and clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.\n- Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.\n- See Functional & Environmental Evaluation (FEE) Form.\n- This is a physically and emotionally demanding job requiring significant commitment to learning new skills as well as prolonged standing (up to 6 hours at an operation table)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor degree preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576409/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant - FT", "reqid": "134920", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Colesville, MD", "uid": 28576409}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Surgery Scheduling Representative II - OC\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nCoordinates scheduling between members, surgeons, external providers, Kaiser Permanente &/or non-Kaiser Permanente Contracted facilities & vendors according to established surgery scheduling protocols & policies.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules surgeries utilizing established scheduling guidelines w/ consideration of factors such as his-torical procedure length & operating room availability.\n- Reviews information associated w/ surgery case to ensure surgery is scheduled correctly & takes im-mediate action if further intervention required.\n- Collaborates & partners proactively w/ surgeons & departmental chiefs to ensure that surgeries are ac-curately scheduled in timely & effectively manner.\n- Make scheduling decisions that maximizes efficiency & utilization.\n- Accurately enters data associated w/ surgery in timely manner in appropriate systems & other data-bases.\n- Initiates & maintains contact w/ member throughout the scheduling process; conveys information con-cerning date of surgery & related appointments; refers medical related questions to the appropriate healthcare team or provider.\n- Verifies completeness & accuracy of surgical request form, including patient demographics, procedure description, venue request, & time request.\n- Prioritizes each procedure in accordance w/ established guidelines including severity of case, age of patient, & length of time on the waiting list.\n- Confirms that member's benefit plan covers intended procedure & that referral has been entered.\n- Collaborates w/ the Ambulatory Surgery Center team leads to ensure appropriate & accurate schedul-ing.\n- Collaborates extensively w/ each Kaiser Permanente Surgery Scheduler to assure maximum utilization of block time in each OR venue.\n- Prepares surgery confirmation letters.\n- Assures that durable medical equipment that will be needed by patient is available.\n- Proactively identify issues & works w/ others to resolve them.\n- Assists in collection of data elements for Surgical Department reporting.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of surgery scheduling experience or the equivalent is required (e.g., working in physician office & performing scheduling activities).\n- High school diploma or equivalent is required\n- Demonstrated customer service skills.\n- Demonstrated medical terminology knowledge required.\n- Knowledge of surgical procedures required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Associate degree in related medical field preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576407/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgery Scheduling Representative II - OC", "reqid": "134908", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 28576407}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant - FT\nLocation: Largo, MD\nTo provide direct care to surgical patients under the supervision of a physician/ surgeon.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assist Surgeon during surgical procedure by carrying out surgical functions as directed by the surgeon in order to ensure optimal results to the patient.\n- Provide comprehensive evaluation, management, & care of pre and post operative patients. Develop comprehensive plan of care & review w/supervising physician.\n- Participate in patient education specific to surgical procedures & post-operative care.\n- Determine, order, interpret & document appropriate tests, treatments & drug prescriptions.\n- Assist in surgical rounds at hospital.\n- Collaborate with the physician & other clinical staff members to maintain continuity of care.\n- Refer patients to supervising physician or, w/ physician agreement, to other health/ professionals as appropriate.\n- Participate in developing, reviewing & revising medical / surgical protocols.\n- Participate in training of staff & students as necessary or indicated.\n- Integrates the principles of patient safety & quality care into daily practice.\n- Perform other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduation from an accredited PA program.\n- Bachelor's degree required.\n- Board Certification from NCCPA - renewed every 6 years.\n- State licensure valid in jurisdiction where assigned.\n- DEA number required if practice agreement authorized prescribing of controlled substances.\n- Written delegation agreement with supervising physician on file with Kaiser Permanente Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) & the appropriate state Board of Medicine.\n- Current CPR certification required from the American Heart Association.\n- NPI required.\n- The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (ie. at hospitals and ASC) & clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.\n- Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of assisting in surgical specialty experience preferred; experience preferred in specialty to which assigned.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576410/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant - FT", "reqid": "134923", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28576410}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Facility Operations Manager - South Baltimore\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\n*Primary base location is South Baltimore scheduled to open in 2013*\n\nTo ensure the smooth day to day operation of a facility to provide Primary, Specialty & Ancillary services to our members as needed. Partners w/ Physician site lead to grow & develop membership, implement system changes, manage facility projects, develop smooth interdepartmental workflows, & serves as a liaison w/ various regional departments.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Partners w/ Physician Site Leader to create the most effective patient flow, improve functioning of ancillary services (radiology, pharmacy & lab) & interdepartmental collaboration & workflows\n- Ensures the medical center is open, all facility equipment is running (HVAC, elevators, lights, telecom, etc) & works w/ Department managers or directors to ensure each department is staffed\n- Manages all non payroll budget w/in the facility & facility based payroll budget (FSS, Material Coordinator, etc)\n- Is responsible for the successful implementation of major technology & other system implementations\n- Partners w/ Physician Site lead to build relationships in the community in order to grow membership\n- Partners w/ Physician Site Leader to maximize space utilization, signage & maintenance of capitol to provide the best experience for our patients\n- Is accountable for successful implementation of facility & capital projects\n- Presents center based quality & service outcomes to foster healthy competition between facilities\n- Provides on site leadership in partnership w/ Physician Site Leader during disasters & crisis management at a facility level\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Site leads to lead Situation Management Teams\n- Notifies Department Director of service issues or poor support staff performance in terms of timeliness or behavioral issues in the departments w/in their center.\n- Serves a local leadership role for LMP, customer service or other member issues\n- Is responsible for EH&S, MSDS, Point of Care testing\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 3 years of experience in a health care delivery organization required.\n- A minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience in facility operations required; degree preferred in the following fields: health care administration, business administration, engineering or related areas.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Previous experience in a managed care setting preferred.\n- Seeking flexibility with base location.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576412/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Facility Operations Manager - South Baltimore", "reqid": "134943", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28576412}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodbridge", "description": "Title: VA Clinical Pharmacy Specialist II - PT\nLocation: Woodbridge, VA\nProvides customer focused comprehensive pharmaceutical care services for patients w/ complex medication problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides pharmacotherapy consultation & follow up of patients w/ complex medical problems.\n- Assesses the drug therapy needs of patients & monitors progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education & clinical laboratory monitoring.\n- Makes timely decisions about patient drug treatment modalities w/in guidelines & protocols & communicates regularly w/ health care providers.\n- Documents all clinical interventions & drug information requests using appropriate methods.\n- Communicates new medication therapies to pharmacists, physicians & other health care providers.\n- Develops drug education plans & strategies to promote cost-effective prescribing in area of expertise including communication of initiatives to providers & staff.\n- Supports initiatives to achieve HEDIS targeted disease state goals related to drug therapy.\n- Acts as preceptor & mentor of the managed care pharmacy practice resident(s) & pharmacy students where applicable. Evaluates & critiques students & residents abilities in established practice rotations through use of learning goals & objectives.\n- Develops & delivers pharmaceutical education lectures to staff & patients.\n- Demonstrates continued competency in specialty areas of pharmacy practice.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & Kaiser Permanente's policies & procedures to include but not limited to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\n- State Boards of Pharmacy\n- HIPAA\n- Principles of Responsibility\n- Proper use of Kaiser Permanente personal computers & applications\n- Oversees pharmacy technician staff in execution of technical functions where applicable\n- Takes lead role in implementation of new drug-related initiatives, establishment of new clinical pharmacy services as requested, & Part D MTM activities w/ clinical pharmacists.\n- Participates in research activities\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of 1 year residency related to practice area or 3 years of equivalent clinical practice experience required.\n- Pharmacy doctorate degree required.\n- Licensed Pharmacist to practice in assigned jurisdiction (s) required.\n- Board certification (US-BCPS preferred) must be current or achieved within three years of starting this position\n- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications\n- Specialty residency preferred.\n- Experience with using Microsoft Excel, Access and Power Point preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576411/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "VA Clinical Pharmacy Specialist II - PT", "reqid": "134930", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Woodbridge, VA", "uid": 28576411}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Data Architect\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nData and Application Architecture at Kaiser Permanente are key elements of the Enterprise Architecture function and is primarily focused on application, database, system, and infrastructure information and application interaction. It aligns with the Information Management and Strategy function and other business information domains. It is concerned with the identification, definition, and creation of architecture artifacts associated with reference architectures, blueprints, patterns, information as a service, logical and physical information and data models, interaction diagrams, standards, technical stacks, governance, and technology obsolesce planning and management. This includes the support of data governance, repository standards, information infrastructure, and core information management capabilities such as: developing Information Models for Data Exchange and Persistence, Master Data Management, data capacity management, indexing and searching across structured and unstructured data in our federated enterprise, data lifecycle management, reporting, data security, data quality management, meta data management, and enterprise content management.\nEssential Functions:\nInfluence technology decisions & directions for the aligned Line of Business. Must have good business acumen, broad knowledge of technologies & tools and be a subject matter expert in certain areas\nApply architectural principles, guidelines, standards, reference architecture, patterns & frameworks to deliver consistent and cost effective frameworks for re-use as wells solution architecture consulting.\nDevelop research on emerging technologies, try them out and propose how such will significantly impact how to deliver KP's business through technology.\nHands-on experience is a must in Proof of Technologies and prototypes, with proven track record.\nParticipate in and/or conduct architectural, design and code reviews.\nAssess industry standards for information models, and where appropriate incorporate them into our information architecture standards.\nDevelop data management strategy and process around data governance, custody, stewardship and security\nDefine and identify reference data, and provide strategy and process to harmonize Master Data creation and access across the enterprise\nDefine a Meta-Data strategy to describe and administer data, and provide data lineage tracking ability\nDevelop and maintain data interoperability standards and interfaces\nDevelop processes for data migration and integration between systems\nDevelop a strategy classify data for its most effective and efficient use\nCreate processes for Data Life Cycle management\nSpecify data validation, verification and reconciliation strategies\nDefine processes for Data Virtualization, using Service-oriented technologies.\nDefine data workflow as it transforms into information\nCommunicate with Business Stakeholders and Health IT Standards groups within the organization\nCollaborate and communicate with team members in other areas of IT like Informatics, Data Administration, and Technology Infrastructure\nCollaborate with other enterprise architecture domains to develop comprehensive solution architectures that include the information perspective\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n10 years information technology experience\n5 years of data/applicationarchitecture experience\nExperience with multiple RDBMS platforms and physical database schema design, including relational and dimensional modeling\nExperience with SOA, legacy system modernization, web/eCommerce, B2B, CRM, and/or ERP technologies\nThe ability to use UML and architecture patterns to convey core architecture concepts as part of an oral presentation to the both technical and non-technical executive leadership is required.\nExperience working in large organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent years of experience", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576395/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Architect", "reqid": "134784", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28576395}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Chief of Staff to VP, Office of the CIO\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the Strategic Initiatives & Operations organization will provide a wide variety of professional support to the Vice President, including coordinating activities with direct reports to the VP, representing the VP at meetings when required and appropriate, advising the VP and her leadership team - providing extensive professional assistance, project management and recommendation. This individual will also support issue resolution, supervision of staff as assigned by the VP, developing key relationships with business and IT partners and possess exceptional analytical and communication skills.\n\nThe individual will be a senior member of the SI&O leadership team and expected to participate in developing strategies and making key decisions regarding organizational development. The Chief of Staff will be responsible for coordinating planning across the organization to ensure consistent adherence to standard processes, tools and reporting standards. This individual will partner with IT Finance in managing the SI&O budget and forecast, partner with IT Human Resources in developing the People Strategy, and other leaders with Employee Development, Performance Management, and Compensation Planning.\n\n\nPRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES\nProgram manage special projects for the VP, SI&O - including development of strategies, business cases, event planning, and facilitation of executive discussions. Program management includes oversight of resources, planning / scheduling of activities, and delivery of major milestones. Ensure that work is performed at the highest quality and within the project timeline.\n\nPartner with Human Resources and the VIP, SI&O to address people issues and to develop strategic programs that support 'Best Place to Work' for our employees. This includes working with the IT HR Consultant to implement employee and leadership development programs, support the location strategy and be the liaison between the VP, SI&O and her leadership team.\n\nHave a working knowledge of each SI&O team function and establish relationship with the SI&O leadership team. This includes understanding potential risks, issues and resource plan for each organization that will be incorporated into the SI&O financial forecast. Ensure that each team will meet or exceed organizational functional goals.\n\nPartner with IT Finance in understanding the organizational budget and forecast, and ensuring that SI&O meets or exceeds financial goals.\n\nThought partnership for the VP, SI&O in brainstorming solutions, resolving organizational issues and addressing personnel problems.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Master's degree in a related field and/or 6 years of equivalent work experience.\n - Minimum of 8 or more years of progressively responsible management experience in planning, budget/financial management, and staffing.\n - A minimum of 8 years of related IT experience including IT Project Management.\n - Demonstrated success in working in highly-matrixed, program/product development areas.\n - Good track record of significant accomplishment in a senior leadership role, preferably with heath care experience.\n - Seasoned IT leader experienced in leading successful development and implementation of large complex programs / projects with cross functional representation.\n - Demonstrated experience in successfully managing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple business units. This includes the identification and articulation of problems, influencing decision-making process, as well as delivery of expected results.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576391/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chief of Staff to VP, Office of the CIO", "reqid": "133535", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28576391}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Systems Programming Lead, Identity and Access Management\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nKP Information Security Identity and Access Management is seeking an Engineering Lead with proven experience using identity, access and role management technologies to integrate user authentication and account provisioning among enterprise applications, directories and security systems. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to perform self-directed work within a team environment.\n\nJob Role:\nThe Systems Programming Lead role includes the design, development, installation, integration, testing and performance monitoring of IAM systems software products and applications. Also includes systems development and ongoing engineering and higher level support. You'll work with developers, QA teams, Operations and project managers. You will develop strategies and communications for internal and external stakeholders, and lead efforts as necessary.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Robust knowledge of Identity and Access management processes, technologies, and how they integrate\n- Perform detailed analysis of systems and develop recommendations for improvement\n- Partner with key business stakeholders to improve the overall quality of identity data\n- Manage release branches\n- Build and sanity test release binaries\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor degree or higher with an emphasis in Computer Science or related discipline (or additional 4 years of relevant work experience)\n- 8 or more years of experience in Engineering, Identity Management, and/or Information Security, including 3-5 years in a Lead or Architect role\n- Proven track record of stabilizing large, complex implementations and implementing engineering best practices\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a strong ability to conceptualized and document complex systems for non-technical audiences\n- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills\n- Passionate about improving business processes through developing tools and automation\n- Knowledge of Identity Management applications (Oracle Identity Manager, Tivoli Identity Manager, Sun Identity Manager, or similar)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience designing and integrating business processes and workflows with IT services (BPEL, Oracle SOA Suite) in the context of Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) and Oracle Identity Analytics (OIA) product suite.\n- Solid experience customizing and maintaining identity management and provisioning platforms (OIM / TIM / Sun Identity)\n- Experience implementing and configuring Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher and WebLogic\n- Knowledge of LDAP technologies (Tivoli Enterprise Directory, Active Directory)\n- Knowledge of Authorization technologies (BitKOO, Oracle Entitlements Server, or similar)\n- Successful track record architecting, designing and developing J2EE/JEE web applications\n- Knowledge of Access Management applications (Oracle Access Manager, CA Siteminder)\n- Strong understanding of information security fundamentals in the identity and access management space\n- Clear understanding of application development best practices, with a focus on Java technologies\n- Working knowledge of access management platforms (TAM, OAM, SiteMinder or similar)\n- Intimate understanding of RDBMS and LDAP technologies\n- Proven experience analyzing, authoring and reviewing identity management designs\n- Experience working with ETL technologies (Tivoli Directory Integrator, Clover ETL, or similar)\n- History working with Eclipse/RAD, SVN/CVS and Apache Ant", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:09:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576389/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Systems Programming Lead, Identity and Access Management", "reqid": "133235", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28576389}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Manager Nursing Informatics and Clinical Transformation Program (CTP)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n.\nThe Manager of Nursing Informatics provides boundary spanning leadership between Patient Care Services (PCS) and KPIT to promote evidence-based, highly reliable, efficient and safe patient care. This individual will lead cross functional and inter-professional teams in the Clinical Transformation Program to foster innovation and continuously improve the way care is delivered across the care continuum. This nursing leader will collaborate with a variety to stakeholders to transform care with the intelligent use of data, analytics and performance improvement tools. The Manager of Nursing Informatics focuses on transforming information into knowledge and leading change integrating technology with patient care. This role will focus on care delivery transitions to promote seamless patient-centered care. This role will be a key leader in developing the infrastructure for effective and efficient health information technology that support s the nursing vision of extraordinary nursing care- every patient, every time.\n\nThe Manager of Nursing Informatics will be accountable to the Director of Clinical Informatics with a matrix relationship to the Vice President of National Patient Care Services. The primary responsibility is to develop, implement and evaluate strategic and tactical programs that leverage technology to optimize clinical operations and improve efficiency.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n - Provide leadership to the Clinical Transformation Program that assesses and continually improves the way patient care is delivered at all levels of the organization blending people, processes and technology.\n - Champion the redesign of clinical workflow and processes essential for the adoption of new technology.\n - Design systems that are interoperable, patient-centric, user friendly and focused on quality outcomes.\n - Partner with nurse executives, innovation and advanced technology and KPIT to lead technology changes that advance quality care across the continuum.\n - Lead the Ambulatory Nursing Governance Group (ANGG) and leverage KP HealthConnect and enabling technology to improve population care.\n - Collaborate with regional and national PCS to transform nursing education to include informatics competencies.\n - Translate the impact of health care reform, policy and quality initiatives into practice and care delivery.\n - Develop business cases that demonstrate the value proposition of new technologies to improve care delivery or clinician workflow.\n - Work collaboratively across the organization to examine data standards and interoperability requirements affecting standardization, efficiency, cost, quality or service.\n - Foster collaborative relationships- externally and internally- to optimize quality results and positive team work\n - Utilize data mining and advanced analytics to ensure that data, information and knowledge form the basis of 21st nursing practice.\n - Recognize the impact of change and strategically plan communication and education with national and regional PCS.\n - Collaborate with clinical, quality and performance improvement leaders to conduct clinical informatics research.\n\nKey management activities include strategic planning, creative problem solving, project management, team building and customer service. The success of this role depends on the ability to establish credibility among national, regional and local stakeholders.\n\nThe Manager of Nursing Informatics will work collaboratively with KP IT, National and Regional PCS, Quality, AR&L, Risk, Reporting & Analytics, , KPHC governance groups, Physician Peer Groups and others to establish operational best practices and standards of care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n1. BA/BS degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n2. A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in following areas: planning, budget/financial management, staffing.\n3. A minimum of 5 years experience in nursing informatics, with emphasis on managing a wide range of large hospital-related projects\n4. Experience in strategic planning and execution. Ability to analyze and assess organizational needs. Knowledge of design, development and implementation of project plans and programs. Ability to negotiate and manage agreements and resolutions. Experience in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, and developing and implementing new strategies and processes\n5. Exemplary written & verbal communication and interpersonal skills.\n6. Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects. Ability to participate in and facilitate group meetings.\n7. Understanding of both the business and the clinical aspects of health care delivery including the importance of the evolution of information systems as a component of clinical operations management.\n8. Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule. 25-30% travel may be required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n1. A BSN and Master Degree in Nursing with additional formal training or advanced degree in nursing informatics", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576376/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Nursing Informatics and Clinical Transformation Program (CTP)", "reqid": "126541", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28576376}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse II, Pain Mgmt - Glenlake - FT - (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Pain Management RN is a licensed, registered nurse who has completed training in the care of ambulatory Pain Management patients. The Pain Management RN utilizes a high level of knowledge to deliver care before, during and after pain management procedures requiring conscious sedation. He/She will communicate effectively with the physicians. The Pain Management RN interprets data received prior to procedures and utilizes nursing judgment that is in line with safety protocols. The Pain Management RN acts independently and is self-directed and will intervene as appropriate to resolve issues.\nThe Pain Management RN is responsible for implementing the philosophy, objectives, standard of care, policies and procedures of Pain Management services under the supervision of the Pain Management Physician.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administration of conscious sedation.\n- Direct assessment, evaluation and monitoring for all patients undergoing pain management procedures.\n- IV insertions.\n- Documentation in medical record.\n- Assuring informed consent and obtaining all necessary patient signatures.\n- Works closely with the medical, nursing, and ancillary staff of the institution to provide quality and safe care.\n- Acts as liaison between Advice RN and Physician to resolve patient requests.\n- Telephone triage.\n- Reviews laboratory data prior to interventional procedures.\n- Monitoring and maintenance of EMR clinical support pools.\n- Daily monitoring of crash cart and or jump bag.\n- Assists physician in providing diagnostic services to patients in the Pain Management clinic.\n- Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current Georgia RN License.\n- Three (3) years of RN clinical nursing experience.\n- Strong medical and/or surgical background.\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment.\n. Current BLS\n. CurrentACLS\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BS in Nursing preferred.\n- Two (2) years of Pain Management experience.\n- IV sedation experience\n- Critical Care experience\n- Ambulatory Surgery experience\n- Operating Room experience\n- Telephone triage experience", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576366/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse II, Pain Mgmt - Glenlake - FT - (40)", "reqid": "133924", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28576366}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Nurse - Supplemental Staffing RN - Float Pool - PRN - (NE and Athens)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Supplemental Staffing RN practices professional nursing as defined by the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act and organizational policies. Provides telephone advice/education per approved guidelines and communicates advice via an automated system. The Supplemental Staffing RN utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone and provides nursing care for patients, members and families to promote health and wellness. Collaborates with the Health Care Team to deliver high quality, safe care and service.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines. Directs access to care to include emergency care, urgent care, routing and same day appointments. Follow-up and self home care are based on outcomes of nursing assessments. Documents all calls according to established standards.\n- Provides nursing care to patients within his/her scope of practice, utilizing the nursing process to assess the health status, establish a nursing diagnosis, establish nursing goals to meet health care needs, and develop, implement and evaluate a nursing plan of care. O.C.G.A. 43-26-3(8).\n- Assesses and triages patients presenting to the health care setting, including unscheduled patients, emergencies and others.\n- Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions. Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies. Ensures the readiness of the Health Care Team members to respond to emergencies, including equipment and staff knowledge and skill.\n- Monitors patient and work flows, directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care\n- Initiates and monitors IV therapy, administration of medications and other nursing procedures as ordered by the physician or associate practitioner.\n- Communicates to physician, Health Care Teams (HCT) or modules: member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Assists with procedures and monitors patients' response during and after the procedure.\n- Assesses patient and family health education needs, provides health teaching and counseling and evaluates effectiveness of the education process.\n- Conducts outgoing telephone calls to patients requiring follow up care and preventative outreach.\n- Accurately documents patient data, actions, interventions and patient response according to established guidelines and policies.\n- Leads or participates in quality improvement activities and/or initiatives.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance. Self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Responds effectively to member / patient concerns, serves as an advocate for the patient. Facilitates transitions and coordination of care across the continuum.\n- Serves as a role model for quality and service and as a resource, coach and mentor for other members of the Health Care Team.\n- Completes other department-specific procedures and nursing care within scope of practice and skill.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Georgia\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification\n- Three (3) years to five (5) years of current experience as an RN in a clinical setting\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- One (1) year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred\n- BSN preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576370/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse - Supplemental Staffing RN - Float Pool - PRN - (NE and Athens)", "reqid": "134839", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28576370}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Nurse - Supplemental Staffing RN - Float Pool - FT (40hrs)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Supplemental Staffing RN practices professional nursing as defined by the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act and organizational policies. Provides telephone advice/education per approved guidelines and communicates advice via an automated system. The Supplemental Staffing RN utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone and provides nursing care for patients, members and families to promote health and wellness. Collaborates with the Health Care Team to deliver high quality, safe care and service.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines. Directs access to care to include emergency care, urgent care, routing and same day appointments. Follow-up and self home care are based on outcomes of nursing assessments. Documents all calls according to established standards.\n- Provides nursing care to patients within his/her scope of practice, utilizing the nursing process to assess the health status, establish a nursing diagnosis, establish nursing goals to meet health care needs, and develop, implement and evaluate a nursing plan of care. O.C.G.A. 43-26-3(8).\n- Assesses and triages patients presenting to the health care setting, including unscheduled patients, emergencies and others.\n- Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions. Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies. Ensures the readiness of the Health Care Team members to respond to emergencies, including equipment and staff knowledge and skill.\n- Monitors patient and work flows, directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care\n- Initiates and monitors IV therapy, administration of medications and other nursing procedures as ordered by the physician or associate practitioner.\n- Communicates to physician, Health Care Teams (HCT) or modules: member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Assists with procedures and monitors patients' response during and after the procedure.\n- Assesses patient and family health education needs, provides health teaching and counseling and evaluates effectiveness of the education process.\n- Conducts outgoing telephone calls to patients requiring follow up care and preventative outreach.\n- Accurately documents patient data, actions, interventions and patient response according to established guidelines and policies.\n- Leads or participates in quality improvement activities and/or initiatives.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance. Self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Responds effectively to member / patient concerns, serves as an advocate for the patient. Facilitates transitions and coordination of care across the continuum.\n- Serves as a role model for quality and service and as a resource, coach and mentor for other members of the Health Care Team.\n- Completes other department-specific procedures and nursing care within scope of practice and skill.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Georgia\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification\n- Three (3) years to five (5) years of current experience as an RN in a clinical setting\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- One (1) year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred\n- BSN preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576369/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse - Supplemental Staffing RN - Float Pool - FT (40hrs)", "reqid": "134849", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28576369}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Staff RN II - GI - POS - Glenlake - FT(40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nKaiser Permanente nurses advance the art and science of nursing in a patient-centered healing environment through their professional practice and leadership. Kaiser Permanente nurses are guided by an integrated nursing model that places patients and families in the center. Our nurses embody a set of core values and professional behaviors that define who we are. The Staff Registered Nurse practices professional nursing as defined by the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act and by organizational policies, procedures and guidelines. This position provides nursing care for patients, members and families to restore and promote health and to prevent illness and injury. He/She collaborates with leadership and members of the Health Care Team to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe care and service.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides nursing care to patients within his/her scope of practice, utilizing the nursing process to assess the health status, establish a nursing diagnosis, establish nursing goals to meet health care needs, and develop, implement and evaluate a nursing plan of care. O.C.G.A. 43-26-3(8).\n- Assesses and triages patients presenting to the health care setting, including unscheduled patients, emergencies and others.\n- Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions. Leads the nursing response to medical emergencies.\n- Ensures the readiness of the Health Care Team members to respond to emergencies, including equipment and staff knowledge and skill.\n- Monitors patient and work flows, directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors electronic messaging and email related to patient and provider requests and inquires. Manages the messages as appropriate or triages to physician or others as needed.\n- Initiates and monitors IV therapy, administration of medications and other nursing procedures as ordered by the physician or associate practitioner. Assists with procedures and monitors patients' response during and after the procedure.\n- Assesses patient and family health education needs, provides health teaching and counseling and evaluates effectiveness of the education process.\n- Conducts outgoing telephone calls to patients requiring follow up care and preventative outreach.\n- Accurately documents patient data, actions, interventions and patient response according to established guidelines and policies.\n- Leads or participates in quality improvement activities and/or initiatives.\n- Responds effectively to member / patient concerns.\n- Serves as an advocate for the patient. Facilitates transitions and coordination of care across the continuum.\n- Serves as a role model for quality and service and as a resource, coach and mentor for other members of the Health Care Team.\n- Completes other department-specific procedures and nursing care within scope of practice and skill.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Associates degree.\n- Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Georgia.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.\n- A minimum of 2years of current experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN degree.\n- A minimum of 2 years experience within a defined area.", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576364/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN II - GI - POS - Glenlake - FT(40)", "reqid": "133473", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28576364}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Certified Medical Assistant, Hearing Aid Program - Multiple Locations (FT)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThis position provides support for the health care team providers during facility encounters by facilitation of patient traffic flow, performance of follow-up care per provider instructions, assistance with patient education, and management of the inventory and repair of audiology receivables.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Monitoring and logging in of new and repaired hearing aids, receivers, ear molds, swim molds, and other supplies delivered to the department.\n- Inspecting received supplies for damage and functionality.\n- Assessing and troubleshooting supplies against patient complaints of damage or dysfunction.\n- Documenting damages and functional issues and shipping those supplies to the proper vendors for repair or replacement.\n- Maintaining inventory through ordering of needed supplies for the department\n- Reviewing educational materials and after visit summary with the patient prior to discharge.\n- Scheduling of follow up appointments within the department and assisting with the scheduling of interdepartmental appointments.\n- Monitoring of voice mail and E mail messages, resolving non-clinical issues and concerns, and facilitating delivery of clinical issues and concerns to the audiology provider.\n- Inputting patient information into NOAH for future follow up care.\n- Pre-assessment of patient by reviewing pertinent medical records, including, but not limited to, patient history, appointment history, demographics, referral orders, provider orders, imaging results, and visit encounters.\n- Preparation of exam room and patient for provider encounter.\n- Documentation of chief complaint or reason for encounter.\n- Completion of daily, weekly, and monthly Quality Initiatives for the departmen\n- Assists with patient education using provider and Kaiser Permanente approved learning tools.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Prefer at least 1 year MA experience\n- AAMA or AMT Certification required\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prefer Customer Service Assessment completed prior to application\n- Prefer at least 1 year experience in audiology or otolaryngology in an ambulatory setting", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:08:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576365/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Medical Assistant, Hearing Aid Program - Multiple Locations (FT)", "reqid": "133893", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28576365}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse\nLocation: Denver, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103) Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment of health data CRS 12-38-103 (10)\n- Executing delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority\n- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications\n- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others\n- Referring to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance\n- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly\n- Specialty Responsibilities Provide quality professional nursing care to patients undergoing surgical procedures in an ambulatory setting\n- Implement proper operating room procedures & assist members of surgical team in the correct protocols for safe, proficient patient care\n- Circulating & scrubbing on variety of surgical procedures\n- Evaluate & anticipate needs of surgical team & respond appropriately following established protocols, policies & procedures\n- Assurance of surgical instrumentation & availability & proper functionality for usage in O.R.\n- Position requires working w/ interruptions; w/ hazardous waste; w/ hands in water; & around moving equipment such as wheelchairs\n- May be required to lift patients using proper lifting techniques\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year current operating room experience\n- Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program & completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience & guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible\n- ACLS certification & procedural sedation competency required within 90 days of hire\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- Familiarity w/ personal & mainframe computers & their applications\n- Adequate knowledge of surgical instrumentation & supplies, and\n- Knowledge of sterile techniques & intra-operative medications\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs", "date_new": "2012-05-09 19:07:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28576363/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse", "reqid": "134031", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28576363}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Assistant Director - Food and Nutrition Services\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nPlans, organizes, coordinates, & directs provision of high-quality, cost-effective inpatient clinical nutritional services, & inpatient feeding operations that meet or exceed JCAHO, regulatory, & budget requirements. Collaborates w/ Outpatient Clinical Services managers to plan & coordinate provision of clinical nutritional services in the outpatient arena.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, controls, & coordinates the provision of nutritional services including professional services, nutrition care services, in & out-patient feeding & computer nutrition programs\n- Develops, implements, & maintains policies & procedures for area of responsibility\n- Acts as a key liaison w/ professional staff (physicians, nurse managers, pharmacists, & other Kaiser staff) to ensure open communications regarding patient food services & nutritional care services\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, departmental safety, & risk management issues for area of responsibility\n- Actively participates in the Service Area & departmental quality assurance programs & ensures quality care of members, patients, & staff by the continuous monitoring & improvement of related activities\n- Collaborates w/ the other Service Area Assistant Directors to plan, integrate, & coordinate provision of products & services for all customer groups\n- Collaborates w/ the management team in developing short & long range goals & objectives for the Food & Nutrition Services Department that complement the Service Area & Medical Center Strategic Plan\n- Manages activities of assigned staff to include staffing, recruiting, hiring, orienting, training, performance evaluation, counseling, & disciplining\n- Assists in planning & development of departmental operating & capital budgets, monitors payroll & non-payroll expenditures for Nutrition Services\n- Ensures on-going compliance of all services w/ JCAHO, Title 22, & Federal, State & local regulatory agencies\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have a minimum three (3) years of experience in a related field\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in a clinical setting\n- One (1) year in a management and/or a supervisory role\n- Bachelor's degree in Food and/or Nutrition Science\n- Master's degree strongly preferred\n- A Registered Dietitian per Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)\n- Demonstrated strong working knowledge of clinical competencies based on nutritional care standards of the American Dietetics Association, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and relevant practice groups\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize computerized food service management systems in the provision of patient care required\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- ServSafe Certificate or Riverside Co. Food Handlers Card\n- Computer skills to include Word, Excel and PowerPoint", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541344/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Director - Food and Nutrition Services", "reqid": "134498", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28541344}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Assistant Director Diagnostic Imaging Services\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nIn a larger department, manages the daily operations of assigned areas/modalities or assists the Director in managing the daily operations of a smaller department. Either role/function is in a full service inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging department at one acute care medical center (7 days, 24 hours) which usually includes radiology, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, IR, mammography, and imaging files. Manages all administrative, clinical, technical, and clerical operations of the assigned areas to ensure quality, access, patient care, and budget goals are achieved. Provides Diagnostic Imaging Services which are integrated with departmental, service line, and organizational/strategic goals and objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Assists the Diagnostic Imaging Services Director in meeting the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members, as well as developing a strategy to integrate diagnostic imaging services.\n- Manages the daily operations of assigned areas, or assists the Director in managing daily operations of a small department by maintaining appropriate schedules (both staffing and patient), and monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality, and regulatory standards.\n- Participates in the planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures equipment and procedures are safe, functional, and capable of meeting the diagnostic needs of the medical staff in a timely manner.\n- Develops and monitors payroll and non-payroll budgets for the assigned areas.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and implements appropriate actions, policies, and procedures.\n- Manages union supervisors and staff and resolves human resources, labor relations, employee, and safety issues.\n- Selects and trains technical and administrative imaging staff.\n- Monitors staff performance and participates with the Chief and Director in the development of competencies, performance standards, and imaging protocols/standards.\n- Develops and implements a plan for equipment procurement, maintenance, and replacement.\n- Keeps abreast of new developments in diagnostic imaging technology and makes recommendations on the acquisition and implementation of new technology.\n- Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance.\n- Ensures compliance with JCAHO, MQSA, federal, state, and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous recent (within three (3) years of hire date) supervisory experience in a full service imaging department in an acute care medical center required.\n- Prior clinical experience(three (3) - five (5)years)as a staff technologist in a diagnostic imaging modality.\n- Previous experience managing in a union environment strongly preferred.\n- Working knowledge and experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Radiologic Technology or other imaging discipline, Health Care, Business or Health Services Administration OR equivalent experience required.\n- Certification as Radiologic Technologist (CRT), Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) or American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations and human relations skills essential.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards required.\n- Computer and standard software package skills required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Telerad, Worklist and tracking systems: RIS / PACs required, voice rec., and MHR.\n- Strong communication skills, Labor relations, HR skills essential.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541346/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Director Diagnostic Imaging Services", "reqid": "134533", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28541346}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Cont Care Coord RN\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers/facilities regarding patient care/ population based management for patients in specifically defined geriatric or other specifically defined patient populations in order to plan and implement a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to manage health conditions, utilization of resources and protocols, patient self-care, implementation and evaluation of treatment plan across the care continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary and continued care). In conjunction with physicians, develops treatment plan, monitors care, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols and care paths and develops guidelines for care that may require coordination across systems of multiple providers/services. Complies with other duties as described. Must be able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members.\n- In conjunction with primary care and specialist physicians, evaluates and develops baseline medical and psychosocial evaluations and individualized patient care/treatment plans.\n- Recommends alternative levels of care and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Develops individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management.\n- Delivers patient/family education specific to a disease state.\n- Encourages member to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Coordinates care/services with utilization and/or quality reviewers and monitors level and quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services and outside providers.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment, hospitalization or referral to support services or placement.\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments. Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care.\n- Develops and collects data; trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Produces population based reports on outcomes specific to defined patient populations; participates with healthcare team/providers in actualizing outcomes by planning, evaluating and implementing decisions and strategies to achieve predetermined cost, clinical, quality, utilization and service outcomes.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Acts as liaison for outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers.\n- Participates in committees, teams or other work projects/duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting, plus two (2) years of clinical experience as an RN in a licensed home health or hospice agency required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred OR current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (TJC, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous clinical experience (minimum 2-3 years) in an acute care medical center required.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and/or Case Management preferred.\n- Working knowledge of federal, state and local legislative regulations and accreditation requirement.\n- General knowledge of hospital admissions, discharges and transfer processes\n\n\nNotes:\n- May require travel for classes.\n- Weekend & holiday coverage", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541347/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Cont Care Coord RN", "reqid": "134549", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541347}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Case Mgr RN - Pediatrics Clinic\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nWorks collaboratively with an assigned panel of physicians to manage the patient's specialized needs. The managing team does differ according to the chronic disease. Duties include assessment to identify member needs and development of specific care management plan to address needs. In conjunction with the physician, implements care/treatment plan by coordinating access to health services across multiple providers/disciplines, monitors care, makes determination to arrange transportation and transfer patient if indicated, identifies cost-effective measures, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care and utilization of resources, promotes self-care management, and ensures paper work is completed. Is an indirect caregiver. Complies with other duties as described. Must be able to work collaboratively with the Multidisciplinary team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and identifies members' needs.\n- Interfaces with primary care physicians, specialists, and various disciplines on the development of case management plans/programs.\n- Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the case management plans and modifies as necessary.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Acts as a clinical liaison, per their specialty, with outside agencies such as County CCS, non-plan facilities, outside providers, employers and/or workers' compensation carriers, and third party administrators.\n- Prepares reports, communicates program changes to appropriate staff, and develops protocols in accordance with state regulations.\n- Acts as a patient advocate and educator to assure that the patient has the knowledge to care for his/her condition and patient is educated and empowered to be responsible for participating in the plan of care.\n- Develops individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management; delivers patient/family education specific to a disease state.\n- Develops and updates training and educational materials and presents to appropriate staff, members and families.\n- Facilitates patients' return to normal daily activities by teaching and making appropriate referrals for outside services/continued care.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planners, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization or referral to support services or placement.\n- May need to facilitate transportation and housing arrangements for patient.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\n- Participates in data collection and analysis of clinical outcomes of care and customer satisfaction standards.\n- Participates in the formulation and implementation/monitoring of action strategies and outcomes of care or customer service.\n- Ensures that accurate records are maintained of the care associated with each patient.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience as an RN in an acute care or ambulatory care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred OR current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- For positions in Occupational Medicine Departments: Must be a Certified Occupational Health Nurse OR complete the certification within 24 months of employment and be enrolled in the certification program within 90 days of employment.\n- For positions in Physical Medicine Case Managers are required to have a BLS Certification.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, care coordination, transfer coordination, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills required.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541348/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr RN - Pediatrics Clinic", "reqid": "134586", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28541348}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN Dialysis\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including 2 years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within 2 years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541349/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN Dialysis", "reqid": "134637", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28541349}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Hm Hlth Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nIn accordance with agency policy and state/federal regulations, provide independent, age-appropriate physical therapy to patients in their place of residence. Teach patient/family and care-givers preventative and rehabilitative procedures. Develop and coordinate the plan of care and provide case management.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiate discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implement the plan of care through direct treatment of the patient, delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinate the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- In accordance with agency policy, provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participate in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participate in specialized patient care clinics outside the department. Assist in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Perform other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects.\n- Supervise the work of Home Health Aides (HHA) according to regulation and agency policy.\n- Demonstrate on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years of experience in physical therapy.\n- Experience in an automated clinical information system, preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors', masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Current license to practice as a physical therapist in California.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Current CA driver's license & a clear driving record for the past two (2) years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\n- Clinically skilled to detect early warning signs of complications including medical assessments of skin integrity and mentation.\n- Ability to differentiate emergent versus non-emergent patient care status.\n- Ability to look at patient holistically, not just body part or functional ability.\n- Competency to remove staples/ sutures in the home.\n- Commitment to service orientation.\n- Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n- Computer literate preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of Joint commission standards, federal conditions of participation and state regulations of hospice, palliative care and home health\n- Oncology or home health experience\n\nNotes:\n- Car travel for patients visits 40-120- miles/day mileage is reimbursed\n- Rotating weekends are required", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541350/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Hm Hlth Physical Therapist", "reqid": "134646", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28541350}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Supv Clms Admin Supv\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nProvides guidance and support, serves as mentor and coach to team members in order to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness. Develops goals, objectives, and career paths for team members. Assists in maintaining customer satisfaction by ensuring timely responses to inquiries and quick resolution of claims issues and concerns.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises assigned team members.\n- Assists in hiring, training, and evaluating team members in assigned section.\n- Provides coaching and mentoring to team members to enhance performance and development and promote team building.\n- Identifies additional training needs and monitors performance against established indicators.\n- Coordinates and communicates regularly with other supervisors to share information, best practices, systems issues, questions, training needs, and team performance status relative to process and quality standards.\n- Provides recommendations and assists management with budget development process.\n- Responsible for monitoring cost containment and quality standards.\n- Participates in management team committees and task forces related to operations as assigned.\n- Ensures compliance with government regulations including but not limited to those of HCFA, DOC, DHS and requirements of accrediting agencies such as NCQA.\n- As necessary, assumes responsibilities of department during absence of manager.\n- Claims: Assists in reviewing internal controls to ensure proper adjudication and payment of claims.\n- Develops schedules to ensure proper staffing and production levels are maintained.\n- Collaborates with Utilization Review, medical centers and other administrative staff in resolving benefit interpretation and validity of bill changes.\n- May assist in claims analysis during high volume periods.\n- Customer Service: Assists in developing call volume schedules to ensure proper staffing and production are maintained.\n- May serve as liaison to the Customer Service Call Center in Corona.\n- May respond to customer service calls during high volume call periods.\n- Assists in monitoring customer service calls for quality assurance and staff performance and development purposes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum seven (7) years progressively responsible medical claims experience or comparable experience required.\n- Three (3) years supervisory experience or demonstrated leadership ability required.\n- Previous experience working as a member in a team environment preferred.\n- Medical contracting and regulatory agency interface experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.\n- Master's degree in health administration preferred.\n- Knowledge of various contracts required.\n- Understanding of medical or clinical procedures required.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of CPT, ICD-9, medical terminology, COB/TPL/WC required.\n- Good oral, written, and interpersonal skills required.\n- Knowledge of personal computer operations preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541351/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supv Clms Admin Supv", "reqid": "134647", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541351}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Mgr Amb Care Dept RN\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nManages a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Develops & maintains clinical & nursing practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Manages the planning, development, implementation, delivery, & evaluation/improvement of quality out-patient/nursing services that add value & are integrated w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ strategic, business, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the delivery of nursing services & out-patient care which are integrated w/ business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards & performance measures\n- Ensures that services meet members' physicians' & internal clients' needs in a changing & competitive health care market\n- Manages, coordinates service delivery and/or programs assigned to assistant manager(s)\n- With SCPMG staff develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care\n- Manages & ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services, & operations by designing & implementing systems, processes, & methods to evaluate & improve patient care across the continuum of care\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, maintaining, & evaluating/improving patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Develops & manages budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Provides on going staff development\n- Develops, implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals/business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory care nursing or other relevant clinical experience required (usually five (5) - six (6) years) including previous supervisory experience (usually three (3) years)\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in nursing or related field such as health care management required\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state and federal regulations\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills; knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n\nNotes:\n- Hours will vary to meet department needs and may include day or evening shifts, weekends and holidays travel required for training and to attend regional meetings", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541352/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Mgr Amb Care Dept RN", "reqid": "134648", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541352}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelors' or masters' or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Inpatient physical therapy experience preferred - general medical, neuro-orthopedic, ICU, etc.\n\nNotes:\n- Provide IP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the San Diego Medical Center.\n- May require clinical support in various Physical therapy locations across the service area ( Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos)or other future locations.\n- Responsibilities include oversight of support staff,both clinical and non-clinical; daily documentation; care planning and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic and general medical patient population.\n- Position will include weekend day shifts.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541353/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "134660", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28541353}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual) - Lost Hills\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II. - Current CA RN license & AHA BLS.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Physical Work Location is in Lost Hills, CA.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541337/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual) - Lost Hills", "reqid": "133262", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541337}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: LVN II (Bilingual) - Delano\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nLicensed Vocational Nurses are licensed health professionals who perform patient care, technical and supportive services under general supervision in a medical office or clinical setting. The LVN supports the philosophy and complies with the protocols, policies and procedures of the Organization and the assigned Medical Office Department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Perform patient care functions as prescribed by physician/health care professionals following established protocols, policies and procedures within their scope of education, training and responsibilities.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order, following established protocols.\n- Initiate and maintain Intravenous solutions as prescribed by physician, following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies. Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair. Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures, following established protocols. Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Explain purpose and process of examinations, tests and medical procedures to patients, following established guidelines.\n- Instruct patients on general health and basic self care procedures.\n- Review, explain and clarify physician orders with patient or parent.\n- Instruct patient in use of home equipment.\n- Administer patient first aid. Apply basic orthopedic devices, as ordered by physician.\n- Apply and remove dressings.\n- Execute treatments such as urinary catheterization, bladder irrigations, suction procedures and throat irrigations.\n- Follow standard infection control procedures.\n- Administer enemas. Initiate emergency procedures (including basic CPR) and provide emergency patient treatments.\n- Irrigate and pack wounds.\n- Lift patients.\n- Monitor patient vital signs. Monitor patients for bleeding.\n- Observe machine monitors.\n- Administer inhalation therapy.\n- Participate in development of nursing care plans.\n- Perform surgical preps. Prepare and position patients for procedures.\n- Prepare patients for physical examinations. Provide therapeutic care as ordered by physician.\n- Rinse and clean instruments and equipment.\n- Sterilize instruments and equipment.\n- Arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.\n- Maintain clean work area.\n- Monitor supply of oxygen and gas tanks. Complete laboratory, radiology requisitions and specialized test forms.\n- Notify appropriate personnel of abnormal lab test results.\n- Answer member inquires.\n- Observe patient condition for reactions during and after procedures.\n- Remove sutures following established protocols.\n- Respond to Code Blues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n- Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within six (6) months of hire.\n- Basic Life Support required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse license required.\n- Current I.V. Certification required.\n- Computer and typing skills preferred.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Physical Work Location is in Delano, CA.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541338/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II (Bilingual) - Delano", "reqid": "133264", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541338}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: LVN II (Bilingual) - Lost Hills\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nLicensed Vocational Nurses are licensed health professionals who perform patient care, technical and supportive services under general supervision in a medical office or clinical setting. The LVN supports the philosophy and complies with the protocols, policies and procedures of the Organization and the assigned Medical Office Department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Perform patient care functions as prescribed by physician/health care professionals following established protocols, policies and procedures within their scope of education, training and responsibilities.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order, following established protocols.\n- Initiate and maintain Intravenous solutions as prescribed by physician, following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies. Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair. Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures, following established protocols. Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Explain purpose and process of examinations, tests and medical procedures to patients, following established guidelines.\n- Instruct patients on general health and basic self care procedures.\n- Review, explain and clarify physician orders with patient or parent.\n- Instruct patient in use of home equipment.\n- Administer patient first aid. Apply basic orthopedic devices, as ordered by physician.\n- Apply and remove dressings.\n- Execute treatments such as urinary catheterization, bladder irrigations, suction procedures and throat irrigations.\n- Follow standard infection control procedures.\n- Administer enemas. Initiate emergency procedures (including basic CPR) and provide emergency patient treatments.\n- Irrigate and pack wounds.\n- Lift patients.\n- Monitor patient vital signs. Monitor patients for bleeding.\n- Observe machine monitors.\n- Administer inhalation therapy.\n- Participate in development of nursing care plans.\n- Perform surgical preps. Prepare and position patients for procedures.\n- Prepare patients for physical examinations. Provide therapeutic care as ordered by physician.\n- Rinse and clean instruments and equipment.\n- Sterilize instruments and equipment.\n- Arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.\n- Maintain clean work area.\n- Monitor supply of oxygen and gas tanks. Complete laboratory, radiology requisitions and specialized test forms.\n- Notify appropriate personnel of abnormal lab test results.\n- Answer member inquires.\n- Observe patient condition for reactions during and after procedures.\n- Remove sutures following established protocols.\n- Respond to Code Blues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n- Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within six (6) months of hire.\n- Basic Life Support required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse license required.\n- Current I.V. Certification required.\n- Computer and typing skills preferred.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Physical Work Location is in Lost Hills, CA.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541339/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II (Bilingual) - Lost Hills", "reqid": "133265", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28541339}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year within the last three (3) years full time equivalent experience in PICU or successful completion of a KP PICU course or approved equivalent with in prior twelve (12) months.\n- Current PALS card required.\n- Chemotherapy (ONS provider card or APHON Chemotherapyand Biotherapy Provider card) required within six (6) months of hire.\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating weekends.\n- If twelve (12) hour option is chosen, shift will be 7:15pm - 7:45 am with back up eight (8) hour shift 3:15 pm - 11:45 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541340/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "133468", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28541340}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital (Bilingual)\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Level II NICU or above or completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:15 pm-7:45 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:15 pm-11:45 pm.\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541341/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital (Bilingual)", "reqid": "133538", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28541341}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in PICU or successful completion of a KP PICU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current PALS card required.\n- Chemotherapy (ONS provider card or APHON Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider card) required within 6 months of hire.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:15 am-7:45 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:15 pm-11:45 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541342/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "133541", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28541342}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will float to different units to take care of Med- Surg- Tele patients\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 pm-8:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm-12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:43:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541335/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "132611", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28541335}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Report Programming Consultant - Meaningful Use (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nReport Programming Consultant - Meaningful Use\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Meaningful Use Programming Consultant supports Meaningful Use report specifications, code and documentation that support KP's MU qualification. Develops relationships with business, IT, clinical partners. Develops, recommends changes, and maintains business processes and documentation. Provides project management support for reporting.\n\nThe Meaningful Use Project Management Office (MU PMO), which the Meaningful Use Programming Consultant would be a part of, is responsible for managing and driving successful execution of Kaiser Permanente's Meaningful Use national program. The PMO is responsible for the development and execution of business and IT plans to qualify Kaiser Permanente's regions as meeting MU criteria as established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)- http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/35_MeaningfulUse.asp#TopOfPage< http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/35_MeaningfulUse.asp#TopOfPage >.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works on assignments of moderate scope.\n- Works within accepted guidelines.\n- Requires moderate planning and scheduling.\n- Works with the team to initiate, coordinate, and facilitate reporting and analytical projects to meet client needs and achieve programmatic and organizational objectives.\n- Coordinates project by effectively communicate project assumptions, methods, and results to clients and other interested parties. Elicits and incorporates feedback from clients to inform the design of reports and enhance their effectiveness.\n- Begins to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internal and external to the CSPC.\n- Facilitates or heavily participates in multiple inter-regional reporting workgroups\n- Applies analytic knowledge, skills and experience to develop, modify, test and implement reports and report templates.\n- Reviews enhancement requests and release notes for Clarity data, and reports impacts. Keeps up to date on new views, reporting workbench templates, data marts, and other reporting utilities/infrastructure.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 4 years of related work experience (i.e., in a reporting or analytical environment, preferably in healthcare).\n- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and verbal communication of technical material.\n- With some supervision, demonstrated ability to design, develop, manage, and coordinate reporting and analytical efforts among multiple constituents.\n- Project management skills, including setting priorities, developing work plans, and meeting deadlines.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience with RDBS and RDBS structures, SQL data manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- A minimum of 2 years of statistical or report programming in R, SAS, SQL, Crystal, Business Objects or Cognos.\n- Excellent in critical thinking; excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.\n- Ability to work within a core team and among cross-functional teams.\n- Outstanding written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work with minimal supervision. - Knowledge of healthcare industry, especially healthcare analytics a plus.\n- A minimum of 4 years of experience in computer science, engineering, related technical field or a 4 year degree of equivalent experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Oracle, UDB, Teradata experience a plus.\n-VBA or VBS programming a plus\n-Epic Chronicles and Clarity training a plus.\n- Experience with data warehousing a plus.\n- Project management experience and working matrix management structures a plus", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541317/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Report Programming Consultant - Meaningful Use (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "134605", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28541317}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Project Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Project Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA \nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Finance application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Controllers and users to provide support in the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Asset Managememt customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nManage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst\nParticipate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements\nProvide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations\nProvide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, Finance tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger and Travel and Expense\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of management experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Advanced degree may be preferred based upon specific area managed.\n- Knowledge of systems or operational environments.\n- Organizational or change management skills.\n- Advanced knowledge of information technology.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541318/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Project Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "134673", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28541318}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #3 OC]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541298/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #3 OC]", "reqid": "133670", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28541298}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #2 OC]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541297/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #2 OC]", "reqid": "133668", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28541297}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #4 OC]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541301/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #4 OC]", "reqid": "133672", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28541301}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #5 OC]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541302/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #5 OC]", "reqid": "133676", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28541302}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II [LandD #6 OC]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541304/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II  [LandD #6 OC]", "reqid": "133678", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28541304}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: PICU On-Call Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PICU - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Pediatric Critical Care. Current PALS certification required. Chemotherapy and/or Procedural Sedation competency may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least one other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541290/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PICU On-Call Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing", "reqid": "133295", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28541290}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Physical Therapy Aide - Grade 145\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nUnder direct supervision, performs various patient care responsibilities as delegated and instructed by the Registered Physical Therapist. Provide patient care, routine clerical, department maintenance, and other non-patient care duties under the direct supervision of the Physical Therapy manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists patients in preparation for treatment Apply therapeutic modalities in accordance with department policies and procedures\n- Instruct patients in the use of ambulation aids, transfer techniques, and supportive devices as delegated by the therapist\n- Assist physical therapist and physical therapy assistants with procedures and treatments when requested.\n- Document treatment given to patient\n- Document in medical records, when necessary, to explain cancellations of or changes in the physical therapy schedules\n- Clean and maintain treatment areas and equipment\n- Transport equipment and supplies for treatment and class presentations\n- Maintain adequate supplies of linen and necessary materials in treatment rooms. Order materials and supplies\n- Perform other related duties as necessary\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year patient care experience, preferably in a Physical Therapy acute care setting and outpatient setting\n- High school diploma/GED\n- BLS\n- Knowledge of basic medical terminology and basic anatomy\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541280/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapy Aide - Grade 145", "reqid": "133011", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28541280}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Sonographer III - Grade 864 (12017 RAD)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have equivalent of three (3) years (6,240 hours) of continuous ultrasound experience within the last six (6) years with no more than one (1) year break in experience within the last four (4) years.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Must have three (3) American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) registries in any specialties.\n- Certification: BLS.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all three specialties routinely.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541282/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer III - Grade 864 (12017 RAD)", "reqid": "133038", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28541282}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant II - Grade 365 ***Temporary***\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction and oversight of the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager, or designee, within the scope of Unlicensed Laboratory Personnel as described in B&PC 1269, receives and processes specimens, performs clerical tasks and performs phlebotomy. May operate automated or semi-automated test equipment, or plate and process microbiology specimens under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed person, as authorized by the California lab law.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Draws blood from patient's finger, heel, or vein, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.\n- Obtains the correct amount and type of specimen.\n- Documents all requests and released results of lab work accurately.\n- Informs physicians of released lab results.\n- Completes appropriate routing, handling, and processing of various medical specimens.\n- Orders, distributes and stocks supplies as needed.\n- Trains and reports on the work performance of other Laboratory Assistants.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).\n- Must be able to perform all Laboratory Assistant I duties.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\n\nWeek 1: Sun: 4:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Mon, Tues: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM\nWeek 2: Fri: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Sat: 4:00 AM - 12:30 PM\n\nTemporary:\nExpected Length of Employment: Up to 90 days", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541281/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant II - Grade 365 ***Temporary***", "reqid": "133031", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28541281}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Bruno", "description": "Title: Schedule Maintenance Clerk - Grade 325\nLocation: San Bruno, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs varied clerical work involving a high degree of independent judgment and accuracy.\n- Analyze master schedules to determine accuracy and appropriateness.\n- Create, Modify and maintain profiles.\n- Create and maintain daily patient appointment schedules of TPMG physicians and non-physician providers adjusting time segments in the PARRS II system indicating clinic time and non-clinic time.\n- Cancel, reschedule and notify patients of appointment changes (if dept policy) Create, & Maintain master schedules, physician & non-physician work sheets in Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Excel.\n- Secure, compile and report statistical data.\n- Documenting and recording data accurately and legibly.\n- Participate in intradepartmental meetings and act as liaison with appropriate personnel.\n- Release schedules on a timely basis for use by department personnel.\n- Covers all departments assigned and other additional duties as assigned by the Manager.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least 6 months experience in Medical Offices environment in a position which demonstrates knowledge skill & experience in the following\n- Problem solving skills with the ability to identify, analyze, report and resolve.\n- Knowledge of K.P.M.C.operational procedures preferred.\n- Experience in automated systems: PARRS II, HEALTH CONNECT, and LOTUS NOTES.\n- Setting priorities in a complex, busy environment, handling tasks simultaneously to include follow up.\n- Experience in appointment making protocols in primary & specialty care.\n- Good Communication skills, exhibiting diplomacy, tact, and caring attitude in all interactions.\n- The ability to demonstrate good telephone etiquette and cope with every day pressure while interacting with staff, patients and/or their family members.\n- Ability to demonstrate effective oral and written skills..\n- Must posess initiative and have ability to make independent decisions.\n- Must apply and retain thorough knowledge of all policies/procedures.\n- Ability to sit and use a computer terminal 90% of the time and answer telephones.\n- Good organizational skills.\n- Typing of 40 WPM.\n- Word Processing Skills (MS Word & Excel).\n-Must be service-oriented individual and maintain the highest level of courtesy to patients, members, staff andcoworkers.\n- Must convey proper information and/or instructions to patients.\n- Good work history demonstrating dependability, stability and good attendance.\n- Perform varied clerical work involving a high degree of independent judgment, speed and accuracy.\n- Must successfully complete regional Schedule Creation and Maintenance course when offered.\n- Must be willing to work evenings, weekends and holidays as assigned per contractual agreement.\n- Overtime and additional hours are assigned per contractual agreement.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (40 WPM), Microsoft Word & Excel (basic)", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:42:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541284/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Schedule Maintenance Clerk - Grade 325", "reqid": "133200", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Bruno, CA", "uid": 28541284}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: ECS Operations Manager\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEnterprise Client Support (ECS) is the primary face of technology support; we exist to enhance the delivery of healthcare by connecting the KP Community to IT products and solutions.\n\nJob Summary:\n\nECS partners locally with the Area Business Information Office (BIO), NFS BIO and its local clients, as well as other IT partners. ECS supports all aspects of end user devices and the network/telephony environment. The Operations Manager is responsible for service levels, customer satisfaction and performance against budget.\n\nResponsibilities include organizational leadership, business process, resource, and financial management, sponsorship and promotion of collaborative effectiveness. This position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to employees. This work requires an expertise in communication skills, and management concepts plus a solid base of technology and/or business knowledge/skills and the ability to apply it to business problems.\n\nEssential Functions:\nResponsibilities include, but may not be limited to:\nEstablishes operational goals/objectives and assignments and delegates to supervisors, team leaders and technical/professional employees.\nInvolved in developing, modifying and executing company policies, which affect immediate operations.\nWorks on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives. Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.\nAssures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.\nManages HR/People processes for the department including performance reviews/management, the employment lifecycle, resource management, compensation planning and administration, goal/objective setting/alignment, employee development/coaching and training.\nManages, through subordinate individual contributors, (including but not limited to supervisors, consultant specialists, leads, project managers) the coordination of the activities of a section or department.\nManages team leads and professional/technical employees typically performing similar or related roles or functions. May also manage contractors, offshore resources and/or matrixed employees.\nMay have process responsibility for shared services or matrixed organizations.\nRegularly advises and collaborates with subordinates, internal/external customers, and functional peer groups at management, senior management, and executive levels, as appropriate.\nRequires the ability to influence and effect change with peers, subordinates and others.\nExhibits and gains commitment to changes required and acts as change executor.\nPresents, organizes, and conveys problems, issues within IT with internal customers and business partners and externally.\nRequires critical decision-making skills.\nEstablishes departmental strategy and tactics, and contributes to operational area's strategy formulation and execution.\nInitiates and evaluates required business process improvements in order to achieve business results and appropriate solutions for customers.\nManages financial aspects of the department, including input to budget creation; accountable for direct budget.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nA college degree or equivalent experience.\n\nMinimum of 5 years of progressively responsible IT supervisory experience.\nExperience managing a staff of >10.\nManaging service levels and budgets.\nManaging customer relations and satisfaction.\nWorking knowledge of other IT functions.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nIT project management experience, managing projects of large scope and size.\nFinancial management experience.\nHealthcare experience.\nITIL v.3 certification.\nRepresented labor management experience", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:41:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541252/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ECS Operations Manager", "reqid": "134484", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28541252}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Health IT Business Consultant - Modesto\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThe Central Valley Senior Business Consultant works with our medical facilities' business partners/customers to understand strategic direction and priorities of their business and to ensure successful delivery of IT solutions and services. The Business Consultant reports to the Central Valley Area (CVA) IT Business Engagement Services Manager.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Acts as a liaison between business partners and technical staff.\n - Provides IT consulting to business partners on a regular basis. Requires business acumen in technology and healthcare.\n - Conducts process improvement sessions in gathering and documenting work flow processes.\n  Has the ability to work & communicate well with business partners and staff at all levels of the organization in support of team projects/environments.\n - Strong ability to communicate effectively as an IT subject matter expert (SME) in conducting, presenting and implementing processes and projects.\n - Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated processes.\n - Has the ability to work with constant change and new processes.\n - Performs scope analysis on project requests to determine viability.\n - Leads project management activities from initiation through implementation against new projects using project management processes and tools.\n - Identifies and tracks against required project metrics.\n - With support of business partners, defines and documents business and technical requirements.\n - Identifies, evaluates and tracks project issues and risks.\n - Attends local medical center committees representing the KP-IT organization as needed.\n - Develops and tracks to a project schedule.\n - Responsible for supporting existing local IT infrastructure and operational applications.\n - Assist with technical training to business partners.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Must be detailed oriented, organized and have good planning skills. The ability to manage multiple tasks and be a self-starter.\n - Able to work with minimal oversight and direction.\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills to be able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.\n - Proficient with MS Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access as well as Visio and Project.\n - Highly motivated, positive attitude, strong inter-personal skills, able to manage difficult situations and work across various functional groups within the organization.\n - Possess 5 or more years experience in supporting clients in a large health care and IT environment.\n - Bachelors degree, or equivalent experience required in Health Care Administration, Information Technology or Project / Process Management.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Health Care experience or knowledge.\n - Skill sets in meeting facilitation, critical analytical thinking.\n - Six Sigma and PMP Certifications is desirable.\n - Knowledge of Kaiser's HealthConnect on-line medical system and other KP-IT applications, network, and infrastructure is desirable.", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:41:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541250/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health IT Business Consultant - Modesto", "reqid": "131134", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28541250}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Waianae", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse - Non Shortage\nLocation: Waianae, HI\nProvides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate\n- Utilizes nursing process to deliver care\n- Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill.\n- Administers medications\n- Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care\n- Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate\n- Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel\n- Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver\n- Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor\n- Takes charge duties as assigned\n- Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice\n- Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n- May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience working with electronic medical records\n- One year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty\n- Coursework in basic EKG", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:40:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541242/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse - Non Shortage", "reqid": "134182", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Waianae, HI", "uid": 28541242}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kennesaw", "description": "Title: Coord, Surgery Scheduling - Town Park Comprehensive Medical Center FT(40)\nLocation: Kennesaw, GA\nThe Surgery Scheduling Coordinator ensures that the surgical encounter (outpatient vs. inpatient) is coordinated properly & is scheduled accurately and efficiently. They are responsible for providing the highest quality customer service to our members, TSPMG practitioners, external practitioners, and external surgical sites through coordination of multidisciplinary facets of care, both internal and external.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures.\n- Uses judgment, experience and insight to ensure that surgical cases are scheduled according to best practice standards, achieving the best possible outcome for the member. To achieve success in posting a case, must consider all aspects affecting the case i.e. surgeon's time constraints and availability, surgical suite availability at multiple surgical sites, and coordination of ancillary services that may be indicated. - Reviews surgical ticket to ensure that the surgical facility and anesthesia screening requirements are met. Must remain knowledgeable with the current anesthesia screening requirements and other written guidelines as they relate to age and existing medical conditions. Communicates the patient's needs to the practitioner to ensure compliance.\n- Insures that orders for lab, radiology, or other testing are entered by the practitioners, or pends necessary orders to practitioner for signature as needed.\n- Verifies eligibility.\n- Performs pre-authorization through QRM.\n- Coordinates surgical assistance, both TSPMG practitioners, external practitioners, & various surgical\nassisting groups.\n- Coordinates the availability of special equipment and instrumentation for the surgeon in the\noperating room suite. Communicates his/her needs and preferences to the surgical facility to ensure\navailability. Examples: special lab equipment, sinus debriders, Co2 lasers.\n- Coordinates scheduling of representatives of medical equipment companies and special equipment, as requested by the physician for trials of new equipment during surgical procedures.\n- Coordinates joint cases with various surgical services both internal & external i.e. GYN, Urology,\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma\n- Medical terminology proficiency\n- Customer service experience\n- 2 years Surgery Scheduling experience\n- Knowledge of ICD9/CPT coding\n- Clinical background experience\n- Ability to prioritize responsibilities\n- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.\n- Dependability with punctuality & attendance\n- Ability to build and sustain excellent relationships with members, their families, fellow staff members\n- Ability to develop and maintain excellent relationship with internal and external customers", "date_new": "2012-05-08 18:40:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28541239/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coord, Surgery Scheduling - Town Park Comprehensive Medical Center FT(40)", "reqid": "133488", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Kennesaw, GA", "uid": 28541239}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Research Project Manager\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nManages all aspects of a medium to large scale research study and two (2) or more small to medium-sized studies or two (2) to four (4) medium to large studies. Supervises project staff. Works independently in accordance with established objectives. Work subject to occasional review.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages all aspects of a medium to large scale research study and two (2) or more small to medium-sized studies or two (2) to four (4) medium to large studies\n- May assist in development of study tools (e.g., tracking forms, questionnaires, chart review forms, etc.)\n- Develops and implements study protocols/operation manuals\n- Monitors progress of study activities (e.g., data collection and validation, recruitment, pilot studies, focus groups, etc.) and ensures that study objectives are met\n- Contributes to high level discussions with funding agencies and research teams from other organizations\n- Prepares progress reports independently and/or collaboratively\n- May participate in the training of new team members and/or clinical staff\n- Ensures that all staff administrative requirements and certifications are complete and current\n- Identifies staff training needs and resources to address needs\n- Assists in the creation and dissemination of staff development materials\n- If assigned to clinical trial, will work with sponsors/monitors at clinical sites\n- Adheres to compliance and privacy/confidentiality requirements and standards\n- Adheres to GCP and compliance regulations for clinical trials\n- Oversees data collection and conducts data analysis\n- Implements quality control and quality assurance measures\n- Acquires and maintains knowledge of KP systems and databases\n- Makes decisions for day-to-day operations of projects including the resolution of technical problems and questions from project staff\n- Collaborates with Sr. Research Project Managers and Unit Manager to facilitate Unit operations\n- Negotiates and manages time commitments and resources\n- Interfaces with IRB and drafts IRB protocols, amendments, continuing reviews, etc\n- Supervises and manages the day-to-day activities of project staff including evaluating performance and conducting regular and annual performance meetings\n- Mentors, develops and trains staff\n- Conducts hiring and disciplinary actions in partnership with the Unit Manager\n- Provides consultation to investigators and project coordinators on staffing and staff-related concerns\n- Forms project team(s) and responsible for staff resources\n- May provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams\n- May co-author scientific papers with the investigator for presentation and/or publication\n- Creates professional presentations and presents at professional/scientific meetings\n- Serves as a member and may provide leadership on department or study-related committees\n- Prepares, manages and balances project budgets; seeks to develop cost effective ways to manage study resources\n- Assists investigators in developing and preparing grant proposals by contributing to portions of grant proposals\n- May contribute to development of study methodology\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial experience (usually seven (7) plus years) in a healthcare and/or research setting to include management responsibility\n- Ability and/or experience in developing and implementing research instruments\n- Ability and/or experience conducting and interpreting quantitative and/or qualitative analyses\n- Professional experience (six (6) plus years) in research principles, design and strategies, biostatistical analyses and data interpretation preferred\n- A minimum of five (5) plus years of self-directed work managing projects, preferably research projects\n- A minimum of four (4) plus years of direct personnel management experience\n- Experience developing and presenting professional reports and presentations to senior-level audiences\n- Experience developing and managing budgets, preferably research project budgets\n- Master's degree or equivalent experience in public health, healthcare administration, epidemiology, or related field\n- Master's degree, preferably in a healthcare field\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PMP certification or similar certification highly preferred; MPH preferred.\n-Individual should have strong project management skills and a good understanding of process flow.\n-Selected candidate should have substantial project management experience, with the demonstrated ability to effectively negotiate and troubleshoot issues.\n- Strong communication and problem-solving skills will be key.\n-Must be able to work independently and have a broad understanding of research and the research process, at a minimum.\n\nNotes:\n-Position to support projects under the director of the Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research (CESR).\n-Will help manage and guide each initiative to address comparative effectiveness and safety questions raised by clinical and operational leaders.\n-Management may include the oversight and coordination of work of junior staff members and providing staff mentorship, training and support.\n-Will collaborate with the Sr. Research PM and Unit Manager to facilitate Unit operations.\n-The initial projects will focus on DCIS, PSA Screening and Biologics for Psoriasis.\n-Individual will provide support and required documentation for each performance area to ensure projects track efficiently and on budget.\n-Travel to various regional medical centers and collaborating institutions for data collection and meetings may be required.\n-Evening and weekend work may be required.", "date_new": "2012-05-07 20:44:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28486547/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Project Manager", "reqid": "124389", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28486547}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: National Nursing Research Program Manager - National Patient Care Services - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis is a 24 month Duration position\nPart time flexible - 24 hours per week.\n\nNational Nursing Research Program Manager\nKaiser Permanente/National Patient Care Services\nOakland, CA\n\nProvide leadership in the establishment and direction of a national nursing research capability and agenda across the care continuum within Kaiser Permanente to enable the delivery of extraordinary nursing care, every patient, every time. Provide direction, conduct and coordination of research across the program in collaboration with regional nursing researchers on critical nursing practice and organizational issues focused on the delivery of safe, quality, evidence-based patient care. Seek internal and external funding for identified nursing research priorities established by the National Nursing Leadership Council and National Patient Care Services. Builds KP reputation as an important source of cutting-edge evidence-based, transformative national nursing practice for the nation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establish a national nursing research capability within National Patient Care Services program-wide in collaboration with the regional nursing research departments to position KP as a national nursing research.\n- Identify, track and share interregional research results to avoid duplication and speed transfer of new knowledge and techniques into clinical practice.\n- Enhance standards of care through expansion and translation of evidence-based practices and health promotion;\n- Create an environment of interregional and interdisciplinary inquiry in which nurses from all regions can learn and practice clinical and translational research.\n- Mine, analyze and report on KP HealthConnect database to identify successful practices in collaboration with nursing informaticists.\n- Represent National PCS in matters related to nursing research and evidence based nursing practice.\n- In collaboration with nursing leadership across the program, establish, coordinate and implement a national nursing research agenda for KP nursing across the care continuum.\n- Create strategy and provides leadership for clinical and health services research operations.\n- Provide leadership for delivery of high quality and cost effective clinical evidence based solutions to issues of key organizational importance.\n- Focus on clinical and operational inter-regional issues across the care continuum.\n- Liaison to clinical and health services research for NPCS to regional and national leadership (e.g., Chief Nurse Executives, Ambulatory nursing leaders).\n- Establish and facilitate communications across clinical operations and provider groups for patient care related nursing research and evidence based practice.\n- Assess needs, identify and implement improvements to best integrate existing nursing research and evidence based practice into clinical and operational environments.\n- Responsible for the partnering with appropriate work groups (e.g., IRB, Technology assessment) and oversight of planning, coordination, monitoring of development, implementation, training, evaluation and maintenance of identified projects.\n- Obtains external and internal funding for national nursing research endeavors.\n- Seeks grant funding for research projects.\n- Position KP for more external nursing research funding opportunities.\n- Strengthen KP's collaboration with national and state entities such as, NIH's National Institute of Nursing Research, AHRQ, and foundations.\n- Promote and facilitate nursing research collaborations with local community partners and schools of nursing across the regions, including building research capabilities.\n- Build and establish KP's reputation as a premier source of cutting-edge, evidence-based, transformative national nursing practice for the nation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- RN with a Doctoral degree required.\n- Minimum of 7 years of related experience.\n- 3 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating research and evidence based practice projects from a multidisciplinary perspective that includes processes for developing and managing budgets, performing benefit cost analysis and evaluating and implementing, recommendations related to applicable nursing clinical programs.\n- 3 years of experience applying management and interpersonal skills including communication, team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management, consultation, facilitation, influencing, and negotiation skills with a variety of management and other personnel, including external partners/groups.\n- Some travel will be required to support the medical centers and organizational activities. Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- The successful candidate will have experience with program development, theoretical frameworks, research design, Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations, study implementation processes, analytic methodologies, large data sets and data bases, and diffusion techniques for instilling innovations into the clinical setting. In addition, this individual will have a successful history of research publication.The candidate will also have demonstrated ability in nursing leadership, including influencing nurses to conduct and adopt practice change and skill in negotiating for change within complex organizational structures.\n- The successful candidate will also be a recognized nursing research and evidence based practice expert relevant to the work of National Patient Care Services.", "date_new": "2012-05-07 20:44:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28486536/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "National Nursing Research Program Manager - National Patient Care Services - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "134633", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28486536}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Senior Application Developer / Technical Specialist\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nPerforms as an expert technical and IT industry resource to management, clients and development staff in new uses of IT and in all phases of major system and subsystem development. Performs in consulting role on internal and industry IT technical and business process capabilities, including leadership in the identification and recommendation of new IT opportunities. Able to formulate, contribute to, and direct task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototype, and proof-of-concept IT activities. Able to direct and participate in software/hardware release and installation task. Works under general supervision, and may provide specific guidance to others on complex.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- May direct software coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and installation tasks for on-line and batch processes in accordance w/ industry best practices and specific internal procedures and standards.\n- Evaluates application architecture and design, development and maintenance programming deliverables, technology tools, and associated technology process for application systems, including integrated software and hardware application configurations.\n- Participates in and may direct problem definition and problem resolution activities. Participates in and may direct the analysis and definition of efficient, cost effective application solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\n- Coordinates w/ internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for projects.\n- Conducts client interviews in order to perform analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and prepares appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n- Participates in and may lead IT forums, technology assessments, industry research, and other projects as needed.\n- Prepares and conducts presentation of various work products and IT technology directions and strategies.\n- Responsible for creation and review of new and revised internal IT standards and procedures.\n- Performs knowledge transfer to other staff and may review the technical work of other staff.\n- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate and timely manner.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Understand complex business problems and develop software solutions individually and as a member of a team.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions to these more complex problems.\n- Develop and maintain integrated data driven web based applications.\n- Develop and maintain data driven executable applications.\n- Test, implement and deploy web based applications and executable applications.\n- Design, implement, modify and maintain relational database.\n- Backup and restore database.\n- Application configuration and system administration.\n- Application support and maintenance.\n- Create training material and application documentation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive and diverse experience (usually 10+ years) in all phases of applications software development/maintenance life cycles in a large mainframe or client server environment required.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, required in Computer Science or related field.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred.\n- Demonstrated excellence in breadth of technical skills and technical knowledge required respective to various mainframe or client server programming development environments.\n- Strong skills required in leadership, critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g. partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in ASP.NET with Visual Basic code behind and JavaScript client side.\n- Experience in design, development and support of enterprise application using Microsoft Visual Studio and Framework.\n- Experience with SQL Server 2000 and up Database.\n- Experience in creating complex joint queries and Stored Procedures.\n- Experience in Web Controls and Web Services.\n- Experience in HTML and Style sheet.\n- Knowledgeable in creating web base graph reports.\n- Experience with Microsoft Visio.\n- Experience with Adobe Photoshop.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470912/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Application Developer /  Technical Specialist", "reqid": "134226", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 28470912}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist (120233)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nSets up and operates heart-lung machine, physiological monitoring instrumentation and related ancillary equipment in cardiac surgical procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Reviews patient's medical history and chart, and consults with surgeon or physician to obtain patient information needed to set up heart-lung machine and associated equipment. Selects, assembles, sets up, and tests heart-lung machine to ensure that machine and associated equipment function according to specifications.\n- Operates heart-lung machine to regulate blood circulation and composition, to administer drugs and anesthetic agents, and to control body temperature during surgery or respiratory failure of patient. Monitors and observes operation of heart-lung machine and patient's physiologic variables such as blood temperature, blood composition, and flow rate, and adjusts equipment to maintain normal body functions. Cleans and adjusts parts of heart-lung machine.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Sufficient previous clinical experience in perfusion to demonstrate competence in the field.\n- Graduate of an approved perfusion technology training program and certification by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion preferred.\n- BLS certification is required.\n- Must meet the statutory requirements for Perfusionists listed in the State of California Business and Professions Code Section 2590.\n- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pharmacology, chemistry, physics and sterile techniques.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470913/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cardiopulmonary Perfusionist (120233)", "reqid": "134266", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28470913}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Consulting Data Analyst (120235)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder close supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as an analyst and as a statistical analytics programmer.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.\n- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least one (1) year programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Project management experience desirable.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases preferred.\n- Analytical consulting experience preferred.\n- Bachelor of arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Strong ability to apply analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470914/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Consulting Data Analyst (120235)", "reqid": "134283", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28470914}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Service Unit Non RN Mgr II\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains budgets and on-going staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units in an outpatient facility.\n- Ensures assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance w/ The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care and quality service standards to meet members and internal clients expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Develops and monitors budgets and resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance, identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs, and improves quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, and train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader and Department Chief in developing the level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Significant supervisory experience required (usually five (5) years).\n- Significant experience in an outpatient care setting preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- BLS certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470916/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Non RN Mgr II", "reqid": "134374", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28470916}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Certified Nurse Midwife SH\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nIndependently manages the care of low-risk women during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods. Co-manages higher risk patients when determined appropriate by CNM and MD. Provides standard maternity care and counseling to women, adhering to the standards of the American College of Nurse Midwives, procedures and instructions regulated by the State Nurse Practice Act and The Permanente Medical Group.\nEssential Functions:\n- ANTEPARTUM: Evaluates patient's general and obstetrical health status.\n- Determines pregnancy status, duration of gestation, presentation, and position of fetus, fetal heart rate, and determines whether all statistics are within normal limits.\n- Obtains an accurate medical, obstetrical, gynecological and social history and an account of the course of the present pregnancy.\n- Observes signs of the member's general and obstetrical health status.\n- Performs all appropriate physical examinations appropriate to CNM care needed, including the pap smear, breast examination, and pelvic examination.\n- Records all findings of examinations, histories and significant observations on patient's chart.\n- Consults with appropriate MD regarding any abnormal findings.\n- Orders appropriate lab and medical imaging studies as needed.\n- Institutes preventative measures and detects abnormal conditions. Obtains consultation and assistance from ancillary services as needed.\n- Teaches, counsels, and guides individual members regarding their individual health care.\n- Teaches antepartum classes as needed in individual facilities.\n- Evaluates maternal general health status and well being.\n- INTRAPARTUM: Performs medical screening exam to diagnose labor.\n- Independently manages the care of low risk women during labor and delivery, under the supervision of a physician.\n- Co-manages higher risk patients when determined appropriate by CNM and MD.\n- Performs facility specific standardized procedures.\n- Evaluates patient for appropriate pain management. Includes requesting epidural for women in labor.\n- POSTPARTUM: Provides health supervision, care, teaches family planning, and prescribes contraception to women during the postpartum period.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of recent experience as a C.N.M. preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.\n- Current and valid California R.N. license, California Nurse Midwife certificate, A.C.N.M. certification and BLS certification required.\n- Current and valid California Nurse-Midwife furnishing certification (including any needed education in pharmacy) and didactic education and supervised clinical experience in third trimester limited obstetric ultrasound preferred or to be obtained at midwife's expense within one year of hire.\n- Current and valid DEA registration number specific to our practice at Kaiser to be obtained within one year of hire at midwife's expense.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470917/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Nurse Midwife SH", "reqid": "134470", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28470917}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Acupuncturist [1]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of the Sub-Chief of Physical Medicine, utilizes acupuncture to stimulate certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions. May perform or prescribe the use of oriental massage, acupressure, breathing techniques, exercise or nutrition, including the incorporation of drugless substances and herbs as dietary supplements to promote health.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides medically necessary acupuncture, consults, assesses and treats when requested/authorized by family physicians/specialists.\n- Provides an accurate diagnosis, supported by medical findings based on standardized examination and techniques generally accepted by the medical community.\n- This includes TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Western diagnostic techniques.\n- Produces complete, accurate, uniform and replicable examinations.\n- Provides quality treatment to cure or relieve the medical condition causing the patient's complaint.\n- Documents all treatments and patient's response to acupuncture therapy on patient's chart.\n- When working in the Workers compensation system, states an opinion whether anatomic loss, functional loss and physical complaints of the patient are work-related, and writes a comprehensive medical report describing the degree of injury consistent with Workers Compensation terminology and requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited school and complete four (4) academic years of education with a minimum of 1548 hours of theory including biology, organic biochemistry, physics, psychology, anatomy and physiology, pathology, nutrition and vitamins (400 hours); history of medicine, medical terminology (30 hours); clinical sciences such as internal medicine, pharmacology, neurology, surgery and clinical medicine including dentistry, nursing, chiropractic and homeopathy, western pharmacology and BLS (128) hours; Tai Chi, Chi Kung, traditional Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis, needling techniques, and acupressure (660 hours); herbology (300 hours including botany); practice management and ethics (30 hours); and 800 hours of clinical training.\n- Post-graduate degree preferred; i.e., Ph.D. in related fields, N.D. (Doctor of Naturopathy), D.O.M. (Doctor of Oriental Medicine).\n- Licensed to practice Acupuncture in the State of California.\n- Maintain currency of Acupuncture licensure in the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nWed: 1:00PM - 5:00PM; Thurs, Fri: 7:00AM - 3:30PM", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470918/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Acupuncturist [1]", "reqid": "134535", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28470918}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Senior Surgical Technician, Grade 675\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience as a surgical technician\n- Two (2) years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neuro surgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- The senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician plus the demonstrated ability to perform and under general supervision frequently do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week, Evening shifts. Monday through Friday: 12:00pm to 8:30pm. Rotating On-Call availability required, including nights, weekends and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-06 20:29:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28470911/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Surgical Technician, Grade 675", "reqid": "132911", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28470911}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Medical Staff Coordinator\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder minimal supervision, initiates the appointment/credentialing and reappointment/recredentialing process, compiling and processing data in compliance with local, regional, state and federal accreditation requirements. Ensures thorough and timely verification of Licensed Independent Practitioner's (LIP) and Allied Health Professional Staff (AHP) credentials and privileges according to local and regional medical staff services policies and procedures for practitioners in both the hospital and/or ambulatory settings. Provide medical staff service support services to professional staff by supporting professional staff committee meetings, initiating the proctoring function, tracking of residents/medical students and acting as a resource for physicians, allied health professionals, medical center leadership and patients. Completes specific time-limited project assignments as delegated by Director of Medical Staff Services or Senior Medical Staff Coordinator. This position does not supervise others.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensure consistent documentation and complete verification of practitioner (LIP/AHP) credentials.\n- Provide required documentation to Chiefs of Service, Department Administrators, Medical Center Leaders and Committee Chairs/Members, as appropriate.\n- Process all applications for appointment/credentialing, reappointment/recredentialing via the local and regional medical staff/credentialing policies and procedures.\n- Partners with all necessary staff to ensure an integrated, timely, consistent product.\n- Collaborates with regional professional recruitment personnel and regional credentialing personnel to ensure timely credentialing prior to employment.\n- Maintains computerized database of practitioner data for use in the medical staff service program to assure data for all credentialed and privileged practitioners is consistently accurate and current.\n- Implements an efficient and effective communication system for transmission of electronic practitioner data to other users in the medical center for information (i.e., practitioner-specific privilege look-up for patient care units).\n- Implements an efficient and effective communication/transmission system of shared data to regional or other local sites to facilitate timely approval for professional staff appointment or approval to participate within Southern California Region.\n- Keeps abreast of laws, regulations, local and regional policies/procedures and Professional Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.\n- Maintains credentials files of all practitioners within medical center site (including satellite facilities/medical office buildings).\n- Supports professional staff committees by preparing agendas, recording minutes and follow-up.\n- Supports the medical staff by being a resource for accreditation, licensing and regulatory compliance related to medical staff services functions.\n- Assists Director of Medical Staff Services with all survey/audit processes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- AA degree or equivalent experience preferred, bachelor's degree preferred.\n- The Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) Certification OR three (3) to five (5) years demonstrated knowledge of medical staff service functions related to credentialing/privileging, preferred.\n- Proficient with IBM PC, medical staff database.\n- Proficient with medical terminology.\n- Significant knowledge of federal and state regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (i.e., Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Department of Corrections (DOC), Department of Health Care Services (DHS), The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Title 22).\n- Strong organization, communication and written skills, with attention to detail required.\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently with minimal direct supervision.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's Degree in HC or related field\n- Professional Staff Office experience including California and Federal regulations in last three (3) years\n- Current Certification in Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS by NAMSS National Association Medical Staff Services)\n- Knowledge in credentialing, proctoring, privileges, reappointments for physicians, allied health professionals\n- Demonstrates ability to organize\n- Effective communication skills\n- Knowledge of/skills in developing policy and procedures\n- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and Joint Commission Standards related to Medical Staff Services\n- Computer knowledge to include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other databases.\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call position, schedule varies\n-Will include travel to Antelope Valley (Lancaster) Medical office building for satellite office use once weekly approximately", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464533/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Staff Coordinator", "reqid": "133790", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28464533}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "West Covina", "description": "Title: Clinical Program Manager I - Psych\nLocation: West Covina, CA\nThese positions are responsible at one site (established clinic) for the coordination, planning, design, development, delivery, and evaluation/continuous improvement of out-and/or in-patient psychotherapy programs for groups of patients and/or individual patients (adults, adolescents, children, and families). Managing psychotherapeutic programs for Addition Medicine and/or Psychiatric patients that add value and are integrated with Behavioral Health Care service priorities and performance standards, as well as with strategic organizational goals/objectives Providing clinical and administrative direction for licensed non-MD clinicians/providers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the delivery of timely, appropriate, cost-effective and high quality services/programs for assigned site\n- Assures continuity of care and appropriate utilization of resources both within and outside of Behavioral Health Care\n- Assists physicians and department managers in short and long-range planning of psychotherapeutic/psychiatric social work programs/services that meet identified needs of members and purchasers\n- Ensures that the professional practice standards for group and/or individual therapeutic modalities and psychodiagnostic testing are maintained by clinicians\n- Evaluates the professional clinical practice of staff and provides professional staff with regular/appropriate training, direction, supervision, and consultation\n- Integrates and coordinates psychiatric and/or addiction medicine programs with other in-and out-patient departments as well as with community resources\n- Achieves a continuum of care within Behavioral Health Care Services\n- Develops systems and methodologies for continuous improvement of group and/or individual treatment modalities\n- Evaluates effectiveness of program and services\n- Review/evaluates group therapy designs\n- Establishes group protocols\n- Delineates inclusion/exclusion criteria and utilizes pre-and post testing evaluations\n- Conducts on-going program evaluation of individual and/or group modalities and, in concert with the department manager and/or Chief of Service, develops/maintains systems and processes for outcomes management/improvement and for identifying the need for revised and/or new clinical treatment programs, designs, and/or protocols\n- May develop and implement policies, procedures and systems to ensure customer/member/patient/purchase satisfaction and member/patient access\n- In concert with other personnel and physicians, responds to and resolves service, access, and provider concerns/issues\n- Develops and maintains departmental policies and procedures to meet Behavioral Health Care and organizational operational, business, and strategic goals/objectives\n- Participates in-or independently conducts - performance evaluation of professional staff\n- May hire, train/orient, coach, discipline, or terminate professional staff\n- In concert with the Chief, and department manager maximizes and manages physical, fiscal, and human resources and manages/reduces associated costs\n- Analyzes departmental volume/workload indicators and evaluates/improves utilization and productivity of staff\n- Less than 50% of working time may provide direct psychotherapeutic services to individual patients and/or patient groups\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) - five (5) years of clinical experience as a staff clinician in a mental health setting\n- One (1) year of experience in managing/supervising the development, delivery and evaluation of clinical mental health programs.\n- Master's degree in a field/discipline related to mental health such as psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral science, psychiatric/chemical dependency nursing specialty\n- Proof of current state of California license in Clinical Social Work (LCSW) or Clinical Psychology or licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Current CA RN license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of individual and/or group psychotherapeutic treatment modalities and techniques\n- Demonstrated ability to plan, develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate/improve multi-discipline group and/or individual program for patients (children, adolescents, adults, and families)\n- Interpersonal and leadership skills", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464534/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Program Manager I - Psych", "reqid": "133929", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "West Covina, CA", "uid": 28464534}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Asst Mgr Amb Care Dept RN\nLocation: Downey, CA\nAssists in managing a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services by supervising daily operations & patient care activities. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & supervises the maintenance of clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Assists in integrating services/operations w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ business, departmental, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises daily operations & service delivery\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends, implements, & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assists in providing on going staff development\n- Supervises the implementation of policies & procedures which support the goals & business objectives of the organization & department\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services & the day-to day operations of the department\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related healthcare field OR four (4) years of equivalent experience in outpatient nursing or related clinical experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Previous experience (usually three (3) years) in outpatient care including two (2) years of leadership experience.\n- Two (2) years of leadership experience.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local state, federal regulations.\n\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) - five (5) years recent (within one [1] year) supervisory experience in adultand pediatric medicine.\n- Ambulatory care experience.\n- Good communication skills.\n- QI andmeeting facilitation/project management experience.\n- Ableproblem solve and make decisions in a fast pace environment.\n- Interpersonal skills in interacting with adults.\n- Affirmative Action, Union regulations, NIQA, and JCHO experience.\n- Experience in Coaching/Counseling, team building, and able to use critical thinking for problem solving.\n- Good interpersonal skills in interacting with peers, physicians and members in a confident and concise manner.\n- Ableto do strategic planning and goal setting.\n- Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Start time / days / hoursmay vary depending on departmental needs.\n- May be required to work days, evenings, holidays, and weekends.\n- May be on-call for evening, weekends and holidays.\n- Rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464536/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst Mgr Amb Care Dept RN", "reqid": "134200", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28464536}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Dir. SOX Scal Region Hospital/HP\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides leadership & oversight in the development of a strong internal control environment for the Region. Oversees implementation & ongoing compliance w/ Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) & ensures control practices comply w/ KP & regulatory agency laws & mandates. Champions SOX & enhanced control initiatives including overall responsibility of risk management w/ regards to operations, financial controls & compliance. Ensures the Region's adherence to Program-wide rollout of related risk assessment & internal control initiatives. Recommends, formulates & develops, in partnership w/ management, action plans to address identified control weaknesses. Establishes effective relationships w/ Regional Controllers, Regional Finance Leaders, Program Offices, SOX Mega Leads, SOX PMO, SOX Governance Board, Compliance Officers & their respective staff. Manages a team of professional staff to educate on internal controls, ensure remediation of control deficiencies & provide expert consultation on financial controls issues & solutions to mitigate risks to the Region. Provides leadership to project managers in assisting business owners w/ development & deployment of solutions to address internal control weaknesses. Directs staff to develop financial & operational policies. Implements monitoring processes to ensure compliance w/ fiscal policies & procedures to accomplish corporate short- & long-term objectives & regulatory body requirements. Develops staff to meet individual performance & professional goals & fosters a positive team working environment through ongoing team recognition, feedback & reward programs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops & implements a multidisciplinary project plan to comply w/ SOX requirements in the Region & across the program\n- Provides general leadership & technical direction\n- Provides regional & program-wide SOX leadership through the sharing of new tools, techniques & problem solving approaches\n- Develops & manages annual internal control & process improvement review plan which complements the annual audit plan of Internal Audit services & the external auditors\n- Prepares sensitive information & communicates it directly & effectively to clients & senior leaders\n- Provides quality assurance resource to support change implementation initiatives\n- Partners w/ finance functional directors to ensure that adequate controls are designed for business process improvement initiatives\n- Directs the assessment of financial process practices at the regional level\n- Facilitates the implementation of planned corrective measures\n- Monitors operational programs & procedures to ensure existence of internal controls in the medical facilities & Regional offices to protect assets, maximize revenue & prevent errors or irregularities\n- Directs professional staff to educate & guide finance units & customers to establish effective financial policies & procedures & apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles & practices consistently\n- Hires, trains, coaches & manages a team of professionals\n- Provides work direction & guidance including professional development & training\n- Manages the development of individual staff through annual goals setting & ongoing performance monitoring\n- Creates team environment that encourages collaboration, supports receiving & providing feedback & encourages participation from all levels of staff\n- Motivates team members & facilitates team meetings\n- Adapts management style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree required, with emphasis in business, finance, accounting or information systems required.\n- Professional certification strongly preferred in at least one of the following: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Management Accountant or Certified Information System Auditor (CISA).\n- Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of significant accountingand auditing experience required.\n- Experience in managing, motivatingand developing a team of professional staff required.\n- Significant knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.\n- Expertise in generally accepted accounting principles, internal control concepts, IT system controlsand health care regulations.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead project work both tacticallyand strategically involving various partners.\n- Demonstrated success in maintaining strong customer focusand achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.\n- Demonstrated skills in identifyingand facilitating the resolution of business problems within a team setting.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issuesand develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Professional credibility necessary to mobilizeand orchestrate cross-functional responses within Kaiser.\n- Proven leadership in matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candorand openness with a focus on results orientation.\n- Excellent supervisory leadership, project management, problem solvingand decision making skills.\n- Ability to effectively communicate regulatoryand organizational requirements to customersand staff.\n- Strong negotiation, presentationand facilitation skills.\n- Excellent oraland written communication skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health Care or Managed Care experience preferred.\n- Understanding of the operations of KP preferred.\n- Knowledgeand experience in custom and/or package system development, IT risksand controls.\n\n\nNotes:\n- May travel (15%).", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464537/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dir. SOX Scal Region Hospital/HP", "reqid": "134212", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28464537}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Learning Consultant- physician education\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\nAssesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel\n- May collaborate with training vendor\n- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel\n- Maintains training schedule for team members\n- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation\n- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality\n- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs\n- Makes recommendations for improvements\n- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management\n- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams\n- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs\n- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures\n- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects\n- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis\n- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field\n- Master's preferred\n- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills\n- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis\n- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required\n- May require some traveling throughout the state\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in educational needs assessment.\n- Ability to effectively interview subject matter experts; proven experience using Project Management Tools\n- Adult learning principles; medical terminology; instructional design methodologies\n- Knowledge of educational principles for Continuing Medical Education (CME)\n- Exceptional verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills; proven presentation skills\n- Exceptional organizational skills; work on multiple projects and set priorities to meet department goals \n- Microsoft Office, Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Photoshop and Paint; experience with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks would be a plus\n\nNotes:\n- Requires flexibility in terms of hours and location to meet client needs.\n- Works with Consultants across all of leadership and organizational development to assess, consult, plan, design, develop and implement physician educational curriculum and web based courseware for end users.\n- Develops and conducts educational activities on a variety of subjects based on educational needs/assessment and gap analysis using current instructional design methodologies.\n- Consults and creates partnerships with physician and non physician subject matter experts on region wide educational activities, organizes multi-disciplinary project teams as needed and developes project plans.\n- Assesses the effectiveness of educational activities using current learning evaluation methods for both quantitative and qualitative analysis .\n- Produces periodic reports outlining educational needs accompanied with recommendations and implications for future change.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464540/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Learning Consultant- physician education", "reqid": "134258", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28464540}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Physician Comp Analyst\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nConducts data collection & analysis involved in making recommendations regarding physician base salary program. Works w/ Asst. Dir., Permanente Compensation to ensure physicians are paid in a timely & accurate manner. Recommends program & system solutions to address changing needs of the department. Provides compensation support through survey participation & analysis, assembling compensation packages, conducting analyses requested by the Board of Directors (BOD) & Medical Directors.\nProvides analytical support to Area Medical Director, Medical Group Administrator, AAMDs and AMGAs as needed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers & implements pay practices approved by the Medical Group BOD\n- Ensures appropriate interpretation of pay practices & BOD rules\n- Assists w/ the operation & enhancement of the physician personnel systems\n- Works w/ area payroll coordinator(s) to ensure personnel actions are documented & entered correctly\n- Maintains the physician HR/payroll database\n- Monitors integrity of data\n- Reviews audit/kick-out/exception reports for accuracy\n- Makes necessary corrections on system\n- May produce management reports\n- Researches issues, questions using historical files & makes recommendations based on analysis\n- Responds to physician inquiries regarding salaries, deductions, overtime pay, etc\n- Researches & reconciles discrepancies on physician paychecks & direct deposits\n- Participates in the development & implementation of new systems & databases relating to physician compensation\n- Resolves data processing problems; works w/ IT for programming support\n- Interprets, documents, & communicates physician payroll policies to physicians & management\n- Recommends clarification of policy problems\n- Performs compensation functions such as: implementing/administration of physician compensation programs, assembling of compensation packages, participating in salary surveys & analyzing survey data, providing analytic support on compensation projects\n- Applies knowledge of BOD rules in making recommendations on salary determination issues such as starting salaries, promotional increases, transfers, & other base pay-related issues\n- Acts as an expert resource to area payroll coordinators & compensation support staff regarding Board approved policies, pay practices, & system issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Three (3) - five (5) years of progressive experience in compensation/ personnel/ payroll areas\n - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in Business Administration or related field\n - Knowledge of compensation, payroll tax and related government regulations preferred\n - Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and internal control concepts preferred\n - Proficiency with in-house mainframe or PC payroll system and a variety of software applications\n - Effective communication skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Good working knowledge of PeopleSoft and/or other HRIS applications/systems\n - A tech-savvy individual possessing the ability to learn new applications/systems quickly\n - The ability to communicate well with all levels of professional staff\n - A strong work ethic and a service-oriented work demeanor\n - Good working knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel (pivot tables, worksheet manipulation, reporting tools) and familiarity with Access\n - Experience working in a healthcare environment and in dealing with physicians, associates, partners, per diems and other non-physician healthcare leaders\nNotes:\n- Work location is 9985 Sierra Ave, Fontana CA\n- Will include travel between Fontana Medical Center & Ontario Medical Center", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464542/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Comp Analyst", "reqid": "134426", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28464542}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist-PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPerform pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests and analysis in one or more areas of clinical laboratory such as hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, immuno-hematology, serology, parasitology and chemical and morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis and recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides the highest level of patient care as defined by established standards & maintains confidentiality on all tests performed by the laboratory.\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team.\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures. Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results.\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods.\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift.\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc. on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results.\n- Instructs new employees &/or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology.\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to laboratory assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & medical center personnel.\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department.\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department.\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation.\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs.\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner.\n- Observes all laboratory, Kaiser Permanente & regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols.\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels.\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients. Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own.\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications.\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of recent experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), preferred.\n- A current and valid California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies and techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position. Days and hours may vary according to departmental needs.\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464529/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist-PD", "reqid": "133168", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28464529}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist-PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPerform pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests and analysis in one or more areas of clinical laboratory such as hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, immuno-hematology, serology, parasitology and chemical and morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis and recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides the highest level of patient care as defined by established standards & maintains confidentiality on all tests performed by the laboratory.\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team.\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures. Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results.\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods.\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift.\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc. on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results.\n- Instructs new employees &/or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology.\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to laboratory assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & medical center personnel.\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department.\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department.\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation.\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs.\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner.\n- Observes all laboratory, Kaiser Permanente & regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols.\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels.\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients. Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own.\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications.\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of recent experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), preferred.\n- A current and valid California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies and techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position. Days and hours may vary according to departmental needs.\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464530/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist-PD", "reqid": "133176", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28464530}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist-PD\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPerform pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests and analysis in one or more areas of clinical laboratory such as hematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, immuno-hematology, serology, parasitology and chemical and morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis and recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides the highest level of patient care as defined by established standards & maintains confidentiality on all tests performed by the laboratory.\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team.\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures. Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results.\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods.\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift.\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc. on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results.\n- Instructs new employees &/or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology.\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to laboratory assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & medical center personnel.\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department.\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department.\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation.\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs.\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner.\n- Observes all laboratory, Kaiser Permanente & regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols.\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels.\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients. Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own.\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications.\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of recent experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), preferred.\n- A current and valid California state Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies and techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position. Days and hours may vary according to departmental needs.\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464531/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist-PD", "reqid": "133178", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28464531}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float Irvine - Per Diem Dayshift\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will float to different units to take care of Med- Surg- Tele patients\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 am-8:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm-12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:32:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464525/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float Irvine - Per Diem Dayshift", "reqid": "132586", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28464525}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Wildomar", "description": "Title: Manager Ambulatory Care Department RN\nLocation: Wildomar, CA\nManages a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Develops & maintains clinical & nursing practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Manages the planning, development, implementation, delivery, & evaluation/improvement of quality out-patient/nursing services that add value & are integrated w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ strategic, business, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the delivery of nursing services & out-patient care which are integrated w/ business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards & performance measures\n- Ensures that services meet members' physicians' & internal clients' needs in a changing & competitive health care market\n- Manages, coordinates service delivery and/or programs assigned to assistant manager(s)\n- With SCPMG staff develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care\n- Manages & ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services, & operations by designing & implementing systems, processes, & methods to evaluate & improve patient care across the continuum of care\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, maintaining, & evaluating/improving patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Develops & manages budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Provides on going staff development\n- Develops, implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals/business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in ambulatory care nursing or other relevant clinical experience required (usually five (5) - six (6) years) including previous supervisory experience (usually three (3) years)\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in nursing or related field such as health care management required\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state and federal regulations\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills; knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Candidate must be able to innovate and have sharp focus for our vision and not be deterred by roadblocks.\n- Open to new ideas and solutions without setting limiting beliefs in an effort to finding the best solutions.\n- Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, as well as maintain performance on various goals (metrics)in a fast paced environment.\n\nNotes:\n- Administrator is responsible for management of the Wildomar Medical Office building oversight for all departments in the MOB\n- Able to work collaboratively with several Department Administrators and Chiefs throughout the Riverside Service Area.\n- Able to create a community environment within the Wildomar Medical Office Building.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:31:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464523/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Ambulatory Care Department RN", "reqid": "129903", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Wildomar, CA", "uid": 28464523}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Project Manager Consultant/Specialist (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nConsultant/Specialist Project Manager\nBurbank, CA\n\nThe position is responsible for project managing, in conjunction with department partners, all plan and benefit changes for cyclical and special deployments that impacts new and renewal sales processes plus incorporates end-to-end tasks touching systems, rates, collateral, communications and training. In addition, the position leads or supports corrective action and Health Care Reform initiatives potentially impacting 70,000 group customers and associated brokers. It is an individual contributor role with no direct reports and is based in Burbank, California.\n\nPrepares internal department communication bulletins and support materials for a wide and diverse range of topics/issues. Serves as a subject matter expert representing small business supplying process, technical and content knowledge for cross function/department projects.\n\nIncludes the planning and tracking of projects both (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Identifies and resolves issues related to projects. Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.\n\nEssential Functions:\nManages moderately to large complex projects or multiple projects of simple to moderate complexity\nProvides consulting for business partners or completes components for business case development\nDemonstrates understanding of, and knowledge in methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project\nApplies the risk management process\nSustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects\nDemonstrates knowledge of and provides continuous feedback for improvement of approved project management methods and business methods to projects\nDetermines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project\nWorks on significant and unique assignments of diverse and complex scope.\nAddresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change\nRequires more complex planning and direction setting with diverse and multiple stakeholders\nDevelops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.\nRequires in-depth analysis to develop and implement unprecedented solutions for more complex problems.\nProactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project interdependencies.\nCommunicates and creates enthusiasm for new initiatives or change efforts in order to gain their ownership.\nCommunicates purpose, priorities and goals of the group/unit of operation and connects to the larger picture.\nKeeps stakeholders informed and asks for others' input in to key initiatives and change efforts\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n7+ years Project Management experience Understands all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one phase of the project delivery life cycle\nManages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects\nDemonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business\n4-year degree in related field or equivalent experience. [Bachelor's degree required (e.g., business, economics, mathematics, statistics, etc)\nMaster's degree preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:31:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464513/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager Consultant/Specialist (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "134595", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28464513}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Account Manager (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nAccount Manager - Large Group\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking an Account Manager who will be accountable for developing and executing account and book of business strategies to optimize membership, revenue, and margin targets. Create and execute a business plan that positions KP to optimize our opportunities across book of business. Achieves growth and margin requirements. Positions KP as strategic partner with key decision-makers and influencers.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop & execute book of business plans to ensure attainment of BOB-specific goals\n- Analyze the business opportunities in group/book of business\n- Identify & confirm customer's needs & business strategies\n- Collect specific business information & competitive data\n- Analyze quantitative data & identify gaps between current state & optimal business position\n- Conduct political map analysis; identify & fill relationship gaps\n- Develop strategy for optimizing our business opportunities\n- Plan & conduct customer meeting & approach\n- Successfully negotiate the strategy & changes w/ customer/broker/consultant\n- Set milestones to ensure implementation of plan\n- Develop & execute broker engagement strategy to ensure attainment of broker specific goals\n- Understand the broker's & firms specific business goals, identify if any targeted industries\n- Analyze the opportunities in a broker's entire BOB, especially the non KP customers\n- Use the Value Proposition in order to differentiate KP\n- Regularly analyze broker results & take action to improve performance\n- Build strong, trusting relationships\n- Build win-win-win scenarios\n- Employ a consistent & disciplined business process for account planning & strategic engagement\n- Engagement strategy must include joint planning & problem solving focusing on meeting their specific goals & objectives\n- Identify & engage key decisions-makers & influencers in designated brokerage/consultant firms\n- Educate brokers/consultants on KP product portfolio & how to appropriately position KP for success in customer accounts\n- Identify brokerage/consultant needs & develop appropriate solutions\n- Anticipate implications of industry trends & KP changes & proactively engage brokers/consultants about issues that impact their business\n- Develop & execute account plans to ensure attainment of account specific goals\n- Identify & collect appropriate information to better understand business issues, problems & opportunities\n- Understand the customer's political landscape\n- Understand & use industry, financial, & organizational data\n- Accurately diagnoses customers' business strengths, weaknesses, & key issues that can inform how health care benefits decisions are made in the customer's organization\n- Effective use of the revenue investment funds to support business targets\n- Understand the opportunities, our business position, & what motivates decisions\n- Build an effective case review for management approval\n- Partner w/ UW to agree on the optimal use of the revenue investment fund\n- Leverage risk over opportunities\n- Present a persuasive business case to customers and/or brokers\n- Review outcomes & learn from results in order to identify & maximize future opportunities\n- Understand & influence the medical risk in a particular account as it affects growth & margin\n- Create programs that educate members w/ the goal of achieving sustainable behavior changes\n- Evaluate BOB to identify accounts where margin can be added & those where we will need to spend to remain competitive w/in the offering\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2+ years of experience in marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships required\n- Bachelor's degree in marketing, finance, business administration OR equivalent experience required\n- Knowledge of and experience with employee health benefits\n- Knowledge of underwriting processes, healthcare products, and contracts preferred\n- Strong computer and analytic skills, including experience creating client presentations using Microsoft Office programs and use of client databases, required\n- Life license required or ability to obtain one within 120 days of hire date\n- Proven track record of meeting individual business objectives\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required\n- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and persuasion skills required\n- Effective account management skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MHA, MPH, or MBA preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:31:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464510/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Manager (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "134414", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28464510}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Clinical Technology Integration - Kaiser Permanente - Berkeley, CA\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nSupervisor, Clinical Technology Integration\nKaiser Permanente\nBerkeley, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a Supervisor of Clinical Technology to oversee the day to day work activities of Systems Integration personnel who perform remote and on-site services including installation, maintenance, and repair of clinical equipment and applications for maximum uptime and availability. This includes monitoring work assignments and balancing workloads as required. Implement best practice processes and procedures to improve productivity, increase customer satisfaction, and insure employee compliance with corporate standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules work and supervises assigned personnel. Resolve conflicts, prioritizes tasks, and provides guidance where needed.\n- Works with customers to address installation/service related complaints. Escalate urgent matters. Evaluate and improve the quality of service and employee conduct.\n- Monitor and insure timely completion of all work related documentation associated with projects, installations, service, and safety. Create and maintain accurate work records.\n- Assists Systems Integration Manager with training needs of technicians and other related field personnel. Insure a properly trained work force.\n- Assist in the recruitment, hiring, monitoring, evaluating and disciplining of field personnel. Build a work force equipped to meet the current and emerging needs of the Clinical Systems Integration Group.\n- Provide input to NFS/KPIT that drives changes to design, construction, operational standards for imaging products and services. Optimize existing and future Clinical Technology Equipment.\n- Promotes a culture of cross-functional and inter-departmental cooperation. Exploit the advantages of Team work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree related to Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.\n- Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in Biomedical Engineering, Field Service Engineering, or Medical Equipment Maintenance.\n- Minimum of 8 years of experience troubleshooting and maintaining computer hardware, operating systems, and complex software applications and application systems.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of supervisory experience in Biomedical Engineering. Strong leadership, customer service, and analytical skills.\n- Bachelor's degree related to Biomedical Engineering with minor in Computer Science, or Information Technology.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:31:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464508/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Clinical Technology Integration - Kaiser Permanente - Berkeley, CA", "reqid": "133726", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28464508}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vancouver", "description": "Title: Public Health Nurse - Hospice/Palliative Care\nLocation: Vancouver, WA\nThe self-directed Hospice and Palliative Care Public Health Nurse (HPCPHN) provides skilled nursing assessment, planning and coordination/care management across settings to patients in a private home, adult foster home, residential/assisted living care, intermediate care, skilled nursing facility, inpatient hospice facilities and hospital settings in order to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families consistent with hospice philosophy and CCS policies and procedures.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Assume initial responsibility for assessing patient/family needs and consulting with attending physician, Hospice and Palliative Care Physician (HPCP) , other IDT staff members or other appropriate community or facility contacts as indicated by patient location and needs at the time of the assessment and care provision\n- Obtain data on physical, psycho/social, emotional and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care\n- Facilitate advanced illness and/or end of life discussion with patient and family members to assist with choice of hospice or palliative care\n- Determine patient appropriateness for palliative care or hospice services (including hospice level of care and care site) in consultation with the HPCP\n- Case Management: assume primary responsibility for a patient/family caseload that includes the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating phases of the nursing process; including scheduling visits to reflect patient care needs in order to maintain continuity of the plan of care; and advocate for patient and family\n- Participate as an active member of the IDT to coordinate information and services to update the plan of care\n- Maintain up to date patient records so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly stated and changes are reflected as they occur in accordance with CCS policies and procedures\n- Instruct primary caregivers, family members, employed caregivers and facility staff to provide hospice specific care as indicated.\n- Attend weekly case conferences and actively participate in discussion of patient needs and care planning\n- Coordinate hospice care across settings to achieve smooth transitions of care and assure compliance with the hospice plan of care through communication and documentation for family members, caregivers, facility staff as appropriate\n- Supervise and document Hospice Aide care delivery every two weeks\n- Provide phone triage and support to patients/families as needed and requested\n- Assure professional competency through maintaining state-of-the-art skills and knowledge consistent with state and Medicare regulations, Joint Commission accreditation standards, applicable nurse practice acts and agency policies\n- Participate in CCS and KP orientation and in service training for professional staff as well as agency and community programs as requested to promote professional growth and understanding of hospice and palliative care\n- Demonstrate familiarity with policies of the agency and rules and regulations of state and federal bodies which aid in determining policies\n- Participates in department quality management/improvement activities; including but not limited to clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review, continuous quality improvement projects\n- Partner in defining and achieving agency productivity standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- One year medical-surgical nursing experience in an acute care setting\n- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or commensurate knowledge and experience (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management, community health, and public health). Licensed in Oregon and Washington. Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire\n- Valid driver's license\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes. Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer\n- Keyboarding or typing skills\n- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation\n- Working knowledge of concise, yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessments and care\n- Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication and organizational and time management skills required to accomplish case management responsibilities within allocated time frames\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test 20 wpm\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers\n- Working knowledge of the managed care industry\n- Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements\n- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills\n- Able to work autonomously and manage patient caseload\n- Experience working as a member of an interdisciplinary team\n- Knowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail elderly\n- Working knowledge of Hospice and palliative care for the terminally ill patient. Pediatrics\n- Oncology/hospice\n- Hospice care and the dying process\n- Peripheral and central line IV management\n- Able to perform venipuncture and IV insertion\n- Able to operate multiple IV pumps\n- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing\n\nNOTE: This position consists of the following: You are expected to work four, 10 hourr shifts with varied days and shifts as a Float and back-up for after hours advice or visit RN.\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464494/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Public Health Nurse - Hospice/Palliative Care", "reqid": "134222", "state": "Washington", "state_short": "WA", "location": "Vancouver, WA", "uid": 28464494}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Team Lead/Home Health\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo ensure coordination of care and services provided to all patients receiving home care services in the Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care Programs. Key functions are to develop a coordinated admission plan of care for patients referred; facilitate coordination of disciplines and services; use problem-solving and critical thinking skills to facilitate, coordinate, and execute effective, timely responses to clinical problems as they arise for patients; and facilitate transitions across the continuum of healthcare settings for all home care patients.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives and evaluates appropriateness of the home health, hospice, and palliative care referral in collaboration with other team members (care team members, supervisor, scheduler, discharge coordinators, long-term care team, expanded care, physicians, clinic social workers, and others as needed).\n- Ensures timely admission based on assessment.\n- Assess clinical implications of services ordered, patient/caregiver ability to manage self-care, requirements for clinical monitoring, patient stability, patient behavior that could impact a safe plan of care, and other factors that could impact safety and efficacy of admission care plan.\n- Coordinate appropriate services and interventions by obtaining appropriate initial physician orders (e.g. wound care; wound VAC, medications, etc).\n- Participate in the development and coordination of a comprehensive admission plan of care that incorporates an understanding of patient-specific benefits and eligibility requirements in collaboration with care team, outpatient resources, and referring physician.\n- Assure that appropriate supplies and equipment needed to provide initial services are available (e.g. wound supplies, wound VAC, DME, enteral pumps, glucometers, medications, etc) to meet patient needs.\n- Make recommendations to modify the plan of care to expedite a safe transition of care, reduce risks, and enhance patient outcomes.\n- Identify and communicate start of service to patient/caregiver and home care scheduling staff based on physician orders and patient care needs.\n- Discusses and collaborates with referral source, home care team members, physician, discharge coordinator, and supervisor regarding complex discharges, unsafe discharge plans, and inappropriate referrals. Assists in identifying and coordinating alternative options to current care needs, which may include on-site or telephone conference with healthcare team members and patient/family/caregivers\n- Advocate for the patient and family, as well as the healthcare system to optimize utilization of resources. This includes acting on behalf of the member to ensure they are informed of their financial obligations and understand their appeal rights.\n- Coordinates referrals out to contract and non-contract providers for members that require home care services that can not be provided by agency staff within the Portland/Vancouver service area.\n- Develop and maintain expert level of knowledge and skills related to agency policy, state practice acts, applicable state and federal regulations, utilization management, and qualifications for home care services.\n- Telephone Advice/Problem-solving for patients/caregivers\n- Follow up to after hours advice calls\n- Resource, support, and advice for home care staff\n- Physician communication and support\n- Facilitates scheduling of follow up visits and procedures related to advice calls\n- Oversees the day to day staffing and patient schedules and problem-solves staffing challenges to meet patient needs, within staffing rules\n- Supply and DME ordering\n- Assistance with paneling patients with physicians\n- Facilitates Care Conferences (Case Conferences, IDT, Complex Discharges, etc)\n- Coordinates care with Home Phlebotomy\n- Conducts Medication Reconciliation for Therapy only cases.\n- Reviews and approves Home Health Aide Care Plans for Therapy only cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year experience as a registered nurse in the acute care setting preferably medical/surgical and/or critical care nursing.\n- Two years home health and/or Hospice experience.\n- One year leadership experience or commensurate experience.\n- BSN preferred. Will consider RN with documented three years recent experience in Community Health, Home Health, Hospice or Palliative Care in lieu of degree.\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington as a Registered Nurse. Requires license in both states prior to first day of employment.\n- Valid driver's license.\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire.\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes.\n- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with physicians, ancillary providers, nurses, and patients to plan for transition of care to and from the home setting.\n- Triage/phone experience.\n- Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments.\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer.\n- Keyboarding or typing skills.\n- Able to operate a computer to perform clinical documentation.\n- Highly effective problem-solving, written and verbal communication, organizational, and time management skills.\n- Knowledge of Medicare, The Joint Commission, and State requirements and regulations for home care programs.\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente systems.\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Four years experience as a registered nurse in the acute care preferably medical/surgical and/or critical care nursing and at least one your working in a Kaiser Permanente Home Care Program (Home Health, Hospice, or Palliative Care).\n- Experience with care coordination or case management.\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills.\n- Familiarity with the use of computers and competence in keyboarding skills.\n- Thorough working knowledge of Medicare regulations for home care.\n- OASIS-C Certification\n- Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse\n- Oncology/Hospice\n- Rehabilitation Nursing\n- Hospice care and the dying process.\n- Utilization management, discharge planning, care coordination, and case management.\n\nSalary Range:\n$34.10 - $48.32", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464495/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Lead/Home Health", "reqid": "134227", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28464495}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist - Home Health\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe occupational therapist provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide therapy services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community. This care is provided through coordinating the delivery of high quality, cost-effective skilled, rehabilitative or palliative care as part of an interdisciplinary team.\nEssential Functions:\nProvides skilled occupational therapy services to patients consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patients physician.\nDemonstrates professional behavior supporting regional and departmental policies, procedures, goals, and values. Activities include performing initial and ongoing assessments of patient rehab potential, activities of daily living, cognitive skills, pain, visual perception, neuromuscular and sensory integrative skills/abilities, functional needs and abilities, activity tolerance, mobility, positioning, safety in the home environment, equipment needs, compliance with physician ordered care (including medications), psychosocial status, need for community resources, and home health/hospice services. Actively seeks opportunity for continued professional growth and knowledge.\nDevelops and implements an individualized care plan utilizing departmental and community resources in a cost-effective manner. Skilled plan of occupational therapy care includes utilizing therapeutic exercises/activities, modalities, design/fabrication/ recommendation of adaptive equipment/orthotic and assistive devices, compensatory techniques based on patient assessment, and understanding of treatment risks and benefits relevant to the patients medical condition, rehabilitation potential, and prognosis.\nCoordinates the delivery of occupational therapy care with nursing, social work, aide, therapy, insurance case management, equipment suppliers, outpatient, inpatient, long term care, hospice, and community resources which results in effective utilization of resources and the timely attainment of achievable rehabilitation and/or palliative care goals.\nParticipates in quality and performance improvement activities within the department including but not limited to measurement and continuous improvement of clinical competency, regulatory compliance, outcome achievement, resource management, work team performance, and customer satisfaction.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nOne year occupational therapy experience.\nbachelor of science in occupational therapy.\nCurrent registration as OTR.\nAble to adapt quality occupational therapy and rehabilitation into a patients home setting.\nDemonstrates competency in the use of occupational therapy equipment in the home care setting.\nAble to prioritize patient needs to achieve attainable treatment goals.\nWorking knowledge of interdisciplinary care coordination.\nAble to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation.\nDemonstrates customer-focused service skills.\nThorough knowledge of teaching/learning principles.\nKeyboarding or typing skills. This position requires completion of a typing test.\nExperience as an interdisciplinary team member.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nA minimum of 1 year of clinical experience providing occupational therapy in a home care or rehabilitation setting.\nRecent experience caring for chronically ill and geriatric patients.\nExperience as an interdisciplinary team member\nWorking knowledge of the managed care industry.\nWorking knowledge of palliative care for the terminally ill patient.\nAble to work autonomously and manage their caseload.\nKnowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail elderly.\nOperational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers.\nKnowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements.\nExcellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.49 - $45.01", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464496/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist - Home Health", "reqid": "134234", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28464496}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Public Health Nurse - Home Health\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe self-directed public health nurse provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide nursing services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patient's physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides nursing services to patients consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patient's physician.\n- Manages the care of patients from admission to discharge, coordinating the multidisciplinary plan of care: including appropriate referrals to other disciplines; community resources; supervision of the home health aid plan of care; coordination of the discharge plan and documentation to reflect all activities provided in program appropriate care settings.\n- Assesses the learning needs of the patient/caregiver to develop the plan of care that meets patient and family needs and goals including the provision of effective teaching, supervision and delegation of care to achieve desired health care outcomes and timely discharge consistent with quality care.\n- Partners with agency management in the development and review of programs within Continuing Care Services.\n- Facilitates the initiation of cost effective home care and provides consultation to clinicians regarding appropriate care setting alternatives.\n- Assures professional competency through maintaining state-of-the-art skills and knowledge consistent with Medicare and JCAHO regulations, applicable nurse practice acts and agency policies.\n- Participates in hospice, home infusion, home health and palliative care call duty consistent with agency policy.\n- Participates in department quality management/improvement activities; including but not limited to clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review, continuous quality improvement projects, partners in defining and achieving agency productivity standards.\n- Performs other duties as requested.\n- Makes decisions within established policy that contributes to the costs of care, including costs of medical equipment, medications, supplies, respite care, hospitalization, etc.\n- The PHN reduces health care costs for disabled and chronically ill patients by maximizing self care skills and abilities, preventing complications, educating patients/families regarding expected outcomes and effective utilization of Kaiser Permanente and community resources.\n- Adheres to attendance policy.\n- Maintains productivity as established by the agency.\n- Operational decisions regarding coordination of patient care include initiation of transfers from one care setting to another, admission and discharge of the patient and development and modification of the plan of care to meet constantly changing care requirements and constraints.\n- Responsible for accurate and thorough assessments upon which medical treatment decisions are based.\n- Provides care alone in the home setting with limited resources.\n- Must balance sensitivity/awareness of terminal care, human suffering and disability issues with the realities of utilization management, productivity and regulatory requirements.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of medical-surgical nursing experience in an acute care setting.\n- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or commensurate knowledge and experience (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management, community health, and public health).\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington. Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire.\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two (2) weeks of hire.\n- Valid driver's license.\n- Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments.\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer.\n- Keyboarding or typing skills.\n- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation.\n- Working knowledge of concise, yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessments and care.\n- Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication and organizational and time management skills required to accomplish case management responsibilities within allocated time frames.\n- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers preferred.\n- Working knowledge of the managed care industry preferred\n- Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements preferred.\n- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills preferred\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills preferred\n- Ability to work autonomously and manage patient caseload preferred.\n- Knowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail elderly preferred.\n- Working knowledge of Hospice and palliative care for the terminally ill patient preferred.\n- Knowledge, skills and abilities preferred in: Pediatrics, including well child care, oncology/hospice, rehabilitation nursing, hospice care and the dying process, peripheral and central line IV management, venipuncture and IV insertion, operate multiple IV pumps, and perform surgical debridement as part of wound care.\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test.\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes.\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464497/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Public Health Nurse - Home Health", "reqid": "134241", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28464497}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Public Health Nurse - Infusion (2 positions)\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe self-directed public health infusion nurse provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide nursing services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patient's physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides nursing services to patients consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patient's physician. Manages the care of the patients from admission to discharge, coordinating the multi-disciplinary plan of care, including appropriate referrals to other disciplines, community resources, supervision of the home health aide plan of care, coordination of the discharge plan and appropriate documentation to reflect all activities provided in program appropriate care settings.\n- Assesses the learning needs of the patient/caregiver to develop the plan of care that meets patient and family needs and goals, including the provision of effective teaching, supervision and delegation of care to achieve desired health care outcomes and timely discharge consistent with quality care.\n- Partners with agency management in the development and review of programs within Continuing Care Services. Facilitates the initiation of cost-effective home care and provides consultation to clinicians regarding appropriate care setting alternatives.\n- Participates in program and department quality management/improvement activities: including but not limited to clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review, CQI projects, review of infusion policy and procedures, and partners in defining and achieving agency productivity standards.\n- Assures professional competency through maintaining state-of-the-art nursing skills, knowledge consistent with Medicare and JCAHO regulations, applicable nurse practice acts and agency policies.\n- Participates in rotation of 24 hour home infusion call duty consistent with agency policy.\n- Performs other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nCandidates must pass a 20 net wpm typing test, administered by Kaiser Permanente in order to be interviewed for this position. Please contact the Kaiser Permanente Employment Office at (503) 813-3601 for typing test instructions. This requirement does not apply to current Kaiser Northwest Registered Nurses.\n - Minimum of 2 to 4 years experience in medical-surgical in an acute care setting or 2-4 years experience in home health or infusion therapy.\n - Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or commensurate knowledge and experience. (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management, community health and public health).\n - RN License in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license prior to first day of employment. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date.\n - Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire.\n - Valid drivers license. NOTE: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes.\n - Thorough knowledge of teaching/learning principles.\n - Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial and spiritual assessments.\n - Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation and keyboarding or typing skills.\n - Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication, organizational and timemanagement skills required to accomplish case management responsibilities within allocatedimeframes.\n - Ability to be flexible with multiple daily schedule changes as patient referral needs are prioritized.\n - Ability to adjust teaching style to the age/needs of the patient and/or family.\n - Demonstrated ability to teach patient/ family the technical infusion home care without additional stress.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems, including the use of laptop/notebook computers.\n - Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements\n - Evidence of excellent IV skills, including peripheral and central line management.\n - Able to perform venipuncture and IV insertion and management.\n - PICC Certified or desire to be trained to place PICCs\n - CRNI Certification\n - Working knowledge of the managed care industry.\n - Pediatrics, including well child care.\n - Oncology.\n - Hospice care and the dying process.\n - Thorough knowledge of principles and practices of infusion therapy.\n - Working knowledge of the pharmacology of intravenous drugs.\n - Able to operate multiple IV pumps/infusion devices.\nPrevious experience in:\n - Home Health Nursing.\n - Pediatric and Well Child Nursing.\n - Oncology and Hospice Nursing.\n - IV Therapy Nursing.\n - Intensive Care Nursing.\n - Program development.\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464499/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Public Health Nurse - Infusion (2 positions)", "reqid": "134245", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28464499}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Portland Area (Anticipated Requisition)\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\n***This is not an actual job posting. If you meet the qualifications for this position, submit your resume for future hiring opportunities.***\n\nParticipates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality and customer focused health care to patients in a manner that reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. Provides clinical and administrative support to clinicians and other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients.Clinical duties involve both direct (in person)& indirect (via phone or on-line) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex clinical knowledge and skills.As appropriate to the position's scope of authorized duties, the MA is expected to have competent observational, clinical, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving & decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs and contribute to a positive care experience and work environment.Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician for patient care activities, and under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares and organizes patient's office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside records, etc.) and order entriesare ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.\n- Collects pertinent subjective (e.g., signs & symptoms, allergies, current medication, tobacco use, etc.) & objective (e.g., vital signs, height, weight, etc.) data related to patient's reason for visit (i.e., chief complaint, presenting symptoms or procedure).\n- Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify and address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.\n- Alerts clinician on signs & symptoms requiring immediate attention and respond to directions per clinician.\n- Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinician's exam during rooming-in process.\n- Assures exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure. Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.\n- Provides patient with after-visit, follow-up, self-care or procedural instructions and/or educational materials as directed by clinician.\n- Use KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of patient care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.\n- Updates demographic or historical clinical data gathered in the electronic medical record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited Medical Assistant program\n- AHA Health Care Provider Level CPR Certification within 30 days of employment\n- Employees must be able to successfully obtain Kaiser Permanente's Medication Administration Competency Certification within 90 days of employment as a Medical Assistant\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (assessment required for external candidates)\n- Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills\n- Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding\n- Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions\n- Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year in a medical assistant position to assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Dermatology, Neurology, Cardiology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting\n- Demonstrated clinical knowledge and procedural skills and/or documented trainings in assigned department's clinical area within the last 1-3 years\n- Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system\n- Current National Medical Assistant Certification\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.19 - $20.91", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464505/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Portland Area (Anticipated Requisition)", "reqid": "134594", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28464505}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Associate Manager Emergency Department\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe KSMC Associate Manager is responsible for managing daily unit operations & provide support to the Manager. The Associate Manager under the supervision of the Manager/Nurse Manager holds direct administrative authority for specific nursing units. The Assistant Manager assists with the management of department personnel, provision of safe, cost-effective, quality patient care, a safe work environment & the provision of educational activities for the staff. He/she is directly accountable to the manager of the specific units/departments. The Associate Manager is a 'back up 'resource for the staff. The Associate Manager is not an interim step in the communication link between the staff & the Manager, but rather a facilitator or additional resource.\nEssential Functions:\n- Act as an expert resource for staff.\n- Assist in the evaluation of nursing practice, research & trends. Apply knowledge to the development of standards of care & practice to ensure optimal patient outcomes.\n- Assist in the creation, modifications & evaluation of policies & procedures as delegated &/or appropriate to the clinical unit & expertise.\n- Assist in the development of competencies so staff achieve maximize performance.\n- Maintain personal & professional growth of self & others by participating in educational offerings & professional organizations.\n- Partner w/ medical staff & other disciplines to assist w/ establishment of patient care goals for unit development\n- Evaluate patient care delivery model & the needed staff, equipment & resources to provide safe, optimal care\n- Assist in the direction & supervision of staff & ensure safe, therapeutic environment\n- Support the development & implementation of an organization wide patient safety program.\n- Ensure staff is educated on risk management & correct action is identified in areas of potential liability.\n- In the absence of the manager, provide leadership & direction in accordance w/ the organization & departmental goals & objectives.\n- Assist the manager on performance evaluations.\n- Assist in counseling, coaching & mentoring of personnel. Provide assist to manager in corrective action process.\n- Facilitate inter-departmental relationships so that mission, vision, goals of department & organization are achieved.\n- Demonstrate critical thinking & use of evidence based practice.\n- Support the Department Partnership Council (DPC) to accomplish tasks & goals.\n- Actively participates in committees & task forces.\n- Ensures staff compliance.\n- Facilitate a culture of creative thinking & act as a change agent to challenge the status quo.\n- Responsible for own professional growth & supports work-life balance.\n- Ensure staff has the knowledge & skills to provide appropriate, safe care to patients & families through education, coaching, training, teaching or experience.\n- Work w/ outside vendors, agencies to assure coordination of services & represent the organization in a professional manner\n- Participate in at least one professional organization & encourage others to participate in professional organization.\n- Able to lift at least 40 pounds\n- Assist in the movement of patients &/or equipment whose weight may range from 100-300 pounds.\n- Able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist & knees.\n- Able to stand &/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift.\n- Able to push/pull weights 100-300 pounds w/ assistance.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience as RN in clinical area\n- 3 years of leadership experience\n- BSN\n- Oregon RN license\n- BLS w/ AED Certification\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 5 years of demonstrated knowledge in area of clinical expertise\n- Certification in specialty area\n- ACLS if required for area\n- Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, Labor Law, all related & affiliate contracts, workmen's comp, KSMC policies & procedures, human resource policies & procedures, OSHA, CMS, Health department, Employee benefits, National labor relations board, standards of practice of professional organizations", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464476/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Associate Manager Emergency Department", "reqid": "133734", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28464476}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nTo serve the needs of the health plan members & the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Under supervision is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing & evaluating nursing care for patients & coordinating nursing care activities w/ other health care disciplines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Clinical Activities\n- Demonstrate good physical assessment skills\n- Provide emergency nursing care to all age groups\n- Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills\n- Skills & Abilities\n- Excellent critical thinking skills. MOAB Training/Recertification every two years.\n- Professional Practice Standards of performance\n- Complies w/ hospital & organizational policies & w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule\n- Accurately documents time card to reflect productive time worked\n- Maintains confidentiality of all patients & organization records & information\n- Assessment Standard of Performance\n- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs & discharge planning needs\n- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization\n- Planning Standard of Performance\n- Develops an individual nursing plan of care which is sensitive to developmental needs of the patient\n- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan\n- Coordinates patient care activities & discharge planning w/ other departments & community agencies\n- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition & scope of practice of other health care providers\n- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients using GRASP\n- Implementation Standard of Performance\n- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical &/or surgical patient\n- Accurately transcribes written, preprinted & verbal orders\n- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate\n- Documents care according to policy & procedure\n- Safety Management Standard of Performance\n- Maintains safety in use of all equipment\n- Handles all hazardous waste in compliance HazCom program regulations\n- Handles all infectious waste in compliance Infection Control standards\n- Physical Requirements\n- Lifting & carrying:\n- Able to lift & carry at least 60 pounds unassisted & carry them for a distance of 50 feet\n- May assist in the movement of patients &/or equipment whose weight may range from 100 to 300 pounds\n- Bending: able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist & knees\n- Walking: able to stand &/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift\n- Able to push/pull weights 100 to 300 pounds w/ assistance\n- Standing: able to stand six to eight hours per shift\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 years recent ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED\n- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing.\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Current RN License upon hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- ACLS & PALS or ENPC w/in 4 months of hire/transfer\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-CEN, TNCC\n-Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\n-A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined\n-A desire and ability to function within the nursing process\n-Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills\n-Bachelors Degree in Nursing or related field\n\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464477/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room", "reqid": "133750", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28464477}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: VAT RN\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nTo serve the needs of the health plan members and the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Under supervision is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing and evaluating nursing care for patients and coordinating nursing care activities with other health care disciplines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Daily assessments of patient's vascular access needs.\n- Consultation with providers to ensure timely placement of appropriate access devices.\n- Perform dressing changes, declot and repair central lines.\n- Support all ancillary services for difficult IV starts.\nLeadership/Coordination Activities:\n- Help department to develop process for incorporating new advanced practice initiatives (i.e., placing arterial lines)\n- Be willing to work on special projects related to quality monitoring.\n- Present education items to department.\nLifting and carrying:\n- Able to lift and carry at least 60 pounds unassisted and carry them for a distance of 50 feet.\n- May assist in the movement of patients and/or equipment whose weight may range from 100 to 300 pounds.\n- Bending: able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist and knees.\n- Walking: able to stand and/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift.\n- Able to push/pull weights 100 to 300 pounds with assistance.\n- Standing: able to stand six to eight hours per shift.\nSecondary Functions:\n- Maintains safety in use of all equipment\n- Complies with all hospital safety policies and procedures\n- Documents care according to policy and procedure.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing\n- Current RN License upon hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- Past experience on IV team.\n- Currently practicing with use of ultrasound for vascular access.\nSkills and Abilities:\n- Be independent at siting peripheral IVs in patients with difficult/limited access.\n- Proficient with port-a-cath access (vascular and intraperitoneal).\n- Train for chest x-ray verification on class to release PICC lines for use after radiology hours.\n- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs and discharge planning needs.\n- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan.\n- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition and scope of practice of other health care providers.\n- Initiates appropriate measures in emergency situations.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor of Science in Nursing\n- Certified Registered Nurse Intravenous (CRNI)\n- Local membership in vascular access / infusion organizations\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464479/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "VAT RN", "reqid": "133778", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28464479}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: RN Team Lead - Dual License/BLS\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nUnder the direction of the Clinical Coordinator, the purpose of this position is to support the medical needs of the Health Plan members and the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. Under supervision, the Team Leader is delegated authority and responsibility to manage and facilitate nursing services within the appointed module/department/area. The nurse provides care that is consistent with the philosophy of the Health Care Program.\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration with physician leadership (PIC, Chief, or lead) and the Clinic Coordinator, determines the staffing and scheduling needs for their designated area of responsibility. Acts in a cost conscious manner to recommend canceling, teaming, and mix alterations as fluctuations in demand occur.\n- Assesses staff educational needs within the Module/Department/Service and facilitates the delivery of appropriate in-service experiences.\n- Develops and maintains orientation checklist. Provides orientation for nursing and provider staff.\n- Assists with the preparation of Performance Appraisals for LPNs and unlicensed personnel in their module/Department or service. Provides input to the Clinic Coordinator for development of Performance Appraisals for R.N. staff.\n- Collaborates with the Clinic Coordinator in developing policies and procedures for the module.\n- Collaborates with other Team Leaders to effectively and efficiently utilize resources in delivering quality care to members.\n- Collaborates with Clinic Coordinator in setting quality standards for nursing care.\n- Coordinates intra-office emergency systems (fire, codes) with other Team Leaders and the Clinic Coordinator.\n- Coordinates patient education and case management efforts within the module.\n- Works in partnership with appropriate physician leadership to facilitate interdisciplinary team functioning.\n- Manages access, wait lists, and referral process in partnership with provider leadership, appointment center, and Clinic Coordinator.\n- Performs selected monitoring functions: A. Health and Safety, B. Quality Assurance, C. Applicable Engineering work and repairs, D. Supplies and equipment.\n- Provide and document quality patient care utilizing the nursing process.\n- Performs or appropriately delegates independent nursing functions as defined in the Oregon and Washington Nurse Practice Acts.\n- Communicates patient needs and changes in condition to appropriate personnel.\n- Functions as a patient advocate within the scope of a Health Maintenance Organization.\n- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for staff, patients and family members.\n- Uses cost effective measures in the delivery of nursing care.\n- Coordinates and implements medical orders.\n- Performs skilled nursing tasks and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment.\n- Performs triage and telephone advice independently and within scope of the Oregon and Washington Nurse Practice Act.\n- Coordinates activities of the interdisciplinary team in order to ensure positive outcomes for individual patients with complex health care needs.\n- Develops nursing care plans for high risk patients and populations cared for within the module.\n- Identifies patient/caregiver knowledge deficits associated with health care and/or the therapeutic regimen and responds appropriately.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years of acute care or clinical setting experience required\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current RN license in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire. Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire.\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent acute care nursing experience and demonstrated experience in the area being posted, (i.e., allergy, peds, medicine, etc.)\n\nSalary Range:\n$34.10 - $48.32", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464483/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN Team Lead - Dual License/BLS", "reqid": "133984", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28464483}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Behavioral Health Center - LCSW - Thur thru Sat, 11pm to 7:30am\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464467/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Behavioral Health Center - LCSW - Thur thru Sat, 11pm to 7:30am", "reqid": "133645", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28464467}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Leandro", "description": "Title: Human Resources Project Manager III, (Temporary-Benefited)\nLocation: San Leandro, CA\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two (2) or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Primary project work will be in HR, Training and Labor Relations.\n- Complex communication with bargaining units for successful labor agreements supporting a successful transition to a new facility.\n- Complex coordination of Hospital and Medical Office services with orientation and training for successful transition to new facility.\n- Emphasis on complex Project Management skills for coordination of services for opening of new medical office building and hospital.\n- Partner with Local and Regional Labor Relations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare experience strongly preferred.\n- Experience in Education, Training and/or Labor Relations strongly preferred\n- Project Management Certification preferred.\n\nSchedule: Schedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Sunday and Saturday as needed based on operational needs. This is a Temporary Benefited position for a period up to: two and a half (2.5) years.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464468/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Human Resources Project Manager III, (Temporary-Benefited)", "reqid": "134065", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Leandro, CA", "uid": 28464468}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II (120230)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Represent Kaiser Permanente at companies in Santa Clara County.\n- Conduct non-diagnostic biometric screenings and/or fitness evaluations at worksite.\n- Interpret results of screenings and fitness evaluations. - Provide appropriate health education designed for the improvement of participant's health.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience conducting fitness evaluations (step test, grip strength, sit and reach).\n- Ability to measure and interpret blood pressure.\n- Knowledge of health impact of body mass index and body composition.\n- Minimum of 1 year of experience conducting biometric screenings.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464469/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II (120230)", "reqid": "134144", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28464469}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II (120231)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Represent Kaiser Permanente at companies in Santa Clara County.\n- Conduct non-diagnostic biometric screenings and/or fitness evaluations at worksite.\n- Interpret results of screenings and fitness evaluations. - Provide appropriate health education designed for the improvement of participant's health.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience conducting fitness evaluations (step test, grip strength, sit and reach).\n- Ability to measure and interpret blood pressure.\n- Knowledge of health impact of body mass index and body composition.\n- Minimum of 1 year of experience conducting biometric screenings.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464470/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II (120231)", "reqid": "134148", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28464470}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II (120232)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Represent Kaiser Permanente at companies in Santa Clara County.\n- Conduct non-diagnostic biometric screenings and/or fitness evaluations at worksite.\n- Interpret results of screenings and fitness evaluations. - Provide appropriate health education designed for the improvement of participant's health.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience conducting fitness evaluations (step test, grip strength, sit and reach).\n- Ability to measure and interpret blood pressure.\n- Knowledge of health impact of body mass index and body composition.\n- Minimum of 1 year of experience conducting biometric screenings.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464471/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II (120232)", "reqid": "134162", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28464471}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Clin Documentation Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position uses clinical knowledge & knowledge of coded data for documentation requirements to improve overall patient quality, capture severity, acuity & risk of mortality. In addition to have expertise in understanding the clinical documentation required for the completeness of the patient records using a multidisciplinary team process.\nEssential Functions:\n- Adheres to the hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships & team building.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/the local & regional staff/teams/leadership.\n- Facilitates appropriate clinical documentation to support diagnosis capture & to ensure the level of service rendered to all patients is recorded.\n- Identifies & reviews primary & secondary diagnosis & complications to ensure diagnosis documentation & capture through addendums may identify patients who need to be seen.\n- Identify & review for POA (Present on Admission) documentation.\n- Reviews clinical issues w/medical coding staff & w/physicians to identify those diagnoses that impact severity of illness indicators for each patient.\n- Serves as an expert resource in reviewing all medical records in support of consistent documentation for all payer types (i.e. CMS, Medicare-Advantage, etc) to ensure complete & accurate diagnosis capture & coding.\n- Collaborates in the development of programs which provide alignment w/education for internal customers to support clinical documentation guidelines.\n- Communicates information effectively w/medical center leaders.\n- Works w/Coding Review Manager to develop, implement & monitor departmental policies & procedures that support organizational goals, business objectives, regulatory needs & requirements.\n- Conducts data & root cause analysis, provides feedback & shares findings on the analysis to leaders, local regional management & medical team.\n- Queries medical staff for accurate clear documentation in the patients medical records. Monitor & track verbal & written queries & produce reports as require\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3-5 years clinical experience (i.e. inpatient, clinical documentation, discharge planning, case management).\n- Seasoned coders w/clinical knowledge & experience w/over 10+ years may also qualify.\n- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing (BSN required).\n- Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California & Non-CA.Or graduate from an accredited RHIA or RHIT program (AA or BS/BA required); Or Medical Doctor license outside/inside the US.\n- Strong interpersonal, communication (verbal, non-verbal, & listening skills).\n- Understand Adult Learning Theory.\n- Competent computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets, & presentation software.\n- Must have strong analytical skills.\n- Understand coding classifications systems such as, but not limited to ICD-9 CM, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), Healthcare Common Procedural Coding (HCPCS), MS-DRG, HCC strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Proven leadership skills in project management & consulting.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations &/or business of KP, health policy trends, & any applicable regulations related to the responsible practice area.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- For HIM professional a certificate is required in one of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Coding Specialist - Physician (CCS-P)\n- 8-10 years of inpatient coding experience, including MS-DRG, APR-DRG or similar methodology.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464472/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clin Documentation Consultant", "reqid": "134218", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28464472}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Laboratory Services Coordinator [SAC IVF 79 LAB COOR F/T]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nResponsible for the supervision and daily operations of the laboratory, coordinating all unit activities and promoting optimal department performance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises and ensures the quality, quantity, and reliability of the work performed by all laboratory support staff.\n- Optimally schedules and distributes personnel during periods of varying work load.\n- Acts as liaison between medical staff and clinical laboratory to clarify orders, obtain missing information, resolve problems, and coordinate the processing of special tests.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local, medical center, and departmental regulations and policies.\n- Ensures that work areas are maintained for cleanliness, safety, and aesthetics.\n- Provides staff with ongoing training, orientation, evaluation, coaching, and discipline.\n- Fosters teamwork and harmonious relationships within the department.\n- Handles and resolves patient and staff concerns in a timely manner.\n- Responds to patient care issues to maintain quality of service.\n- Determines the supplies needed for operation of the laboratory.\n- Maintains a cost effective budget and keeps current with new products and vendors.\n- Assists in the coordination and maintenance of the laboratory disaster plan.\n- Develops procedures and systems to meet patient care, staff and physician needs.\n- Maintains and updates departmental manuals.\n- Collects workload data and other statistical data as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in a clinical laboratory (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience (usually one to three (3) years).\n- Recent experience in a high volume clinical laboratory required.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business or Health Sciences or equivalent years of experience required.\n- Current phlebotomy or technologist certification (CPT) preferred by Regional Laboratory required by Medical Center Labs.\n- Knowledge of management theories and principles.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Strong written and verbal skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: 40Hrs per week, days vary (Mon - Fri 7:00AM - 4:00PM; Sat, Sun: 7:00AM - 11:30AM)", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464473/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Services Coordinator [SAC IVF 79 LAB COOR F/T]", "reqid": "134259", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28464473}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Genetic Counselor\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nIndependently provides genetic counseling and referral services for patients of all age groups (including obstetric and cancer patients) who have or are at risk for genetic conditions or birth defects. Acts as a consultant to health care providers regarding highly specialized genetic information pertinent to management of their patients. Administers state, regional, and local programs that provide genetic services to members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides genetic counseling services for all areas of medical genetics including pediatric, prenatal, adult, and cancer referrals.\n- Assesses recurrence risks and recommends medical or genetic testing based on analysis of the risk, benefit, and cost.\n- Provides crisis intervention and psychosocial counseling regarding genetic conditions.\n- Makes referrals for ongoing care and support.\n- Provides case management for complex genetics cases, including coordinating medical recommendations and management plans, testing, and ongoing counseling.\n- Develops, implements, and coordinates a wide variety of genetic programs (e.g., prenatal diagnosis, expanded AFP, carrier screening, and specialty clinics) at the local or regional level.\n- Follows guidelines mandated by the State of California.\n- Develops and presents programs and classes for pediatric, adult, obstetric and cancer patients.\n- Produces culturally sensitive and age appropriate patient and health professional education materials, and participates in community education programs.\n- Develops and presents inservice education to physicians and other health care providers regarding genetic services and current medical genetics topics.\n- Maintains local and regional statistics, survey trends, and adjusts protocols to ensure appropriate patient referral and care.\n- Maintains current knowledge of advances in the field of genetics.\n- Recommends/implements enhanced clinical practice standards.\n- May participate in research projects.\n- Provides input into local and regional polices and guidelines and hiring of new staff.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and increase services.\n- Serves as preceptor for graduate genetic counseling students and medical residents.\n- Other duties as assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous computer experience preferred.\n- Master's degree in Genetic Counseling.\n- Effective 1/1/12, must be Board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics, or the American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC).\n- Also, must have a Genetic Counselor License issued by the California state department of public health, or a temporary Genetic Counselor license.\n- For temporary genetic counselor license, must work under the supervision of a licensed Genetic Counselor or licensed physician: expiration is after 24 months - or 30 days after notification that the applicant has failed the ABGC certification exam and it cannot be renewed (which ever comes first).\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Demonstrated refined analytic and diagnostic reasoning skills.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Ability to clearly explain complex medical information in both verbal and written form.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n++Primary responsibilities in Sacramento offices, but requires some travel to support Modesto Genetics ++", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464474/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Genetic Counselor", "reqid": "134279", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28464474}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464464/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department", "reqid": "133159", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28464464}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464465/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department", "reqid": "133160", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28464465}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: EEG Technologist II - Grade 610\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThe EEG Technician, a member of the Neurology team, functions under the direction of the Chief and Service Unit Manager. The EEG Technician will perform a variety of neurological tests and procedures for diagnostic purposes.\n\nEssentialFunctions:\n- Willing to provide excellent service within the bounds of one's ability, policies and bargaining unit agreement, as applicable.\n- Demonstration of a service-oriented philosophy.\n- Demonstrates and maintains professional conduct including courtesy and patience in all interactions with patients, members, physicians, co-workers, volunteers and visitors.\n- Must be able to perform all duties as per department specific functional and environment requirements.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills in English required.\n- Ability to follow standard Medical Center procedures and perform duties involving a degree of independent judgment, speed and accuracy.\n- Must satisfactorily complete training and evidence competency in PARRS, MRMS, and windows-based computer software.\n- Ability to maintain courteous relationships with patients and staff, both in person and on the telephone required.\n- Flexibility required, as hours, days and departments may vary according to facility needs. Some weekends, holidays and/or evenings may be required.\n\nQuality of Work:\n- Prepares patient for procedure and completes basic data collection information.\n- Performs EEG testing as ordered within scope of practice.\n- Demonstrates competency in specific technical skills as evidenced by skills/competency inventory.\n- Documents in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness and sensitivity to patient/family rights, cultural/religious beliefs and age specific needs.\n\nTeamwork/Interpersonal Relations:\n- Demonstrates effective working relationships with healthcare team members, patients, and families.\n- Demonstrates effective communication skills.\n- Demonstrates effective response in crisis or emergency situations.\n\nQuantity of Work:\n- Demonstrate good time management and organizational skills.\n- Performs required tasks and assumes responsibility of assignment within limits of given scheduled work time.\n- Functions under the supervision of Physician and manager.\n- Follows-up on activities to ensure continuity of patient care.\n\nQuality Improvement/Risk Management:\n- Participates in the department's quality equipment maintenance and improvement process.\n- Participates in maintaining safe working environment.\n\nProfessional Development:\n- Accountable for continued improvement of own practice.\n- Attends in-services and staff meetings to maintain knowledge of department functions, policies, and procedures.\n- Proactive in seeking educational opportunities to improve technical and clinical decision-making skills.\n\nService Commitment:\n- Demonstrates service commitment by adhering to Medical Center mission and standards.\n- Demonstrates a service orientation and openness to creative and innovative approaches.\n- Exhibits flexibility in compliance with staffing and other work routines.\n- Demonstrates accountability for keeping up with informational activities/processes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to perform under minimum supervision the routine Electoencephalograph, Evoked Potentials and other specialized procedures in accordance tithe the requirements/specifications of the Employer.\n- Completion of at least six (6) months on the job training, or graduation for an approved Electroneurodiagnostic school in the operation of EEG and Evoked Potential equipment.\n- High School diploma or GED equivalent.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464462/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EEG Technologist II - Grade 610", "reqid": "132532", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28464462}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Inpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 [VAL-201864]\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Performs other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions: - Under indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies and sensitivities\n- Advises patients of directions for use, medication, storage requirements, importance or compliance, precautions and warning for medication therapy\n- Provides medical personnel with medication information drug therapy options, and pharmacokinetic dosing advice\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores and distributes pharmacy products\n- Verifies accuracy of medication preparation and dispensing by pharmacy personnel\n- Participates in assigned education and training programs\n- Provides direction to Pharmacists Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel\n- Performs other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License\n- B.S. in Pharmacy req'd, Pharm.D. preferred\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) card required for existing incumbents by 12/31/2010. Current BLS card required for new hires effective 12/20/2009.\n- Must be able to obtain an NPI# within one month in position\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for medical management plan\n- Aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapeutic agents\n- Emergency medication/drug monitoring\n- Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for the patient's medical management plan\n- Must have the ability to teach and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching\n- Possess excellent verbal/written communication skills\n- Operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment\n- Read fine print\n- Lift or transport 1-50 lbs\n- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping\n- Must be able to generate prescription labels\n- MUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nSchedule: Sunday - Saturday, variable shift may include working weekends, evenings, & nights.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464461/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 [VAL-201864]", "reqid": "132227", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28464461}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Recovery Room RN, Lead\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nProvides quality patient care for post-operative patients, in accordance w/ nursing Philosophy & approved standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs w/in the established standard of post-anesthesia & critical care nursing.\n- Utilizes the Standard of care in the assessment, planning implementation & evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of post-operative nursing care.\n- Formulates care plans based on individual assessment of physiologic functions & problems identified pre-operatively & intra-operatively.\n- Provides nursing care Utilizing Clinical knowledge & expertise, reacting immediately to adverse physiological changes w/in seconds, to reverse & revive the patient\u2019s physiological functions.\n- Renders nursing care following aseptic techniques.\n- Assembles & communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of Care.\n- Executes proper use of equipment & supplies used in Recovery Room area.\n- Participates in the Surgery Department\u2019s Quality Assurance Program.\n- Promotes personal & professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing Courtesy, compassion respect & adherence to the standards.\n- Assumes other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years Current Recovery Room or Critical Care experience required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR required.\n- ACLS certification required.\n- Good oral & written communication skills required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion & therapy preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:30:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464459/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Recovery Room RN, Lead", "reqid": "134436", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 28464459}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kailua", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant I\nLocation: Kailua, HI\nAs delegated by and under indirect supervision of clinic nursing supervisor, and with direction from charge nurse, staff nurse, or practitioner, supports practitioner and clinical team to accomplish proactive patient management. Performs variety of technical, clerical, receptionist, and patient care duties to assist practitioners and other members of health care team in providing high quality patient care through health care system, prepares sterile and un-sterile fields, and assists practitioner with minor procedures and occasional office-based surgical procedures. Identifies, draws up, and labels medications for immediate verification and use by the practitioner. Assists in resolving and/or responding to non-clinical related patient complaints and inquires. In addition, acts as preceptor/trainer and collaborates with clinic nursing supervisor to develop operational strategies and process improvements for department/unit. Assists practitioner with highly specialized procedures (i.e. frequent office-based surgical procedures, chain of custody urine collection, splint manufacturing, and medicine administration) after completion of training and competency requirements, in accordance with policies/procedures, and as delegated by clinic nursing supervisor and ordered by authorized practitioner.\nEssential Functions:\n- Obtains, identifies and records vital signs, prevention data, medications, chief complaints and other pertinent information; demonstrates and applies critical thinking; observes, records and reports pertinent patient symptoms, reactions, condition changes, and information; immediately identifies and reports to RN or practitioner all adverse observations, reactions, conditions, or emergency situations\n- Prepares room and instruments for use during exam or procedure; assists practitioner or RN with wide variety of patient care procedures and tests; collects, labels, and processes specimens as required by practitioner and in accordance with policies and procedures; performs point-of-care laboratory tests as authorized by policy and delegated by nursing supervisor\n- As delegated by nursing supervisor, nurse, and/or practitioner, in accordance with established guidelines, policies and procedures, and upon completion of clinical competency requirements assists practitioner by setting up sterile and non-sterile fields and assisting with routine, minor surgical procedures\n- Identifies, draws-up and labels medications on sterile and non-sterile field for immediate verification and administration by the practitioner; verbalizes preparation and shows practitioner medication container; as ordered by authorized practitioner, calls patient prescriptions to pharmacy\n- As ordered by practitioner, applies and removes dressings and pads; as ordered by practitioner and under direct supervision of nurse or practitioner, and after completion of training and competency requirements, applies and removes boots; packs wounds under personal supervision of practitioner or RN\n- As ordered by authorized practitioner and delegated by nurse, and upon completion of clinical competency requirements assists practitioner with highly specialized procedures (i.e. medicine administration, highly specialized and technical office-based medical, or surgical procedures, splint manufacture, chain of custody urine collection)\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Rank 91B10 or higher as Army Medical Specialist or other military branch Medical Specialist equivalent with eighteen months experience, or graduate of medical assisting program with one year continuous experience\n- Graduate of post high school medical assisting program with 200 hours clinical externship or military medical specialist training\n- Fully qualified RN or LPN considered as equivalent to education and training listed above\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Certification in specialty area, if applicable\n- If medication administration required of job, then must obtain passing score of 80% on pharmacology exam and attend class sponsored by Kaiser Permanente on Administration of Medications (and complete required medication administration competency annually)\n- If assisting in office-based medical or surgical procedures requiring highly specialized equipment is required of job, then must successfully complete and maintain required competencies annually for the general surgical assistant role, the specific procedures in which they assist and the specialized handling and cleaning of the equipment\n- Knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, detail-oriented, problem solving, teamwork, creativity/innovation, and meet variable workloads\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One year of medical assistant experience", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:29:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464455/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant I", "reqid": "132497", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Kailua, HI", "uid": 28464455}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician I\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, assists in distribution of sterile and contaminated supplies to nursing inpatient and clinic departments. Inventories and stocks supply carts. Fills requisitions as required. Washes, decontaminates, checks, assembles, wraps, sterilizes, stores, and issues trays, instruments, supplies and equipment. Assumes responsibility for appropriate care, processing, and sterilization of specialty instruments for varied surgical services. Assists O.R. staff by sterilizing specialty equipment and/or obtaining additional or extra supplies required for procedures. Assists with room preparation and/or clean-up activities to assure timely turnover of surgical suites and increase utilization of resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Segregates all used instruments, equipment apparatus, and other articles returned to CSD according to decontamination method; loads appropriate items in washer; washes other items in sonic cleaner or manually, using approved detergent; wipes dry; washes appropriate items in cart-washer; changes graph paper of processing equipment\n- Assembles instruments; sets-up variety of general and special trays; wraps and seals items in wrappers according to established procedures in preparation for sterilization; inspects surgical instrumentation for proper function\n- Performs sterilization procedures in accordance with sterilization standards and departmental policies and procedures; practices universal precautions and infection control procedures; ensures safe sterilization; detects any malfunction of equipment; checks equipment indicators before, during and after each load to ensure proper equipment settings; applies load identification label to each package after sterilization process complete; shelves appropriately\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of surgical equipment and supplies, including special care and sterilization procedures. Assumes responsibility for appropriate care, processing, and sterilization of specialty instruments for varied surgical services, (e.g., bronchoscopes, laser, midas rex, laparoscope); assists O.R. staff by sterilizing specialty equipment and/or obtaining additional or extra supplies required for procedures; assists with room preparation and/or clean-up activities to assure timely turnover of surgical suites and increase utilization of resources\n- Receives and prepares items requiring gas sterilization; ensures proper packaging; arranges for transport and return of items to outside facility; ensures all return items have been sterilized; verifies all items sent out are returned; ensures provision of manufacturer documentation for gas sterilization by requesting department\n- Reviews and maintains sterilizer load indicators; files reports; completes log; recalls positive biological products from user departments\n- Inspects color of tapes on newly autoclaved items and on stored sterile packs on all supply shelves; sends outdated supplies for reprocessing or replacement; restocks shelf items as needed\n- Cleans and performs minor daily maintenance of equipment; reassembles and tests equipment after decontamination; reports equipment failures or errors immediately to maintenance and notifies supervisor/lead; prepares repair requisition for equipment or other items returned due to malfunction\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of Central Services or Operating Room sterilization experience including basic turnover surgical processes\n- High School Diploma/GED - Post high school coursework in Microbiology or related field\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of medical terminology, methods of sterilization, infection control, universal precautions, use of sterilizers, decontamination equipment and procedures, intricate specialty equipment, surgical instrumentation by name and usage, principles for inventory control, monitoring, utilization and establishment of par levels for supplies, equipment, and instrumentation\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, customer service, detail-orientation, adaptability, and change management\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Post high school coursework in management\n- Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) by the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or Registered Central Service Technician (RCST) by International Association of Healthcare Central Services Materiel Management (IAHCSMM)\n- Working knowledge of technical equipment, ability to troubleshoot and make recommendations for repair or replacement\n- Basic knowledge of microbiology", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:29:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464456/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician I", "reqid": "133060", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28464456}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Specialty Appointment Coord - Buckhead\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Specialty Appointment Coordinator schedules specialty appointments under direct supervision. This employee ensures the efficient and courteous processing of patients. They give instructions, as needed, to patients regarding preparation for procedures. They also provide member information, as needed, to practitioners. This individual will match appointment requests with referrals and schedule appropriately. The Specialty Appointment Coordinator also screens telephone calls.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uilizes established guidelines to schedule appointments for specialty departments by telephone, mail, and fax.\n- Provides patients with information/instructions about appointments and procedures.\n- Answers the telephone, determining the nature of the calls; takes messages or directs/transfers calls appropriately.\n- Places courtesy calls to members for appointment/procedure reminders.\n- Develops and maintains appointment schedules on a monthly basis.\n- Cancel and reschedule appointments\n- Enters required information regarding scheduled appointment into MHC.\n- Responsible for direct patient contact\n- Uses MHC to confirm referral and determine appropriate appointment type.\n- Maintains logs and submits reports and logs as requested.\n- Attends meetings as needed\n- Respond to member questions and concerns and act as a member advocate for their service needs within Kaiser Permanente resolving issues at the lowest possible level.\n- Consistent demonstration of a strong customer service orientation.\n- Provide flexibility with job duties and schedule.\n- Dependability in attendance and punctuality\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Two (2) years experience in a customer service environment which included data entry and high volume phone duties; at least one (1) of these years in healthcare.\n- Working knowledge of PC.\n- Ability to communicate effectively and courteously on the phone.\n- Ability to effectively interact and negotiate with diverse work units at all organizational levels.\n- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certificate in Medical Terminology\n- Specialty appointment scheduling experience", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:29:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464453/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Specialty Appointment Coord - Buckhead", "reqid": "133122", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28464453}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Specialty Appointment Coord - Buckhead\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Specialty Appointment Coordinator schedules specialty appointments under direct supervision. This employee ensures the efficient and courteous processing of patients. They give instructions, as needed, to patients regarding preparation for procedures. They also provide member information, as needed, to practitioners. This individual will match appointment requests with referrals and schedule appropriately. The Specialty Appointment Coordinator also screens telephone calls.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uilizes established guidelines to schedule appointments for specialty departments by telephone, mail, and fax.\n- Provides patients with information/instructions about appointments and procedures.\n- Answers the telephone, determining the nature of the calls; takes messages or directs/transfers calls appropriately.\n- Places courtesy calls to members for appointment/procedure reminders.\n- Develops and maintains appointment schedules on a monthly basis.\n- Cancel and reschedule appointments\n- Enters required information regarding scheduled appointment into MHC.\n- Responsible for direct patient contact\n- Uses MHC to confirm referral and determine appropriate appointment type.\n- Maintains logs and submits reports and logs as requested.\n- Attends meetings as needed\n- Respond to member questions and concerns and act as a member advocate for their service needs within Kaiser Permanente resolving issues at the lowest possible level.\n- Consistent demonstration of a strong customer service orientation.\n- Provide flexibility with job duties and schedule.\n- Dependability in attendance and punctuality\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Two (2) years experience in a customer service environment which included data entry and high volume phone duties; at least one (1) of these years in healthcare.\n- Working knowledge of PC.\n- Ability to communicate effectively and courteously on the phone.\n- Ability to effectively interact and negotiate with diverse work units at all organizational levels.\n- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certificate in Medical Terminology\n- Specialty appointment scheduling experience", "date_new": "2012-05-05 18:29:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28464454/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Specialty Appointment Coord - Buckhead", "reqid": "133124", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28464454}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Specialty RN\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nWorks collaboratively with an assigned panel of physicians to manage the patient's specialized needs. The managing team does differ according to the chronic disease. Duties include assessment to identify member needs and development of specific care management plan to address needs. In conjunction with the physician, implements care/treatment plan by coordinating access to health services across multiple providers/disciplines, monitors care, makes determination to arrange transportation and transfer patient if indicated, identifies cost-effective measures, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care and utilization of resources, promotes self-care management, and ensures paper work is completed. Is an indirect caregiver. Complies with other duties as described. Must be able to work collaboratively with the Multidisciplinary team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and identifies members' needs.\n- Interfaces with primary care physicians, specialists, and various disciplines on the development of case management plans/programs.\n- Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the case management plans and modifies as necessary.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Acts as a clinical liaison, per their specialty, with outside agencies such as County CCS, non-plan facilities, outside providers, employers and/or workers' compensation carriers, and third party administrators.\n- Prepares reports, communicates program changes to appropriate staff, and develops protocols in accordance with state regulations.\n- Acts as a patient advocate and educator to assure that the patient has the knowledge to care for his/her condition and patient is educated and empowered to be responsible for participating in the plan of care.\n- Develops individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management; delivers patient/family education specific to a disease state.\n- Develops and updates training and educational materials and presents to appropriate staff, members and families.\n- Facilitates patients' return to normal daily activities by teaching and making appropriate referrals for outside services/continued care.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planners, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization or referral to support services or placement.\n- May need to facilitate transportation and housing arrangements for patient.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\n- Participates in data collection and analysis of clinical outcomes of care and customer satisfaction standards.\n- Participates in the formulation and implementation/monitoring of action strategies and outcomes of care or customer service.\n- Ensures that accurate records are maintained of the care associated with each patient.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience as an RN in an acute care or ambulatory care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred OR current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- For positions in Occupational Medicine Departments: Must be a Certified Occupational Health Nurse OR complete the certification within 24 months of employment and be enrolled in the certification program within 90 days of employment.\n- For positions in Physical Medicine Case Managers are required to have a BLS Certification.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, care coordination, transfer coordination, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills required.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437203/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Specialty RN", "reqid": "133561", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28437203}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: AMB CARE DEPT SUP, RN\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nDuring one 8-hour shift, provides first-line operational supervision for assigned functional area of responsibility (e.g., MOB primary or specialty care department, urgent care, day/evening/night shift in emergency medicine department). Ensures that health care staff delivering ambulatory care/patient services provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient-focused services to members that comply w/ KP standards as well as w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Within assigned area: implements, supervises/ monitors, & maintains clinical practice & quality management standards, budgets, & staff competencies/development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In assigned area/function, supervises the operations and delivery of patient care services\n- Ensures staff provide highest quality of care which complies with the Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, federal/state/local requirements\n- Establishes and maintains effective, collaborative relationships with physicians and other departments\n- Collaborates with nursing and other departments to resolve patient care issues, meet access demands, provide convenient hours of operation, improve the cost structure, and develop consistent policies and procedures\n- Supervises and maintains patient care and quality service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Recommends and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Assists in developing and monitoring budgets and resource allocations and financial performance and identifies and recommends strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service\n- Supervises use and maintenance of equipment, supplies and medications\n- Assists managers/ assistant managers in developing and maintaining the competency of all department staff\n- Supervises and monitors the implementation of departmental polices and procedures which support the goals and business objectives of the department and organization\n- Collaborates with physicians, department chief, and nursing manager in developing the appropriate level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Measuring and improving internal and external customer satisfaction\n- Assists in managing and resolving human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous clinical nursing experience in outpatient care required or other relevant clinical experience required (usually two (2) - three (3) years)\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually two (2) years)\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience (usually four (4) years) in nursing or health care related field such as management\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice (e.g., pediatrics) preferred\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Computer skills in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint\n- Data entry and 10 Key KSPM skills\n- BLS, ACLS, PALS\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule shift hours varies", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437205/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "AMB CARE DEPT SUP, RN", "reqid": "133896", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28437205}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually three [3] - four [4] years) including two (2) years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within two (2) years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- NRP\n- MSN\n- National neonatal certification\n- Previous charge nurse experience.\n- Critical care certification RN, NRP instructor; management experience preferred.\n- Three - five (3-5) years of Neonatal ICU experience, management skills necessary, strong leadership ability.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Work hours may vary between 7:30 am - 7:30 pm.\n- Total hours - exempt, eighty (80) hours per pay period.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437206/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN", "reqid": "134006", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28437206}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "La Palma", "description": "Title: Pharmacist - (OCP-4156)\nLocation: La Palma, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provide direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, & non-licensed personnel. Dispenses compounds, procures, stores, & distributes pharmacy products. Provide medical personnel & patients w/ medication & information & product identification. Perform other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Interviews patient to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies & sensitivities & documents the information to appropriate records of the pharmacy information system; advises patients verbally & w/ written materials on significant precautions, proper drug therapy & administration, the use of related devices & the coordination of drug therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Reviews & interprets prescription orders & verifies accuracy & completeness of patient labeling & input into pharmacy information system\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmaceuticals & pharmacy products, including antineoplastics and/or other sterile products as required, according to legal requirements, established policies & procedures, & accepted professional standards of practice\n- Evaluates & resolves real or potential drug therapy problems related to interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints & issues such as drug procurement or equipment problems, according to established polices & procedures\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning care & treatment of patients, related critical diagnoses, drug dosage, interactions, dosage forms, & other factors which might influence the course of treatment & the activity medications; suggests changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe & efficient work environment\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration with the California State Board of Pharmacy\n- Must have excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of federal & state laws, regulations, & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Must be able to type prescription labels\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability tostand for long periods oftime, read fine print, communicate with co-workers and patients\n-Lift or transport items weighing from 1-50 lbs\n-Frequent bending/stooping/reaching\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# OCP-4156\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n-Position may include working at multiple locations", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437189/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist - (OCP-4156)", "reqid": "132705", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "La Palma, CA", "uid": 28437189}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (KK1212)\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\n\nNotes:\n- PR# KK-1212\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437190/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (KK1212)", "reqid": "132722", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28437190}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Crna PD T3\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nUnder the medical supervision of an anesthesiologist, administers general & regional anesthesia for all types of surgical, obstetrical, & other procedures that require anesthesia services, to patients of various age groups including: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, & geriatric in accordance w/ hospital & departmental standards of care. Such intervention may include, but not be limited to: airway management; maintenance of fluid balance; homeostasis; monitoring; response to emergencies related to airway management & cardiopulmonary resuscitation; & management of patients on ventilators.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Evaluates patients pre-operatively by interviewing and examining patient; reviews chart for relevant information.\n- In collaboration with the anesthesiologist selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of each age group served: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.\n- Selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Evaluates patient's response to pre-medication.\n- Communicates with surgeon and anesthesiologist regarding special concerns of patient.\n- Checks anesthesia equipment daily and between cases to assure safe operating condition.\n- Prepares drugs for administration.\n- Administers anesthesia in accordance with delineated clinical privileges and any conditions or restrictions imposed thereof.\n- Monitors the patient intra-operatively.\n- Evaluates operative and post-operative condition of patient and takes necessary action to maintain stability.\n- Evaluates the patients postoperatively (within 24 hours).\n- Precepts student nurse anesthetists.\n- Maintains an accurate accounting of controlled substances in accordance with departmental guidelines.\n- Maintains equipment and supplies as outlined in department policies and procedures.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, CAC Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations when interacting with public, patients, staff, and other personnel.\n- May perform other duties within scope of licensure/certification as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in anesthesia for major procedures involving extensive monitoring and fluid, blood, and electrolyte replacement for various age group patients.\n- Graduate of an educational program in Nurse Anesthesia accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and Schools.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) approved and accepted by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist issued by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists and/or Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.\n- CRNA eligible and must achieve certification within five (5) months of date of program completion to continue employment.\n- Valid BCLS card.\n- Valid ACLS and/or PALS card where required.\n- Valid California RN license.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Skills: CRNA's must demonstrate both technical/clinical and professional skill and ability along with all related techniques and procedures within the scope of practice as defined by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs.\n- Additional skills are required in charting and documentation, knowledge of equipment and supplies, productivity, job and personal maturity communication, and education and staff development.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of standard Anesthesia work processes and ASA guidelines\n- Knowledge of Anesthesia Pharmacology\n- Two (2) years experience in a high volume ambulatory surgery center facility within the past five (5) years\n- Experience in the application of standard KP Information systems, e.g. KP Healthconnect, KITS, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, Excel, and Word\n\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies, multiple shift assignments\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437192/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Crna PD T3", "reqid": "132818", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28437192}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Surgery Scheduling Clerk (Bilingual)\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nUnder direct supervision coordinates & schedules medical appointments & surgical procedures for physicians, surgeons, & health care providers. Will promote a professional atmosphere, project a positive attitude, maintain confidentiality, & show initiative & responsibility in performance of duties.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Representative Tasks: Schedules referred member for surgeries and procedures to be performed by coordinating patients, facilities, pertinent departments,and physicians/health care providers.\n- Coordinates with physicians/health care providers and office personnel the scheduling of surgical assistants and surgical proctors as needed.\n- Maintains a constant working knowledge of databases and computer systems as utilized in the department.\n- Establishes and maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interfacing with other personnel, Health Plan members and the public.\n- Accurately completes forms and documents.\n- Follows established guidelines for appropriate documentation and reporting.\n- Coordinates the referral process for specialty departments through collecting information and tracking referrals, appointments,and outcomes.\n- Assist in resolution of issues as related to appointments and outcomes.\n- Assist with clerical duties and data collection as directed.\n- Principle Job Duties and Skills: Schedules new referrals for the specialty departments.\n- Schedules surgeries performed by the specialty providers by coordinating patient, facility,and physician.\n- Coordinates with outside providers and office personnel the scheduling of assistants and proctors if needed for surgery.\n- Schedules pre-op and post-op appointment and informs patient.\n- Reschedules surgeries with physician, patient, assisting physician and facility when needed.\n- Notifies patient by telephone or mail of available appointment times and/or appointment changes due to cancellations or revision of physician time.\n- Completes surgery scheduling forms for the appropriate outside facilities and completes referral forms for the Quality Resource Management Department for every surgery scheduled.\n- Types a daily list of surgeries scheduled and forwards to the Quality Resource Management Department.\n- Maintains a constant working knowledge of the automated appointment system (OPAS).\n- Establish and maintain courteous, cooperative relations when interacting with personnel, Health Plan Members and the public.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II - Minimum one (1) year of recent experience in medical office/acute care facility.\n-Previous recent experience with computer systems and typing (35WPM).\n- Referral/scheduling experience, preferred.\n- High School Graduate or equivalent.\n- Medical terminology.\n\nNotes:\n- 8 Hour shift within 12 hour period of 7am -7pm.\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437193/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgery Scheduling Clerk (Bilingual)", "reqid": "132822", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28437193}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem Nights f380-1 Onco\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year within the last three (3) years full time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- ONS certified and at least one (1) year recent chemotherapy experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# f380-1.\n- Rotating weekends.\n- This is a twelve (12) hour shift.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437199/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem Nights f380-1 Onco", "reqid": "133106", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28437199}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem f380-3 Nights Onco\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year within the last three (3) years full time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- ONS certified and at least one (1) year recent chemotherapy experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PC# f380-3.\n- Rotating weekends.\n- This is a twelve (12) hour shift.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437200/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem f380-3 Nights Onco", "reqid": "133115", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28437200}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychosocial Clinician II/Couns II - Per Diem\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nEssential Functions:\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- LCSW license required\n- Master's degree in Social Work required\n- Current and valid CA Driver's license and proof of current auto insurance as required by law.\n- Current CPR card required.\n- Provide counceling and emotional support to hospice and palliative patients and their families related to end of life issues.\n- Demonstrate knowledge of individual and group psychotherapeutic treatment modalities and techniques related to loss, grieving and lifestyle changes.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Previous hospice experience preferred.\n- Dynamics of Grief and Loss, Death and Dying, and Dysfunctional Family Systems; knowledge of community resources; adult, child and substance abuse cases experience as well as other high risk situations\n- Basiccomputer skills to include MS Word and email applications, Health Connect/EMR\n- Data Entry\n\nNotes:\n- Per Diem, rotate on call weekends/after hours\n- Travel up to 80%.\n- Job requires travel to patient homes.\n- Must have reliable transportation.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437183/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychosocial Clinician II/Couns II - Per Diem", "reqid": "132376", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28437183}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Corona", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker (Bilingual)\nLocation: Corona, CA\nThe psychiatric social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The psychiatric social worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. A major time of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem.\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal & external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents, & children.\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, and friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group, family, & child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- Master's degree in a social work orbehavioral health fieldrequired.\n- Valid and current California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) nomenclature required.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish). Level II\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Provides back up to Health Education. 8 hours/week after 5:00 PM.\n- Some after hours and weekend coverage required.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437186/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker (Bilingual)", "reqid": "132391", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Corona, CA", "uid": 28437186}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychosocial Clinician II/Couns II - Per Diem\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nEssential Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- LCSW or LMFT license required\n- Master's degree in Social Work required\n- Current and valid CA Driver's license and proof of current auto insurance as required by law.\n- Current CPR card required.\n- Provide counceling and emotional support to hospice and palliative patients and their families related to end of life issues.\n- Demonstrate knowledge of individual and group psychotherapeutic treatment modalities and techniques related to loss, grieving and lifestyle changes.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Previous hospice experience preferred.\n- Dynamics of Grief and Loss, Death and Dying, and Dysfunctional Family Systems; knowledge of community resources; adult, child and substance abuse cases experience as well as other high risk situations\n- Basiccomputer skills to include MS Word and email applications, Health Connect/EMR\n- Data Entry\n\nNotes:\n- Per Diem, rotate on call weekends/after hours\n- Travel up to 80%.\n- Job requires travel to patient homes.\n- Must have reliable transportation.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:42:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437181/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychosocial Clinician II/Couns II - Per Diem", "reqid": "132333", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28437181}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: PeopleSoft Business Analyst-Senior (Walnut Creek, CA) **24 Mo. Duration Position***\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\n**24 Mo. Duration Position***\n\nThis position is responsible for the development, documentation and refinement of processes and system enhancements associated with supporting Kaiser's HR and Benefits programs. The Sr. Business Analyst is responsible for collecting data and providing analysis for complex business issues, particularly in relation to PeopleSoft HCM and HR Helpdesk system enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nMajor responsibilities include:\n - Requirements definition and analysis: Collects and researches specific client requirements for projects and/or production support efforts, identifies requirements, gathers workflow data and basic system and reporting specifications. Develops, implements, and supports common business processes and tools. Recommends basic alternatives to address problems.\n - User Acceptance Testing coordination: Works with end users to coordinate roles tasks associated end user testing including development of test plans, test cases and identification of test data.\n - Project execution and tracking: Participates in project management process, including participating in project meetings or leading business analyst activities. May document issues, action items, user requirements, or deliverables from project meetings. Performs a variety of project related activities, including analysis or preparation of documentations and presentations. Accomplishes all work within established methodologies and standards.\n - Business User/Owner Application Support: Provides 2nd tier application support for assigned application(s). May research functional issues according to defined prioritization/severity scheme. Influences client and gains commitment to changes required.\n - Customer Service: Actively engages clients through all phases of the project life cycle, ensuring client satisfaction through timely communication and consistent completion of deliverables within communicated timeframes.\n - Business and process improvement: Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement; makes associated recommendations as appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of five (5) to eight (8) years of related professional experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Complete understanding and application of concepts, techniques and standards in general business analysis, as well as IT principles and practices.\n- Skills required: Analysis/documentation of processes, methods, solutions, etc.\n- Interpretive - translates business processes and requirements into system specifications.\n- Broad-based knowledge of information technology and applications.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437158/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PeopleSoft Business Analyst-Senior (Walnut Creek, CA) **24 Mo. Duration Position***", "reqid": "133494", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28437158}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Business Process Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nBusiness Process Cons\nOakland, CA or Burbank, CA\n\n\nResponsible for a range of process improvement and process management activities. Activities include planning, performing, and implementing process improvement initiatives, in addition to ownership of operational processes. These initiatives may represent one portion of a larger project, or may represent a stand alone initiative or function within a work group or department. Process management functions may include data gathering and analysis, best practice research, process mapping, developing and recommending alternatives for improvement, developing performance metrics, obtaining leadership or stakeholder agreement, implementing improvements, and monitoring post-process improvement initiative performance to updated standards. Activities are undertaken and executed in support of organizational goals and are accountable for providing business process solutions to meet internal and external customer expectations. May utilize Lean/Six Sigma processes and concepts to lead process improvement initiatives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Data Analysis: Identifies sources for, gathers and analyzes data relevant to processes. May review the work of less senior analysts/consultants. May be responsible for defining data requirements and obtaining customer agreements.\n- Research: Reviews best practice research prepared by less senior analysts/consultants. Makes recommendations on appropriate solutions based on research; may select from alternatives presented.\n- Process Architecture: Designs complex processes and reviews the work of less senior analysts/consultants. Ensures process mapping is complete; provides feedback and guidance to less senior analysts/consultants. Interviews stakeholders and process owners to define processes. Helps define standards and methods.\n- Process Recommendations: Determines process recommendation documents, including presentations, process maps, supporting metrics, business requirements and related impact analyses for complex processes or for portions of larger or inter-related processes. May lead the development of recommendations by less senior analysts/consultants. May apply Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques to process improvement initiatives, including completing Lean/Six Sigma analyses and tasks. Shares accountability for realization of results with process owners and may present recommendations to stakeholders and process owners.\n- Performance Management and Control: Defines, develops and evaluates performance metrics to establish process success, and may participate in working with multiple stakeholders, often with competing/conflicting objectives, to ensure cohesive and reachable measures of success. Reviews data post- implementation to measure success; participates in defining standards of improvement success.\n- Change Management: Participates in and may lead change management activities associated with process improvement. Engages leadership and stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes. Partners with management, project champions, and process owners to align process improvement initiatives with business objectives.\n- (For Six Sigma Black Belts): May track progress of Six Sigma Green Belt consultants and newly certified Black Belt Consultants in Lean/Six Sigma initiatives. Trains other employees in Lean/Six Sigma concepts and techniques. Coaches and mentors employees seeking Green Belt and Black Belt certification.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Required: Four (4) to eight (8) years of process improvement, management consulting, change management, or related business experience.\n- Preferred: Nine (9) to twelve (12) years of process improvement, consulting, or related business experience.\n- Health care or insurance experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.\n- Graduate degree preferred.\n- Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt certification may be required.\n- Broad knowledge of process improvement methodologies.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437160/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Process Consultant", "reqid": "133901", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28437160}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Data Consultant\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as consultant and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.\n- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Builds and maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL).\n- Builds sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.\n- Defines and frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n-Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- Works closely with IT and outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments).\n- May coordinate team/project activities and schedules.\n- May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- May provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams.\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- Typically three (3) or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.\n- Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred. Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Very strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437126/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Consultant", "reqid": "133758", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28437126}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Case Manager RN\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis& includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review. This determination will be made within the next several months. Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit& become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information. Coordinates with physicians, staff, & non-Kaiser providers& facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops treatment plan, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols,& develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses,& evaluates care provided to members.\n- Develops& maintains case management policies& procedures.\n- Coordinates, directs,& performs concurrent& retrospective reviews,& monitors level and quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning,& obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Consults w/ internal& external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning& outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Arranges& monitors follow-up appointments.\n- Encourages member to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies& recommends opportunities for cost savings& improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops& collects data,& trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies,& procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical& benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\n- Acts as liaison for outside agencies, non-plan facilities,& outside providers.\n- In conjunction w/ physicians, evaluates& develops treatment plans, recommends alternative levels of care,& ensures compliance w/ federal, state,& local requirements.\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients& monitors their quality of care.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Creates and periodically reviews& updates policies and procedures, guidelines, & consents all of which are related to stereotactic radiosurgery.\n- Conducts patient education.\n- Schedules all SRS patients, taking into account neurosurgeon and radiation oncology schedules.\n- Coordinates/schedules MRI/CT as needed& notification of patients for all appointment.\n- Coordinates& participates in the SRS conference and emails all participants patient list.\n- Calls patients 1-2 days after procedure,answers questions as needed, & receives calls with patient questions pertaining to pre procedure.\n- Provide overall coordination of care for Radiosurgery patients through entire process of SRS.\n- Work with patient& family to schedule appointments for consultation, planning & treatment.\n- Communicates with SRS team as paitent moves through the process.\n- Educates patients and family about work-up, treatments& follow up.\n- Coordinates Follow up.\n- Assists other Case Manager in organizing& executing morning case review of new consultation requests.\n- Maintains working lists of patients& patient scheduled activities that can be shared with the team.\n- Assists in collection& reporting of monthly statistics of SRS cases/treatments.\n- Along with other case manager organize Friday SRS/Neuro Surgery conference in RWC. Includes documentation in patient record.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous case management experience preferred.\n- Experience in utilization management, discharge planning, or transfer coordination.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in nursing or health related field.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- PHN preferred.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal/state/local regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in caring for patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and external beam radiotherapy.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437127/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager RN", "reqid": "133788", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28437127}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Operations Specialist, (No. 4651)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nUnder limited supervision, responsible for providing analytical/technical business support for a major project and/or department in a particular KP job family (HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Facilities, QA, etc.). Under the overall general guidance of a Director and/or Manager, responsible for researching data, performing analyses, presenting results, and making recommendations. Acts as program/policy specialist to assist department and/or cross-divisional groups with assignments/initiatives as required. Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in testing and implementing process improvements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under limited supervision, creates narrative and quantitative reports in response to routine and custom reporting requests to meet informational requirements of KP management and/or external agencies and organizations for critical financial, departmental or operational analyses.\n- Assists w/ identifying requirements for end-user systems applications, developing specifications of data, maintains specialized databases/tables, and oversees processes and access to safeguard data integrity.\n- Tracks and analyzes monthly reports such as budget, operation activity, and department metrics and consolidates and analyzes for trends and variances.\n- Participates in various special projects.\n- May interact w/ KP executives and employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives.\n- Serves as a liaison for the department/function to discuss complex administrative matters, business processes, and project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.\n- Coordinates project work schedules to meet client expectations and raises conflicting deadlines to management's attention.\n- Provides complex administrative and project support to a department head and/or senior management using advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, MS Project and/or PowerPoint).\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) plus years of administrative and operational support within a specific functional level w/ increasing scope and discretion.\n- Two (2) to three (3) plus years of functional analytical experience.\n- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service and oral and written communication skills required.\n- Ability to apply and use thorough knowledge of KP policies, practices, business processes, techniques, work standards, and systems.\n- Uses acquired knowledge of industry practices and standards.\n- Advanced knowledge of Excel to compile and create complex spreadsheets and reports.\n- Uses advanced MS Office skills (Word, MS Project, and or/PowerPoint) to create complex presentation materials w/ graphs, illustrations, etc. and proofreads content for accuracy and KP established formatting.\n- Ability to acquire and use advanced knowledge of KP and its customers.\n- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.\n- Accuracy, productivity, dependability, and good attendance record a must.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437128/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Specialist, (No. 4651)", "reqid": "133868", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28437128}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Project Manager III (PMIIID40)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two (2) or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Primary project work will be in hospital operational work.\n- Complex coordination of hospital services for transition to new facility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare experience strongly preferred.\n- Project Management Certification.\n\nNote: This is a Temporary position for up to 3 years and is benefited.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437130/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager III (PMIIID40)", "reqid": "133873", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28437130}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Pathology Unit Manger, (No. 4637)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nManages the pathology laboratory services, which includes the cytology, surgical pathology, and autopsy services. Ensures staff provides highest quality, cost effective, patient focused services and care to members. Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. Implements and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the pathology and cytology support staff and ensures they provide the highest quality of services and are in compliance with CAP, CLIA, The Joint Commission, Title 22, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Assists the Chief of Pathology/Laboratory Director in developing, implementing, and maintaining pathology laboratory service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve departmental systems.\n- Assists in Chief of Pathology/Laboratory Director in developing and monitoring budgets and resource allocations.\n- Identifies strategies to reduce costs, control utilization, and improve quality of care and service.\n- Hires, trains, and maintains staff competency.\n- Monitors workflow and turnaround time.\n- Presents in-service programs to the pathology staff.\n- Monitors the quality control/assurance programs, evaluates test results, and equipment.\n- Ensures specimen evaluations are accurate, thorough, and in compliance with accrediting requirements.\n- Identifies and implements procedures to improve the accuracy of Pathology laboratory evaluations.\n- May manage the pathology information system.\n- Provides functional and administrative support to the Chief of Pathology and staff pathologists.\n- Coordinates pathology and cytology support services.\n- Manages the pathology hazardous waste program and ensures compliance with EPA, Cal-OSHA, and Federal OSHA regulations.\n- Resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n- May provide functional and administrative support for the Genetic Department Regional Fetal Pathology Program.\n- Implements, and monitors pathology departmental policy and procedures to support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensure they are met.\n- Provides some pathology services, as qualified and competent.\n- For licensed Cytotechologist licensed personnel, this may include evaluating cytology specimens.\n- For Certified Pathologist Assistant personnel, this may include preparing human surgical specimens for frozen section or gross description and dissection and preparing other biological specimens for further analysis.\n- May assist with or perform post-mortems under supervision of a Pathologist.\n- May prepare body for release.\n- Performs other duties such as maintaining Pathology laboratory procedures and ensuring maintenance of equipment, documents, slides and supplies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Coordinates and Supports the GSAA department quality improvement process to maintain compliance and accreditation for both sites.\n- Serve as GSAA COPATH Site Coordinator and develop content expertise with the application.\n- Utilize, modify and develop as appropriate management and statistical reports for the department.\n- Have and further develop knowledge of support staff operations in the department and be able to assist as necessary.\n- Oversees both Hayward and Fremont Pathology operations and Cytopathology.\n- Participation in the NCAL Pathology Quality and Compliance Peer group.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science in clinical laboratory science, or equivalent.\n- California Cytotechnologist License with ASCP registration or California Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) license; or Certified as a Pathologists' Assistant by the American Association of Pathologists' Assistants, the Board of Registry of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, or another national accrediting agency approved by CA DPH required.\n- Previous pathology or clinical laboratory supervisory experience required.\n- Knowledge of CAP, CLIA, Title 22, The Joint Commission, NCQA, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPrevious Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a high volume acute care hospital pathology preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437129/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pathology Unit Manger, (No. 4637)", "reqid": "133879", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28437129}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Paralegal I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Paralegal will provide administrative and litigation support to the TPMG Legal Department, the Department's external and internal clients, and outside counsel.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists with review and drafting of correspondence, reports, applications for regulatory approval, and other legal documents including, but not limited to employed licentiates responses to complaints and investigations of malpractice cases by various licensing agencies in accordance with compliance and statutory reporting requirements.\n- Assists with research of applicable laws and regulations in consultation with lawyers.\n- Assists attorneys in the performance of due diligence in connection with transactions.\n- Assists with review and drafting of contracts based on templates and/or attorney guidance. Researches applicable state and federal statutes and regulations, case law and regulatory agency rulings in conjunction with facts.\n- Reviews applicable laws to determine compliance requirements.\n- Compiles, reviews, and summarizes data and facts regarding department operations and other information as needed.\n- Assists with the preparation of responses to subpoenas and other litigation discovery requests.\n- Organizes litigation documents.\n- Assists attorney staff and TPMG HR Compliance and Physician Human Resource staff with non immigrant visas and accompanying work restrictions for foreign physicians.\n- Maintains computerized legal file database; tracks and monitors status of cases and documents for ongoing litigation matters; notifies attorneys of changes and maintains case calendar.\n- Assists with the organization of documents and files, including litigation documents and business records.\n- Coordinates activities among the offices of the various Legal Departments, local medical legal departments, and other Kaiser Permanente staff.\n- Performs such other duties as may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically two (2) plus years of related legal experience to include successful completion of a paralegal or legal assistant training program required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of applicable laws and regulations within practice area preferred.\n- Full use and understanding of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques pertinent to the paralegal field preferred.\n- Excellent oral and written communication skills preferred.\n- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management preferred.\n- Strong organization and planning abilities and demonstrated attention to detail preferred.\n- Ability to perform a variety of challenging tasks under time constraints and strict deadlines preferred.\n- Ability to work effectively in a team environment preferred.\n- Significant and demonstrated ability to perform analysis and legal research to identify and clarify issues preferred.\n- Demonstrated results orientation preferred.\n- Skilled in understanding, clarifying, questioning and problem-solving issues relating to work assignments preferred.\n- Consistently delivers timely and high quality results preferred.\n- Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to handle complex, multiple tasks for several individuals with different work styles preferred.\n- Able to prepare, assemble and distribute substantial documents and reports on strict and short deadlines preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to accept individual responsibility preferred.\n- Demonstrated eagerness to learn new things and a positive attitude toward new challenges preferred.\n- Demonstrated self-starter with a high degree of motivation preferred.\n- Demonstrated efficiency, productivity, attention to detail, and accuracy preferred.\n- Demonstrated time management skills to meet deadlines under pressure preferred.\n- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access) and Lotus Notes preferred.\n- Ability to work overtime when needed preferred.\n- Familiarity with medical records and KP Health Connect, excellent PC skills and experience with associated software programs preferred\n- Knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations preferred\n- Excellent written communication and grammar skills preferred\n\n\nSkills Testing:Typing 45 WPM, Microsoft Word and Excel", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437132/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Paralegal I", "reqid": "134041", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28437132}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Clerk - Grade 4\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Takes and transcribes dictation, either manually or by machine into proper format correcting grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. (Dictation usually involves a normal range of business vocabulary or a limited and recurring range of specialized terminology).\n- Assures all clerk duties are covered among three clerical personnel and sees to it that work flow meets Department's requirements.\n- Types forms, letters, reports and correspondence.\n- This includes all confidential personal correspondence for Membership Accounting and Billing, Note and order processing, preparing agendas for meetings, scheduling staff, ordering DME.\n- Answers phone calls from a variety of sources including a potential for being first person to answer a death call from a crying family member.\n- Prepares drafts, may compose routine correspondence on own initiative for Manager's review and approval.\n- Receive telephone and personal callers; directs appropriate individual or relays messages.\n- Can provide routine information to callers.\n- Maintains Manager's calendar; arranges appointments and meetings, makes travel arrangements.\n- Reviews, distributes department mail.\n- May keep records of budgets and/or budgeted times, post information to records and logs, maintain administrative files.\n- Performs other related duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year Hospice Experience.\n- Interpersonal skills necessary to deal effectively and courteously with a diverse group of internal callers/visitors, as well as an occasional number of external contacts.\n- Good communication skills required.\n- Typing: 35 WPM.\n- Ability tolearn and be proficient at CDS/HCMS, Crystal Reports, Health Connect, e-procurement, one-link, time card entry and processing and any other system needed for the running of the Hospice Department.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Typing 35 WPM", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437118/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clerk - Grade 4", "reqid": "131463", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28437118}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder direct supervision, cleans and maintains an assigned area, and performs a variety of environmental services duties in and around the medical center in order to maintain a neat, orderly, sanitary, and safe environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates and utilizes equipment needed to include cleaner, wet mop unit, dust pan, dust mop, back vacuum, automatic floor scrubber, shampoo machine, high speed buffer, carpet extractor, wet/dry vacuum, floor buffer, wall washer and utility cart.\n- Operates and utilizes sanipac, compactor and bailer.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products cleans patient areas to include restrooms, discharge beds, woodwork, horizontal surfaces, TVs cabinets, furniture, glass, walls, floors, all affixed items, replenish dispensers, remove soiled linen and trash.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products, cleans auxiliary areas to include medication room, nursing station, tub room, soiled utility rooms, storage areas, staff lounge, quiet rooms, offices, exam rooms, treatment rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, elevators, water fountain, ice machines, telephones, all horizontal surfaces and high dusting.\n- Replenishes supplies such as: paper-towels, toilet paper, soap, plastic liners, paper cups and seat covers.\n- Reports unsafe conditions such as defective or damaged equipment.\n- Assures sharp objects are in proper containers, follows safety rules established by the department and uses proper body mechanics such as lifting techniques.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience preferred.\n- Moderate to heavy lifting ability required.\n- Ability to operate all types of floor machinery and other housekeeping related equipment.\n- Ability to lift 50 lbs., carry items of 25 lbs., push carts up to 200 lbs.\n- Ability to perform frequent pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting and reaching.\n- Job requires extensive standing and walking.\n- Ability to understand and communicate effectively.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437116/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100", "reqid": "130711", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28437116}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder direct supervision, cleans and maintains an assigned area, and performs a variety of environmental services duties in and around the medical center in order to maintain a neat, orderly, sanitary, and safe environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates and utilizes equipment needed to include cleaner, wet mop unit, dust pan, dust mop, back vacuum, automatic floor scrubber, shampoo machine, high speed buffer, carpet extractor, wet/dry vacuum, floor buffer, wall washer and utility cart.\n- Operates and utilizes sanipac, compactor and bailer.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products cleans patient areas to include restrooms, discharge beds, woodwork, horizontal surfaces, TVs cabinets, furniture, glass, walls, floors, all affixed items, replenish dispensers, remove soiled linen and trash.\n- Utilizing standard cleaning products, cleans auxiliary areas to include medication room, nursing station, tub room, soiled utility rooms, storage areas, staff lounge, quiet rooms, offices, exam rooms, treatment rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, elevators, water fountain, ice machines, telephones, all horizontal surfaces and high dusting.\n- Replenishes supplies such as: paper-towels, toilet paper, soap, plastic liners, paper cups and seat covers.\n- Reports unsafe conditions such as defective or damaged equipment.\n- Assures sharp objects are in proper containers, follows safety rules established by the department and uses proper body mechanics such as lifting techniques.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience preferred.\n- Moderate to heavy lifting ability required.\n- Ability to operate all types of floor machinery and other housekeeping related equipment.\n- Ability to lift 50 lbs., carry items of 25 lbs., push carts up to 200 lbs.\n- Ability to perform frequent pulling, pushing, bending, stooping, kneeling, twisting and reaching.\n- Job requires extensive standing and walking.\n- Ability to understand and communicate effectively.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:41:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437117/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Housekeeping Aide - Grade 100", "reqid": "130712", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28437117}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Special Care Nursery / Mom/Baby (Days, 24) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- NEONATAL - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Neonatal Level II nursery or above if applying for position in a Level II Nursery. One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Neonatal Level III nursery if applying for position in Level III Nursery. Current NRP certification required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM\n\nWeek 1: Wed, Thurs, Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Thurs, Fri", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437101/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Special Care Nursery / Mom/Baby (Days, 24) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "127716", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28437101}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Intern III - OC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nThe pharmacy intern will support the department in the provision of pharmaceutical care while acquiring the required skills & experience needed to become a licensed pharmacist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Obtains new prescription & prescription refill information from the patient, the health care provider, or pharmacy information system.\n- Accesses, inputs & retrieves prescription information from the computer.\n- Dispenses, compounds & distributes pharmaceutical products.\n- Solicits information on medical history from the patient, health care provider, or computer system.\n- Provides drug information & advice to the patient or health care professional.\n- Counsels patients on appropriate prescription & over the counter drug use & storage.\n- Provides excellent customer service.\n- Operates a cash register.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & Kaiser Permanent's policies & procedures to include but not limited to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration (DA).\n- State Boards of Pharmacy.\n- HIPAA.\n- Principles of Responsibility.\n- Performs special projects as assigned.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Pharmacy student status enrolled in an accredited school of pharmacy & attending classes in the third year of professional study required.\n- Licensed or registered as a pharmacy intern in the jurisdiction where employed as required by the applicable jurisdiction's regulations.\n- Stand for long periods of time, frequent stooping, bending & reaching.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Great customer service and pharmacy knowledge base.\n- Available to work some weekends and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437067/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Intern III - OC", "reqid": "134219", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28437067}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "White Marsh", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - OC\nLocation: White Marsh, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- Home location of White Marsh but will support all Baltimore locations.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437068/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - OC", "reqid": "134221", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "White Marsh, MD", "uid": 28437068}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - OC\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- Home location of White Marsh but will support all Baltimore locations.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437070/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - OC", "reqid": "134238", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28437070}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Oncology RN\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nProvides primary nursing support for Oncology and secondary support for Internal Medicine. Administers or assists with administration of chemotherapeutic agents following established protocols or physician\u2019s orders. Is responsible for providing nursing advice for Oncology patients with medical problems.\nEssential Functions:\n-Prepares patients for appointments with providers or for chemotherapy by screening to determine nature of the visit, obtaining and recording pertinent physical assessment data & explaining procedures to patients.\n-Assists providers with examinations by providing instruction to patients regarding preparation for laboratory & x-ray diagnostic procedures. May perform diagnostic labs prior to chemotherapy (urine dipstick evaluation).\n-Assists providers with minor surgery and special procedures (bone narrow aspiration). Sets up treatment rooms ensuring that adequate supplies are on hand and that proper instruments are available. Cleans & sterilizes instruments & cleans treatment rooms as required.\n-Acts as a counselor for patient & family. Is responsible for providing medical advice & education on all facets of Oncology. Is a liaison between the primary care physician & 7. Inserts IV catheters & administers IV fluids for the purpose of hydration or the patient. May also work in conjunction with the Psychiatric Social Worker or Psychiatrist to provide the patient with a mental health component of care.\n-Mixes & administers chemotherapeutic agents under the direction of a physician, or according to prescribed protocols. Is knowledgeable of the actions of the chemotherapeutic agents, of the interactions with the body\u2019s systems & of the nursing interventions necessary to counteract or minimize reactions.\n-Follows established Oncology protocols to maintain a clean & safe working environment. Safeguards self and others against the hazards of toxic drugs. Disposes of bio-hazardous waste according to approved protocol. Abides by federal, state & or local standards regarding drug accountability. Medication therapy under a physician\u2019s direction or medication protocol. Monitors patients during & after periods of instillation.\n-Completes various forms (consultation forms) as required. Maintains accurate records & appropriate entries in patient chart for specific medications utilizing the chemotherapy flow sheet.\n- Documents treatments or observations as needed. Is responsible, in conjunction with the physician, for documenting information for investigational protocols and ensures that all appropriate investigational drug materials is understood by the patient. Maintains vital information for the Tumor Board Registry.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nSecondary Functions:\n-Participates in staff meetings and attends in-service programs. Maintains, updates knowledge by attending continuing education programs on Oncology. Provides education for staff members.\n-Is familiar with health plan benefits & community resources. Communicates with the Discharge Planning Nurse to investigate additional resources.\n-As time permits, make home visits in an effort to provide comprehensive & continuous care. Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- RN license in jurisdiction to which assigned.\n- Current CPR certification is required.\n- 2 years of current Oncology experience w/ at least 1 year being in an out-patient setting.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437071/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Oncology RN", "reqid": "134326", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28437071}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator - SH\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nThe Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for utilization review, discharge planning & transitions in care, in collaboration w/ MAPMG rounder in acute or alternative settings of care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Review. According to department policy, procedure & protocols, consistently apply & verbally communicate approved utilization review criteria & guidelines for services delivered in acute or alternative care settings.\n- Eligibility & Benefit Verification. Confirm eligibility status & ensure the appropriate administration of benefits in accordance w/ department policies & procedures.\n- Assessing Right Venue of Care w/ Hospitalist. Collaboration w/ Hospitalist to assess the appropriate level of care for patients (i.e., Medical Unit, Surgical Unit, Tele Unit, TCU, ICU) & post- (Home, Continuum or Community-based Services) hospitalization.\n- Coordination of Care. Driving patient care plan through assuring daily plan is executed, & management of transitions & post-hospital care.\n- Effective Discharge Planning. Prompt, clinically appropriate discharge planning beginning at time of admission.\n- Variance Management. Timely steps in identification of delays in throughput, escalation to correct delays, & recording delays to identify patterns & trends that will require corrective actions.\n- Quality Screening. Demonstrate competency to assess all aspects of care across the continuum for variations from quality & utilization standards.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in acute hospital utilization review or equivalent required.\n- RN License in jurisdiction where assigned required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- New Hire:\no Successful completion of PCC Orientation & Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Annually:\no Successful completion of PCC Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Ability to effectively communicate.\n- Ability to conform to established policies & procedures.\n- Ability to analytically problem solve & make decisions.\n- Ability to tolerate & cope w/ ambiguity.\n- Ability to work as a team member.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively & clearly present information through the written word, to influence or persuade others through oral presentation in positive or negative circumstances, & to listen well.\n- Demonstrated ability to write clearly, legibly, & effectively, to present ideas & document activities, to read & interpret written information.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent acute care, case management, or home health experience preferred.\n- B.S.N. preferred.\n- Acute Care Hospital Case Management and Utilization experience 2 + years.\n- Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437060/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator - SH", "reqid": "120242", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28437060}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Director, Legal and Treasury IT Portfolios\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nDirector,Legal and Treasury IT Portfolios\n\nThe Compliance, Legal and Regulatory Affairs team supports key business organizations within the Corporate ServicesPortfolio of Kaiser Permanente's Information Technology organization. In addition to Legal and Treasury being key business partners, the expanded team supports National Compliance Office and all related compliance areas: Payment Card Industry and Revenue Cycle data marts.\n\nThe National Legal Department provides legal advice and representation on a wide range of legal issues affecting Kaiser Permanente. It is a national legal organization comprised of 8 practice groups led by Practice Group Managers plus the Office of Board and Corporate Governance. Based on Kaiser Permanente strategic imperatives, the Legal department is defining their business strategy. This role will facilitate and contribute to this definition at the same time considering the technology roadmap and solution definition to meet this business strategy.\n\nUnder the leadership of the Treasurer, the Treasury serves as the corporate finance arm for each of the regions and subsidiaries, and the Kaiser Permanente Program as a whole. One of the key initiatives this role will support is the definition of the long term payment strategy for implementation across the organization. Payment Card Industry compliance sustainability is a key component of the sustainable and yearly roadmap for Treasury area.\n\nRole Overview\nThe Director, for Legal and Treasury sub-portfolios; is part of Compliance, Legal and Regulatory Affairs (CLRA) team. The role will provide strategic, tactical, and operational leadership to support the IT planning and delivery to the Legal and Treasury business organizations. This person will manage 7 resources.\n\nThe role will manage Information Technology strategic planning and analysis, client and relationship management, and day-to-day operations that include finance, performance, and delivery management. The role will also participate and contribute to healthcare industry, KP, and KPIT wide initiatives in the areas of data usage and governance, information management, privacy and security, data analytics and visualization, information modeling, and data access controls. This role will work collaboratively with the managers and directors of these areas to ensure standardization, process improvement, alignment of strategic plans, and be a change agent.\n\nThe role will work directly with people at all levels of the organization to ensure the work is funded and conducted within IT guidelines. The position is expected to support the leaders and principals of each of these sub-portfolios as it relates to delivery execution metrics, data reporting and analytics regarding delivery productivity, business case support, facilitation of prioritization activities, interfacing to PAC and PAC sub-committees, and engagement with Shared and Managed Services partners including procurement functions.\n\n\nResponsibilities:\n\n - Manage both Strategic and Operational aspects of treasury and legal business areas\n - Build strong and effective relationships within and across KP and KPIT\n - Translate business imperatives into technical needs to successfully deliver outcomes\n - Act as a champion for Legal and Treasury to business and IT organization and stakeholders\n - Be a strong liaison and effectively interpret business imperatives to IT and IT outcomes to business partners and stakeholders.\n - Support administrative, operational and management activities in support of team outcomes\n - Mentor and guide large matrixed teams while resolving key issues and conflicts\n - Supports the development and maintenance of business cases, supporting required materials by governance including PAC, CAC, Board of Directors, and ITEC.\n - Create and manage Roadmaps and Cross-Functional Program Timeline Alignment\n - Manage and track multiple data request from internal and external sources to ensure that they are completed in an accurate and timely manner.\n - Support the development, analysis, and reporting across business areas for the specialty exception based monthly meetings including: Finance, Quality, and Delivery, as well as the CS Transformation Meetings.\n - Handle Crisis Management/Risk Mitigation; takes ownership of issues and initiates critical escalations and works with Senior Leadership effectively to drive to resolution.\n - Facilitate problem solving sessions within the organization and drive problems to resolution.\n - Encourage and model the open of expression of diverse ideas and opinions. Serves as a role model for communication and provides professional/technical guidance to team members. Influences others regarding new and existing concepts, processes and/or methodologies.\n - Structures process improvement/re-engineering effort for sustainability and broad acceptance.\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\n - 8 or more years of progressively responsible management experience in healthcare IT planning, budget/financial management, and staffing.\n - 8 or more years of related IT experience including IT Project Management, Program Management, Facilitation, Coordination of Complex Initiatives, and Business Case development including KPI (key performance indicator) identification and benefit realization documentation\n - Bachelor's degree or four years of additional equivalent work experience\n - Experience and track record delivering processes in a large organization.\n - Financial Analytics: Experience managing project, program and or departmental budgets, funding agreements, cost tracking documentation, financial reporting, invoicing and accounts payable.\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with significant experience in strong communication and presentation creation.\n - Excellent MS Office knowledge and project delivery methodologies.\n - Ability to be a thought leader and change collaborator within the department and other CS BIO sub-portfolio's\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - Demonstrated experience and excellence in complex performance reporting\n - Must have outstanding communication skills at managing a diverse portfolio of projects through the entire life-cycle utilizing varied approaches from agile to waterfall.\n - Must be highly collaborative and able to work across organizational boundaries to achieve business and technology goals.\n - Proven Champion that drives change management through continuous portfolio management processes and quality improvement across the organization through metrics, trend analysis, best practice and standards adoption, and integration of lessons learned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 8 or more years of related IT experience including IT Project Management, Program Management, Facilitation, Coordination of Complex Initiatives, and Business Case development including KPI (key performance indicator) identification and benefit realization documentation\n - Bachelor's degree or four years of additional equivalent work experience\n - Experience and track record delivering processes in a large organization.\n - Financial Analytics: Experience managing project, program and or departmental budgets, funding agreements, cost tracking documentation, financial reporting, invoicing and accounts payable.\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with significant experience in strong communication and presentation creation.\n - Excellent MS Office knowledge and project delivery methodologies.\n - Ability to be a thought leader and change collaborator within the department and other CS BIO sub-portfolio's\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - Demonstrated experience and excellence in complex performance reporting\n - Must have outstanding communication skills at managing a diverse portfolio of projects through the entire life-cycle utilizing varied approaches from agile to waterfall.\n - Must be highly collaborative and able to work across organizational boundaries to achieve business and technology goals.\n - Proven Champion that drives change management through continuous portfolio management processes and quality improvement across the organization through metrics, trend analysis, best practice and standards adoption, and integration of lessons learned.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437055/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Legal and Treasury IT Portfolios", "reqid": "133272", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28437055}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Program Manager-Revenue Cycle IT\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe Corporate Services(CS) Business Information Office(BIO)Revenue Cycle Portfolio supports the end to end business process and associated technology solutions from patient access to billings and collections.\nSome key business initiatives and programs are:\neServices\nGuarantor Statement Redesign\nComputer Assisted Coding (CAC)\nMetrics & Analytics for Revenue Cycle (MARC)\nClaims Optimization\n\nThe key focus of the design and delivery teams is to support our business partners to conceptualize, define, design, test, implement and support the revenue cycle initiatives applications.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Support program management of large, complex national projects for the Revenue Cycle Technology organization at Kaiser Permanente\n-Tasks may include maintaining project plans, documenting meeting minutes, maintaining RAID (Risks, Actions, Information, Decisions) logs, support project financial management, including staffing plans and budget forecasts, preparation of powerpoint presentations, updates to workbench tools to manage of resources and key milestone\n- Build strong working relationships with business and IT partners in the National and Regional areas\n- Personnel management, including contract staff, includes allocating and overseeing work, ensuring accuracy and overall maintaining a professional reputation\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of IT Project Management\n- A minimum of 5 years of IT program management\n-Proficient in MS Office suite, including Word, Excel, Project, Visio and Powerpoint\n- Demonstrated experience in managing projects within financial forecast and to meet schedule and scope projections\n- Working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and standard industry practices for project management\n-Excellent verbal and written communication skills", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:40:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437056/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Program Manager-Revenue Cycle IT", "reqid": "133504", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28437056}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Intern\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder immediate supervision of Pharmacist, performs variety of professional and technical duties to assist pharmacist to provide pharmaceutical patient-care (ensuring that medications are used safely, effectively, appropriately and cost consciously) and to obtain practical experience hours required for licensure as Registered Pharmacist within organization's policy and procedure, federal and state statutes, Board of Pharmacy rules and regulations, and professional standards. Supports compliance and Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics and integrity. Adheres to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patients, members, and other healthcare personnel in caring, helpful manner and initiates service transactions using proper forms and process\n- Assists pharmacist in patient-care/consultation service\n- Identifies, evaluates, and resolves ambiguities, omissions, and irregularities in prescribing by practitioner\n- Identifies, evaluates, and resolves potential drug therapy problems\n- Communicates with patient to obtain information pertinent to drug therapy and documents it appropriately. Advises patients on matters regarding drug therapy\n- Confers with prescribers and other healthcare personnel regarding care and treatment of patients and suggests changes in therapy as appropriate\n- Provides drug information to physicians, nurses and other healthcare personnel\n- Selects from stock, measures or counts, packages and labels, and dispenses prescriptions approved by a licensed pharmacist\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care and/or service\n- Adheres to and maintains current knowledge of Principles of Responsibility, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. REPORTS and/or RESOLVES issues of non-compliance\n- On regular, sustained basis, cooperates with other staff members both within and outside department in accomplishment of own job duties as well as assisting others in accomplishing theirs. Serves as team player and role model for other employees in Organization always exhibiting traits of courtesy, caring, helpfulness and respect. conducts oneself in service-oriented manner that is attentive, pleasant, cooperative, sensitive, respectful and kind when dealing with members, visitors, public and all employees\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel in subordinate classification as assigned\n- Operates computer terminal for order-entry of prescriptions or medication orders\n- Accepts responsibilities for resolving immediate problems in pharmacy services, patient complaints, procedural issues and support staff, drug procurement and drug furnishing irregularities, emergencies, etc\n- Inspects and maintains work areas and equipment making sure they are in clean, organized, safe, and efficient working condition and reports problems appropriately\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Enrolled in a college of pharmacy which has received candidate status with or has been accredited by the ACPE, and completion of one full year of education\n- Pharmacy Intern Permit from the Board of Pharmacy, Professional & Vocational Licensing Division, Hawaii State Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs\n- Ability to safely handle and/or prepare compounds such as chemotheraputic agents, biologicals or other medications\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, adaptability, customer service, interpersonal relations, and teamwork\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC application(s)\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:39:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437048/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Intern", "reqid": "134186", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28437048}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Wailuku", "description": "Title: Home Health Nurse - Neighbor Island\nLocation: Wailuku, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, reports to Home Health Manager. Provides home health care to KP's Home Health patients in coordination w/ physician orders & nursing interventions. Maintains professional, clinical, technical, & interpersonal skills to provide best possible service. Supports compliance & Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics & integrity. Adheres to applicable federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & licensing requirements, policies & procedures. Reports &/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes & coordinates plan of care for patients assessing educational, equipment, skilled & non-skilled services & needs\n- Evaluates patients, families, & home environment on admission & subsequent home visits. Determines if home environment is safe & appropriate for provision of home health services. Assesses patient's physical & psychosocial needs. Develops &/or revises an appropriate plan of care. Communicates & coordinates plan of care w/ physician(s), patients & family, & other health care providers. Implements care, as ordered. Demonstrates ability to interpret data about the patient's status. Assesses patient's physical & psychosocial needs. Identifies problems accurately. Establishes reasonable/measurable goals. Develops &/or revises an appropriate plan of care. Communicates & coordinates plan of care w/ physician(s), patients, family, & other health care providers. Implements care as ordered. Determines whether other services such as PT, OT, ST, Home Care Aide (HCA), or MSW are indicated. Establishes reasonable/measurable goals. Establishes discharge planning in conjunction w/ the care planning process. Prepares & delivers medical supplies & orders equipment necessary for provision of prescribed care/service\n- Provides comprehensive nursing care as prescribed by patient's physician & in compliance w/ Home Health Services established standards, policies & procedures. Evaluates patient's response to identified interventions. Reviews & interprets laboratory values. Demonstrates knowledge & skill in providing wound care\n- Determines in conjunction w/ physician, when patient care needs to be shifted into another setting, i.e., hospital, clinic, emergency department, SNF, etc., &/or patient denial of home health is warranted\n- Recognizes & interprets significant physiological & behavioral changes in patient's condition. Reports findings appropriately to physician, Home Health Manager &/or other individuals involved in care of patient. Demonstrates critical thinking such as problem-solving, reflective practice, clinical reasoning, prioritizing, etc\n- Instructs patient, family, & other caregivers on nursing & aide-related care to promote independence & self-care\n- Documents according to Home Health Services standards, federal & state regulation(s): All care provided to patients including assessments, interventions (including medication administration), patient/caregiver teaching. Patient/caregiver response to care. The plan for on-going care &/or discharge plan. Maintains medication profile for all medications self-administered by patient &/or administered by other (caregiver, nurse, etc.). All physician orders. All communication in care planning/coordination. Assures that medical record is accurate, legible, & complete & completes accurate daily visit log\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of medical/surgical nursing experience, including experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable\n- Associate's degree from accredited school of nursing\n- Valid Hawaii RN license (must meet education requirement (s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Valid driver's license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, customer service, problem solving, systems thinking, decision making, adaptability, and change management\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Home Health agency (Medicare certified agency) experience\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing\n- Certified Home Health Nurse by the American Nurses Association (ANA)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the venipuncture and IV therapy, antibiotic therapy, respiratory therapy, patient assessment (physical and psych/social), hyperalimentation and TPN, colostomy and ileostomy care, catherization (male and female), bowel and bladder training, wound care, diabetic care, transfer skills, care of terminally ill, and patient teaching", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:39:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437046/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health Nurse - Neighbor Island", "reqid": "133254", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Wailuku, HI", "uid": 28437046}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Spec, Member Retention\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Member Retention Specialist, as part of the Member Services Retention Unit, will handle complaints and administrative appeals reported to the Member Services department. The objectives of the Retention Unit include: 1) enhancing customer satisfaction through service recovery, 2) meeting regulatory and departmental guidelines for complaint and administrative appeals, 3) auditing and providing feedback on departmental complaint and administrative appeals management performance, 4) serving as consultant and trainer to Kaiser Permanente staff on complaint management, and 5) providing monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reports that enable management to identify barriers to service.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensure resolution and follow up on member complaints and administrative appeals.\n- Receive and handle complaints from Program Office, Medical Director, President, Regulatory Agencies, State and Federal departments (except for Insurance Advocate), and Internet.\n- Ensure complaints and administrative appeals are handled according to department and regulatory guidelines.\n- Maintain necessary databases to track and trend complaint and administrative appeals data.\n- Provide monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reports to management regarding trends in complaints and administrative appeals.\n- Recommend organization-wide process improvements to reduce member complaints, administrative appeals, disenrollments and improve member satisfaction; additionally, develop and recommend improvements in Member Services operations to improve the complaint and administrative appeals management processes.\n- Train and inservice Kaiser Permanente staff on complaint and administrative appeals management process.\n- Establish relationships and maintain regular contact with key individuals in the medical facilities, affiliated community physician and external consultant practices, and administrative departments.\n- Maintain up-to-date understanding of Health Plan benefits and delivery system.\n- Assist with departmental projects and perform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma.\n- A minimum of 5 years ofcustomer service experience (at least2 of which are in a Healthcare environment).\n- A minimum of 1 year of prior experience with Kaiser Permanente, preferably in the areas of Member Services, Claims Services, Contract Administration or QRM.\n- Must have knowledge of Kaiser Permanente benefits, policies and procedures, health plan delivery systems and administrative areas.\n- Demonstrated excellence in oral and written communications.\n- Proficiency with computer systems, preferably knowledge of Access.\n- Excellent research, data analysis and problem solving skills.\n- Excellent organizational, time management and leadership skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree preferred.\n- Insurance License preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:39:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437043/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Spec, Member Retention", "reqid": "131589", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28437043}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Investigator, Research\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe purpose of this position is to develop an independent program of research through designing specific projects for submission to funding agencies, implementing research and demonstration projects in the area of cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes, preparing papers reporting research results for presentation to scientific/professional organizations, translating research into practice and for publication in the scientific/professional literature, and participating in the overall development of the Center for Health Research Southeast's research agenda.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Design, develop, obtain funding for, and lead well defined research, demonstration, and evaluation projects in thearea ofcardiovascular disease and/or diabetesto advance knowledge that will improve health and health care delivery.\n- Develop an ongoing program of research through coordinating a series of research proposals and projects into a logical investigation of a particular research question, topic, or area.\n- Communicate research results to other scientists, clinicians, professional groups, the media and the community through presentations and publications in scientific and professional journals, books; and public presentations.\n- Promote a positive, science-focused work culture by assisting in the development of Center policy, providing technical services and consultation, and by helping to define the CHR's future research agenda, and by maintaining security and confidentiality of research and medical data.\n- Participate in education by helping to train undergraduate, graduate, and post doctoral students pursuing health and health services research careers.\n- Work with partners in the health care system to improve the health of Kaiser Permanente and non-Kaiser Permanente members. This includes providing technical consulting and professional service to KP, serving on various KP committees and task forces, and soliciting clinical input into research, where appropriate. May also provide service to the scientific and professional community through membership on scientific peer review groups and national boards; and consult with local, state, and national voluntary and governmental agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Doctoral degree (PhD, MD/MPH or DrPH) in one of the social sciences, medicine or health disciplines;\n- Thorough knowledge of quantitative methods (from mathematics and statistics) for dealing with methodological and analytic problems in the investigator's substantive area of expertise e/g/ epidemiology, sociology, economics);\n- Working knowledge of health care organization, policy, practice, and management (to facilitate application of research to medical and health care phenomena);\n- Working knowledge of a standard statistical software library (e.g., SAS or SPSS) and design of relational databases;\n- Research methods and theory in health-research related discipline; and Substantive knowledge in health-related discipline.\n-A minimum of 4years of scientific investigation work in health care\n- A minimum of 2 years of experienceas a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of research projects\n- Published author and co-author in national, peer-reviewed scientific journals;\n- Experience in organizing and transmitting the knowledge of their disciplines, such as through teaching at the college or university level as an assistant or associate professor; and Experience presenting research findings at national scientific meetings\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-A minimum of 3years of experienceas a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of research projects\n- Published author and co-author in national, peer-reviewed scientific journals;\n- Experience in organizing and transmitting the knowledge of their disciplines, such as through teaching at the college or university level as an assistant or associate professor;\n- Experience presenting research findings at national scientific meetings;\n- Track record of health-related research grant funding in investigator's name;\n- Experience working in or with a health maintenance organization;\n- Experience with diverse populations;\n- Experience with submitting protocols to an Institutional Review Board;\n- Data Analysis and interpretation skills; and 2+ years of demonstrated leadership ability as evidenced by key leadership role on complex research studies including supervision of research project staff and management accountability of the project budget", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:39:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437044/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Investigator, Research", "reqid": "134014", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28437044}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Executive Director, KP Center for Total Health\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nThis position (Executive Director) will lead operations of the KP Center for Total Health ('The Center'). The position will report directly into Vice President, Public Relations, Communications, and Brand Management.\n\nGiven the high-profile nature of this Center, the Executive Director needs to be a high-energy individual who imbibes KP culture and ethos, with pride. S/he needs to inculcate appreciation for KP's rich history, heritage and unique value position, and over time aspire to become a 'walking KP brand'. S/He needs to keep abreast of the latest Brand and Marketing themes released by KP as well as general positioning of KP in the marketplace. S/He needs to ensure that Center's messaging is consistent with the overall KP message, in collaboration with KP's Brand Strategy, Communications and Public Relations, as well as National Advertising and Marketing department.\nThe Executive Director also needs to understand KP's integrated model of care and how health technology and health information is used in the delivery of patient care.\n\nThe Executive Director furthers the presence and positioning of KP as a health care innovation leader as part of the regional, national and emerging international medical agenda. The Executive Director seeks or creates opportunities to leverage KP's leading edge innovation by engaging national health care clinical and business leaders, along with appropriate KP leaders, in collaborative discussions. The Executive Director must be able to effectively interact with a wide variety of audiences, ranging from internal KP executives and dignitaries to the general public.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures synchronicity with government relations on all aspects of the CTH.\n- Creation of exceptional partnerships: In partnership with appropriate KP leaders, supports the development of external relationships with health policy thought leaders, emerging technology developers, health care practice leaders, and others to position KP prominently in the area of leading edge health care delivery and innovation.\n- Builds and retains strong internal relationships: Creates and fosters exceptional internal relationships and forums for collaboration. In partnership with National Public Relations, Government Relations, National Facilities, Patient Care Services, Brand/Marketing, the Permanente Federation and regional medical group leaders, the Mid-Atlantic States Region leadership, Capitol Hill Medical Center leadership, and other constituents, the Executive Director furthers the value of the Center as an environment to deliver KP brand/marketing message, KP health care message and host meetings. S/He also develops strategies and plans to optimize value to all KP regions.\n- Public Relations and Content Management: Partners with national public relations and marketing functions to co-manage marketing, promotions, media relations, and PR for KP within the Center, in association with the Center for Total Health governing body. Partners with brand and communications leaders for ongoing content management and refresh. Supports 'Celebration of Ideas', i.e., obtaining nominations for content refreshes to be invited from various KP departments/regions.\n- Stakeholder Management: Partners with national public relations to track engagement at the Center within the organizational stakeholder database.\n- Tours/Events Management: Manages Center's tours, programs and events led by the Center's staff and identified KP docents.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health care advancement, or business administration/marketing, or technology or equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- 15 years of minimum work experience. Must include proven success in leadership positions, reporting to executive leadership, and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the business of IT & Innovations, preferably operations experience of a Center of similar nature.\n- Experience must include events management and relationship building with internal and external stakeholders.\n- Experience must include accountability for concept creation, obtaining financial support, and execution of strategy/plans.\n- Demonstrated autonomy to work in highly complex, matrix environments with multiple stakeholders and high degree of ambiguity is essential, including proven track record in providing financial and strategic leadership in a complex, medium to large-sized business.\n- Familiarity with governmental programs and regulations in the health care field that will affect the operations of the business.", "date_new": "2012-05-04 18:39:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28437041/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, KP Center for Total Health", "reqid": "134299", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28437041}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lifestyle Educator I (Bilingual)\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nFacilitates monitors and evaluates specific lifestyle and behavior changes that contribute to the improvement of health by providing group and individual counseling, and instruction to health plan members and others.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Facilitates behavior/education change groups and/or individual consulting established within theory-based practice.\n- Identifies education and needs of patients.\n- Implements instructional objectives and counseling strategies based upon need assessments.\n- May track, evaluate and document patient progress towards identified goals.\n- May Provide individual short term or long term counseling to promote or maintain behavior change.\n- Serves as a patient advocate in the coordination and delivery of services both within the organization and the community.\n- Provides in-services and training to staff members, as assigned.\n- Prepares reports as assigned.\n- Provides input into the development and modification of program curriculum, support materials and activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n- One (1) year of experience in education or counseling, preferred.\n- Previous teaching experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, certification and/or equivalent experience in area of instruction or related field.\n- Computer literacy preferred.\n- Knowledge of educational psychology, behavior change, adult learning theory, educational methodologies, and organization behavior.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n\nNotes:\n- Actual physical work locationcan be in Delano or Lost Hills, CA.\n- Must pass the Bilingual Level II assessment test.\n-Must be able to work flexible hours, evening hours as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403639/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lifestyle Educator I (Bilingual)", "reqid": "133259", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28403639}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Mananger, RN\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nThrough department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care.\n- Manages and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care.\n- Ensures staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements; establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors department's budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety and risk management issues.\n- Patient Safety: Accountable to promote an organizational culture of safety and ensure appropriate patient safety standards and guidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, including but not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, and Leapfrog.\n- See Patient Safety Management Accountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA/BS in health care or closely related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certificate required.\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually five (5) to six (6) years), including management experience (usually three (3) to four (4) years).\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- **BSN and National Health/Nursing Administration Certification or MSN are required for Pediatric and NICU Departments for facilities that are CCS certified or desire CCS certification. This requirement applies to Bellflower, LAMC, San Diego, Fontana and Orange County.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403641/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Mananger, RN", "reqid": "133730", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28403641}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lancaster", "description": "Title: Area Lab Director\nLocation: Lancaster, CA\nManages all administrative and clinical operations of the clinical laboratory departments in the facilities in the Service Area. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost-effective laboratory services, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\nEssential Functions:\n- Meets the clinical laboratory needs of physicians & staff in developing & implementing an integrated service line model across the Service Area of several large medical offices.\n- Determines the type & manner in which laboratory services will be provided throughout the Service Area.\n- Develops & administers policies & procedures, which are in keeping w/ the service value, quality, & access goals of the Service Area.\n- Manages the technical, clinical, & operational aspects of the laboratory & pathology services at all Service Area facilities.\n- Ensures technical & support staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ CAP, CLIA, JCAHO, AABB, NCQA, Title 22, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, & maintains service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & quality of laboratory services across the continuum of care.\n- Manages departmental human resources.\n- Develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of the staff.\n- Ensures going staff development.\n- Develops & presents inservice programs to medical center staff.\n- Develops, negotiates, & monitors budgets & resource allocations at all Service Area clinical lab facilities.\n- Oversees & develops clinical practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement activities.\n- Establishes & maintains an effective collaborative working relationship w/ Service Area providers to identify & resolve problems/issues & improve delivery of laboratory services.\n- Ensures on-going laboratory staff development.\n- Develops & presents inservice programs to medical center & medical office staff.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors laboratory policies & procedures throughout the Service Area which support the organization's business goals.\n- Establishes, implements, monitors, & enhances quality control/assurance/risk management programs.\n- Monitors test results, equipment, & laboratory information systems.\n- Designs & implements the laboratory safety program, including hazardous waste management, chemical hygiene plan, & injury prevention program.\n- Patient Safety: Accountable to promote an organizational culture of safety & ensure appropriate patient safety standards & guidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, including but not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, & Leapfrog. See Patient Safety Management Accountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, usually five (5) years in a high volume acute care clinical laboratory required\n- Significant management experience, usually four (4) years required.\n- Bachelor's degree in clinical science or related science required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- ASCP certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of CLIA, Title 22, CAP, JCAHO, NCQA, AABB, local, state, federal regulations required.\n\nNotes:\n- This position covers laboratory functions in Palmdale and Lancaster.\n- Travel varies.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403643/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Area Lab Director", "reqid": "133760", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lancaster, CA", "uid": 28403643}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Supervisor Health Information Sup Svs\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder the direction of a Health Information Management Director, supervises the day-to-day operations of in-patient and/or out-patient medical records management, storage, filing, retrieval, maintenance and distribution - AND- two or more health information support/ancillary services such as but not limited to medical transcription/dictation, release of medical information, medical correspondence/secretarial services, legal documents and vital records, legal support services. Plans, prioritizes, assigns and reviews the work performed by a staff of medical records clerks/techs and/or medical transcriptionists and other personnel; ensures that staff's work meets or exceeds established productivity and performance standards and that medical record documentation (transcription) and/or medical records management meets or exceeds established quality and regulatory requirements. ( Note : this job does not require knowledge or use of medical coding practices, techniques, methods or classification systems ).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- AS APPROPRIATE FOR ASSIGNED AREAS/FUNCTIONS:\n- Assists Health Information Management Director in meeting quality, service, cost, productivity and reimbursement goals and objectives.\n- Coordinates all functions and services related to medical records systems and management Plans.\n- Coordinates, assigns, prioritizes and monitors daily work for assigned staff which may include Medical Records retrieval, assembly, delivery, completion, transcriptions, release of information, vital statistics registration, medical correspondence / secretarial services, and legal support services.\n- Works with Director to develop and implement policies and procedures, work systems, methods and processes and contingency plans for each function to assure timely and accurate completion of work that is consistent with regulatory agency requirements.\n- Establishes, organizes and maintains a medical records system(s) in accordance with organizational, institutional, state and national regulatory requirements.\n- Ensures that an accurate, complete medical record is available to medical providers and other authorized users requesting medical record information to support clinical research, decision support analysis, disease management, reimbursement or to measure the quality, efficacy, safety and costs of patient care.\n- Designs and implements systems and methods for auditing the quality, adequacy, consistency and completeness of medical records/documentation and to initiate corrective/remedial procedures and practices as needed.\n- Develops and implements policies and procedures for processing medico-legal documents, insurance and medical correspondence requests in compliance with professional standards of practice and applicable statutory requirements.\n- Coordinates provision of services with medical staff and other medical center departments/personnel and external agencies.\n- Responds to requests from individuals, agencies, courts and other external agencies for medical information in accordance with department policies/procedures pertaining to release of confidential patient information.\n- Identifies the need for and evaluates/recommends appropriate content of contracts with outside providers/independent contractors to provide medical records management, transcription or other services.\n- Continually monitors and evaluates work flow, systems/processes and output.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years, usually, of previous relevant experience supervising medical records management systems in an acute care general medical center or comprehensive ambulatory care center.\n- For in-patient medical records management: Recent experience with C.A.L.S. and TJC surveys.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Associate degree in health information technology preferred.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of laws and regulations and accreditation standards pertaining to medical records (e.g., TJC, HIPAA, CMS, DHS, Medicare, Uniform Health Care Information Act).\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to utilize the professional practice standards, principles, techniques and methodologies pertaining to the creation and use of medical records.\n- If supervising medical transcription/dictation services:\n- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of medical language and interpret dictation by physicians in order to assist transcriptionists with issues involving editing, clarification, style, and practice standards.\n- For in-patient medical records management:\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize the principles and practices of effective supervision\n- Proficient with a variety of software used by the department.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- RHIT certification\n-Coding knowledge for In-Patient and PSC services highly recommended", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403644/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Health Information Sup Svs", "reqid": "133811", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28403644}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Ext Care Coord RN in Complete Care\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nResponsible for the oversight and management of skilled patients and temporary skilled patients in rehabilitation in contracted skilled nursing facilities; this includes checking benefits, managing up to discharge and issuing denial letters. With primary care, specialist physicians, and health care team, coordinates the implementation of a chronic disease care management program for patients. Coordinates with the assigned physician to manage skilled nursing patients and directs families, patients, physicians, nurse practitioners, and SNF staff to the appropriate level of care and identifies those patients who do not meet the criteria for continued skilled stay. Responsible for managing custodial patients who require long term care for chronic disease management in SNFs. Complies with other duties as described. Must be able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.\nEssential Functions:\n- In conjunction with physicians and health care team, develops an individual care plan based on patient assessment/ evaluation and diagnostic tests\n- Monitors/evaluates patient progress and modifies treatment plan as appropriate in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team\n- Recommends additional levels of care, therapy/rehabilitation when medically indicated as appropriate.\n- Monitors levels and appropriateness of therapeutic and/or rehabilitative care\n- Implements strategies to assure that patients and caregivers comply with and understand the importance of follow through on plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.\n- Provides individualized patient/family education which focuses on teaching self management\n- conducts individual and team conferences to assist patients and family identify risk factors\n- Facilitates patients' return to normal daily activities by teaching and making appropriate referrals for outside services/continued care collaboratively\n- In conjunction with physicians and health are team, develops treatment program procedures, clinical guidelines/protocols, and program evaluation/outcomes measures.\n- Educates the Inpatient Case Managers about appropriateness of transfers to the Skilled Nursing facility and protocol for transfers\n- Ensures that the patient has a safe and appropriate discharge\n- Orders DME as ordered by the physician\n- Screens by using senior metrics for skilled patient expected length of stay\n- Responsible for educating the Inpatient Case managers/designees about the appropriateness of admissions to the Skilled Nursing facility and protocols for admission\n- Intervenes when there are quality issues surrounding the transfers\n- Notifies members about the co-payment associated with the Skilled Nursing transfer.\n- Communicates with physicians and other care givers regarding patient progress by monitoring, evaluating, and analyzing clinical, functional, and psycho-social status/progress\n- Issues reports; participates in inter-disciplinary case conferences and consultations\n- Consults with the physician regarding the senior metrics for the appropriate length of stay for the skilled population\n- Contributes to medical and nursing staff education by giving periodic in-service presentations\n- Recommended to be present at the inpatient UM staff meetings\n- Participates in review/evaluation of the quality, appropriateness, and outcomes of diagnostic and therapeutic services and treatment programs.\n- Participates in committees, teams or other work projects/duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or health care related field preferred OR current equivalent related work experience\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required\n- Current and valid California RN license required\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc)\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Two (2) years clinical experience working in a treatment program for patients with a chronic disease (e.g. cardiac, respiratory, diabetes, hypertension).\n-Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission,and other federal/state/local regulations.\n- Ability to work independently and to problem solve\n- Ability to work well in teams with other disciplines andclass presentation skills\n- Strong assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation skills.\n-Previous case management, with disease panel management focus, experience preferred.\n-Diabetes, Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, Asthma specific assessment, intervention, and patient education.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Strong computer skills\n\n\nNotes:\n- May need to work some evening hours to accommodate member needs", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403646/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Ext Care Coord RN in Complete Care", "reqid": "133866", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28403646}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Qual Risk Pt Sft Reg Cons\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nTHIS POSITION IS RESTRICTED TO EXCLUSIVE USE WITHIN THE QUALITY, RISK, PATIENT SAFETY AND REGULATORY DEPT.\nKey advisor to Clinical and Administrative senior leadership the areas of quality, risk management, regulatory and/or patient safety. Ensures oversight and consistency of operational practices, system processes, standards and accreditations according to the Southern California Region's strategic and operational business plans related to quality, risk management, and patient safety. Identifies and institutes enhanced quality practices based on benchmarking with other industries and internal practice transfer as well as state, federal and local regulations. Facilitates the rapid transfer of best practices across geographical boundaries. Recommends adjustment to operations to ensure continued high levels of performance and compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements (e.g. NCQA, DMHC, Title 22, Medicare and Medi-Cal, Joint Commission etc.). Provides/gathers clinical expertise for areas of compliance which involve medical necessity and/or quality concerns. Utilizes clinical expertise to conduct investigations and seek input from other clinical professionals as required. Acts as a liaison, problem-solver, and negotiator to achieve resolution on member requests and appeals. Responsible for reviewing and analyzing audit related reports and providing leadership and consultation on non-compliance and performance improvement in the areas of quality, risk management, regulatory and/or patient safety.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and/or represents Quality, Risk Management, Regulatory and Patient Safety at routine and adhoc meetings on specific compliance and regulatory areas.\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic and operational importance to the senior leadership in the Southern California region.\n- Advises clinical and administrative leadership to properly engage team to investigate and facilitate resolution of complex and high profile issues in the areas of Quality, Risk Management, and Patient Safety.\n- Provides/gathers clinical expertise for areas of compliance which involve medical necessity and/or quality concerns.\n- Provides leadership, direct support and consultation on corrective actions developed by departments for areas of non-compliance to ensure the compliance issue(s) is adequately addressed.\n- Works with KFHP/KFH, Medical Group departments and Senior Leadership at divisional, regional, and local levels as consultant on Joint Commission (TJC), Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and\n- Department of Health Services (DHS) compliance and develops, implements, tracks, and reports on work plans for correction.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of internal audits for TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, DHS, and State Programs compliance.\n- Coordinates the audit process, including reviewing, analyzing, and reporting findings internally to the Director, Senior Leadership, and to KFHP quality committees.\n- Interfaces regularly with senior management to produce timely and valuable results.\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for various peer groups and high-level audiences.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various high-level audiences.\n- May require some travel to the Service Areas and/or Regional offices across the Division.\n- Personal transportation required for local Service Area travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years of clinical experience in subject matter area of expertise.\n- Minimum three (3) years of work experience in such areas as quality, risk management, and/or patient safety.\n- BSN or BA in health related field and/or graduate of accredited school of nursing required.\n- Master's in Nursing or Public Health preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPHQ (Certification as Professional in Healthcare Quality) qualification preferred.\n- Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc).\n- Ability to understand data sources of quality and regulatory information.\n- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to work with peers in self-managed teams to meet deadlines.\n- Demonstrated conflict resolution and mediation skills with ability to secure action from persons outside their supervision.\n- Ability to use sound judgment and to handle potentially charged issues independently but with the knowledge and ability to escalate and ask for help when needed.\n- Ability to multitask and manage time in order to perform well on long-term projects while being flexible enough to assimilate short term projects on an on-going basis.\n- Able to work in a Labor / Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403649/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Qual Risk Pt Sft Reg Cons", "reqid": "133881", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28403649}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Case Manager Continuing Care Social Worker\nLocation: Downey, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers/facilities regarding patient care/ population based management for patients in specifically defined geriatric or other specifically defined patient populations (e.g., patients with a specific chronic disease, high risk patients) in order to plan and implement a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to manage health conditions, utilization of resources and protocols, patient self-care, implementation and evaluation of treatment plan across the care continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary and continued care) In conjunction with physicians, develops treatment plan, monitors care, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols and care paths and develops guidelines for care that may require coordination across systems of multiple providers/services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members\n- In conjunction with primary care and specialist physicians, evaluates and develops baseline medical and psychosocial evaluations and individualized patient care/treatment plans; recommends alternative levels of care and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements\n- Makes assessments of physiological and or functional status utilizing protocols; initiates appropriate diagnostic testing/screening and interventions\n- Develops individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management; delivers patient/family education specific to a disease state\n- Implements strategies to target/assess risk factors and achieve and ensure patient follow-up according to clinical and strategic measures/outcomes; produces population based reports on outcomes specific to defined patient populations; participates with health care team/providers in actualizing outcomes by planning, evaluating and implementing decisions and strategies to achieve predetermined cost, clinical, quality, utilization and service outcomes\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures\n- Coordinates care/services with utilization and/or quality reviewers and monitors level and quality of care\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization or referral to support services or placement\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments\n- Encourages member to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy)\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services and outside providers\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum\n- Develops and collects data; trends utilization of health care resources\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families, and outside agencies\n- Acts as liaison for outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous case management experience preferred (usually 2 years with the population to be case managed)\n- Graduate of an academic institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education\n- Master's degree in Social Work required\n- Current and valid CALCSW preferred\n- Demonstrated knowledge of case management, discharge planning, transfer coordination; JCAHO and other federal/state/local regulations\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of KP BHC service preferred.\n- Knowledge of computer systems including the ability to type and enter data into an electronic medical record.\n- Computer knowledge of MS Word.\n\nNotes:\n- 10 hour shifts, includes working one weekends per pay period", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403648/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager Continuing Care Social Worker", "reqid": "133922", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28403648}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Case Manager Utilization RN\nLocation: Downey, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prefer inpatient psych experience\n\nNotes:\n- This position is a 10 hour shift and weekends may rotate.\n- Two (2) years of clinical Psych inpatient or outpatient treatment or 2 years of Utilization management experience with 1 year of psych experience is required.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403647/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager Utilization RN", "reqid": "133933", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28403647}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Practice Specialist\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nRecognized content expert in area relevant to the work of the department. Oversees project work & staff on work related to area of expertise. Responsible for providing relevant content expertise to project leads & staff in support of project work. Builds & maintains key relationships with clients & departmental staff as appropriate. Acts as thought partner to project managers & provides expert advice on specific area of expertise. Provides leadership for the delivery high of quality & cost-effective consulting services/products to issues of key organizational importance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Effectively leads project team on work related to specific area of expertise.\n- Provides leadership for the design, development, and implementation of projects related to their area of expertise.\n- Manages the work of all project participants, including outside consultants and other department staff, when used.\n- Serves as a content expert for responsible area of expertise.\n- Provides assistance and advice to others in support of project work.\n- May provide expert consultation to multiple projects at any given time.\n- Effectively interfaces with clients to reach mutually acceptable agreements around project scope, objectives, deliverables, timeframes and outcomes.\n- Effectively facilitates interactions with clients and stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.\n- Provides leadership and direction in accordance with the overall strategic direction of the department and organization.\n- Develops clear project plan that allows teams to achieve desired outcomes.\n- Monitors plan on an ongoing basis and proactively adjusts, as necessary, to resolve barriers and/or issues.\n- Oversees work to ensure high quality deliverables and adherence to timeframes and budget (when applicable).\n- Proactively identifies links between specialty work and broader organizational priorities and goals.\n- Identifies areas where specialty expertise may enhance work of department.\n- Effectively recognizes opportunities to enhance project work and/or achieve desired objectives by collaborating with staff outside their area of expertise and acts accordingly.\n- Contributes to a team environment that encourages collaboration, supports receiving and providing feedback and encourages participation from all levels of staff.\n- Adapts management style as appropriate to meet needs of a particular situation or team resulting in optimal performance.\n- Actively provides feedback to staff in support of individual staff development.\n- Encourages staff participation in non-project related activities that support culture and values of the department and individual development.\n- Models behavior that staff wants to emulate.\n- Communicates in a manner that is proactive, timely, influential, persuasive and effective resulting in mutually acceptable agreements.\n- Ensures that all communications produced under his/her direction are timely and of high quality.\n- Participates in the development and management of department staff through coaching, providing and encouraging feedback, consistent application of department policies and procedures, conducting project based performance reviews, and other departmental activities.\n- Participates in development of staff through the sharing of new techniques and problem solving approaches specific to their area of expertise.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of department-wide activities that support the culture and values of the department.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically at least five (5) or more years of experience in their field of expertise preferred. This may include but is not limited knowledge of care delivery, technical/analytic expertise, management engineering, planning, and research.\n- Experience in managing project staff including administration of departmental policies and guidelines, project based performance reviews and coaching.\n- Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health, Health Administration or other related field preferred.\n- Demonstrated expertise in a field of relevant to the work of the department. Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration.\n- Knowledge of computer applications and knowledge of data systems.\n- Proven leadership skills in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation.\n- Demonstrates ability to work with various partners including Medical Group and/or Labor Partners.\n- Demonstrated understanding and general knowledge of healthcare industry and health policy trends.\n- Knowledge of the operations and/or business of Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- Kaiser Permanente knowledge preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403650/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Practice Specialist", "reqid": "133950", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28403650}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician.\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills. Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish).\n\nNotes:\n- Will cover all 4 locations", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403630/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD", "reqid": "132452", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28403630}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Palliative Care - PT\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PHN/CHPN\n- BSN preferred education\n- Computer literate, Word and Excel competent, experience in a Medical information system preferred.\n- Data Entry\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Night back-up 2 times per month\n- Job requires up to 120 miles of driving per day and up to four hours of time in car.\n- Can be up to 8 hours of sitting time in certain assignments.\n- Can require up to three hours of typing time per 8 hours.\n- One to two weekends per month and night on call duties up to 15.5 hours twice a month are required.\n- Moderate assisted lifting of patients in the home setting.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403631/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Palliative Care - PT", "reqid": "132488", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28403631}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem Days f180-1 Onco\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year within the last 3 years full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- ONS certified and at least one (1) year recent chemotherapy experience.\n\nNotes:\n- f180-1.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 7:00 am-3:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403635/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ Per Diem Days f180-1 Onco", "reqid": "132632", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28403635}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Spd Instru Tech II\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, provides a product that has been made safe and or sterile for patient care. Decontaminates, disinfect, prepare, sterilize, store, and distribute medical instruments, linen, equipment, and medical supplies. Pick and assemble case carts. Disinfects, stores, and distributes durable medical equipment. Maintains responsibility for assigned area. Operates washer/sterilizers, washers/decontaminators, gas, Stasrred and steam sterilizers. Peforms Bowie Dick and biological testing and maintains accurate records. Uses SPM, Case Cart, Mainframe, MMS and other related software programs daily. Responds to telephone and computer requests per department policy. Maintaining high standards of the medical center by adhering to local, regional, Infection Control and Regulatory agencies. To coordinate with all service departments' adequate supplies and equipment for day-to-day operations, while promoting safety by using good mechanics and universal precautions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Picks up contaminated supplies and equipment according to aseptic standards and returns to sterile processing.\n- Disassembles, and cleans or decontaminates medical instruments, supplies, and equipment, using approved disinfectants, detergents, and ultrasound cleaning.\n- Assembles, inspects, tests, wraps, and dates medical instruments, supplies, and equipment using such guides as illustrated in manuals or lists aseptically\n- Notifies manager of needed repairs.\n- Properly loads and operates EtO, Steam Steris and Sterrad sterilizers.\n- Performs biological testing and maintains accurate biological and sterilization records.\n- Biological testing on Sterrads; make own test ampules while observing sterile technique.\n- Stages and provides delivery of processed items to user departments.\n- Manages (DME) inventory tracking using SPM.\n- Maintains inventory of items within the department using Event Related concepts.\n- Operating Room Case Schedule, reviews, analyzes, and determines preference sheets to be utilized.\n- Performs inter-shift report.\n- Maintains a clean and safe work environment.\n- Reports any equipment problems to supervisor.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\n- Promotes, ensures and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality services.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or equivalent.\n- Certified Registered Central Service Tech Certification (CRCST) at time of hire OR minimum one (1) year of recent SPD Tech experience within the last three (3) years and CRCST must be obtained within 90 days of hire OR successful completion of an SPD Training Program and attainment of the CRCST certification within 90 days of hire.\n- Knowledge of surgical instruments for all surgical services.\n- Able to run HiVac sterilizer, ultrasound and washer sterilizer, disinfector, and gravity displacement autoclaves.\n- Legible writing, strong verbal skills and computer skills.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Data entry skills\n- Computer SPM or like program\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- Other work locations: 5893 Copley Drive San Diego & 4645 Palm Ave San Diego\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403637/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Spd Instru Tech II", "reqid": "132661", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28403637}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Charge RN - Hospital - Peds - Anaheim (replacement)\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year w/in the last three(3) years full-time equiv exp in acute care Pediatrics.\n- Current PALS card required.\n- Chemotherapy (ONS Provider card) within six (6) months of hire.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Basic computer skills to include: Word\n\nNotes:\n- Work location will be: 3440 E. LaPalma - New Anaheim Address\n- This position will cover both Peds and Peds/Adol units. - Provides comprehensive nursing care to children from newborn to 18 years of age\n- Gives special attention to age-specific patient needs in the assigned patient care area\n- Works under the general direction of the Clinical Director, Assistant Department Administrators, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and the Supervisor\n- Cooperates in all relationships with other departments\n- Eight (8) hour option, shift will be 4:00 PM to 12:30 AM, back up twelve (12) hour shift will be 8:00 PM to 8:30 AM.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:59:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403629/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Charge RN - Hospital - Peds - Anaheim (replacement)", "reqid": "132253", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28403629}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Operations Specialist II - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Operational Specialist is responsible for providing business support for department projects and/or reporting activities. Under general guidance, responsible to facilitate meeting logistics, manage program documentation, and provide general operational support. Acts as a program specialist to assist department and/or cross-divisional groups with assignments/initiatives as required. Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in coordinating and facilitating process improvements and program deliverables.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides administrative support and participates in various complex special projects using advanced MS Office Skills.\n- Ensure activities meet expectations, utilizing project management techniques and tools to independently resolve scheduling issues and advise management of resolution.\n- May be accountable for the coordination and distribution of financial related reports/data.\n- May be accountable for the content development for intranet site/online tools, and coordination with corporate communication specialist.\n- Interface with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function.\n- Interact and collaborate with multiple internal managers across various initiatives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7)plus years of administrative and operational support within a specific functional level with increasing scope and discretion.\n- Three (3) plus years of functional analytical experience.\n- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent work experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- 2+ years of project facilitation and program coordination, or related experience.\n- Advanced knowledge in MS Office applications and KP standard calendaring/on-line meeting tools.\n- Applies business theories and concepts to accomplish significant department projects and/or initiatives.\n- Intermediate knowledge of program management theories and concepts.\n- Ability to exercise independent judgment; relies on experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to make sound decisions.\n- Desire to learn and develop in a dynamic environment as part of a high-performing team\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1+ years experience working in a healthcare environment.\n- 1+ years experience in project management framework and processes.\n- Knowledge and understanding of Epic or equivalent revenue cycle systems and processes.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403618/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Specialist II - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "133055", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403618}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: National Proposal Consultant II\nLocation: Burbank, CA\n\nNational Proposal Consultant II\nKaiser Permanente, Burbank or Oakland, CA\n\nSummary:\nThis position has 2 primary components - National Proposal Consultant and GeoAccess Facilitator.\nNational Proposal Consultant II will work with multiple Executive Account Managers, National and Regional Underwriters, Regional Account Managers, Sales Directors and Senior Leadership, and other proposal professionals on rate requests and Requests for Proposal from National Purchasers.\na. Successfully lead efforts to win new business and retain existing National Accounts for KP and affiliates. The Proposal Consultant will routinely facilitate cross-functional, cross-regional teams to identify key strategic and tactical issues, create solutions, and implement actions regarding National RFPs/RFIs.\nb. Manage and develop multiple RFPs/RFIs of high complexity simultaneously for renewing and prospective National, California, other Regional and Multi-Regional Accounts, which includes: documenting and disseminating national employer requirements to Regional Health Plans; collaborating independently with Executive Management, account staff, underwriters, subject matter experts and local market proposal managers to ensure constant communication regarding status of RFPs, roles and responsibilities, market specifications for proposals, and successful outcomes from proposals; set timelines and negotiate deadlines both internally and externally; procure missing information, review, edit, and rewrite as necessary; ensure that information not approved by National Accounts leadership is not released; manage the submission of rate proposals and supporting documents to national and strategic customers; coordinate and submit follow-up information/materials as needed.\nc. The Proposal Consultant will provide direction and oversight to analysts/consultants/team members and assigned components of project work.\n - The Proposal Consultant will serve as a project lead on large highly complex RFPs supervising the work of other more junior consultants\n2. Engage and manage a wide range of long and short term complex highly visible multi-faceted projects important to the sales and marketing business goals of the enterprise, and specifically National Accounts. The Proposal Consultant will support key initiatives of Senior Program Sales and Marketing Program Offices leadership, the Vice President of National Accounts, National Accounts Directors and Managers, collaborating and working independently with these individuals. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Projects will be broad in scope and commensurate with experience, but it is expected the Proposal Consultant III will develop and exercise additional skills in the course of completing projects.\na. Takes lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and actions plans.\nb. Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to share project outcomes and best practices.\nc. Sets strategic direction for projects. Develops project plans that identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics, and resources required. Designs processes to address identified problems.\n - Plans and facilitates cross-functional meetings. Makes formal presentations to various audiences. Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcomes. Motivates team members to ensure successful outcomes\n\n3. The National Proposal Consultant II provides guidance, support, training and mentoring to Production Coordinators, seasonal contractors, and more junior staff\nGeoAccess Facilitator\n - This position provides analytical support to Sales and Marketing.\n - Under the guidance of the Project Manager/Team Lead /Manager/Director assumes full responsibility for responding to GeoAccess requests and information by collecting and researching data, performing analysis, making recommendations, and presenting results.\n - In collaboration with account managers/sales executives, determines strategies to meet Purchasers' needs.\n - Collects and analyzes detailed and varied information from all areas of the organization.\n - Develops qualitative and quantitative written responses.\n - Meets Purchaser timelines.\n - Identifies and notifies manager and appropriate others of policy issues or potential problems that may prevent accurate, complete, or on-time responses.\n - Works under limited supervision.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) - five (5) years of related experience AND/ OR one (1) - two (2) years of direct proposal management experience\n- Marketing or proposal writing experience preferred\n- Experience on PMAPS, GeoAccess or other RFP software preferred\n- Bachelor's degree required\n- Proven contributor on project management teams; RFP projects preferred\n- Ability to identify problems and enact real time solutions\n- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines consistently\n- Strong analytical and research skills\n- This hybrid position will require the successful candidate to negotiate sometimes conflicting timelines and deadlines.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403619/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "National Proposal Consultant II", "reqid": "133825", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28403619}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Communications Manager - Office of the President and COO (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Communications Manager, Office of the President & COO, is responsible for creating, implementing, and evaluating communication strategies in support of Kaiser Permanente's President & COO. As a key member of the Communications team, the Manager will work in partnership with the Chief of Communications and the Chief of Staff for the President & COO as well as key members of their organizations to deliver internal, external, and executive communications services that support growth of the business and our focus on high-quality and affordable health care. The Manager will establish communications initiatives for program-wide projects, create associated content and messaging, execute related deliverables on time and on budget, and evaluate success. The Manager will work across multiple stakeholder groups to gather the necessary information and input, and collaborate with the Chief of Communications to manage high-profile initiatives. This position will partner with PR, Issues Management, and Corporate Communications colleagues to establish and maintain the standards for the Kaiser Permanente business and brand. The Manager will ensure organizational strategies are effectively communicated to the targeted internal and external stakeholders, including KP leaders and employees.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nResponsibilities include but may not be limited to:\n - Serve as primary content creator for President & COO with direction from Chief of Communications, which includes digital platforms, internal/external conference presentations, messages to targeted and broader KP organization, and communications to Kaiser Permanente stakeholders and strategic partners.\n - Responsible for President & COO presentation briefings, talking points and support, interview/presentation staffing, briefing on projects as directed by the Chief of Communications.\n - Develop integrated internal communication plans for President & COO programs and initiatives, including communications positioning, messaging, and tactics consistent with the Kaiser Permanente brand in conjunction with the Chief of Communications.\n - Oversee the screening and recommendation of speaking opportunities for President & COO. Orchestrate and manage the pipeline of the President & COO presentations, including evaluating the opportunities, managing the process, collaborating with internal subject matter experts, and coordinating with the broader team.\n - Lead projects and/or ongoing teams for the purpose of implementing specific, high-quality communications projects, events, or programs within a given timeframe in support of President & COO, and evaluating success.\n - Strategize with Chief of Communications and others to write strategic communication plans and creative briefs, research and analyze information, write articles, prepare presentations (PowerPoint presentations, speeches and talking points), plan logistics, and manage overall coordination of various activities related to any events requiring the presence of the President & COO.\n - Provide direct management of satellite team and direction to ensure alignment with the business.\n - Learn and understand Kaiser Permanente's business to ensure alignment between communications and strategic business objectives.\n - Other responsibilities as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- At least ten (10) years of experience in corporate communications environment, including two (2) years of supervisory &/or major project leadership experience.\n- Recent experience in planning & implementing complex internal communications plans & projects for a large, complex organization, w/ track record of increasing responsibility.\n- Demonstrated experience on cross-functional, integrated (internal/external) efforts.\n- Proven experience w/ organizational change, corporate reputation management, internal brand reinforcement, & stakeholder engagement.\n- Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, public relations, business administration or related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Professional-level writing & editing skills for Web & traditional media.\n- Demonstrated excellence in directly supporting senior executives in large organizations & influencing their approach to communications while nurturing the relationship.\n- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n- Able to respond to emerging issues & crises.\n- Excellent writing & editing skills.\n- Project management.\n- Consulting skills, customer focus.\n- Must be familiar w/ Microsoft suite of applications, especially Power Point.\n- Must be proficient in using electronic mail systems & familiar w/ researching & accessing information from the Internet.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Proven executive communications support of a VP or above\n - Exceptional event management experience that includes creating content and visuals, managing all logistics, and providing hands-on support\n - Recent proven experience in strategic communications planning, implementation, and evaluation of complex internal projects\n - Ability to manage projects for a large, matrixed organization with a track record of increasing responsibility\n - Proven management experience and ability to mentor team members\n - Demonstrated business acumen\n - Health care industry experience\n - Agency experience\n - Ability to respond quickly to emerging issues and crises\n - Detail-oriented, well-organized, proactive, analytical, solutions-driven, team-focused and results-oriented\n - Ability to work evenings and weekends with short or little notice\n - Ability to travel with short or little notice", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403620/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Communications Manager - Office of the President and COO (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "133843", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403620}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Account Manager - OHS (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nAccount Manager - OHS\nOakland, CA\n\nAccountable for managing and growing an assigned Book of Business and to achieve sales growth goals and strategic objectives for KOJ business line. This position involves collecting, aggregating and reporting competitive developments and trends for organizational strategic planning, identifying and engaging key KP personnel who can enhance the business relationship, close teamwork with the KOJ Regional Occupational Health TPMG group, the SPMG group, and management of an up-sell opportunity pipeline with Health Plan Sales, Account Management and KP business health/wellness consultants.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop & execute book of business plans to ensure attainment of BOB-specific goals\n- Analyze the business opportunities in group/book of business\n- Identify & confirm customer's needs & business strategies\n- Collect specific business information & competitive data\n- Analyze quantitative data & identify gaps between current state & optimal business position\n- Conduct political map analysis; identify & fill relationship gaps\n- Develop strategy for optimizing our business opportunities\n- Plan & conduct customer meeting & approach\n- Use the Value Proposition in order to differentiate KP\n- Build strong, trusting relationships\n- Build win-win-win scenarios\n- Employ a consistent & disciplined business process for account planning & strategic engagement\n- Engagement strategy must include joint planning & problem solving focusing on meeting their specific goals & objectives\n- Identify & engage key decisions-makers & influencers in designated brokerage/consultant firms\n- Educate brokers/consultants on KP product portfolio & how to appropriately position KP for success in customer accounts\n- Identify brokerage/consultant needs & develop appropriate solutions\n- Anticipate implications of industry trends & KP changes & proactively engage brokers/consultants about issues that impact their business\n- Develop & execute account plans to ensure attainment of account specific goals\n- Identify & collect appropriate information to better understand business issues, problems & opportunities\n- Understand the customer's political landscape\n- Understand & use industry, financial, & organizational data\n- Accurately diagnoses customers' business strengths, weaknesses, & key issues that can inform how health care benefits decisions are made in the customer's organization\n- Effective use of the revenue investment funds to support business targets\n- Understand the opportunities, our business position, & what motivates decisions\n- Present a persuasive business case to customers and/or brokers\n- Review outcomes & learn from results in order to identify & maximize future opportunities\n- Create programs that educate customers w/ the goal of achieving sustainable behavior changes\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3+ years experience in workers' compensation claims, managed care or risk management\n- The ability to understand relationships between workers' compensation insurance carriers, TPA's, self-insured employers, managed care entities, network developers, property casualty brokers and PPO and MPN arrangements is needed for this position, as well as experience in sales or customer relations.\n- 2+ years of experience in marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships required\n- Strong computer and analytic skills, including experience creating client presentations using Microsoft Office programs and use of client databases, required\n- Bachelor's degree marketing, finance, business administration OR equivalent experience required\n- Proven track record of meeting individual business objectives\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required\n- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and persuasion skills required\n- Effective account management skills\n- Knowledge of and experience with employee health benefits\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MHA, MPH, CCM, CDMS or MBA\n- Knowledge of underwriting processes, healthcare products, and contracts preferred\n- Knowledge of California workers' comp laws, regulations, MPN's and those relationships with workers' compensation insurance preferred\n- Knowledge of occupational health services and CAL-OSHA requirements a plus", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403621/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Manager - OHS (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "133996", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403621}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Director-Strategic Sales\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nDirector of Strategic Sales\nKaiser Permanente, San Diego, Burbank or Oakland, California\nSummary:\nEstablish a sustainable and productive business relationship with the leadership of key brokerage firms.\nEssential Functions:\n- Negotiate membership targets, broker compensation, and service agreements with brokerage firms. Initiate business relationship protocol with brokerage firm leadership at each site. Assess the firm's business potential by collecting book-of-business size, KP penetration, and historical growth data. Write strategic plan for Broker Relations Management review. Draft agreement for VP Sales review and signature. Organize and coordinate KP relationship with brokerage firms\n- Align Sales and AM, Pricing, and other departments to execute strateg. Coordinate brokerage firm's relationship with account managers, Pricing, CSC, KP executives and Medical Group.\n- Meet frequently with brokerage firm leadership to identify issues, risks, and opportunities. Be the 'go to' person for complex issues and problems. Convene KP staff to resolve them. Clarify and communicate a KP sales and account management contact list for brokerage firm. Convene meetings between KP sales, account management and firm. Provide input into Sales\n- Executive and Account Manager performance relative to targets.\n- Achieve growth targets. Review appropriate metrics to assess performance. Present and discuss reports that summarize brokerage firm and KP's performance relative to target. Develop corrective action plan if performance is falling behind target. Convene appropriate KP people to implement corrective action plan.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or related field, or equivalent years of professional related experience\n- 7 years of sales management and broker business development experience in the health care industry.\n- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, influence, coaching and problem solving skills and consultative selling skills.\n- Life license required or ability to obtain one within 120 days of hire date.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Masters degree or evidence of ongoing educational development highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403622/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director-Strategic Sales", "reqid": "134075", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28403622}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Senior Manager- Medicare Marketing Communications\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nThe Senior Manager, Medicare Marketing Communications is responsible for managing marketing communications campaigns and programs (offline and digital) for the Medicare Group and Aging In target segments. This is a position that requires a candidate to have many years of experience managing staff, presenting to senior leadership, communications planning and execution. This position will interface with our Brand Creative and Production Services teams in addition to members of the Business Marketing Communications Department to ensure delivery of projects on time with no errors in market. This position will also interface with executive leadership in the Line of Business and Sales and Account Management.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works with director to develop scope of work for team, sequencing, defining value proposition, setting strategic & business direction, context & priorities for the team\n- Provides oversight, coaching & management to more senior individual contributors (e.g. Analysts, Data Consultants, Sr Market Strategy Consultants I, Sr Market Strategy Consultants II, & Sr Data Consultants)\n- Educate & communicate goals, strategy, & methodologies clearly & persuasively\n- Build relationships with internal & external partners\n- Major impact on functional and/or KP objectives & goals\n- Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of functional and/or KP objectives, that strongly contribute to long-term success or failure\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations will result in significant inefficiencies, and/or failure to meet functional objectives & may jeopardize overall KP activities\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation & analysis of obscure or inconclusive data\n- Has final authority to make most decisions, except for those that require additional management approval\n- Requires a broad range of highly complex decision-making\n- Some decisions could be precedent setting\n- Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives & project functional trends\n- Requires experienced business or technical judgment to create novel solutions for thought-provoking, diverse & highly complex issues\n- Analyzes recommendations made by others to solve issues bearing broad or company-wide impact\n- May involve the application of sophisticated methodology\n- Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship\n- Requires the persuasion, presentation and/or negotiation of functional strategies, philosophies, policies, and/or opinions in order to substantially impact the function\n- Regularly interacts with management or executive levels on matters concerning functional areas, multiple regions and/or customers\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives & approaches to assignments\n- Management reviews results to determine success of operation\n- Provides managerial responsibility for multiple teams of increased depth/breadth/complexity\n- Accomplishes results through subordinates, who exercise significant latitude & independence in their assignments\n- Contributes to determination of organizational structures\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree required (e.g. business, economics, mathematics, statistics, etc).\n - Minimum: Eight (8) - ten (10) years of content/functional experience and two (2) years of management experience OR master's degree and four (4) - seven (7) years of experience.\n - Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.\n - Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.\n - Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\n - Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.\n - Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.\n - Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Master's degree preferred.\n - Preferred: At least eight (8) years of content/functional experience and three (3) - five (5) years of management experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403623/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager- Medicare Marketing Communications", "reqid": "134117", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28403623}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Product Manager - Benefits Portfolio\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProduct Manager, Benefits Portfolio\n\nWe are seeking an experienced Product Manager with executive level sklls and a focus on the business and customer needs.Responsible for the design and maintenance of Kaiser Permanente's benefit policies and portfolio of health benefits available for sale. Role includes both National policy development and application to the California benefits portfolio.This position requires a proactive, creative, and critical thinker who is constantly assessing and finding opportunities for improving Kaiser's portfolio of benefits and overall benefits administration.\n\nEssential Functions:\nStay abreast of competitive market and industry trends in health care benefits and plan designs, including fully-insured and self-funded. Analyze National and Regional markets to ensure that Kaiser's offerings are competitive across the industry and to champion development of future benefit capabilities.\n\nOwn development lifecycle for new benefit requests:\nDetermine objectives and set priorities for enhancements to the full benefit portfolio as well as meeting custom requests for specific customers. Develop business case for key benefits and benefit designs. Maintain performance metrics for assigned portfolio.\n\nCollaborate with Product/Lines of Business/Sales Channel to identify benefit portfolio enhancements and meet needs of respective markets. Support maintenance of Kaiser's benefit compliance by partnering with Legal/Regulatory to address state and federal mandates including Health Care Reform and CMS/Medicare.\n\nLead cross functional teams to meet policy development and implementation project timelines. Ensure successful requirements definition, benefit design, solution development, and approvals.\n\nDrive benefit changes through Health Plan and Medical Group governance bodies to ensure adherence to organizational goals, benefit guardrails and medical group philosophy and standards. Present recommendations, and provide supporting analysis for project sponsors and steering committees.\n\nRegularly interact with management or executive levels to inform, frame, and influence benefit policy decisions.\n\nMay manage the efforts of direct and indirect reports.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience is required.\n-Minimum of 8years of marketing, product management, health care industry, or benefits experience.\n- Strong analytical abilities. Ability to understand and frame complex business problems, apply analytical skills to develop solutions and build a business case for change.\n-Strong communication and collaboration skills. Experience working across functions and influencing decision making at senior levels of the organization.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of health care industry and trends preferred.\n- Knowledge of KP benefit offerings and systems preferred.\n- Master's degree.\n- Knowledge of project management tools and methods.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403617/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Product Manager - Benefits Portfolio", "reqid": "132232", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403617}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Brooklyn Heights", "description": "Title: Member Service Representative\nLocation: Brooklyn Heights, OH\nTo answer incoming member calls and direct the calls appropriately, the position is responsible for scheduling appointments, creating and sending electronic messages to member physicians, and transferring calls to the Advice Nurse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedule member appointments\n- Create and send electronic messages\n- Interact and communicate with Clinical Teams\n- Process and route incoming member calls\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years experience in a customer service environment\n- High school graduate or equivalent\n- Must be computer proficient\n- Ability to work with multi-line phone systems\n- Excellent verbal and written skills\nPrimarily an day/weekend position with start and end times usually between8:00pm and5:00pm Monday-Fridayand will include 1 or 2 weekends per month.No set days of the week and no set length of shifts. Position may rotate in toevening shift as needed.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403614/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Member Service Representative", "reqid": "128777", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Brooklyn Heights, OH", "uid": 28403614}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Brooklyn Heights", "description": "Title: Member Service Representative\nLocation: Brooklyn Heights, OH\nTo answer incoming member calls and direct the calls appropriately, the position is responsible for scheduling appointments, creating and sending electronic messages to member physicians, and transferring calls to the Advice Nurse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedule member appointments\n- Create and send electronic messages\n- Interact and communicate with Clinical Teams\n- Process and route incoming member calls\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years experience in a customer service environment\n- High school graduate or equivalent\n- Must be computer proficient\n- Ability to work with multi-line phone systems\n- Excellent verbal and written skills\nPrimarily an day/weekend position with start and end times usually between8:00pm and5:00pm Monday-Fridayand will include 1 or 2 weekends per month.No set days of the week and no set length of shifts. Position may rotate in toevening shift as needed.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403615/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Member Service Representative", "reqid": "128779", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Brooklyn Heights, OH", "uid": 28403615}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Brooklyn Heights", "description": "Title: Member Service Representative\nLocation: Brooklyn Heights, OH\nTo answer incoming member calls and direct the calls appropriately, the position is responsible for scheduling appointments, creating and sending electronic messages to member physicians, and transferring calls to the Advice Nurse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedule member appointments\n- Create and send electronic messages\n- Interact and communicate with Clinical Teams\n- Process and route incoming member calls\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years experience in a customer service environment\n- High school graduate or equivalent\n- Must be computer proficient\n- Ability to work with multi-line phone systems\n- Excellent verbal and written skills\nPrimarily an evening/weekend position with start and end times usually between3:00pm and11:30pm Monday-Fridayand will include every weekend.No set days of the week and no set length of shifts. Position may rotate in today shift as needed.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403612/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Member Service Representative", "reqid": "113760", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Brooklyn Heights, OH", "uid": 28403612}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Department Manager Leader -Emergency Services\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPR, PALS and ACLS", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403597/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Department Manager Leader -Emergency Services", "reqid": "133602", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403597}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Manager Optical Branch\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nPlans, organizes and directs the operations for an optical service branch office. Responsible for the management of all branch activities, including marketing, production, accounting, and administrative functions. Manages an office of employees that includes dispensers, contact lens fitters, and cashier/receptionists.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages patient sales and service activities performed by dispensing opticians, contact lens fitters, and receptionist personnel for sales office. Plans, directs, manages, and accounts for quality of services (including contact lens fitting, dispensing and mini lab operations), and FTE budgets.\n- Responsible for resolving patient complaints, including satisfaction and refunds. Manages daily staffing requirements and accounts for time cards; approves and schedules vacation and other absences for all branch employees. Manages personnel actions, including interviewing, orientation, recommends hiring and terminations as necessary. Also, training, evaluations, counseling, and discipline. Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with facility Eye Clinics, administration, personnel, Health Plan, Member services, and union representatives. Coordinates branch activities such as marketing events, meetings and education for the branch.\n- Administers Optical Services policies and procedures which ensure quality care and service in compliance with all labor contracts and government regulations. Orders and maintains frame and other product inventories. Recommends capital equipment and personnel budgets. Records, monitors, and manages sales records and reports. Assures that branch files are properly maintained and that completed goods are delivered to minimized dollar amount of accounts receivable.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically four years optical experience.\n- Benchroom and grinding room experience preferred.\n- Supervisory background and experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in Business Administration.\n- American Board Opticianary (ABO) certification required.\n- Significant knowledge of contact lens operations preferred.\n- Ability to lead and direct individuals in a highly technical field.\n- Service orientated abilities.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Be proficient in Basic Computer skills\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week, Day shift. Scheduled days and hours may vary based upon departmental needs. Some Evening and Saturdays will be required.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403598/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Optical Branch", "reqid": "133627", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28403598}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Group Leader Data Consulting\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by managing a group of high-level consultants and SAS programmers. This position functions as a manager, but must know high-level statistical analytics programming and have strong consulting skills.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads a group of consultants and analysts who work w/ client groups to develop reports and analyses that address key organizational issues.\n- Provides leadership and direction for the unit in accordance w/ the overall direction and strategy of the department.\n- Leads the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Assists w/ the development and review of complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Reviews data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL).\n- Reviews sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.\n- Reviews the design and enhancement of databases.\n- Reviews menu systems, reports, tracking, and monitoring tools.\n- Ensures accurate, timely, and consistent reports and investigations and satisfies the client's needs.\n- Defines and frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- Works closely w/ IT, outside partners, and physicians for TPMG departments.\n- Coordinates team/project activities and schedules.\n- Determines goals and priorities w/ team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- Establishes team membership and project participants, provides leadership and expert consultation to multi-disciplinary project teams, and manages work of outside consultants when used.\n- Communicates and reviews results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- One (1) to three (3) years of experience supervising day-to-day activities of data consultants or demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.\n- Typically three (3) to five (5) plus years of related analytical, consulting, and health care experience preferred.\n- Experience with SQL, macros, AF, and SASGRAPH, PROC Report and statistical procedures in SAS preferred.\n- Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Health Care Administration, Public Health Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field required or equivalent bachelor's degree and work experience in lieu of a master's degree.\n- Understanding of KP's internal organization, management, goals, strategies, and technical systems both North and/or South required.\n- Broad familiarity w/ medical practices, especially population management, and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate analysis plans.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Proven leadership skills in consulting and project management for some areas.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAbility to lead a team of data analysts in their day to day work.\nAbility to be a technical mentor as well as develop the infrastructure around the newly formed team.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403600/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Group Leader Data Consulting", "reqid": "133657", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28403600}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Speech Therapist II - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nProvides diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders for more complex cases. Ensures compliance with standards and regulatory requirements. Oversees work of entry-level staff and supports community programs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects.\n- Advises physicians and member/caregiver of test results.\n- Collaborates with physician as treatment plan changes.\n- Provides training for more junior therapists.\n- Participates in developing in-service programs for staff development.\n- Monitors the work of contract therapists and the treatment of patients in non-Kaiser facilities.\n- Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams.\n- Develops, implements, and maintains department policies and procedures.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirement.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to contain costs and improve services.\n- Assists with community programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience as a Speech Therapist (usually two (2) years).\n- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology.\n- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Internship required.\n- Current California license required.\n- BLS required.\n- Certificate of Clinical Competence.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain an NPI prior to the employment start date.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Acute trauma care and/or ICU experience in past year.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403599/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Therapist II - South Sacramento", "reqid": "133691", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28403599}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Quality Analyst (W12-42)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThis position assists clinical support services, hospital ambulatory, & health plan committees w/ patient care review & reporting requirements. It also ensures accurate data collection, organization, tracking of medical staff departmental chart reviews, generation of computerized reports, & maintenance of all data files.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts concurrent & retrospective clinical studies by performing review using screening criteria as prescribed by the medical staff\n- Performs variance screening & tracking by reviewing Clinical Pathway documentation to monitor quality of care issues\n- Aggregates data & refers all cases not meeting established criteria to Departmental Quality Assurance\n- Enters QA/RM/UM variances from care paths, screening indicators, utilization focused studies, Medicare admission necessity, & continued stay reviews into the department computer database\n- Prepares statistical reports based on information retrieved from MIDAS, EZ-QA, PARRS, &/or CABS/ADT systems & manual record review & data aggregation\n- Enters unusual occurrence & other information into the department database\n- Creates & runs reports for departments & the Committees\n- Prepares worksheets, distributes charts, completes applicable portions of the physician peer review forms, & monitors their completion by the medical staff\n- Maintains confidentiality of all data\n- Organizes & maintains data to assure integrity & reliability for future reporting\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Recent experience as a quality analyst, or similar position in health care preferred\n- High school diploma & computer experience\n- Some college level courses preferred\n- Working knowledge of medical terminology preferred\n- Skills in medical record reading & review preferred. (Higher education substituted for experience)\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403601/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Quality Analyst (W12-42)", "reqid": "133701", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28403601}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Elk Grove", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor II [Medical Weight Management]\nLocation: Elk Grove, CA\nConducts health education classes using basic to moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser members and non-members. May conduct classes of various health related topics.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches and models self-management skills, concepts, resources, and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction and counseling as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants and modifies class content or teaching methods to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence-based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Answers questions and provides class participants w/ appropriate resources of information.\n- Arranges and coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, and audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, and timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers and collects class evaluation forms and class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, and answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training and education such as those related to workplace safety, legal and regulatory compliance, accreditation and license requirements, and department specific requirements.\n- Maintains and promotes knowledge and utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, and behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente and through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nMay provide case management duties to ensure all patients followed required medical protocols. Initiates weekly support phone calls with patients during the weight loss and maintenance phases. Provides individual short and long term counseling/coaching to promote or maintain behavior change. Sessions support a medically supervised meal replacement weight management program. Teaching modules are provided. Must be able to work flexible hours. Evening hours required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related to field of course instruction.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification in the field as appropriate to the course instruction\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory and group process.\n- Basic knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, and behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques and presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently and exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in counseling, teaching or health education in a clinical setting.\n- Experience in weight loss management strongly preferred. \n- Excellent group facilitation skills and the ability to motivate others to change behaviors.\n- Excellent written and oral communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403605/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor II [Medical Weight Management]", "reqid": "133802", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Elk Grove, CA", "uid": 28403605}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Sr Physical Therapist [1155]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience treating chronic pelvic pain and incontinence or interest in obtaining skills in this area preferred.\n\nSchedule: Mon, Wed: 8:00AM - 4:30PM; Fri: 8:00AM - 12:00PM", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403606/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Physical Therapist [1155]", "reqid": "133822", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28403606}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker, Psychiatric Social Worker Asst., Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapist Asst.,\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Practice in an adult psychiatric clinic setting.\n- Provide individual and group crisis intervention to an adult psychiatric population.\n- Telephone screening as needed.\n- Facilitate at least 2 psychotherapy groups.\n- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with colleagues.\n- Consult with medical and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, evaluations, strengths and deficits.\n- Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with therapeutic regimens, including adherence to prescription medication within the scope of practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW): Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT): Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist Assistant: Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college of university.\nOR\n- Psychiatric Social Work Assistant: Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college of university.\n\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 32hours per week, Day shifts. Monday-Thursday: 9:00am to 5:00pm. Night and weekend on-call to Emergency Department may be required. Regular Evening hours required for at least 20% of time.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403593/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker, Psychiatric Social Worker Asst., Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapist Asst.,", "reqid": "132649", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28403593}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (120020)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403595/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department (120020)", "reqid": "132751", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28403595}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Psychiatric Social Worker Asst (PSWA) , Psychologist (PhD), or Psychological Asst - Bilingual Spanish\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Psychologist (963005): PhD, PsyD, or EdD in clinical or counseling required from an accredited college or university, Current valid license to practice psychology in the State of California, and Minimum of two years professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or board certified psychiatrist. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n\nOR\n\n- Psych Asst (963004): PhD, PsyD or EdD in clinical or counseling psychology.\n\nOR \n-PSWA (963015): Masters degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n\nOR\nLCSW (963010):\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n- Bilingual Spanish required.\n\n+++Bilingual Spanish is required for this position+++", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403596/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Psychiatric Social Worker Asst (PSWA) , Psychologist (PhD), or Psychological Asst - Bilingual Spanish", "reqid": "133289", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28403596}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant II, (No. RCH-12-LA-01), Grade 365\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nUnder the direction and oversight of the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager, or designee, within the scope of Unlicensed Laboratory Personnel as described in B&PC 1269, receives and processes specimens, performs clerical tasks and performs phlebotomy. May operate automated or semi-automated test equipment, or plate and process microbiology specimens under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed person, as authorized by the California lab law.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Draws blood from patient's finger, heel, or vein, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.\n- Obtains the correct amount and type of specimen.\n- Documents all requests and released results of lab work accurately.\n- Informs physicians of released lab results.\n- Completes appropriate routing, handling, and processing of various medical specimens.\n- Orders, distributes and stocks supplies as needed.\n- Trains and reports on the work performance of other Laboratory Assistants.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).\n- Must be able to perform all Laboratory Assistant I duties.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403590/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant II, (No. RCH-12-LA-01), Grade 365", "reqid": "132470", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 28403590}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Nutrition Partner - Grade 110 (1435)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder direct supervision, performs a variety of tasks to ensure proper set up & delivery of meals & supplies for patient & non-patient food service and receives food & supplies & stores in appropriate storage areas. Processes information related to nutritional care of patients. Collects, maintains, & communicates data relative to patient's dietary requirements & operational needs of the department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Collects patient meal & snack choices according to diet order (MNT) in writing or via handheld electronic device, assuring the patient's age specific, food allergy, religious, cultural & food preference needs are accommodated\n- Resolves problems & concerns utilizing the patient care team, registered dietitian, nutrition clerk or management\n- Prints documents using CBORD software on PC Prepares tray tickets for tray-line & collects food & supplies for service\n- Assembles patient meals (tray line) & snacks accurately according to diet order, tray ticket, snack label or other protocol and measures food portions into individual servings\n- Delivers meals & snacks, stores properly &/or heats & serves trays to proper patient and deliver & store non-patient meals, catering or other assigned food & supplies\n- Receives & stores product deliveries such as groceries, tube feedings, supplements, office supplies, equipment, paper goods, etc\n- Organizes new products in proper location behind older products (First In, First Out), discards dented products, extra cardboard or garbage, and labels any goods or products as assigned Inspects delivery & reviews invoice for accuracy & proper condition of goods & signs invoice if authorized to do so\n- Stocks assigned areas w/ products such as condiments, paper goods, food, beverages, &chemicals according to defined par levels or procedures. Stocking may include floor nourishments, tray line supplies, printer paper supplies, chemical dispensers, etc. and organizes & cleans & sanitizes assigned pantry, kitchen surfaces & equipment according to defined procedures as frequently as assigned\n- Records all assigned data such as food storage temperatures, dishwasher temperatures, pH levels, meal counts, late trays, etc. & logs data in proper area\nAssures temperatures or other data are w/in assigned range & follows up w/ action & documentation when out of range\n- Documents equipment malfunctions according to facility procedure\n- Monitors pertinent patient information such as admission, discharge, transfer, diet order changes\n- Initiates all follow up based on the data such as adding a tray ticket, changing a room on a meal, adding a fluid restriction etc\n- Reviews diet related status of patients' nutritional care via CBORD software system & updates menus, tray tickets, nourishments, tube feeding, preferences, according to facility protocol to assure nutritional adequacy, age specific, cultural, religious needs are met, & avoids potential food-drug interactions\n- Organizes test meals for compliance w/ current prescribed diet order as assigned\n- Files required documents such as delivery logs, orders, patient census, diet order census, etc\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six months experience in nutritional services department/diet office in an acute care or skilled nursing facility desirable or one year other food service experience\n- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)\n- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred\n- Data entry skills utilizing Word or Excel database systems\n- Data entry skills utilizing Palm Pilot desirable\n- Ability to draft short correspondence desirable\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other individuals within the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403592/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nutrition Partner - Grade 110 (1435)", "reqid": "132639", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28403592}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department [10-5 (1)]\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) provides & coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. Participates in patient/family teaching & provides leadership in working cooperatively w/members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.\nEssential Functions:\n- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.\n- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.\n- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.\n- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.\n- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.\n- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.\n- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.\n- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.\n- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.\n- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.\n- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Mon, Fri, Sat\nWeek II:Sun, Mon, Wed", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403588/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Emergency Department [10-5 (1)]", "reqid": "131892", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28403588}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Inpatient Pharmacist - HTF (FRS-201851)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Performs other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies and sensitivities\n- Advises patients of directions for use, medication, storage requirements, importance or compliance, precautions and warning for medication therapy\n- Provides medical personnel with medication information drug therapy options, and pharmacokinetic dosing advice\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores and distributes pharmacy products\n- Verifies accuracy of medication preparation and dispensing by pharmacy personnel\n- Participates in assigned education and training programs\n- Provides direction to Pharmacists Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel\n- Performs other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License\n- B.S. in Pharmacy req'd, Pharm.D. preferred\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for medical management plan\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) care required for existing incumbents by 12/31/2010. Current BLS card required for new hires 12/20/2009.\n- Must be able to obtain an NPI# within one month in position\n- Aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapeutic agents\n- Emergency medication/drug monitoring\n- Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for the patient's medical management plan\n- Must have the ability to teach and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching\n- Possess excellent verbal/written communication skills\n- Operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment\n- Read fine print\n- Lift or transport 1-50 lbs\n- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping\n- Must be able to generate prescription labels\n- MUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat, 40 hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403589/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Pharmacist - HTF (FRS-201851)", "reqid": "132167", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28403589}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Health Educator I - Grade 586 [032912-2]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assesses, designs, implements, presents, & evaluates health education programs & services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts needs assessments, establishes priorities, designs, implements, & evaluates basic health education programs, protocols, & standards\n- Coordinates a wide range of health education services, including establishing effective referral & publicity systems, monitoring quality & documentation, providing scheduling & logistical support, & facilitating use of community services to promote the delivery of cost-effective health education services\n- Provides direct group or one-to-one health education services to members & the public\n- Reviews, develops, & recommends high quality, culturally appropriate, written & audio-visual health education materials\n- Consults w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services\n- Coordinates health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc\n- Specializes in a specific area of health education (e.g. HIV, nutrition, chronic disease, health promotion) as required\n- Monitors performance of health education instructors & counselors\n- Prepares reports, grants, proposals, & documentation, as assigned\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in providing & coordinating health education services (usually 1 year)\n- Previous experience in uncomplicated curriculum & materials development\n- BA/BS in Health Education or in another health related field.\n- For specialization - content expertise or certification required\n- Knowledge of behavior change, adult learning, group process theory & application\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Strong interpersonal & written communication skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Refer to position specifications outlined the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n- Experience and certificate in teaching Lamaz or Child birth Preparation classes preferred.\n- Lactation Educator Certificate required.\n- IBCLC preferred.\n\nSchedule:\nMon: 9:00AM - 1:00PM; Tues, Thurs: 9:00AM - 3:00PM; Wed: 1:00PM - 9:00PM.\nOnce a month, this position works Saturday 10:00AM - 2:00PM, will have Monday off.\n\nThis position works in the Breastfeeding Center, Hospital Tours, Newborn Care Class & Prenatal Education Center.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403582/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Educator I - Grade 586 [032912-2]", "reqid": "130097", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28403582}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Emergency (ED) Clerk, Grade 4\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- The ED Registration Clerk is a member of the Health Care team who functions under the direction, guidance and supervision of the Department Manager, Assistant Manager or designee.\n- The ED Registration Clerk greets and checks in all patients reporting to the ED in a professional and courteous manner.\n- This position is responsible for accurate check-in; check out, information capture and revenue collection per procedures.\n- Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients with questions and concerns.\n- Requires extensive use of the computer.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma\n- Six (6) months experience in a hospital/clerical setting or medical office.\n- Typing of 40 wpm.\n- Medical Terminology Test required.\n- Ability to work accurately with a high volume of work in a fast paced setting.\n- Demonstrate and maintain professional conduct to include dealing courteously, tactfully, and patiently with patients, co-workers, and consumers.\n- Knowledge of CICS/REGP.\n- Reception and cash handling experience.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Medical terminology (able to pass standardized test), and typing speed 40wpm\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 24 hours per week, Evening shifts: 7:00pm to 3:30am.\nWeek 1: Monday, Tuesday and Saturday\nWeek 2: Sunday, Thursday and Friday", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403583/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency (ED) Clerk, Grade 4", "reqid": "130722", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28403583}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- SURGICAL SERVICES (e.g., General Surgery, Urology) -1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in surgical services practice.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403581/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "129994", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28403581}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (No. 4587)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403579/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (No. 4587)", "reqid": "126267", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28403579}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Facility Services Supervisor\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nOversee the daily operations of facility services department to ensure the operational readiness of the facility for patient flow & care & to provide a safe, secure physical plant for the provision of services to members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensure the efficient day-to-day operations of facilities services including the timely procurement & distribution of equipment & supplies, disposal of bio-hazardous waste, & coordination of telecommunications & ITS systems. Establish procedures, & practices w/in organizational policies & service standards in compliance w/ relevant State & Federal laws & regulations.\n- Supervise facilities staff including hiring, training & development, coaching, counseling, & evaluating, in conformance w/ EEO/AA goals, personnel policies, & union contracts. Ensure effective staff utilization to meet staffing & workload requirements w/in budgetary guidelines.\n- Manage, monitor, & coordinate vendor & coordinate w/ KP departments to ensure timely provision of services. Monitor vendor compliance w/ contract provision\n- Coordinate all repairs & work orders, construction projects, & moves of office furniture & equipment (medical, telecom, & IS) throughout the facility, as well as preparations for meetings & special events.\n- Participate in interdepartmental, service area, & regional meetings & on committees & task forces to develop & implement programs & processes to achieve strategic objectives.\n- Develop & monitor budgets (payroll, non-payroll, & capital) for assigned facilities. Work w/ the Accounting & Accounts Payable staff to ensure the accuracy of monthly, quarterly, & annual financial reports.\n- Address & resolve internal customer & member concerns regarding the safety & security of the physical plant.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of work experience required, preferably in a medical/clinical environment\n- 1 year of supervision.\n- 2 years of property management, contracting environment, &/or procurement or materials management required.\n- 2 years of experience w/ ITS & telecommunications systems required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Demonstrated competence w/ spreadsheets & word processing software (preferably MS Office applications) required.\n- Demonstrated administrative & organizational skills required.\n - This position will be located at the Tyson's Corner HUB.\n  Preferred Qualifications:\n  - Knowledge of OSHA regulations preferred.\n  - Bachelor's degree preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403568/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Facility Services Supervisor", "reqid": "133971", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28403568}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Clinical RN, On-Call\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator\u2019s attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- B.S.N. is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403569/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN, On-Call", "reqid": "133978", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 28403569}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner - PEEC\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nTo provide direct care to patients, under the supervision of a physician. This position is administratively supervised by the Clinical Coordinator or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses clinical, emotional & educational health needs of patients.\n- Assesses health needs of patients, including physical assessment.\n- Collaborates w/physicians' plans of care & assures appropriate follow-up including telephone contact, home evaluations & hospital rounds.\n- Collaborates with the physician & other clinical staff members to maintain continuity of care.\n- Provides ongoing emotional support of the patient & his/her family both in formal groups and at each patient encounter.\n- Participates in research activities.\n- Facilitates referrals to appropriate community agencies including hospitals.\n- Participates in patient education activities.\n- Participates in orientation & education of nursing and support staff, & nursing & other students.\n- Collaborates w/physicians in developing & periodically reviewing protocols relevant to department functioning.\n- Participates in planning for team functioning in delivering the total range of health services.\n- Participates in monitoring quality of care according to professional standards and established criteria.\n- Knows limits of practice and provides appropriate referrals.\n- Carries out clinical & administrative procedures that may be promulgated by the Health Plan.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of primary care experience required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Graduation from a NLN accredited NP program.\n- Masters degree in Nursing required.\n- ANCC certification required\n- Qualified to obtain license to practice in the jurisdiction to which person is assigned.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of primary care experience preferred. Perioperative experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403570/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner - PEEC", "reqid": "133973", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28403570}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Springfield", "description": "Title: Senior Manager of Regional HIMS Operations\nLocation: Springfield, VA\nThe Sr. Manager, Regional Health Information Management Services (RHIMS) is responsible for directing & coordinating the day to day operations of health information management activities w/in the Mid-Atlantic States region. Responsible for the formulation, communication & implementation of short & long term strategies, policies, systems & procedures for the management of medical information & patient records in the Mid-Atlantic States region. The incumbent provides leadership & expertise in developing, supporting & maintaining systems that ensure provision of accurate, timely & appropriate medical information to providers, patients & legitimate outside requesters.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, plans & evaluates all professional & technical aspects of the region's health information management systems providing broad & appropriate communication & feedback to medical center HIM departments. Acts as a change agent to ensure the HIM departments in the centers are able to identify & meet the outcome expectations of their customers.\n- Direct supervision of the Area HIM Managers in the daily operations of the center HIMS functions, including document imaging, forms completion & release of information in addition to other aspects of managing patient health information.\n- Formulates & implements strategies, policies, systems & procedures for center Health Information Management Services in the region & ensures compliance w/ legal, regulatory & accreditation agency requirements.\n- Direct supervision of the Transcription supervisor in the daily operations of the transcription services.\n- Represents the RHIMS department on appropriate regional task forces, such as the Confidentiality committee & Risk Management efforts, to ensure that medical records meet all legal & regulatory.\n- Acts as a liaison between KPMAS & outside entities (i.e., hospitals) regarding patient health information systems, policies & procedures.\n- Participates in the development & implementation of automated systems including KP HealthConnect, providing medical information to KPMAS staff & providers. Communicates & coordinates medical information activities w/ the Information Systems department & provides input regarding the operational impact of automation.\n- Develops & maintains medical information systems that provide the capacity for appropriately responding to requests for release of information. Establishes & manages the relationship w/ outside copy service to include developing & issuing requests for proposals & contract management & issue resolution of disputes. Maintains accountability for cost control & revenue recovery.\n- Keeps current w/ regulatory & accreditation requirements & ensures medical information systems & operations compliance. Provides interpretation of & disseminates information on changes in requirements in a timely manner.\n- Works in concert w/ Legal Services & Government Relations regarding legislative & regulatory matters. Provides input regarding the relevance & impact on proposed legislation to KPMAS.\n- Remains current on issues related to confidentiality & security of medical information systems & the specific information contained therein. Ensures the confidentiality of information whether it is contained in hard copy, film, disk, scanned, or other media.\n- Coordinates & directs the development, support & maintenance of Quality Assurance activities involving health information management. Provides expertise & support for QA activities of other departments interfacing w/ medical information systems.\n- For full job description see kp.org/jobs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 years of progressive health information management experience in an electronic & paper environment required.\n- 5 years of supervision/management of health care personnel required.\n- Clinical experience & knowledge of medical terminology required.\n- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Health care Information Administration, MPH, Health Administration, Health Informatics or a Health Care related field required.\n- Knowledge & experience in information privacy laws, access, release of information & release control technologies required.\n- Knowledge of regulatory & accreditation requirements for medical information required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in a related field strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403572/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager of Regional HIMS Operations", "reqid": "133979", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Springfield, VA", "uid": 28403572}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Recovery Room Nurse, RN\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nProvides quality patient care for post-operative patients, in accordance with nursing Philosophy and approved standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs w/in the established standard of post-anesthesia and critical care nursing.\n- Utilizes the Standard of care in the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of post-operative nursing care.\n- Formulates care plans based on individual assessment of physiologic functions & problems identified pre-operatively & intra-operatively.\n- Provides nursing care Utilizing Clinical knowledge & expertise, reacting immediately to adverse physiological changes w/in seconds, to reverse and revive the patient\u2019s physiological functions.\n- Renders nursing care following aseptic techniques.\n- Assembles & communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care.\n- Executes proper use of equipment & supplies used in recovery room area.\n- Participates in the Surgery Department\u2019s Quality Assurance Program.\n- Promotes personal & professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing Courtesy, compassion respect & adherence to the standards.\n- Assumes other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years current recovery room or critical care experience required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR required.\n- ACLS certification required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Good oral and written communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403571/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Recovery Room Nurse, RN", "reqid": "133991", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28403571}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Oncology RN, On-Call\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nProvides primary nursing support for Oncology and secondary support for Internal Medicine. Administers or assists with administration of chemotherapeutic agents following established protocols or physician's orders. Is responsible for providing nursing advice for Oncology patients with medical problems.\nEssential Functions:\n-Prepares patients for appointments with providers or for chemotherapy by screening to determine nature of the visit, obtaining and recording pertinent physical assessment data & explaining procedures to patients.\n-Assists providers with examinations by providing instruction to patients regarding preparation for laboratory & x-ray diagnostic procedures. May perform diagnostic labs prior to chemotherapy (urine dipstick evaluation).\n-Assists providers with minor surgery and special procedures (bone narrow aspiration). Sets up treatment rooms ensuring that adequate supplies are on hand and that proper instruments are available. Cleans & sterilizes instruments & cleans treatment rooms as required.\n-Acts as a counselor for patient & family. Is responsible for providing medical advice & education on all facets of Oncology. Is a liaison between the primary care physician & 7. Inserts IV catheters & administers IV fluids for the purpose of hydration or the patient. May also work in conjunction with the Psychiatric Social Worker or Psychiatrist to provide the patient with a mental health component of care.\n-Mixes & administers chemotherapeutic agents under the direction of a physician, or according to prescribed protocols. Is knowledgeable of the actions of the chemotherapeutic agents, of the interactions with the body's systems & of the nursing interventions necessary to counteract or minimize reactions.\n-Follows established Oncology protocols to maintain a clean & safe working environment. Safeguards self and others against the hazards of toxic drugs. Disposes of bio-hazardous waste according to approved protocol. Abides by federal, state & or local standards regarding drug accountability. Medication therapy under a physician's direction or medication protocol. Monitors patients during & after periods of instillation.\n-Completes various forms (consultation forms) as required. Maintains accurate records & appropriate entries in patient chart for specific medications utilizing the chemotherapy flow sheet.\n- Documents treatments or observations as needed. Is responsible, in conjunction with the physician, for documenting information for investigational protocols and ensures that all appropriate investigational drug materials is understood by the patient. Maintains vital information for the Tumor Board Registry.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of current Oncology experience with at least 1 year being in an out-patient setting.\n- RN license in jurisdiction to which assigned.\n- Current CPR certification is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN preferred.\n- Hours will be 8:00-4:30PM weekdays on an as needed basis. Employee will work at any of the Oncology/Infusion Depts within DCSM to cover regular staff. Experience in Oncology is needed and a ONS provider card.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403573/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Oncology RN, On-Call", "reqid": "134048", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28403573}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Lead Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Management Group - Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, SOX and IT Asset Management (ITAM)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Lead Financial Analyst is a client-facing role and high-level subject matter expert responsible for IT finance issues and processes. This individual will provide financial analysis to ensure that clients' needs are met accurately, and in a timely and professional manner. This position is responsible for the strategic analysis that informs business cases, budgets, forecasts, and long-term plans, while working with KP-IT business partners responsible for scenario planning, business case development and strategic analysis requirements of the IMG-IPD, SOX and ITAM organizations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Prepare the annual budget and monthly forecast in conjunction with the client\n- Analyze and comment on month-end financial results, provide variance analysis, research and resolve financial irregularities, and ensure transparency\n- Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives\n- Prepare concise and informative presentations of your analysis to senior management to inform and to educate/persuade\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Prepare Ad hoc analysis and reporting\n- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, and targets; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource\n- Analyze project business cases as needed, challenge financial spending and savings assumptions and participate in special projects as needed\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Lead cross-functional teams to solve issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of Finance experience.\n- 5+ years of related experience including the ability to demonstrate experience analyzing, modeling, and forecasting financial data, including a thorough understanding of financial statement construction and analysis. Experience in budgeting/forecasting and long range planning. Knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and practices required.\n- A minimum of 1 year experience in business case development for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis, scenarios and sensitivity analysis.\n- A minimum of 1 year of large capital project finance experience.\n- Results driven and can deliver under pressure.\n- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills.\n- Strong communication skills (written and verbal).\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style.\n- Proficiency with MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.\n- Ability to travel 10-25% within the local area and between SCAL & NCAL\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- 1 year of experience of activity based costing or project costing experience\n- Working knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools\n- Proficiency with MS Access\n- Working knowledge of Cognos, Business Objects, SAP, or Hyperion\n- MBA or equivalent", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403564/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Management Group - Infrastructure Planning and Delivery, SOX and IT Asset Management (ITAM)", "reqid": "134169", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403564}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Network Services\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst will assist with supporting Infrastructure Network Services for the IT Infrastructure Finance team. This position is responsible for assisting the team on financial topics and to become a subject matter expert on financials related to Network Infrastructure. The analyst will work with KP-IT finance as well as business partners on initiatives that produce process improvements, analysis of variances and special requirements of the IT Infrastructure Finance team. The individual will assist with financial analysis in support of multiple financial and operational initiatives, be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement, and operate in a professional and ethical manner at all times.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Support business case development and analysis\n- Assist in the development of financial models\n- Develop, improve and enhance financial reports, models and databases\n- Initiate investigation of budget and forecast variances, cost trends and utilization patterns and perform analysis\n- Work autonomously but collaboratively with teammates and clients\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Design analytical reports and prepare financial trend and data analysis reports\n- Will be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses\n- Perform special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed\n- Develop spreadsheet and PowerPoint decks for presentation and analysis of financial reports\n- Identify operational impact from analytical findings\n- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management, budget systems and related automated systems\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes\n- Travel (10%) within the local area or possibly between SCAL and NCAL\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of finance experience.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously\n- Excel skills including Pivot Tables, V Look-up formulas and IF statement formulas\n- Experience with PowerPoint presentations\n- Strong overall analytic and problem solving skills\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment\n- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a high level of accuracy\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style\n- Confidentiality concerning all information and projects\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- MBA or equivalent\n- Experience developing business cases for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis\n- Proficient in budgeting and reporting software applications including Cognos and Business Objects\n- Proficiency with MS Access", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403566/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Network Services", "reqid": "134172", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403566}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Non-Network Projects\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst will assist with supporting Infrastructure Non-Network Projects for the IT Infrastructure Finance team. This position is responsible for assisting the team on leading financial projects and to become a subject matter expert on financial projects related to Non-Network Infrastructure. The analyst will work with KP-IT finance as well as business partners on initiatives that produce process improvements, analysis of variances and special requirements of the IT Infrastructure Finance team. The individual will assist with financial analysis in support of multiple financial and operational initiatives, be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement, and operate in a professional and ethical manner at all times.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Perform special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed\n- Support business case development and analysis\n- Assist in the development of financial models\n- Develop, improve and enhance financial reports, models and databases\n- Initiate investigation of budget and forecast variances, cost trends and utilization patterns and perform analysis\n- Work autonomously but collaboratively with teammates and clients\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Design analytical reports and prepare financial trend and data analysis reports\n- Will be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses\n- Develop spreadsheet and PowerPoint decks for presentation and analysis of financial reports\n- Identify operational impact from analytical findings\n- Monitor compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management, budget systems and related automated systems\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes\n- Travel (10%) within the local area or possibly between SCAL and NCAL\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of finance experience.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously\n- Excel skills including Pivot Tables, V Look-up formulas and IF statement formulas\n- Experience with PowerPoint presentations\n- Strong overall analytic and problem solving skills\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment\n- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a high level of accuracy\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style\n- Confidentiality concerning all information and projects\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- MBA or equivalent\n- Experience developing business cases for large scale multi-million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis\n- Proficient in budgeting and reporting software applications including Cognos and Business Objects\n- Proficiency with MS Access", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:58:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403567/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst - Infrastructure Finance - Non-Network Projects", "reqid": "134173", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28403567}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Business Development Executive, Large Group\nLocation: \nThe Large Group Business Development Executive has broad responsibility for developing, planning, and managing a strategic community, large employer and local government relations program to generate positive awareness and support for Kaiser Permanente and to further position the organization as a corporate leader in the community with the goal of obtaining a request for proposal. As a member of a Large group Sales team this position has major responsibility for facilitating strategic relationships with corporate and community leaders, elected officials, and other key stakeholders. He/She represents the organization as a participant on community boards, Chambers, Benefit Organizations, at key events, and as a spokesperson, as appropriate. He/She must develop relationships with Executives at Atlanta's largest employers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Cultivate relationships with Executives of Large Employers (500+ employees) to obtain Request for Proposal.\n- Develop Strategic Plan and political map by account.\n- Work with many areas (Sales Operations, Public Affairs, KP Executives, and TSPMG) internally to obtain resources and analytics.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BA/BS Degree.\n- GA Insurance License required within 90 day probationary period.\n- Continuing education as required by GA DOI.\n- Minimum of 10 years of successful experience building relationships and/or selling products to Executives at Atlanta's largest employers.\n- Minimum of 10 years of Atlanta MSA community involvement.\n- Demonstrated application of sales consulting skills with decision makers.\n- Must have excellent oral and written communications skills, including ability to make clear, concise presentations to both small and large groups\n- Must be articulate, highly motivated, detail oriented, well-organized, and flexible and have the ability to work on several projects simultaneously and to meet deadlines.\n- Must be able to work effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.\n- Possess a valid Georgia driver's license and be available to occasionally work irregular hours.\n- Have the ability to work at a fast pace with minimum supervision.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MBA.\n- CEBS.\n- Health care experience.\n- Former or current member of Corporate or not for profit Board of Directors.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:57:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403556/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Development Executive, Large Group", "reqid": "133743", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28403556}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Project Coordinator, Call Center\nLocation: \nThe Call Center Project Coordinator exists to support the successful completion of projects in the Member Services and Appointment Call Center departments. The project involves analytic and assessment activities. The The Call Center Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating activities for projects such as processes, policies, procedures, compliance as well as change management activities related to administration, health care operations and organizational performance. This position must coordinate activities between a number of departments, staff members, business partners, project/initiative teams and workgroups. The Call Center Project Coordinator must understand the priorities and requirements of various project stakeholders. This position supports and maintains project communication, and provides appropriate and accurate documentation through reports and report creation needed by both project and Regional leaders to achieve stated goals and objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Identifies projects and develops project scope, timelines and action plan to ensure completion.\n- Communicates project scope to the Director and stakeholders.\n- Ensure adherence to business practices and policies.\n- Provides timely, proper, and accurate documentation.\n- Create, monitor and modify reports to assure business objectives are met and maintained.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Relevant bachelor's degree or related experience in project and program management.\n- Demonstrated Knowledge of influential leadership tactics.\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience in claim paying environment.\n- Healthcare background in both business and telephony.\n- Understand SQL Programming language and platform.\n- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.\n- Effective presentation skills.\n- Strong customer service orientation.\n- Working knowledge of PC required.\n- Ability to perform multiple duties in a heavy workload environment.\n- Familiarity with the use and interpretation of quantitative statistical reports and analysis.\n- Preparing and maintaining spreadsheets and documents.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree preferred and a minimum of 5 years of related business experience.\n- A minimum of 5 experience ofdeveloping action/project plans.\n- Ability to develop report programming, data collection and reporting.\n- Monitoring program timelines, milestones, and resource usage.\n- Defining project scope, goals, deliverables that support business objectives in collaboration with project Sponsor(s) and key stakeholders.", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:57:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403558/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Coordinator, Call Center", "reqid": "133961", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28403558}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Surgical Technician I\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct supervision, serves as scrub person for basic surgical procedures. Prepares instruments and operating room for surgery. Troubleshoots, reports, and removes from service faulty equipment. Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges, and needles on operative field. Anticipates surgeon's and patient care needs. Performs or assists in sterile preps. Maintains appropriate quantities of surgical supplies and equipment. Assists with decontaminating and cleaning rooms, furniture, and equipment according to established procedures. Serves as scrub person for complex surgical procedures. Provides orientation/training to Surgical Tech IIs and IIIs. Serves as resource/reference to surgical team with regards to surgical instrumentation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as scrub person for complex surgical procedures\n- Follows department procedures for scrub persons; assembles surgical packs, supplies and instruments for surgical cases, prepares operating room for surgery; assures sterile packages' integrity and expiration date before opening; inspects instruments and power equipment prior to use to assure operational order\n- Troubleshoots, reports, and removes faulty instrument and equipment from service\n- Assures adequate amount of appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available in accordance with surgeon's preference; counts all instruments, needles and sponges with registered nurse according to procedure\n- Anticipates surgeon's needs; as directed by surgeon, assists surgeon by draping patients, holding/passing instruments, retractors, sutures, and medications, applying surgical dressings, suctioning, and sponging surgical wounds, holding extremities, and moving patients\n- Inventories and monitors instruments, sponges, and needles on operative field using department count procedures\n- Adjusts instrumentation and supplies to changes in procedures and patient condition\n- Assists with monitoring and reporting blood and fluid loss during cases\n- In conjunction with Registered Nurse, ascertains correctness of count prior to closure of body cavities and surgical wound\n- Assist circulating nurse with restocking the room at end of shift\n- Performs or assists in sterile preps as needed/requested; monitors aseptic techniques of surgical team members at field; reports and corrects breaks in sterile technique immediately; controls location of contaminated instruments and supplies\n- Orients and trains Surgical Technologist IIs and IIIs as needed; provides feedback of same to supervisor; reviews, recommends and assists in updating department policies, procedures and protocols for surgical technologists\n- Serves as resource/reference source to Surgical Technologists and other staff members with regards to surgical instrumentation; provides and conducts in-services as needed\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four years of experience as Surgical Technologist and full competency of skills as evidenced by ability to scrub for ALL of following cases: general surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, eyes, ENT, plastics, neurosurgery, vascular, thoracic, and genito-urinary\n- Completion of an accredited Surgical Technology training program\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Certification\n- Knowledge of medical terminology\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, systems thinking, teamwork, initiative, and detail-orientation\n- Ability to orient and train as needed\n- Must be able to rotate on call\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience scrubbing in an acute hospital setting\n- Post High School OR training course work\n- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) by the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST)", "date_new": "2012-05-03 17:57:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28403559/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgical Technician I", "reqid": "123648", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28403559}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: WOCN RN, Part-time, 32hours/week\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nPrimary role will include, but not be limited to, the direct care of patient and family of patients with gastrointestinal and genitourinary stomas, gastrointestinal and genitourinary continence disorders, acute/chronic wounds and fistulas. Direct care may encompass the complete care continuum and include assessment, testing, planning of care, intervention(s) and ongoing re-evaluation of patients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides follow-up and interventions to patients diagnosed with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulae, or skin breakdown secondary to pressure, incontinence, venous hypertension, arterial insufficiency, trauma, surgery or diabetic neuropathy and other related skin issues.\n- Provides direct patient care counseling of individuals anticipating surgery which may result in the creation of a stoma, individualized instruction for those who have an abdominal stoma for the diversion of stool or urine, or assessment and treatment recommendations for the above stated skin breakdown conditions.\n- Assists patient through continuum of care for management of related issues.\n- Evaluates new and currently used products for ostomy, continence and wound care.\n- Makes recommendations to patients in obtaining related products.\n- Assesses individual patient needs and goals, and provides educational programs to physicians, nursing, and other paramedical professionals on ostomy/wound care management and self-care education.\n- Conducts continuing educational programs for physicians and nursing personnel.\n- This helps provide current standards of practice for ostomy patients.\n- Provides patient/family teaching and education regarding ostomy/wound care and self-management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of previous clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in caring for patients with abdominal somas, draining wounds, fistulas, and pressure sores.\n- Completion of an accredited WOCN program.\n- Current CA RN license.\n- AHA BLS.\n- Current Board Certification in Wound Ostomy Nursing (CWON).\n- Current Board Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (CWOCN), preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of pediatric and adult patient teaching principles.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems including path physiology.\n- Effective communication skills.\n- Fine motor dexterity.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332103/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "WOCN RN, Part-time, 32hours/week", "reqid": "133417", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332103}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - (TR-10326)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nUnder the direction of the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager, provides supervision and direction to subordinate Pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees at identified Outpatient Pharmacy location(s). Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies, and procedures. Responsible for day-to-day operations of assigned work area(s)/functions(s)/ services(s). Provides supervision in a large volume pharmacy and/or 24-hour pharmacy operation. Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.\n- Responsible for the supervision of day-to-day services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, inventory management, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development and multi-disciplinary team development, in a large volume and/or 24-hour pharmacy location.\n- Supervises departmental personnel and operational practices to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide and Departmental policies and procedures.\n- Collaborates with the Inpatient Pharmacy Management and Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care and compliance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations governing hospitals.\n- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Providers, other members of the Pharmacy Management Team.\n- Provides personnel management activities (e.g. recruits, hires, trains and evaluates, and/or terminates subordinate hourly personnel).\n- Works with Human Resources in handling employee grievances.\n- Completes/administers performance evaluations and ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.\n- Responsible for the preparation and assignment of department staff's work schedules and assignments.\n- Makes staffing and scheduling adjustments to meet volume/workload demands and in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.\n- Prepares and/or approves the biweekly payroll.\n- Provides regular communication and feedback to the staff.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to monitor personnel utilization in accordance with operating budget.\n- Responsible to monitor financial parameters and to operate within budgetary targets.\n- Participates in designing, implementing and evaluating systems, processes and methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Directs, assesses and alters dispensing and point-of-sale workflow to achieve desired service outcomes.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to collaborate with providers, department heads, and the Outpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate and improve quality management programs.\n- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, and employees.\n- Administers organizational and department policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required, Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.\n- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Demonstrated abilities and skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership and supervision.\n- Must possess self-initiative, innovative and collaborative skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written communication skills.\n- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred.\n- Must pass background check.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# TR-10326\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Position required occasional travel to other KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332105/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - (TR-10326)", "reqid": "133523", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28332105}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Project Manager II (MT-1366)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n-Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1366.\n- Work schedule to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332106/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II (MT-1366)", "reqid": "133590", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28332106}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Manager Regional (Centralized) Pharmcy Services - (RS-1205)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nResponsible for the overall operations of specific Centralized Pharmacy location(s)/services(s) (e.g., CPP, PCC, CRP, MOPC). Provides leadership, supervision and direction to subordinate Pharmacy Services Supervisors, Lead Pharmacists, Pharmacists and non-pharmacist and other administrative employees. Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies and procedures. Minimal to no online dispensing duty. Manages operations in a centralized pharmacy/location with a scope of service that encompasses an entire region. Performs other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists Director with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives to enhance quality, improve member service and enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Responsible for the overall quality/services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, mail order services, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, inventory management, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development and multi-disciplinary team development in a centralized pharmacy/location with a regional scope of service.\n- Supervises departmental personnel and operational practices to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations.\n- TJC, OSHA, SBOP, Statewide and Departmental policies and procedures.\n- Provides personnel management activities (e.g., recruits, hires, trains and evaluates, and/or terminates subordinate personnel).\n- Develops a team of professionals who plan and implement departmental goals and objectives.\n- Provides regular communication and feedback to the staff.\n- Works with Human Resources in handling employee grievances.\n- Assists the Director in collaboration with providers, department heads and Pharmacy Operations to implement, evaluate and improve quality management programs.\n- Accountable for consistency and continuity in a centralized (regional) service area and transfer of best practices.\n- Provides leadership in the development and implementation of capital and operating budgets for area.\n- Responsible for integration and monitoring of financial parameters and to operate within budgetary targets.\n- Performs minimal to no online duties.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License\n- Three (3) years (usually) previous supervisory/management experience in an integrated delivery system or healthcare network comprised of multiple sites/facilities or centralized with regional scope.\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business and public relations aspects.\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage professionals and others through influence and collaboration in centralized (regional) service area.\n- Demonstrated self-initiative, innovative and collaborative skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written English-speaking communication skills.\n- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.\n- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Typing skills of 30 wpm\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # RS-1205\n- Work schedule to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332109/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Regional (Centralized) Pharmcy Services - (RS-1205)", "reqid": "133600", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28332109}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Qual and Util Consultant\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nCommunicates, consults, educates, & works collaboratively in the areas of quality assessment performance improvement, demonstration, & utilization management. Prepares appropriate quality information for various external organizations in collaboration w/ KFH/HP staff. Participates in projects independently w/ minimal direction from supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as a consultant in all areas of quality assessment, improvement, demonstration, & utilization management to regional staff & medical center physicians & staff\n- Leads & develops work teams or participates as a member of a quality/utilization work team\n- Projects will range from developing internal quality programs to responding to internal or external regulatory requirements\n- Regulatory requirements may include a review by a state or national organization\n- Selects & uses appropriate data & information from DOQU as it applies to each individual project\n- Oversees the following components of studies: definition of population, sample selection, data collection, chart review, data analysis, & statistical adjustment\n- Prepares Kaiser as a whole for specific regulatory reviews or audits\n- This also applies to special projects requiring collaboration w/ the other entities\n- Insures that the study plans have identified & adequately addressed the potential pitfalls that may be caused by data problems\n- Educates physicians & staff regarding regional projects or regulatory reviews (i.e., the interpretation of regulatory requirements & the methods of compliance when preparing for a review or the interpretation of project goals)\n- Reviews the work of quality & utilization analysts for purposes of quality control\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous clinical experience in nursing, rehabilitation therapy, social services or other discipline which conducts program/treatment outcomes evaluation\n- Usually three (3) - five (5) years of relevant previous experience in quality/utilization management and/or accreditation\n- Usually one (1) - three (3) years of experience providing consultative services, analytical studies and project management experience which may be included in the aforementioned experiential requirement\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related healthcare field such as management, public health, health services/business administration OR four (4) years (usually)of equivalent relevant experience in quality/ utilization management\n- Current California RN License preferred\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and apply/utilize quality improvement, quality control techniques, analytical skills, communication skills, JCAHO, Title 22, NCQA, MediCal, and HCFA standards and project management skills\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency with word processing and use of spreadsheets", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332111/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Qual and Util Consultant", "reqid": "133653", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28332111}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery, Part-time Nights, L329P\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.\n- Works 'Payday' weekends\n- Position Control # L329", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332087/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery, Part-time Nights, L329P", "reqid": "132334", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332087}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Clinical Lab Scientist\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nPerforms pre-analytical, analytical & post-analytical phase testing of all complexities as defined by Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment (CLIA) to include specialized tests & analysis in 1 or more areas of clinical laboratory such as Hematology, Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis, Immunohematology, Serology, Parasitology & chemical & morphological examinations to obtain data for use in diagnosis & recording laboratory test results. Analysis of test results are performed on the population serviced (e.g., neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric clients).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs & reports test results for all clinical laboratory procedures as assigned, both automated & manual, in the clinical laboratory department, w/out immediate review by the director, consultant, or supervisory team\n- Demonstrates proficiency, competency & understanding of fundamental principles of clinical laboratory procedures w/ minimal amount of supervision\n- Monitors & is accountable for test data, quality control, quality assurance, preventive maintenance, proficiency testing & all operations related to laboratory testing procedures\n- Notifies Supervisory team of any irregularities of factors, which may influence test results\n- Ability to trouble-shoot equipment & test methods\n- Identifies & resolves unusual laboratory situations & notifies appropriate parties w/in shift\n- Consults w/ physicians, nurses, pharmacists, etc on the technical aspects of methodologies used, appropriateness of test utilization & interpretation of patient results\n- Instructs new employees and/or CLS students in laboratory procedures w/in area the CLS assigned, in order that they may develop proficiency & understanding of the clinical laboratory methodology\n- Provides training, guidance & pertinent technical information to Laboratory Assistants, support staff, clerks, CLS students & Medical Center personnel\n- Discusses clinical laboratory problems of mutual interest w/ the Supervisory team, & lead technologist in order to develop a better communication link w/in the department\n- Participates in work groups to work through problems, issues or goals of the department\n- Assists in evaluating new tests procedures when requested & communicates to the Supervisory team the possibilities for their implementation\n- Meets states requirements for mandatory CEUs\n- As defined by established standards, works in a professional, cooperative & courteous manner\n- Observes all laboratory, KP & regulatory agency policies & procedures\n- Maintains overall safety (including chemical & biological) of the department in accordance w/ established safety, infection control & procedure protocols\n- Monitors supplies & reagents & notifies appropriate parties of par levels\n- As necessary & appropriate, may perform any clerical or other duties of support staff/laboratory assistants that may be assigned such as performing phlebotomy on inpatients & outpatients\n- Accepts responsibility of assisting in work areas not primarily his/her own\n- Operates computerized laboratory data systems / applications\n- Participates in direct patient care by providing the patient w/ information to enhance the understanding of laboratory test, instructing the patient on specimen requirements & conditions for specialized testing & collecting from the patient samples to include blood, body fluids, secretions, & tissues for analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year recent experience as a CLS, preferred\n- A current & valid California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License (CLS)\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of & to utilize the principles, theories, practices, methodologies & techniques required of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to communicate effectively.\n- Demonstrate ability to maintain a positive working relationship and courteous interactions with the public.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Part time day shift with variable day shift start times, 20 hrs minimum per week may be more as needed for vac coverage and other absences etc.\n- This is a Temporary Position for approximately 60 days.\n- Works rotating weekends\n- Travel to Wildomar MOB for 10 hr shifts", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332090/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Lab Scientist", "reqid": "132352", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28332090}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery Part-time, L336P\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.\n- Works 'Payday' weekends\n- Position Control # L336", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332091/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Labor and Delivery Part-time, L336P", "reqid": "132390", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332091}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital - Labor and Delivery RN Anaheim - Per Diem Dayshift\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in L & D or completion of KP L&D course or approved equivalent (which includes basic fetal monitoring and NRP) within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP & ACLS card required. \n- Successful completion of AWHONN advanced fetal monitoring course since 2006. \n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n- Ability to scrub and circulate as required.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332092/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital - Labor and Delivery RN Anaheim - Per Diem Dayshift", "reqid": "132396", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28332092}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Palliative Care\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PHN/CHPN\n- BSN preferred education\n- Computer literate, Word and Excel competent, experience in a Medical information system preferred.\n- Data Entry\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Night back-up 2 times per month\n- Job requires up to 120 miles of driving per day and up to four hours of time in car.\n- Can be up to 8 hours of sitting time in certain assignments.\n- Can require up to three hours of typing time per 8 hours.\n- One to two weekends per month and night on call duties up to 15.5 hours twice a month are required.\n- Moderate assisted lifting of patients in the home setting.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332093/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Palliative Care", "reqid": "132487", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332093}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float - Per Diem Day Shift\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will float to different units to take care of Med- Surg- Tele patients\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 am-8:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm-12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332095/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float - Per Diem Day Shift", "reqid": "132584", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28332095}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float - Per Diem Night Shift\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will float to different units to take care of Med- Surg- Tele patients\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 pm-8:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm-12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332096/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float - Per Diem Night Shift", "reqid": "132598", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28332096}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float Irvine - Part Time Night Shift\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will float to different units to take care of Med- Surg- Tele patients\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 pm-8:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm-12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332097/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - MST Float Irvine - Part Time Night Shift", "reqid": "132616", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28332097}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Critical Care Course experience\n\nNotes:\n- Will work 4 shifts per month", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332100/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "132799", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28332100}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Critical Care Course experience\n\nNotes:\n- Will work 4 shifts per month", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332102/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "132803", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28332102}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Critical Care Course experience\n\nNotes:\n- Will work 4 shifts per month", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332101/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "132800", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28332101}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (TR-13016)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# TR-10316\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332082/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (TR-13016)", "reqid": "130514", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28332082}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Mammography Tech I\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder general supervision, operates dedicated & specialized mammography radiographic equipment, formulates/calculates techniques & positions patients to produce diagnostic images of normal & abnormal human breast & associated tissue & related unusual changes for the use by physicians in making medical diagnoses. Within established/recognized scope of practice, uses independent judgment in critiquing radiographs & images, recognizing normal from abnormal tissue & taking additional required views such as magnification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates competence in the operation of dedicated & complex mammography equipment in a patient care setting for the purposes of obtaining definitive diagnosis for positive findings on a mammogram\n- Consistently selects correct technical factors relative to the requirements of the study & the patient's age, body habitus & pathology\n- Consistently selects other equipment settings/parameters (e.g. locks on equipment & tables, tube placement, control panel settings, etc.) appropriately\n- Consistently processes radiographic images properly, utilizing automated equipment\n- Critiques images & makes necessary adjustments in technical factors, patient positioning, etc\n- Consistently operates imaging computer properly & in accordance w/ department protocols\n- Conducts a patient interview to attain full understanding of procedure & ultimately obtaining consent of the patient\n- Demonstrates knowledge of, & consistently uses ancillary equipment (e.g. catheters, guide wires, etc.) properly\n- Demonstrates competence in the positioning of patients for mammography imaging.\n- Routinely positions patients accurately relative to the requirements of the study including those w/ implants, taking into consideration body habitus & location of lesion as stated in the department protocols\n- Utilizes & selects precise positioning techniques involved w/ additional/special views such as magnification, compression relative to the patient's condition or findings seen on images\n- Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of, & ability to perform, required mammography Q.C. for mammography according to the requirements of the State of California & MQSA.\n- Performs accurate calibration of mammographic equipment\n- Able to assess data reflective of the patient's status & interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs & to provide the care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Adjusts technical factors relative to the requirements of the study & the physical maturation of the patient\n- Always takes special care in handling, positioning and/or restraining infants & geriatric patients to avoid injury or excessive radiation exposure\n- Consults w/ the radiologist or other clinician for purposes of clarifying orders\n- Selects alternate or additional view appropriately relative to the patient's condition\n- Produces high quality diagnostic images that are free from artifacts or blurred images caused by motion; demonstrate the area(s) of interest; exhibit the optimum contrast/exposure needed to differentiate various types of normal & abnormal tissue (e.g., mammary, muscle, fat, lymph)\n- Documents clinical activities in a timely, comprehensive, & accurate manner & maintains documentation as required by ACR, MQSA, HCFA, State of California\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- CRT with Mammography certification\n- ARRT (must be obtained during the probationary period)\n- ARRT Mammography qualification\n- CPR (BLS-C) (must be obtained during the probationary period)\n- Demonstrated ability to perform Quality control/Assurance functions required for mammography as specified by State of California & Mammography Quality Standards Act\n- Ability to demonstrate & apply knowledge, principles & practices of radiologic, mammographic techniques, breast structures, anatomy, composition & pathology\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience as a staff technologist, preferred\n\nNotes:\n- This position may require travel for assignment within the San Diego Service Area.\n- Work Schedule may be adjusted to accomodate department needs.\n- Currently the work Schedule is: M-W 3:15 pm - 9:00 pm, Saturday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.\n- Total Scheduled Hours Per Week 20-32.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:39:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332078/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Mammography Tech I", "reqid": "129513", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332078}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant IV (San Diego, CA)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nAdministrative Assistant IV\nSan Diego, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente (KP) is looking for anAdministrative Assistant IVin San Diego. This position will support the Controller of the Marketing, Sales, and Service Administration organization (MSSA).\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Answers phone calls and e-mails and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.\n - Manages heavy calendaring to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.\n - Arranges travel, completes expense reports, organizes documents.\n - Coordinate closely with stakeholders and their administrative staff.\n - Drafts more complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed.\n - Uses basic to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) applications, depending upon department or business needs.\n - Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.)\n - Monitors and resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.\n - Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.\n - Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed.\n - Directs and delegates to other administrative assistants on work processes and best practices.\n - Requires continuous use of technical and business vocabulary and a detailed knowledge of the organization's operations, policies, procedures, and personnel.\n - Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles and analyzes data, and prepares reports/recommendations.\n - Works independently to anticipate and meet business needs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - High School Diploma or GED required.\n - Minimum of 7 years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level.\n - As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways.\n - Required previous experience managing dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors.\n - Must posses advanced verbal and writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed.\n - Advanced knowledge of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.\n - Advanced skills with processing complex invoices.\n - Advanced knowledge of email and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.).\n - Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience supporting executive level and multiple managers.\n - Experience working in a large complex organization and with its customers.\n - Experience working knowledge of Lotus Notes.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:38:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332045/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant IV (San Diego, CA)", "reqid": "133841", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28332045}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sales Analyst I (Oakland)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSales Data Analyst\nOakland, CA\n\nThe analyst provides detailed analysis and reporting to enable successful execution of Sales & Account Management business line strategies. The position requires utilization of data and systems, combining automated analytical techniques and qualitative methods in order to provide business users with critical insight about sales activities, market trends, customers and partners. The successful analyst understands the organization's mission and functions, how its social, political, and technological systems work, and operates effectively within them. The SPPRA Analyst will play an important role in supporting team mates in creating a robust sales reporting and analytics function for the Kaiser regions outside of California.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Uses research & analysis to support resolution of business issues & opportunities\n- Designs databases, queries, & reports under close supervision, employing quantitative & statistical methods to analyze data\n- Acts as a resource consulting to manager as appropriate to answer questions\n- Identifies logistical & technical issues related to project implementation\n- Uses established templates and/or methodology's to report key operating metrics\n- Develops study outputs & communication tools w/ direction\n- Conducts standard performance reporting\n- Highlights & investigates discrepancies in performance w/ supervision\n- Develops, improves & maintains internal business systems & processes\n- Identifies variables of proposed changes to be factored into cost/benefit analysis\n- Drafts working documents & flowcharts to help explain options & issues to stakeholders\n- Supports Level II&III Analysts in coordination of stakeholders or workgroup.\n- Designs tools & reports for a small audience of users. (E.g., one department)\n- Participates in conceptual design phase w/ Level 2 or 3 Analyst.\n- Serves as a resource content expert consistent w/ overall role\n- Establishes & maintains mutually beneficial business relationships, by partnering w/ Sales & Account Management\n- Seeks & pursues professional & personal development opportunities\n- Consistently supports compliance & the Principles of Responsibility (KP's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy & confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting w/ ethics & integrity, reporting non-compliance, & adhering to applicable federal, state & local laws & regulations, accreditation & licenser requirements (if applicable), & KP's policies & procedures\n- Accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/ organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors.\n- Will substantively increase the productivity & effectiveness of other members of the team by 'off loading' routine data access & summarization tasks\n- Typical errors would normally result in only minor delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses.\n- Results usually contribute to the completion of projects & team objectives.\n- Typically involves interpreting & carrying out general guidelines.\n- Requires limited judgment to develop alternatives.\n- Provides information to others to be used in the decision-making process.\n- Assume other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1+ year of experience in a data analysis, consulting, report building, software or business support function.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in health care administration, business administration, computer science or related field required.\n- Demonstrates solid analytical skills, initiative and innovation/creativity.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal and presentations skills.\n- Demonstrates familiarity with the following applications (or equivalents): Excel, Business Objects, Microsoft Office.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred.\n- Some Knowledge of KP organization, values, pricing, products and business systems preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:38:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332046/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sales Analyst I (Oakland)", "reqid": "133902", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28332046}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Operations Specialist I - Program Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the overall guidance of a manager, the position is responsible for administration and operations for the national Community Benefit Philanthropy and Community Engagement projects, processes, and business functions. Incumbent participates on a team that plans and executes on the strategic use of technological platforms to increase the scale, visibility, impact and efficiency of Community Benefit programs supporting philanthropy and community engagement at the national level. The role supports the team in its close working relationships with national senior and mid-level, leadership, regional staff, other KP departments and the KFHP/H Board of Directors'Community Benefit Committee. Details on Kaiser Permanente's Community Benefit program are at www.kp.org/communitybenefit< http://www.kp.org/communitybenefit >Essential Functions:\n- Answers phones, takes messages, screens calls, and greets KP visitors or outside vendors. May monitor emails for others.\n- Organizes and manages departmental files and incorporates business process improvements to ensure files and documents are updated and easily accessible (includes electronic copies on computer network drives).\n- Manages calendars, schedules/plans meetings. May research, plan and arrange meetings and events for 100 people or less, including hotel and conference facilities. May make travel arrangements for colleagues.\n- Drafts, edits, proofreads and prepares correspondence; creates reports, graphs and presentations.\n- Inputs data and maintains established databases; gathers and researches information with functional employees, external vendors and representatives in support of ongoing business operations.\n- Tracks expenditures related to charitable contributions and invoices in the GIFTS grants management database and OneLink. Manages expense reports through KPERS.\n- Under general supervision, creates narrative and quantitative reports in response to routine and custom reporting requests to meet informational requirements of KP management and/or external agencies and organizations for critical financial, departmental or operational analyses.\n- Assists with identifying requirements for end-user systems applications, developing specifications of data, maintains specialized databases/table and oversees processes and access to safeguard data integrity.\n- May track and analyzes monthly national financial reports; may consolidate and analyze for trends.\n- Participates in various special projects as required.\n- Interacts with KP executives and employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss complex administrative matters, business processes, and project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.\n- Coordinates project work schedules to meet client expectations and raises conflicting deadlines to management's attention.\n- Provides administrative and project support to the team manager and senior management using intermediate to advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, MS Project and/or PowerPoint).\n- Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) plus years of administrative and operational support within a specific functional level with increasing scope and discretion.\n- Two (2) to three (3) plus years of functional analytical experience.\n- High school diploma, GED or equivalent work experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Ability to apply and use thorough knowledge of KP's policies, practices, business processes, techniques, work standards and systems.\n- Uses acquired knowledge of industry practices and standards.\n- Intermediate knowledge of Excel to compile and create moderately complex spreadsheets and reports.\n- Uses intermediate to advanced MS Office skills (Word, MS Project, and or/PowerPoint) to create moderately complex presentation materials with graphs, illustrations, etc.; proofreads content for accuracy and KP established formatting.\n- Strong quantitative and analytical skills.\n- Ability to acquire and use advanced knowledge of KP and its customers.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:38:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332049/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Specialist I - Program Assistant", "reqid": "133921", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28332049}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Enroller III (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nEnroller III\nBurbank, CA\n\nThe Enroller is accountable for facilitating targeted enrollment activities to help increase membership and build support for Kaiser Permanente.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conduct purchaser stand-up meetings and presentations for any of the products offered by KP\n- Responds to questions\n- Facilitate enrollment activities by representing KP, and transporting enrollment materials and promotional items\n- Track and monitor open enrollment activities\n- Engage local/branch account contacts to ensure understanding of and commitment to KP\n- Communicate purchaser issues regarding accounts and book of business accurately and within specified time frame\n- Identify and report purchaser trends to internal stakeholders\n- Accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives\n- Results usually contribute to the completion of projects and department objectives\n- Typical errors would cause moderate delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses\n- Typically involves interpreting and carrying out general guidelines\n- Requires some judgment to develop alternatives\n- Provides information to others to be used in the decision-making process\n- Requires limited decision-making\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using judgment within defined practices and procedures\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives\n- Provides routine fact-based information\n- Follows generally defined directions\n- Works under general supervision\n- Exercises some discretion within defined boundaries\n- Will seek a supervisor or manager to provide guidance and/or solve problems for difficult issues\n- Has no formal supervisory responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5+ years of experience in sales and marketing in health care preferred, some of which should be in Enrollment\n- Five (5) or more years of experience in enrollment preferred\n- Bachelor's degree OR equivalent experience required\n- Life & Disability license required\n- Bi-lingual language knowledge preferred\n- Excellent customer service and face-to-face presentation skills required\n- Required Competencies: business ethics, initiative, interpersonal communication, results driven, presentation skills, change adaptability\n- Strong knowledge of KP organization, values, and products required", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:38:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332050/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Enroller III (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "133934", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28332050}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: ENGINEER, BIO MED I\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nUnder the general supervision of the Biomedical Engineering Manager and Chief Biomedical Engineer, performs duties pertaining to acquisition, installation, calibration, repair and maintenance of medical equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes and corrects malfunctions on a variety of medical equipment systems. Analysis and corrective methods include; observation of front panel and controls; interpretation of block and schematic diagrams; utilization of appropriate test equipment; replacement of components, PC boards, or subsystems as appropriate; calibration and adjustment to manufacturers specifications; working with clinical personnel to correct operator based problems; documentation of work performed including that provided by outside service.\n- Directly performs or schedules with outside service vendors the performance assessment and preventive maintenance on a variety of equipment according to established procedures: inspects, calibrates, adjusts, lubricates and repairs or replaces components. Documents work performed.\nSecondary Functions:\n- Performs inspection and certification of performance of new equipment / systems, coordinates assembly / installation. Prepares and recommends maintenance and test specifications for each electrical and electronic devices and defines inspection and calibration cycles. Performs electrical safety inspections and performance assurance testing. Completes documentation for entry into the computerized maintenance management system.\n- Advises on specifications for purchases on new equipment and recommends replacement of obsolete or irreparable equipment. Provides new product evaluation as requested.\n- Ensures compliance with medical equipment hazards alerts, advises affected clinical personnel of hazard alerts, takes appropriate corrective action, and documents.\n- Performs investigative evaluation of medical equipment involved in patient and employee incidents / accidents. Documents findings and reports as required.\n- Assists, as required, with staff in-service education.\n- Education \u2013 Develops and implements a plan for professional growth.\n- Maintains current with advancing technology, as required, to perform duties.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Background servicing and repairing electronic and electromechanical equipment\n- Must have an AAS degree in Biomedical Equipment Service Technology, Electronic Service Technology, or Computer Service Technology from an accredited program or military Biomedical Equipment training.\n- Driver\u2019s License\n- Proficient in the use of testing instruments, devices, simulators, and tools associated with servicing electronic equipment\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness.\n- Able to communicate effectively in English.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the following areas: customer service, interpersonal relations, adaptability, change management, decision making, oral communication, problem solving, project management, quality management, results orientation, teamwork, and written communication.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience servicing computer client-server systems\n- Background servicing medical equipment with emphasis on multi manufacturer experience and years of service.\n- Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET)\n- Knowledge and skill using Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.\n- Computer networking certification", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:38:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332021/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ENGINEER, BIO MED I", "reqid": "133796", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28332021}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Data Quality Auditor\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder minimal supervision, ensures accurate and appropriate documentation through local coaching and monitoring. Provides documentation coaching to clinicians in the Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Department. Monitors success of coaching and training efforts through encounter audits which ensure documentation meets requirements for diagnosis and E&M assignment, based on Official ICD-9-CM Documentation Guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, coaches individual physicians, reviewing their audit findings, making suggestions for documentation improvements and updating on changes to Federal and State government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Partners with Trainer in the development of future training that will address documentation risk areas identified through local and regional audits.\n- Plans, schedules and performs encounter audits to monitor performance and ensure lasting improvement.\n- Encounter audits will be the primary monitoring tool used to identify operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance requirements and to ensure complete and accurate data capture in compliance with Federal and State requirements.\n- Monitors corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Serves as a local resource in meeting internal and external regulatory requirements (e.g., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)).\n- Actively participates with local CMS (Center for Medicare/Medical Services) team to ensure local objectives are met and regional CMS compliance activities are supported.\n- Works with medical center leadership to provide confidential audits and feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Assists in the identification of operational processes that hinder encounter data capture.\n- Enters encounter audit results into regional audit database to support quality assurance process, regional analysis and regional training activities.\n- Prepares and/or performs medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Partners with Data Quality Trainer and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures / Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\n- NOTE: Travel between Medical Center facilities may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience coding, three (3) or more years, based on Coding Clinical Guidelines for inpatient and outpatient.\n- Demonstrated experience conducting Medical Record audits and ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated project management experience including design and implementation of audit plans.\n- Experience using PC applications such as MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care, public health, finance, business medical records technology OR equivalent experience.\n- Certification in one of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC).\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to providers and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account and personnel data.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision.\n- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment.\n- Willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical data and audit findings to identify documentation trends and other risk areas.\n- Demonstrated ability to develop data requirements and work with analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332001/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Quality Auditor", "reqid": "133515", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28332001}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Legal Assistant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides comprehensive administrative support to one or more staff attorneys. Responsible for all support functions related to work load of case/claim files. Must scrupulously observe the confidentiality required to maintain the attorney-client and attorney-work product privilege applicable to the department. Works under general supervision.\nEssential Functions:\n- Type letters, reports, and legal briefs.\n- Conducts data research and composes letters for attorney/manager approval.\n- Responds to or drafts responses to correspondence based upon knowledge and research of subject matter.\n- Establishes, maintains, codes and closes legal files concerning professional liability, health plan contract and benefit coverage issues, labor and employment, environmental and real estate matters, all of a highly confidential nature.\n- Processes all vendor bills generated during litigation; reconciles all case costs for each legal file and resolves discrepancies.\n- Screens telephone calls, determines appropriate referral or resolves as appropriate.\n- Reviews, screens and determines appropriate handling of attorney's mail.\n- Prepares a variety of special and recurring reports.\n- Maintains attorney's court calendar; makes travel arrangements.\n- In attorneys absence, ensures that all indicated legal matters are brought to the attention of appropriate staff member, or may handle personally, depending upon situation.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will be primarily assigned to the TPMG Legal Department ROI unit.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant secretarial/administrative or comparable experience, including previous legal office support experience.\n- Two-year associate's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Strong customer service skills required to communicate effectively with all levels of management internal/external.\n- Word-processing speed: 60-70 wpm when appropriate.\n- Proficient with software used by department.\n- Skills testing as appropriate.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Familiarity with medical records.\n- Excellent PC skills and experience with associated software programs.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology and abbreviations.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (45 WPM), Microsoft Word & Excel", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332002/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Legal Assistant", "reqid": "133526", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28332002}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant (4910)\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Advanced level Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Typing (45WPM)\n\nThis position will float between the Livermore and Pleasanton facilities.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332003/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant (4910)", "reqid": "133527", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28332003}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Regl Lab Section Mgr Histology [BRK049]\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nDirects and controls the day-to-day Regional Laboratory Histology department operations including all personnel activities, technical oversight and work flow.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages all histology activities, including recruiting, hiring and training of staff.\n- Ensures competency, motivates and encourages professional growth.\n- Controls costs by monitoring productivity, personnel utilization, overtime, material usage rates, analyzing fluctuations in types and volumes of tests, and implements corrective actions.\n- Participates in the design of Regional Laboratory and Northern California Region integrated laboratory quality system.\n- Ensures compliance with regulatory and accreditation agencies' rules and regulations.\n- Designs and implements effective risk control processes.\n- Leads in the research of new and/or improved test development methodologies by: performing experimental testing procedures; validating effectiveness/feasibility for implementation; cost of procedure(s); preparing and submitting recommendation(s) for change to laboratory management and other stakeholders (such as Chiefs of Pathologists).\n- Researches and resolves client problem/issues.\n- Oversees and coordinates startup and implementation activities resulting from new services or transfer of services.\n- Participates in department, inter-department, inter-facility, and inter-regional level projects which help the regional laboratory achieve its goal of providing quality service and client support in a cost effective manner.\n- Develops transition plan for new services/tests, outreach programs for transfer of work, timelines, and monitors milestones to achieve service expectations.\n- Coordinates internal resources to support new service.\n- Serves as primary liaison to RILIS/ITS for ongoing and new issues.\n- Develops needs analysis as appropriate. Leads in the integration of secondary laboratory information system with RILIS.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis.\n- At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status.\n- Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in high-volume histology laboratory required (usually five years).\n- Previous supervisory/managerial experience (usually three years).\n- Bachelor's in biological sciences or related field required.\n- Master's in science or related field preferred.\n- Additional courses in business administration and/or management preferred.\n- Certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathologists.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in high-volume histology laboratory required (usually five years).\n- IHC laboratory operations experience preferred. IHC method optimization/validation experience preferred. Recent IHC instrumentation experience preferred.\n- Previous supervisory/managerial experience (usually three years). Additional courses in business administration and/or management preferred.\n- Certification by the American Society for Clinical Pathologists.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28332006/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regl Lab Section Mgr Histology [BRK049]", "reqid": "133637", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28332006}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Health Educator II - Grade 587\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nAssesses, designs, implements, presents, and evaluates health education programs and services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts needs assessments, establishes priorities, designs, implements, and evaluates basic health education programs, protocols, and standards.\n- Coordinates a wide range of health education services, including establishing effective referral and publicity systems, monitoring quality and documentation, providing scheduling and logistical support, and facilitating use of community services to promote the delivery of cost-effective health education services.\n- Provides direct group or one-to-one health education services to members and the public.\n- Reviews, develops, and recommends high quality, culturally appropriate, written and audio-visual health education materials.\n- Consults w/ physicians and staff regarding related health education services.\n- Coordinates health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc.\n- Specializes in a specific area of health education (e.g. HIV, nutrition, chronic disease, health promotion) as required.\n- Monitors performance of health education instructors and counselors.\n- Prepares reports, grants, proposals, and documentation, as assigned.\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience in the field of health education.\n- Previous experience in uncomplicated curriculum and materials development.\n- Master's degree in Public Health, Community Health Science, or Health Promotion OR\nMaster's degree in a health related field, eligibility to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination, and successful completion of the Certified Health Education specialist (CHES) examination within twelve (12) months of hire into a Health Educator II position. For specialization - content expertise or certification required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of behavior change, adult learning, group process theory and application.\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.\n- Knowledge of PC applications required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon Tues Thurs 8:30am - 5:00pm, Fri 1:30pm - 5:00pm", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331994/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Educator II - Grade 587", "reqid": "132657", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28331994}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rancho Cordova", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II PACU Days/On Call [12.02.0342-RN.OC]\nLocation: Rancho Cordova, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331995/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II PACU Days/On Call [12.02.0342-RN.OC]", "reqid": "132760", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Rancho Cordova, CA", "uid": 28331995}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care [12-028M]\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- CHRONIC CONDITIONS CARE/CASE MANAGEMENT- 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in the field of specialization such as asthma, cardiovascular risk conditions [e.g., diabetes, pediatric diabetes, CDPD, cholesterol, heart failure, hypertension], care of the frail elderly, pain management, chronic kidney disease/kidney failure, other chronic conditions. Certification in specialty or completion of equivalent course work for the care of patients with chronic health conditions.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nThis position will be based in Martinez, but will cover all Diablo Service Area PHASE (Preventing Heart Attacks & Stroke Everyday) departments at each site as needed.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331998/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care [12-028M]", "reqid": "133049", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28331998}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 (PRN-400084)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nConsults with patients and medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians and other non-licensed personnel. Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, and distributes pharmacy products. Consults with patients and medical personnel regarding medication therapy.\n\nEssential Functions: - Consults with patients and medical personnel regarding medication therapy\n- Provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians and other non-licensed personnel\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores and distributes pharmaceutical products\n- Provides medical personnel and patients with medication information and product identification\n- Performs other duties as required\n- This position has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required\n- Pharm. D. preferred\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License\n- Knowledge of Federal and State laws, regulations and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient, or other sources and relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Must be able to operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment\n- Must be able to lift or transport 1-50 lbs weight\n- Required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear\n- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping\n- Must be able to input prescription labels\n- MUST BE ABLE TO PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management environment\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat, X hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331997/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacist - Grade 15 (PRN-400084)", "reqid": "133142", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28331997}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Optometrist, (No. 4642)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nUnder the general direction and supervision of the exempt optometrist or exempt designee, performs routine procedures using independent professional judgment in the practice of optometry within the scope of the laws of the state of California, the rules and regulations of the California Board of Optometry and the policies of The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts and documents history including chief complaint, relevant symptoms as appropriate; pertinent ocular health, family and medical history, medications; current spectacle/contact lens and any other data required to manage the patients vision and ocular health needs.\n- Performs minimum as well as appropriate additional testing as needed based on the specific needs of each patient.\n- Adequately documents findings.\n- Is proficient in the use and interpretation of standard ophthalmic equipment.\n- These include but are not limited to retinoscopy, subjective refraction, lensometry, visual fields, mobility and pupil testing, slit lamp examination, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, gonioscopy, fundus contact lens, tear function testing, Amsler grid, confrontation fields, etc.\n- Accurately interprets data from clinical exam.\n- Makes sound clinical diagnoses.\n- Takes appropriate actions(s) to take care of patients' chief complaint(s) and ensure ocular health and visual needs are met.\n- Clearly documents impressions and clinical action plan in the chart including referrals to other providers, long term medical management and/or optical and therapeutic prescriptions dispensed.\n- Uses tests and procedures as described above designed to detect and appropriately manager disorders common to the elderly such as glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration.\n- Actively communicates with optical, ophthalmology, support staff and fellow OD teams to optimize quality and clinical care and service to patients.\n- Teams with optical staff and ophthalmologists to ensure most timely and convenient service given to patient when their services are needed.\n- Attends and contributes to staff meetings to keep up with events and policy changes.\n- Identifies and reports system problems that result in waste and poor services; identifies possible solutions.\n- Maintains all licensing and job requirements (CE, CPR, safety training, PPD)\n- Dictates/writes referral and information letters to other providers or agencies, as appropriate, or otherwise communicates with parents, teachers or other providers as appropriate.\n- Performs other related duties such as completing school forms, DMV, FAA and other like documents.\n- Work and coordinate concerns in a designated location.\n- Direct and oversee daily operations and report to the local Chief of Optometry or exempt designee.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of one (1) year of experience desired but not required.\n- OD degree from an accredited School of Optometry.\n- Current California Optometric License.\n- Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (T.P.A.) required for external employees hired after November 2009 (TPA is not required for internal applicants).\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Meets all of the specifications of staff Optometrist.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331999/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optometrist, (No. 4642)", "reqid": "133067", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28331999}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3 (S12-33) ***Temporary***\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe cashier/receptionist is a member of the health care dept team who functions under the direction guidance & supervision of the dept mgr, assistant mgr, or designee. The position greets & checks in all patients reporting to the medical office in a professional & courteous manner. This position is responsible for accurate check-in, check-out where applicable, info capture & revenue collection per procedures. Responsible for having a general knowledge of the medical center in order to assist patients w/ questions & concerns. Requires extensive use of the computer. \nEssential Functions:\n- Follow approp patient registration/check-in policies & procedures\n- Verify and/or update all demographic info\n- Working knowledge of Health Plan coverage types, for example (but not limited to) traditional, deductible, etc\n- Check in patients by following check-in policies & procedures & using the check-in systems or manual visit records when the systems are down\n- Determine patient's membership/benefits according to the benefit display\n- Create accounts as necessary\n- Capture & populate workers' compensation data on the correct screens & select the correct coverage as necessary\n- Manage electronic in-basket\n- Use notes function where applicable to document prepayments\n- Obtain a patient medical record number when necessary\n- Order Health Plan cards as needed\n- Collect co-pays & fees, inform patients of available payment options\n- Generate approp encounter forms per procedure electronically or manually if the system is down\n- Direct patients to approp area after the check-in process is completed\n- Check out patients by following checkout policies & procedures & using the checkout systems or manual visit records when the systems are down, if applicable\n- Follow approp procedures when registering exception-type patients such as non-members, out-of-area health plan members, Medicare, Media-Cal, & industrial patients\n- Initiate & complete required forms for all appts per policy\n- Access necessary info from the fee schedule to determine approp fees based on CPT-4 and/or service codes in order to collect approp revenue\n- Referring to other dept & administrative services for further info, e.g., Member Services, Medical Secretaries, & Business Office\n- Initiating & completing approp forms as needed, for e.g., Release Of Info, Patient Financial Responsibility\n- Tracking referrals to specialty care by utilizing the consultation/referral system as needed in those areas where this responsibility currently exists for the individual in this classification where this responsibility is not part of an existing position, it cannot be added w/out written agreement as part of the LMP\n- Demonstrate knowledge of & application to Patient Admin Appt Registration\n- Maintain the patient will-call area box if applicable\n- Communicate w/ clinical & business office staff as needed\n- Handle cash according to the Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement (CHRA)\n- Comply w/ all applicable cash handling policies & procedures (see reference list)\n- The registration designee is responsible for the safekeeping of change funds, all revenue collected during the shift, all assigned revenue documents, & all keys assigned for cash control\n- Obtain, secure, & ensure sufficient denominations to provide change\n- Reconcile shift & deposit funds according to the CHRA\n- Use correct procedures to document & report discrepancies\n- Working towards positive operational outcomes\n- Perform other duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of work experience\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Basic knowledge and use of computer and computer keyboard\n- Passing of a PC skills assessment\n- Ability to read and follow instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Communicate with health care providers, staff, patients and visitors\n- Professional phone etiquette\n- Ability to multi-task, organize, manage time and prioritize workflow in a complex environment\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to the detailed responsibilities outlined in the appropriate (United Healthcare Workers - West) Cash Handling Responsibility Agreement\n\nSkills testing: PC Skills\n\nTemporary:\nExpected Length of Employment: Up to 90 days\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331984/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cashier Receptionist - Grade 3 (S12-33) ***Temporary***", "reqid": "132401", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28331984}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Will support Graduate Medical Education activities for SSF.\n- Under limited supervision, serves as administrative liaison between manager and direct reports and others within and outside the organization by providing advanced, highly responsible administrative support.\n- Activities range from routine to moderately complex, requiring a greater level of judgment and initiative to determine proper approach or action to take in non-routine situations and extensive knowledge of the organizational unit served including typical operating policies, procedures, and protocols, and administrative concepts, principles and accepted practices in the occupation.\n- On own initiative and discretion and based on priorities, commitments and current projects, assesses urgency/priorities, accepts or declines appointments and meetings and/or arranges for representation by subordinate-level staff member.\n- Appropriately refers substantive questions / key business issues to others and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager.\n- Assesses problems and develops solutions following general policies and procedures. May delegate problems or requests to staff members for resolution.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint, Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Expertise with word processing, spreadsheets, graphics and presentation software including the ability to create tables; merge documents; create pivot tables; and develop graphics and PowerPoint presentations from notes.\n- Previous work experience in health care or academic settings.\n- Familiarity with medical terminology.\n\nSkills testing: Microsoft Word (advanced)\n\nSchedule:\n\nMon, Tues: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Thurs: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331987/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant", "reqid": "132508", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28331987}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Folsom", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Tech II Cert - Grade 390 [Fol2012.114]\nLocation: Folsom, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to hands washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing.\n- High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331986/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Tech II Cert - Grade 390 [Fol2012.114]", "reqid": "132505", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Folsom, CA", "uid": 28331986}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Folsom", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Tech II Cert - Grade 390 [Fol2012.115]\nLocation: Folsom, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to hands washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing.\n- High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331988/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Tech II Cert - Grade 390 [Fol2012.115]", "reqid": "132510", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Folsom, CA", "uid": 28331988}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Folsom", "description": "Title: Sr Surgical Technician - Grade 675 [Fol2012.117]\nLocation: Folsom, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years experience as a surgical technician\n- Two (2) years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neuro surgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- The senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician plus the demonstrated ability to perform and under general supervision frequently do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331991/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Surgical Technician - Grade 675 [Fol2012.117]", "reqid": "132528", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Folsom, CA", "uid": 28331991}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Physician's Schedule Clerk - Grade 4\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- With the direction from the physician Scheduler and DSA Health Care Analyst will coordinate physician schedules for the department of Medicine across the DSA. A large percentage of this position will be data entry in an EXCEL spreadsheet.\n- Will maintain online M.D. scheduling process.\n- With direction from the DSA manager of Cardio/Pulmonary and GID department, will coordinate provider schedules for the Adult primary Care Sub Specialties across the DSA. - Will participate in review and recommendation for M.D. time-off requests.\n- Assist Physician Scheduler and Access Analyst with gathering and distribution.\n- Completes access, and other reports as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 12 months work experience preferably with Kaiser permanente staff scheduling processes.\n- Experience with personal computting applications: Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Lotus Notes required.\n- Two years recent experience on a computerized appointment system with demonstrated computer literacy preferred. Basic math and English composition.\n- Ability to use networked computer (email, KP intranet, internet).\n- Must have clear and effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, other health care team members and patients.\n- Must demonstrate accuracy and organization in work.\n- Ability to work efficiently and to follow direction.\n- Must exibit principles of customer service.\n- Must be able to work under pressure and remain pleasant while performing more than one related task at once or in quick succession in a heavy workload environment.\n- Demonstrated ability to analyze, make decisions and follow through within the parameters of the job duties.\n- Must exhibit a professional manner with a high degree of courtesy, tact and poise when interacting with employees, patients and visitors.\n- Ability to prioritize multiple requests.\n- Must be proficient in mainframe programs: PARRS II and e-mail.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous Kaiser Permanente background/knowledge of mainframe applications preferred.\n\nSkills testing: PC skills, Excel & Word\n\nSchedule: Mon - Thurs 8:30am - 12:30pm, Fri 1:00pm - 5:00pm\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331960/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician's Schedule Clerk - Grade 4", "reqid": "124806", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28331960}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Optometrist - FT\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nTo examine patients having full range of visual problems, diagnose visual diseases, disorders, & deficiencies, & prescribe treatment as licensed & credited. To refer patients to other appropriate Kaiser Permanente providers as needed for further evaluation & treatment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Examines patients having a full range of visual problems by using a full field of optometry instruments & techniques.\n- Diagnoses visual diseases, disorders, & deficiencies & prescribes treatment according to the laws of the State of Maryland, District, or Commonwealth.\n- Prescribes & fits contact lenses.\n- Determines visual requirements of the partially sighted. Prescribes low-vision aids such as telescopic & microscopic lenses, magnifiers, & other optical devices to aid low-vision patients.\n- In the state or jurisdiction in which licensed or under the standing orders of a physician, uses diagnostic pharmaceutical agents to detect & diagnose ocular pathology. Uses examination techniques to determine ocular signs of systemic diseases and medications.\n- Refers patients to other appropriate Kaiser Permanente providers as needed for further evaluation & treatment.\n- Participates in departmental & educational meetings including peer review activities within the department and medical facility.\n- Consults regularly w/ internal medicine, pediatrics, & ophthalmology on patient care issues.\n- Assists in implementing eye care in-service education programs for medical center staff & at patient education seminars.\n- Under the standing orders of a physician & in co-management w/ an ophthalmologist, evaluates & manages stated anterior segment disorders.\nQualifications:\nScchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends, required to work 6 Saturdays per year.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience required.\n- Graduation from an accredited school of Optometry required.\n- License in good standing in State of Maryland, District of Columbia, or Virginia required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in an interdisciplinary health care environment preferred.\n- Accredited residency in Optometry preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331939/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optometrist - FT", "reqid": "133729", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28331939}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Polysomnographic Technologist - FT\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nAssists patients referred to the sleep disorder clinic to obtain appropriate diagnosis & treatment. Under direction of physicians in the Sleep Medicine Department, provides information regarding study procedures, diagnostic findings, & recommended treatments.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules appointments for patients to visit sleep disorder clinic.\n- Conducts initial education & orientation session as per department guidelines.\n- Enters referrals into Health Connect.\n- Provides patients w/ home diagnostic equipment & instructs them on its use.\n- Downloads home studies, scores raw data & forwards the results to the physician.\n- Reviews results from outside laboratories.\n- Under direction of physician, communicates sleep study results & recommendation to patients.\n- Assists patients to understand their covered benefits & obtain therapeutic equipment.\n- Dispense CPAP & related equipment:\n-Performs CPAP auto titration;\n-Dispense CPAP equipment & accessories & performs mask fittings;\n-Assists patients w/ equipment problems.\n- Maintains equipment & supplies used by clinic for diagnostic & therapeutic purposes.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- Associate's degree in respiratory therapy or polysomnography or equivalent years of directly related work experience.\n- Licensed Polysomnographic Technologist in the corresponding jurisdiction required.\n- Certified RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist) must be obtained w/in six (6) months of hire.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience as a sleep apnea technician or polysomnographic technologist, preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331938/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Polysomnographic Technologist - FT", "reqid": "133761", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28331938}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McLean", "description": "Title: VA Assistant Pharmacy Supervisor - FT\nLocation: McLean, VA\nSupervises the pharmacy & maintains pharmacy operations in accordance w/ the departmental standards & government laws & regulations. The Assistant Supervisor has all supervisory, managerial, & administrative responsibilities including hiring, training, evaluating, disciplining, & terminating staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Oversees workflow processes, provides work direction & coordinates the activities of all pharmacists & support personnel to include appropriate scheduling of personnel to meet customer service, performance & quality assurance objectives.\n- Develops & communicates service, performance & quality assurance expectations & sets goals w/ staff that are consistent w/ department & regional goals & objectives.\n- Facilitates organizational change & conflict resolution.\n- Interviews, selects, hires, orients, instructs, trains, counsels, evaluates, disciplines, & terminates staff.\n- Monitors & evaluates existing service levels, systems, procedures & practices & recommends appropriate changes or additions consistent w/ the department's goals & objectives as required.\n- Coordinates & manages the budgetary needs.\n- Collaborates w/ facility medical & nursing personnel on regional initiatives relative to the delivery of services.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & Kaiser Permanente's policies & procedures & professional practice standards which include but are not limited to:\nDrug Enforcement Administration\nState Boards of Pharmacy\nHIPAA\nPrinciples of Responsibility\nProper use of Kaiser Permanente personal computers & applications\n- Implements policies & procedures relating to pharmacy operations & professional practice standards & implements initiatives consistent w/ program goals & objectives.\n- Resolves daily operational problems & performs the general duties of a pharmacist.\n- Promotes loyalty & morale by creating a climate that encourages professional development, individual creativity, innovation & a high level of productivity.\n- Works collaboratively w/ pharmacy management to further develop supervisory skills & assume additional management responsibility.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays.\n- Pharmacy hours of operation are 24/7.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year pharmacist experience required &/or on the pharmacy management career tract required.\n- BS in pharmacy or PharmD required.\n- Advanced degree in business or health care administration required or 1 year of experience in a leadership role required.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in assigned jurisdiction required.\n- Demonstrated personnel management skills required.\n- Knowledge of federal & state laws as they pertain to pharmacy required.\n- Effective interpersonal, oral & written communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Business/Health Care management experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-02 18:37:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28331940/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "VA Assistant Pharmacy Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "133872", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "McLean, VA", "uid": 28331940}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Learning Consultant- E-Learning\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\nAssesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel\n- May collaborate with training vendor\n- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel\n- Maintains training schedule for team members\n- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation\n- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality\n- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs\n- Makes recommendations for improvements\n- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management\n- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams\n- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs\n- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures\n- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects\n- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis\n- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field\n- Master's preferred\n- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills\n- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis\n- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required\n- May require some traveling throughout the state\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nStrongly Preferred Qualifications:\n- Solid understanding of adult learning, E-learning,and systematic instructional design theory.\n- Experience working with managing learning management systems. Interface with LMS vendor. Load courses and documents onto LMS. Track and resolve application issues, investigate questions or issues relating to learning records and take appropriate action for resolution.\n-Participate in a learning consultant role for mobile technology in education\n- Understands the desired outcome for physicians education and can identify the best way to achieve desired outcome\n- Ability to assess, consult, plan, design, develop, and implement curriculum and courseware for end-users\n- Communicate technical concepts both verbally and in writing; prioritize work as needed\n- Excellent analytical and interpersonal communication, organizational skills\n- Development experience with Oracle to manage Continuing Medical Education Management System (CME-MS)\n- Experience using: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (Manage LMS)\n- Microsoft Office, Captivate, Articulate, Flash, Photoshop and Paint; experience with Macromedia Dreamweaver and Fireworks would be a plus", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302866/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Learning Consultant- E-Learning", "reqid": "133533", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28302866}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including 2 years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within 2 years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CBRN.\n- Previous recent (within three years of hire date) supervisory experience.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302861/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN", "reqid": "133431", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28302861}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Assistant Clinical Director\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nFor 1 or more units within a 7 day/24 hour department providing direct patient care, emergency medicine & nursing services (which may be at multiple locations): assists the Clinical Director in the planning, development, implementation, delivery & evaluation/improvement of quality patient care, nursing & emergency services that add value & are integrated w/ emergency nursing standards of practice, service priorities & performance/outcomes measures, as well as w/ strategic, business & organizational goals/objectives. Ensures multi-disciplinary teams/staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care & patient-focused services. Supervises clinical standards of care & nursing practice; responsible for resource budgeting, staff selection & development within assigned unit(s) which may include 1 or more of the following: day/evening/night emergency medical services, urgent care, after hours medical clinic, surgical walk-in clinic, triage/assessment, emergency call desk, observation/short stay diagnostic unit. These positions are distinguished from other ambulatory care assistant mgr jobs by the emergency services department's 24 hours of operation; greater volume & acuity of presenting patients; greater integration of services w/ admitting, in/outpatient services & outside hospitals; greater medical-legal accountability.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Within assigned unit(s) supervises the delivery of emergency nursing & patient care services which are integrated w/ business/departmental plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical & utilization standards/performance measures\n- Ensures that assigned unit(s) services meet member, physician & internal clients' needs\n- Supervises 1 or more department units (8 to 24 hours) & ensures patient care & quality standards are met & comply w/ federal, state & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures, utilization & clinical/performance standards & measures\n- Supervises & ensures continuous improvement of all assigned clinical practices, services & operations by designing & implementing systems, processes & methods to evaluate & improve patient care within assigned unit(s); supervises day-to-day operations of the unit(s) including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal mgmt & quality improvement\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development & the delivery of patient care\n- Ensures multi-disciplinary teams/staff provide the highest quality of care & compliance w/ the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Develops & manages the units budget for the appropriate use of human & material resources\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of unit(s) personnel; determines the appropriate staff mix based on changes in patient population & provides the appropriate level of services while identifying savings opportunities\n- Ensures on-going staff development\n- Coordinates w/ health care providers outside the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum\n- Researches, identifies & implements best practice models developed within unit(s) or by other units\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care & services\n- Supervises day-to-day operations of assigned unit(s) including human resource mgmt, labor relations, department & employee safety programs & risk mgmt\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous emergency or critical care clinical nursing experience (usually 3-4 years) required including two (2) years supervisory experience in emergency or critical care nursing.\n- BSN or BA/BS in a relevant field required -OR- completion of a bachelor's degree in a related field within two (2) years of hire.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Emergency Nursing Certificate preferred.\n- Current CPR certification\n- ALCS required.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care processes; staffing and budgeting; Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PALS within three (3) months of hire.\n- At least five (5) years experience as RN in an Emergency Department.\n- ER leadership.\n\nNotes:\n- Reports directly to clinical director.\n- Shared responsibility for all aspects of ER operations, 24 x 7.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302864/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Clinical Director", "reqid": "133446", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28302864}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Inpatient Pharmacy Specialist - (TR-10319)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder indirect or direct supervision and based on the understanding of patient variables such as age, sex, and other physical characteristics, monitor the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned; confer with and assists medical personnel in the care and treatment of these patients; provide medication information and pharmacokinetic dosing advice; adjust doses, orders laboratory tests, and administer medications according to established policies & procedures; monitor medication distribution; dispense, compound, and distribute pharmacy products. Perform other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uphold KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Monitor the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results and cost-effective prescribing. Review laboratory test results and the patient's progress to detect adverse drug reactions, and confer with and assist medical personnel in laboratory test interpretation and treatment of patients.\n- Interview patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies and sensitivities. Document the information in patient's medical record or pharmacy information management system (PIMS) when appropriate.\n- Advise patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions and warnings for medication therapy. Advise patient on the use of related devices and the coordination of drug therapy with diet, according to established polices and procedures.\n- Provide medical personnel with medication information and pharmacokinetic dosing advice. Order and adjust dosages, order laboratory tests, and administer medication under protocol according to established policies and procedures.\n- Monitor the effectiveness and accuracy of institutional medication distribution. Review physician orders and verify accuracy of transcription data entry into medication administration record or pharmacy information system (PIMS).\n- Verify accuracy of medication preparation and dispensing by pharmaceutical personnel. Review patient's medical record to verify proper delivery and correct administration of medication. Report discrepancies to appropriate medical and/or administrative personnel.\n- Develop and tests requirements and specifications for protocols, computer programs, pharmacokinetic dosing and other pharmaceutical care applications.\n- Participate in assigned education and training programs. Develop and maintain teaching curriculum and conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel, and patients. Participate in rounds, hospital committees, utilization review and quality management programs.\n- Respond to medical emergencies according to established procedures.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D) degree, preferred.\n- Licensed by the California sate board of pharmacy.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of emergency medications, and the ability to become CPR-certified.\n- Possess comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies and disease states, and the ability to relate this information to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic technique and the ability to prepare sterile IV products and chemotherapeutic agents.\n- Knowledge of Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient, or other sources, and relate it to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment.\n- Ability to type medication labels.\n- Ability to teach and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.\n-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Lift/transport 1-50 lbs\n- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping\n- Abilityto type prescription labels\n\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # TR-10319\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Position will include working with Infectious Disease Service", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302854/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Pharmacy Specialist - (TR-10319)", "reqid": "131771", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28302854}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Orthopedic Tech II\nLocation: Downey, CA\nUnder administrative supervision by the Department Administrator and under direct clinical supervision by the department physicians and advanced practice providers, assists the physician/provider with all routine and advanced orthopedic and orthopedic surgical procedures as described below. Provides written instructions for patients in the use of various orthopedic devices and sets up and maintains supplies and equipment; may provide direction to the Orthopedic Technician I or the Junior Ortho Tech.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws\n- Assists the physician with all routine and advanced orthopedic and orthopedic surgical procedures\n- May instruct the work of Orthopedic Technicians I and trainees in the application of casts, traction setups, Operating Room procedures, and other procedures and techniques to patients of the age group served\n- Performs all of the Essential Duties and Responsibilities of Orthopedic Technician I\n- The following is a non-exhaustive list of functions in the Medical Office or Hospital Setting:\n- May apply casts, splints, traction or other orthopedic devices to the extent that this is a technical function that does not involve choosing the appropriate treatment, setting a fracture, manipulating bone or tissue or assessing that patient's clinical condition\n- Remove casts, splints and orthopedic devices\n- Prepare the patient for procedures\n- Set up instruments and equipment for procedures\n- Apply and remove bandages and dressings that does not involve debridement\n- Provide written instructions to patients regarding proper cast care and use of crutches and devices\n- Remove sutures or staples from superficial incisions after sutures/staples have been assessed for removal by a provider.\n- Assist patients in ambulation and transfers\n- Collect and record patient data including height, weight, temperature, pulse, respiration rate and blood pressure, and basic information about the presenting and previous condition(s)\n- Record patient care services provided in the medical record\n- Other technical or administrative tasks as required\n- Operating Room: As a surgical assistant, an orthopedic technician may perform the following functions that are delegated and directed by a physician, if the orthopedic technician has demonstrated competence to do so.\n- Assist with preparation and draping of the patient\n- Cut sutures\n- Tie sutures (above fascia-not on deep tissue)\n- Advance (but not insert) pins or screws in previously drilled holes (a technical function)\n- Apply and hold graspers on tissue during endoscopic surgery\n- Retract tissue\n- Tap and mallet on instruments held by a surgeon (mechanical task)\n- Suction blood or other fluids from the operative field\n- Sponge the operative field\n- When provider is holding instruments, apply electrocautery through instruments to vessels (but not directly to vessels)\n- Assist in cleaning wounds and applying dressing\n- Assist in managing and maintaining the integrity of drains and devices attached to patient\nQualifications:\nTHIS IS A REPOST OF 055168.\n\n\nPay Grade: 25\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Basic Life Support (BLS).\n- Certified by the National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Technologist (NBCOT).\n- Graduate of an accredited Orthopedic Technician program or equivalent training in the military OR two (2) years of full time experience as an Orthopedic Technician.\n- High School diploma or equivalent.\n- Two (2) years of experience as an Orthopedic Technician within the last three (3) years.\n- Demonstrates knowledge and ability to utilize principles, practices, and techniques of basic human anatomy, types of fractures, orthopedic equipment, and use of cast and splints.\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of cast application and traction and orthopedic appliance application.\n- Ability to demonstrate and utilize knowledge of surgical orthopedic and sterile techniques.\n- Under direct supervision, the ability to work and assist in the Operating Room.\n- Customer service skills.\n\n\nNotes:\nSchedule / days / hours may vary.\nWork hours will vary between 7:30 am - 6:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302856/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Orthopedic Tech II", "reqid": "132155", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28302856}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Moreno Valley", "description": "Title: Staff RN (Hospital) - MV\nLocation: Moreno Valley, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance w/ established standards of care, policies, & procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent w/ the Medical Center Vision, Mission, & Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality & effectiveness in work habits & clinical practice; & treats co-workers, patients, families, & all members of the health care team w/ dignity & respect.\nEssential Functions:\n- The RN demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, & functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLSand PALS card required.\n- Note: Education/License/Certification & Qualifications required for Moreno Valley Community Hospital employees acquired through KP's purchase of Valley Health System's Moreno Valley Community Hospital: Employees shall meet the minimum position qualifications as listed on their previous Valley Health System job description.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n-Rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302858/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN (Hospital) - MV", "reqid": "132298", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Moreno Valley, CA", "uid": 28302858}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full time equivalent experience in Level II nursery or above with completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) yearLevel III NICU experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option is chosen, shift will be 7:00 am - 7:00 pm withback up eight (8) hour shift 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:37:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302843/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU", "reqid": "106874", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28302843}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Communications Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Communications Consultant actively pursues new information to develop communications on compelling issues, projects, and initiatives relevant to S&AM. Works directly with subject matter experts to gather information, and get copy reviewed and approved. The Communications Consultant collaborates with S&AM leaders and staff, commercial marketing communications colleagues, health plan intranet site partners, and various SMEs to develop and delivery timely communications.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Cultivates professional relationships with senior S&AM leaders, subject matter experts, internal clients, and coworkers.\n - Represents the department on complex projects and serves as communications strategist for high-level initiatives.\n - Acts as a communications adviser and strategist.\n - Develops and implements communications plans and tactics that support S&AM mission and areas of focus.\n - Actively pursues new information to develop communications on compelling issues relevant to S&AM.\n - Communicates complex issues in simple terms (both verbally and in written form).\n - Manages and completes multiple assignments in short time frames.\n - Writes, edits, and proofs benefit rich content for Comm Flash messages and @HPI.\n - Develops a thorough understanding of topics that differentiate KP from the competition.\n - Assumes final responsibility for results of specific projects.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, public relations or related field or related experience required.\n - Minimum Five years of experience working in a complex corporate communications environment with demonstrated excellence in developing, implementing and monitoring strategic communications programs.\n - Ability to coordinate diverse projects and activities into a cohesive and strategic communications program.\n - Professional-level writing and editing skills for Web and traditional media.\n - Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.\n - Able to respond to emerging issues and crises.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Master's degree preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302836/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Communications Consultant", "reqid": "133708", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28302836}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Marketing Comm Proj Mgr I (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nThe Project Manager I supports the Consulting Services team in ensuring that project results fulfill client objectives, reflect Kaiser Permanente brand standards, meet all required criteria for accuracy and compliance, and are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. The Project Manager manages communications projects for multiple marketing programs for program-wide, regional, and/or service area clients. This position supports the Communications Consultants in problem-solving, decision-making, and client contact. This position also collaborates with Brand Management, Creative Services, Operations and Production, and other Consulting Services staff to promote and support Shared Services Marketing Communications goals.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Provides relevant project direction to client, team, or functional partners (e.g. Creative Services, Operations, Production units) to ensure completion within project parameters including budget and schedule. Interfaces with other functions (e.g. writing, editing, translation, photography, etc.) as required by project.\n - Develops formal project work plans, deploys tactics, aligns work and messaging (including schedule and cost estimates) for Marketing Communications projects of a moderately strategic and/or complex nature.\n - Projects are typically moderately complex, requiring in-depth evaluation of key issues.\n - Continually tracks and documents project status against timeline to ensure completion of moderately strategic and/or complex projects within project parameters, including budget and schedule. Updates project schedule in database to accurately indicate current status; routes projects, securing necessary approvals.\n - Provides updates to functional partners & teams as applicable (e.g. Communications Consultants, Brand Management, Creative Services, etc).\n - Continually evaluate project components for effectiveness against criteria and develop alternative solutions as required.\n - Take ownership of project issues and provide client consultation and service.\n - Partners with other MarCom departments to support regional marketing communications initiatives. May help with identification of tactical elements to support a marketing communication plan.\n - Works with project team and collaborates with program-wide, regional, and/or service area staff to share resources, procedures, and standards. Participates on functional teams, such as product development, broker development.\n - Plans, facilitates, and leads routine project meetings. Presents to leadership and business partners as needed.\n - Cultivates professional business relationships with Subject Matter Experts, business line leads, internal clients and coworkers.\n - Writes non-marquee level creative briefs. Recommends and presents creative drafts for review. Ensures that creative brief is approved by Brand Management, Consulting Services, Creative Services staff, and business partners as appropriate.\n - Has a thorough understanding of topics that differentiate KP from the competition amd shares information with team.\n - Provides feedback to staff on a regular and ongoing basis. May be assigned task of on-boarding of new personnel, including management of training and department orientation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - A minimum of 2 years of experience in writing and editing, leading marketing communications projects for diverse market segments, audiences & industries, and developing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans.\n - Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues in simple terms, both verbally and in written form.\n - Demonstrated skills in communications project management from concept through completion.\n - Familiar with computer-based publication design, reproduction & output processes, and software programs such as: Dreamweaver, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project\n  - Proficient in software used by the department.\n - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Communications, Marketing, Advertising or Design required\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Health care industry experience preferred.\n - Portfolio of work samples preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302838/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Marketing Comm Proj Mgr I (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "133716", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28302838}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Nurse Clinical Systems Project\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations & decision support for a broad array of complex clinical nursing & patient care issues. Provides subject matter expertise to teams chartered to address & develop recommendations for current/future operations & clinical processes/services. Promotes internal & external communications. Manages the project team, timelines & budget.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, design/redesign, delivery & management of nursing & patient care services\n- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structures & maintain high quality of patient care\n- Provides expertise on subject matter addressed by project team\n- Works w/ leadership & staff to implement programs\n- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of IT\n- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables\n- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research\n- Monitors & maintains timelines & budget\n- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants\n- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external group\n- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually 3-5 years) in management and/or project management/operational planning\n- Previous experience w/ KP preferred\n- Specific subject matter expertise in health care operations, care delivery & clinical processes\n- Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan & manage team-based projects; knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, w/ an understanding of KP, it's operations, social & legal environment; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, & other local, state, & federal regulations\n- Health Connect: Broad understanding of ICT9 and CPT4\n- Epic certification must be obtained within 6 months of hire.\n- Position will be Orders / Clin Doc based.\nNotes: Travel will be required.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302840/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Clinical Systems Project", "reqid": "080106", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28302840}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hillsboro", "description": "Title: ENGINEER, BIO MED I\nLocation: Hillsboro, OR\nUnder the general supervision of the Biomedical Engineering Manager and Chief Biomedical Engineer, performs duties pertaining to acquisition, installation, calibration, repair and maintenance of medical equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes and corrects malfunctions on a variety of medical equipment systems. Analysis and corrective methods include; observation of front panel and controls; interpretation of block and schematic diagrams; utilization of appropriate test equipment; replacement of components, PC boards, or subsystems as appropriate; calibration and adjustment to manufacturers specifications; working with clinical personnel to correct operator based problems; documentation of work performed including that provided by outside service.\n- Directly performs or schedules with outside service vendors the performance assessment and preventive maintenance on a variety of equipment according to established procedures: inspects, calibrates, adjusts, lubricates and repairs or replaces components. Documents work performed.\nSecondary Functions:\n- Performs inspection and certification of performance of new equipment / systems, coordinates assembly / installation. Prepares and recommends maintenance and test specifications for each electrical and electronic devices and defines inspection and calibration cycles. Performs electrical safety inspections and performance assurance testing. Completes documentation for entry into the computerized maintenance management system.\n- Advises on specifications for purchases on new equipment and recommends replacement of obsolete or irreparable equipment. Provides new product evaluation as requested.\n- Ensures compliance with medical equipment hazards alerts, advises affected clinical personnel of hazard alerts, takes appropriate corrective action, and documents.\n- Performs investigative evaluation of medical equipment involved in patient and employee incidents / accidents. Documents findings and reports as required.\n- Assists, as required, with staff in-service education.\n- Education \u2013 Develops and implements a plan for professional growth.\n- Maintains current with advancing technology, as required, to perform duties.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Background servicing and repairing electronic and electromechanical equipment\n- Must have an AAS degree in Biomedical Equipment Service Technology, Electronic Service Technology, or Computer Service Technology from an accredited program or military Biomedical Equipment training.\n- Driver\u2019s License\n- Proficient in the use of testing instruments, devices, simulators, and tools associated with servicing electronic equipment\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness.\n- Able to communicate effectively in English.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the following areas: customer service, interpersonal relations, adaptability, change management, decision making, oral communication, problem solving, project management, quality management, results orientation, teamwork, and written communication.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience servicing computer client-server systems\n- Background servicing medical equipment with emphasis on multi manufacturer experience and years of service.\n- Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET)\n- Knowledge and skill using Microsoft Word, Excel and Access.\n- Computer networking certification", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302821/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ENGINEER, BIO MED I", "reqid": "133612", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Hillsboro, OR", "uid": 28302821}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Vascular Surgery\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvide high-quality health care through active participation in pre-, intra-, and post-operative care for patients in Vascular Surgery Department via direct assessment and formulation/implementation of treatment plan under the guidance of the physicians. Performs complete pre-operative work-up on patients, including H & P and patient pre-operative teaching. Makes hospital rounds, assists with discharge planning, assumes on-call responsibilities, and education. Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provides all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and State licensing guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/ implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with peripheral vascular arterial disease, including patients with claudication, End stage renal disease, Raynaud's syndrome and erythromyalgia .\n- Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, screening referrals, scheduling surgeries, and post operative follow up and wound management.\n- Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra operative and post operative care.\n- Interpretation of non invasive arterial studies.\n- Teach varicose vein classes.\n- Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/ implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with varicose vein and venous stasis.\n- Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, application of the principles of compression therapy, screening referrals, scheduling surgeries, and post operative follow up.\n- Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra operative and post operative care.\n- Provide surgical services as a first assistant on venous procedures.\n- Provide inpatient care by rounding on Vascular surgical patients during weekdays and/or weekends.\n- Responsibilities include writing post operative orders, charting follow up notes, changing dressings, removing sutures, handling drainage tubes.\n- Dictate all discharge summaries and write discharge orders for follow up care in the clinic.\n- Provide surgical call coverage with vascular or cardiac surgery Allied clinician on regular department rotation with vascular surgeon.\n- Review and manage vascular imaging results including US, CT scans, MRA, angiograms based on protocols for AAA, ELSG, Bypass grafts, dialysis access, carotid surgery or carotid stenting.\n- Duties include ordering future appropriate diagnostic studies.\n- Significant time is spent with data entry in local, regional, and/or national registries.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of approved PA or NP program with certification.\n- Bachelor's degree as PA, NP or closely related field.\n- National Certification\n- State medical PA or NP License\n- BCLS\n- Annual recertification through CME as required by licensure\n- Thorough and working knowledge of peripheral vascular diseases and wound care and their treatment.\n- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.\n- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients to the vascular surgeon.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and plan effective treatment for vascular surgical diseases and injuries.\n- National Certification\n- Ability to see large volume of patients on a daily basis, in both hospital and ambulatory settings.\n- Ability to take evening and week end call as needed to support service needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 2 years clinical surgical experience in vascular surgery.\n- Graduate of ANA approved Nurse Practitioner training program.\n- Master's degree as PA, NP or closely related field\n- Additional training in wound care.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of vascular diseases and venous disease and their treatment.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of wound care and wound assessment and management, especially in diabetic feet, and chronic wounds.\n- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.\n- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients to the vascular surgeon.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and plan effective treatment for vascular surgical diseases and injuries.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff\n- Excellent assistant surgical skills, especially with vascular procedures.\n- Working knowledge of data registry\n\nSalary range:\n$52.16 - $76.65", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302822/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Vascular Surgery", "reqid": "133694", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28302822}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Masters Level Student Temp\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations and presenting results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.\n- This position contributes to a full range of project components.\n- Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.\n- Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets time lines for completion of required tasks as directed.\n- Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.\n- Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works w/ access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.\n- May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.\n- Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists w/ preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.\n- Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.\n- Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.\n- Assists w/ identification and development of training information.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Enrolled in or recent graduate of a MBA or other Masters level program w/ an accredited college or university.\n- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.\n- Strong project management skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to utilize at a working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.\n- Knowledge of SQL or SAS highly desirable.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: May - August ++", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302814/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Masters Level Student Temp", "reqid": "133601", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28302814}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Neurosurgery (120214)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n-Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- Two (2) years (within the past three (3) years) experience as a NP providing specialized care for persons with neurological conditions requiring surgical intervention. Completion of Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients. RN First Assist experience required. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302812/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Neurosurgery (120214)", "reqid": "132551", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28302812}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Optical Dispenser - Grade 25 (BR-15 (12))\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nUnder general supervision of the optical sales branch manager, is responsible for all dispensing and optical activities. This includes all technical procedures of fitting, necessary bench work and allied optical procedures. Included also will be any necessary clerical functions required to satisfy patient needs which may include acting as liaison between pertinent departments.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists patient with selection of eyewear, making such facial measurements and adjustments as are necessary to properly fit glasses to the patient.\n- Interviews patient to determine visual needs.\n- Interprets refractionist's prescription.\n- Instructs and counsels patient on proper methods of eyeglass care.\n- Enters prescription and sales information into computerized system and performs all other clerical functions required to satisfy patient needs.\n- Verifies Optical Benefit coverage.\n- Dispenses and adjusts optical product.\n- Inspects final product for accuracy in accordance with prescription requirements, original order and ANSI Z80 standards.\n- Reconciles patient's concerns to their satisfaction.\n- Performs all other dispensing functions consistent with the accepted professional.\n- Practice as authorized by the California Board of Medical Examiners and organizational policies and practices.\n- Conducts daily inventory of frames and accessories as requires.\n- Perform necessary shop work as required, including but not limited to cutting, edging, dyeing, and mounting of lenses.\n- Repairs frames as required.\n- Completes all required forms.\n- Dispensers may also repair; solder; check out prescriptions; edge; mount and complete eyeglasses for final delivery to patients.\n- Dispensers may sell other products or perform other services as deemed necessary by the Employer.\n- Recommend to branch manger improvements in sales and service.\n- Maintain written and verbal communication with lab as required.\n- Will perform customer service and floor coordinating duties.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) years as an Optical Dispenser (Optician).\n- Contact lens fitting experience preferred.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- American Board of Optician (ABO) certification, preferred.\n- Demonstrated excellent customer service skills.\n- Computer knowledge and ability to enter prescriptions into computerized system and place retail eyeglass orders.\n- Typing 25 wpm.\n- 50 mile travel.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25 WPM)\n\nSchedule:\n\nMon: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, Sat: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302809/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optical Dispenser - Grade 25 (BR-15 (12))", "reqid": "132328", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28302809}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302811/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180", "reqid": "132350", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28302811}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/ Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation. Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nSonographer I, II, III, IV,V:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers).\n- BLS required.\nIn addition to the qualifications above:\nSonographer I\n- Must have 1 ARDMS registry in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.\nSonographer II\n- Must have 2 ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform both specialties routinely.\nSonographer III\n- Must have equivalent of 3 years (6,240 hrs) continuous ultrasound experience within the last 6 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must have 3 ARDMS registries in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 3 specialties routinely.\nSonographer IV\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 4 specialties routinely.\nSonographer V\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 5 specialties routinely.\n\nSchedule: 10:00pm - 6:30am\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri\nWeek 2: Thurs - Sat", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302806/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V", "reqid": "131900", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28302806}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Multi-Facility - Emergency Dept (120015)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of recent experience (within the last three (3) years) as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- AHA approved BLS certification.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: 3:45pm - 12:15am\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri\nWeek 2: Mon, Tues, Sat\n\nThis is a Multi-Facility position. (Walnut Creek Medical Center/Antioch Medical Center). Home-based in Walnut Creek.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:36:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302804/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Multi-Facility - Emergency Dept (120015)", "reqid": "131659", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28302804}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (No. 4586)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:35:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302790/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant, Grade 180, (No. 4586)", "reqid": "126270", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28302790}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Medical Center Administrative Director, Largo\nLocation: Largo, MD\nProvides leadership for the coordination of all specialties & ancillaries in the multi-specialty Medical Office Building (MOB) 24 hours a day 7 days a week (where appropriate). The role is to support all Service Line Directors as they partner w/ Physician Chiefs to achieve market leading performance in the areas of clinical quality, member satisfaction w/ the care experience, market growth, & financial performance. Works closely w/ facilities to ensure the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building is in excellent condition & provides an environment that is welcoming, therapeutic & professional.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides, articulates, & integrates a vision that aligns operational activities & strategic targets w/ organizational mission, vision & values for the Capital Hill multi-specialty Medical Office Building.\n- Ensures the 24/7 services of the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building are consistently operating.\n- Manages & monitors performance by facilitating problem solving & conflict resolution relating to all operational issues.\n- Manages relationships w/in the MOB & across the DC/SM Medical Center & service lines to enhance team work & accountability for the effective delivery of care & service across the continuum of care. This includes, but is not limited to: ancillary services, call center, medical delivery system (hospital & sub-acute), products, provider services & quality resource management.\n- Supports efforts that are in place to manage & measure clinical quality. Supports the identification, evaluation, & monitoring of all organizational quality & service performance goals. Ensures compliance w/ internal policies & w/ external regulatory, licensing, & accrediting agencies, including health information management.\n- Leverages resources & manages financial & non-financial resources & information. Shares best practices, recognizes & capitalizes on size, scale, & capabilities, & continuously seeks opportunities to improve fiscal performance.\n- Supports Service Line Directors' budgets & assist w/ financial performance management.\n- Assures & champions continuous improvement in all operational activities.\n- Support initiatives that monitor appointment access & patient flow activities & implements actions that assure coordinated care is provided by KP.\n- Ensures that patient concerns & complaints are resolved in a timely & effective manner.\n- Utilizes all sources of patient feedback to improve performance.\n- Acts as a role model & represents KP by participating in community service organizations & events. Creates climate of civic responsibility w/in MOB.\n- Promotes staff development & acts as a role model.\n- Manages available information technology systems (KP HealthConnect, Payroll applications, & medical applications).\n- In partnership w/ Facilities Operations Manager, ensures the maintenance of a safe & secure environment for customers & staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 years of nursing experience, with a minimum of 3 years in an acute care environment.\n- 3 years of managerial experience in an acute care environment and nursing experience in multiple disciplines.\n- Bachelor's degree required.\n- RN license in appropriate jurisdiction (or qualified to apply) required.\n- BLS required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Critical Care, Emergency Room nursing experience preferred.\n- Previous experience in a managed care setting preferred.\n- Bachelor's in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- Master's degree in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- ASLS preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:35:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302778/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Center Administrative Director, Largo", "reqid": "133623", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28302778}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Medical Center Administrative Director, South Baltimore\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nProvides leadership for the coordination of all specialties & ancillaries in the multi-specialty Medical Office Building (MOB) 24 hours a day 7 days a week (where appropriate). The role is to support all Service Line Directors as they partner w/ Physician Chiefs to achieve market leading performance in the areas of clinical quality, member satisfaction w/ the care experience, market growth, & financial performance. Works closely w/ facilities to ensure the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building is in excellent condition & provides an environment that is welcoming, therapeutic & professional.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides, articulates, & integrates a vision that aligns operational activities & strategic targets w/ organizational mission, vision & values for the Capital Hill multi-specialty Medical Office Building.\n- Ensures the 24/7 services of the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building are consistently operating.\n- Manages & monitors performance by facilitating problem solving & conflict resolution relating to all operational issues.\n- Manages relationships w/in the MOB & across theBaltimore AreaMedical Center & service lines to enhance team work & accountability for the effective delivery of care & service across the continuum of care. This includes, but is not limited to: ancillary services, call center, medical delivery system (hospital & sub-acute), products, provider services & quality resource management.\n- Supports efforts that are in place to manage & measure clinical quality. Supports the identification, evaluation, & monitoring of all organizational quality & service performance goals. Ensures compliance w/ internal policies & w/ external regulatory, licensing, & accrediting agencies, including health information management.\n- Leverages resources & manages financial & non-financial resources & information. Shares best practices, recognizes & capitalizes on size, scale, & capabilities, & continuously seeks opportunities to improve fiscal performance.\n- Supports Service Line Directors' budgets & assist w/ financial performance management.\n- Assures & champions continuous improvement in all operational activities.\n- Support initiatives that monitor appointment access & patient flow activities & implements actions that assure coordinated care is provided by KP.\n- Ensures that patient concerns & complaints are resolved in a timely & effective manner.\n- Utilizes all sources of patient feedback to improve performance.\n- Acts as a role model & represents KP by participating in community service organizations & events. Creates climate of civic responsibility w/in MOB.\n- Promotes staff development & acts as a role model.\n- Manages available information technology systems (KP HealthConnect, Payroll applications, & medical applications).\n- In partnership w/ Facilities Operations Manager, ensures the maintenance of a safe & secure environment for customers & staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 years of nursing experience, with a minimum of 3 years in an acute care environment.\n- 3 years of managerial experience in an acute care environment and nursing experience in multiple disciplines.\n- Bachelor's degree required.\n- RN license in appropriate jurisdiction (or qualified to apply) required.\n- BLS required.\n\n - This position will be located at the Tyson's Corner HUB.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Critical Care, Emergency Room nursing experience preferred.\n- Previous experience in a managed care setting preferred.\n- Bachelor's in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- Master's degree in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- ASLS preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:35:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302779/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Center Administrative Director, South Baltimore", "reqid": "133629", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28302779}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Medical Center Administrative Director, NOVA\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nLocation: This is based in the new Tysons' Corner Hub.\n\nProvides leadership for the coordination of all specialties & ancillaries in the multi-specialty Medical Office Building (MOB) 24 hours a day 7 days a week (where appropriate). The role is to support all Service Line Directors as they partner w/ Physician Chiefs to achieve market leading performance in the areas of clinical quality, member satisfaction w/ the care experience, market growth, & financial performance. Works closely w/ facilities to ensure the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building is in excellent condition & provides an environment that is welcoming, therapeutic & professional.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides, articulates, & integrates a vision that aligns operational activities & strategic targets w/ organizational mission, vision & values for the Capital Hill multi-specialty Medical Office Building.\n- Ensures the 24/7 services of the Multi-specialty Medical Office Building are consistently operating.\n- Manages & monitors performance by facilitating problem solving & conflict resolution relating to all operational issues.\n- Manages relationships w/in the MOB & across theNorthern VAMedical Center & service lines to enhance team work & accountability for the effective delivery of care & service across the continuum of care. This includes, but is not limited to: ancillary services, call center, medical delivery system (hospital & sub-acute), products, provider services & quality resource management.\n- Supports efforts that are in place to manage & measure clinical quality. Supports the identification, evaluation, & monitoring of all organizational quality & service performance goals. Ensures compliance w/ internal policies & w/ external regulatory, licensing, & accrediting agencies, including health information management.\n- Leverages resources & manages financial & non-financial resources & information. Shares best practices, recognizes & capitalizes on size, scale, & capabilities, & continuously seeks opportunities to improve fiscal performance.\n- Supports Service Line Directors' budgets & assist w/ financial performance management.\n- Assures & champions continuous improvement in all operational activities.\n- Support initiatives that monitor appointment access & patient flow activities & implements actions that assure coordinated care is provided by KP.\n- Ensures that patient concerns & complaints are resolved in a timely & effective manner.\n- Utilizes all sources of patient feedback to improve performance.\n- Acts as a role model & represents KP by participating in community service organizations & events. Creates climate of civic responsibility w/in MOB.\n- Promotes staff development & acts as a role model.\n- Manages available information technology systems (KP HealthConnect, Payroll applications, & medical applications).\n- In partnership w/ Facilities Operations Manager, ensures the maintenance of a safe & secure environment for customers & staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 years of nursing experience, with a minimum of 3 years in an acute care environment.\n- 3 years of managerial experience in an acute care environment and nursing experience in multiple disciplines.\n- Bachelor's degree required.\n- RN license in appropriate jurisdiction (or qualified to apply) required.\n- BLS required.\n - This position will be located at the Tyson's Corner HUB.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Critical Care, Emergency Room nursing experience preferred.\n- Previous experience in a managed care setting preferred.\n- Bachelor's in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- Master's degree in Nursing, Health Administration, or Business Administration preferred.\n- ASLS preferred.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:35:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302780/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Center Administrative Director, NOVA", "reqid": "133630", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28302780}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Palliative Care RN Coordinator-PT\nLocation: Rockville, MD\n** Work Schedule: 8 hours days, 2 days one weekend alternating with 3 days the next.\n\nThe Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator is responsible for screening palliative care referrals & evaluating the appropriateness of palliative care referrals. In addition, gathering patient & family data in preparation for the palliative care consult by the palliative care team as well as coordinating palliative care consults are needed. This position will monitor the quality of outcomes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Screen, assess & prioritize palliative care consult referrals.\n- Schedule & plan palliative care consults for the palliative care team while being sensitive to time constraints & resources.\n- Clarify eligibility status in accordance w/HP policies & procedures.\n- Ensure the appropriate administration of benefits by accurate interpretation & by applying the benefit within limitations in a manner that exhibits judgment & a realistic understanding of issues.\n- Identify issues, trends & barriers that delay the patient's timely transition to the next level of care & accurately communicate this information to others regardless of their status or position.\n- Influence actions & opinions in cases where a physician needs assistance to expeditiously transition a patient to the most appropriate level of care.\n- Maturely express opinions & use negotiation skills to influence financial outcomes related to hospital days, alternative care and other referred services.\n- Utilize the nursing process approach to prospectively & concurrently execute plans for health care services.\n- Identify where - support structures exist, identify appropriate referrals & resources & take action to solve individual patient care management problems.\n- Develop creative patient care alternatives to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost effective care using analytical problem solving.\n- Discuss complex or difficult individual cases with supervisor, MAPMG physicians & QRM physicians.\n- Demonstrate competency to assess all aspects of care across the continuum for variations from quality & utilization standards.\n- Seek clarification of incomplete or illegible records including inpatient, outpatient & contracting physician office records & report problems for corrective action.\n- Identify & report potential risk cases or situations by presenting clear information that builds credibility.\n- Exhibit a commitment to the continual improvement in the quality of patient care services.\n- Display an awareness of individual rights of patients & educate the member about those rights.\n- Maintain confidentiality of patient records, information & departmental activities involving patient information.\n- Practice w/in ethical & legal guidelines using established policies & procedures for guidance.\n- Optimize productive working relationships by functioning as a liaison, problem solver & consultant for community social services, health care agencies, providers & various KP departments.\n- Provide case management, referral management & benefit interpretation for attending physicians, service chiefs, area physician managers & medical facility managers.\n- Work with Medical Center staff & physicians to develop appropriate plans of care for individual patients or groups of patients in such a way as to build high morale and group commitment to goals & objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience in acute hospital utilization review or equivalent required.\n- Successful completion of palliative care training required, including: pain and symptom management, nutrition and hydration, psychosocial and spiritual care, and hospice.\n- RN license in jurisdiction where assigned required.\n- CPR certification required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- B.S.N. is preferred.\n-This is a part time position for Palliative care team in NoVa to do consults at Fairfax and VHC. Work schedule will be full 8 hour days, 2 days one week alternating with 3 days the next.", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:35:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302781/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Palliative Care RN Coordinator-PT", "reqid": "133639", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28302781}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Credentialing Prg Sys Coord\nLocation: Denver, CO\nPerforms system administrator duties for the credentialing system including maintenance, documentation, training & system updates. Performs credentialing coordinator duties which includes ensuring that credentialing & re-credentialing programs meet or exceed standards & maintains compliance w/ all national, state & local statutes related to peer review. Responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance for CPMG HR. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ applicable regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards as they relate to CPMG HR.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as the system administrator for the credentialing system which includes documenting & communicating system changes; documenting & reporting all operational problems; assisting in problem-resolution process; providing training to end-users; providing system implementation & testing as future upgrades are needed; maintaining tables; reviewing data integrity & mapping; providing coordination duties for other system interfaces; and, administering all reporting activities\n- Acts as a system consultant within & among the regions\n- Performs Credentialing Program Coordinator duties which include assisting in the development of policies, procedures & processes to ensure timely & efficient credentialing/re-credentialing for practitioners; gathering, storing, analyzing, reporting & tracking practitioner credentialing & quality file information; acting as the lead on annual external credentialing audits; monitoring corrective action plans; and, editing data collection for complete records\n- Assists in the design development & implementation of other systems as it affects physicians & allied health credentialing processes\n- Develops routine & special system reports, updates data & manages data for integrity & accuracy\n- Develops automated personal computer system applications where necessary\n- Assures full compliance w/ all federal, state & local statutes, & w/ Credentialing Committee, JCAHO & NCQA standards\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible experience in a healthcare setting or related area that involved sophisticated data base management\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, human resources or related area or a minimum of 4 years of progressive professional experience in interpreting policies, monitoring compliance & developing data management processes\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years credentialing experience preferred", "date_new": "2012-05-01 18:34:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28302752/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Credentialing Prg Sys Coord", "reqid": "132714", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28302752}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: QC Lead CT Technologist - FT\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nProvides guidance and assistance to staff performing computerized tomography (CT) examinations. May perform CT examinations as needed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares work schedules to assure that sufficient number of staff is available for patient appointments.\n- Assures that staff explains CT procedures to patients & that consent forms are obtained.\n- Provides training & guidance to assure that equipment is properly & safely operated.\n- Assists staff to confirm that images meet requirements of radiologists.\n- Performs quality control for procedures & equipment Documents systems failures & variances in the appropriate logbook & arranges for service when necessary.\n- Makes arrangements for maintenance & repair of CT equipment by contractor.\n- Orders equipment, film, & supplies & assures that inventories are properly managed.\n- Assures that patient information files are prepared & filed correctly.\n- Reviews & submits reports showing the number & type of examinations conducted.\n- Performs duties as a CT Technologist as required.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nSecondary Functions:\n- Required to stand, push, pull & lift patients.\n- Must be able to adjust routine to accommodate patient or department without affecting departmental flow.\n- Position requires ability to concentrate on fine detail with constant interruption & attend to tasks for 20 to 45 minutes at a time.\n- In order to work effectively with patients, must have effective interpersonal skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n- May be required to lift heavier then 50 pounds, perform difficult manipulative skills & hand-eye\nCoordination skills, walk & stand for prolonged periods, see objects closely & hear normal sounds with some background noise\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Knowledge of customer focused service requirements of the organization.\n- Ability to communicate pleasantly & effectively with members & coworkers.\n- Demonstrates good oral & written communication skills\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years recent experience as an advanced ARRT CT technologist required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent education (GED) required.\n- Specialized training in computerized tomography required.\n- Graduate of a certified/accredited ARRT program required.\n- Certification by American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- ARRT advanced certification in CT required.\n- Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- Venipuncture competency checks off or must acquire competency check within 3 months of hire re-quired.\n- CPR certification required.", "date_new": "2012-04-30 19:03:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28274276/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QC Lead CT Technologist - FT", "reqid": "133489", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28274276}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Endoscopy Technician - OC\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nAssists gastroenterologists & providers to conduct invasive diagnostic procedures. Cleans, disinfects & prepares equipment used for procedures as needed. In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists gastroenterologist & providers to perform diagnostic & minor medical procedures.\n- Washes, inspects, decontaminates & maintains equipment following established infection control procedures.\n- Prepares equipment & supplies needed for scheduled procedures.\n- Assist in patient flow; providing support as necessary.\n- Maintain general stock levels within the department.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as a GI Technician or Clinical Assistant required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent.\n- CPR certification required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- GI certification preferred.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment, excellent computer skills, good patient and staff relations and current or previous experience desired in Endoscopy.", "date_new": "2012-04-30 19:03:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28274275/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Endoscopy Technician - OC", "reqid": "133479", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28274275}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Home Care Rehabilitation Services Clinical Supervisor\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nUnder the direction of the Home Care Site Director, manages activities of Rehabilitation services for the Home Health Hospice Agency. Monitors quality, service and utilization standards. Supervises the day-to-day clinical operational activities. Provides input into planning, organizing, budgeting and reporting to achieve consistency and a high level of member satisfaction of services throughout the Facility and/or Service Area. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Provides direct therapy/rehabilitation patient care services as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day-to-day clinical operations of the agency, including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Participates in agency and employee safety programs and risk management.\n- Responsible for overall supervision of Rehabilitative Services Staff (including PT, OT, SLP), includes interviewing, hiring, training, monitoring assignments and evaluating personnel.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Acts as resource to staff as clinical expert.\n- Ensures individualized care goals are established.\n- May provide clinical consultation and/or mentoring for professional staff.\n- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with the criteria for professional practice.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided and is in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the agency/organization level.\n- Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models of other agencies internally and externally.\n- Participates in program management, including licensing, member satisfaction, budgeting, utilization and quality assessment/improvement activities including licensing to member satisfaction and budgeting.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care, and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the agency to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Coordinates with appropriate team members or contract services for the clinical care of hospice and home health patients and families.\n- Reviews performance of contracted staffing services for adherence to hospice and home health policies.\n- Ensures patients receive quality care by reviewing documentation, making visits with staff, reviewing care plans, conducting/participating in multidisciplinary team conferences, and reviewing patient satisfaction reports. Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- May provide clinical consultation and/or mentoring for professional staff.\n- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with the criteria for professional practice.\n- Provides direct therapy/rehabilitation patient care services as needed.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Provides direct supervision by conducting home visits with staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated supervisory or lead experience.\n- Previous management experience in a union environment preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a master's degree in physical therapy or a related field, such as occupational therapy or speech therapy.\n- Current California Physical Therapy license.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI prior to employment.\n- BLS required.\n- Valid CA driver's license required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Strong organizational and communication skills.\n- Computer skills preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-29 18:12:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28263764/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Care Rehabilitation Services Clinical Supervisor", "reqid": "133298", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28263764}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule: On-Call: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM\n\nThis position will be rotating weekends and working some holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-29 18:12:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28263763/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager", "reqid": "133317", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28263763}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.\n- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nSchedule: On-Call: 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM\n\nThis position will be rotating weekends and working some holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-29 18:12:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28263765/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager", "reqid": "133318", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28263765}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Assistant Administrator Support Services\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nDirects, manages, and controls medical center-based operational activities including: environmental services, material management, plant operations, nutritional services (food services), gardening, linen, transportation, environmental health and safety and security services. Point of contact for all internal and external issues related to operation of physical plant, environmental services, landscaping and construction project liaison. Also serves as the service area liaison to Regional Departments: National Facilities Services, Biomedical Engineering, and Construction Services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direct management of the Area Manager or COO and performance accountability to the Regional Support Service Administrator, the Leader, Support Services: Plans, develops and implements support services that achieve area business goals and objectives.\n- Identifies, implements, and evaluates best practices, including systems development and cost-effective operations standards and focuses on prevention, intervention and identification of issues and problems prior to impact on operations.\n- Effectively manages budgets that are designed to maintain, remodel and secure the facility assets of the Area.\n- Directs the development and implementation of standards for plant operations, maintenance, safety, and enhancement of work and member space, building, grounds and equipment.\n- Collaborates with service area constituents to structure support services that promote a high degree of internal customer satisfaction and the implementation of best practices.\n- Works closely with Regional and local departments to champion and implement organization-wide initiatives (e.g., Workplace Safety, Revenue Enhancement, Business Continuity, Supply Savings).\n- Works with Regional Financial Services and the Area Finance Officer to ensure all Area capital assets are tracked successfully.\n- Works with staff of the National Facilities Services Department to plan, design and implement plant maintenance and large scale capital projects that adhere to organizational standards, are delivered on a timely basis and meet established budgets.\n- Develops and revises standards for all Support Services departments as identified by regulatory agencies.\n- Coordinates local/state fire authority, OSHA, DOHS and The Joint Commission inspection visits involving facility or building concerns.\n- Develops, coaches and manages a staff dedicated to providing professional expertise and a high degree of customer service.\n- Participates in Area Management Teams that create and track long and short term business goals.\n- Works with the Business Strategy & Finance and Materials Management departments to assure that all procurement activity adheres to organizational policies, procedures and financial standards.\n- Actively collaborates with our Labor Partners to create a professionally satisfying work environment by assuring that our managers and staff are working within the parameters of the KP National Labor Management Partnership Agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) - ten (10) years of facility and support services operations (in healthcare environment preferred).\n- Practical experience in facility management, construction administration and project management.\n- Demonstrated experience developing operational standards, policies and practices that promote organizational efficiencies, cost effectiveness and the delivery of high quality services.\n- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in engineering or related discipline with practical experience in business administration, public administration or related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Expert knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations especially those relating to environmental services, hazardous waste management and safety.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the application of various codes/standards managed by local, state and national regulatory agencies and The Joint Commission regulations.\n- Demonstrated proficiency in the development, motivation, mobilization and leadership of effective teams that achieve results.\n- Ability to develop, administer and achieve sound financial plans and budgets.\n- Demonstrated understanding of environment care and its relation to hospital operations.\n- Must be able to successfully collaborate with Medical Group and Labor Partners to mutually achieve operational successes in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Demonstrated excellent communication skills (written, verbal, active listening).", "date_new": "2012-04-29 18:12:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28263766/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Administrator Support Services", "reqid": "133342", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28263766}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic - Treadmill\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in the ED, Critical Care, PACU, Step Down, DOU, Ambulatory Cardiology or as an RN performing treadmills.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- PALS card may be required based on patient population.\n- Knowledge of the various types of implantable cardiac devices and demonstrated ability to perform 12-lead EKG interpretation required.\n- Knowledge of procedural sedation agents and reversal agents required.\n- Basic arrhythmia course required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Successful passage of 12 lead regional examination or equivalent.\n- Effective medical/surgical clinical experience and experience with bronchoscopy or endoscopic procedures.\n- Experience with treadmill testing and 12 lead EKG interpretation.\n- Experience with procedure sedation.\n- Strong communication skills.\n- Strong computer skills to include Word, Excel, and Healthconnect. \n- Strong leadership and critical thinking abilities.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Occasional off hours and weekend work.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260485/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic - Treadmill", "reqid": "132428", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28260485}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 130517\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS card required.\n\nNotes:\n-If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260486/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "132453", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28260486}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Project Manager II\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Excellent written and verbal skills\n- Strong Critical thinking and analytical skills\n- Excellent interpersonal communication skills\n- Flexible and able to work independently\n- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.)\n\nNotes:\n- Start time may vary between 7 AM and 1:59 PM, typically start at 9 AM", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260488/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II", "reqid": "133442", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28260488}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (CP-9975)\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50 lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n-PR# CP-9975\n-Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260469/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (CP-9975)", "reqid": "131762", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28260469}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Corona", "description": "Title: Psychologist - Pain Management\nLocation: Corona, CA\nPerforms diagnoses and psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques and behavior observations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care and license, maintains license.\n- Performs diagnoses and psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques and behavior observations.\n- Assesses brain functioning and pathology through the administration of special psychological techniques per mental health benefit contract.\n- Transmits diagnostic and assessment information to referring professionals through verbal and written reports.\n- Offers consultation and in-service training to other mental health professionals on clinical issues relevant to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders to include consultation w/ physicians on psychological factors in the physical health or illness of individuals.\n- May conduct research of human behavior and possible methods for eliminating psychological disorders.\n- Conducts program evaluation to assess quality of care and cost effectiveness of clinical procedures.\n- Offers research and program design consultation.\n- Conducts initial interview w/ member by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's needs.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action; selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and children.\n- Renders appropriate and immediate guidance and therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letters; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants and community resources.\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but limited to individual, group, family and child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organization, department, state, federal, regulatory agency guidelines, policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) or more years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting, internship in a Psychological Association (PA) approved program preferred.\n- Doctorate degree from an APA accredited University with specialization in a field of clinical or counseling psychology.\n- Current license as a Psychologist by the California Board of Behavioral Examiners.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years professional experience specifically in the area of chronic pain. Learning theory, behavioral medicine and chronic pain.\n- Knowledge of psychopharmacology.\n- Ability to work independently and problem solve.\n- Ability to work well in teams with other disciplines.\n- Effective written and oral communication skills.\n- Develops, implements and evaluates the design and delivery of the Chronic Pain Management Program.\n- Facilitates and implements the assessment, plan, implementation, delivery, reassessment and adjustment of a multidisciplinary treatment plan for patients in the Chronic Pain program.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice.\n- Computer skills in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint\n\n\nNotes:\n- May require travel to Medical Offices in Coachella Valley\n- Schedule varies within the Day and Evening shift", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260473/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychologist - Pain Management", "reqid": "132026", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Corona, CA", "uid": 28260473}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I280-5, 3pm - 11:30pm\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Level II NICU or above or completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least one (1) other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- I280-5.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260472/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I280-5, 3pm - 11:30pm", "reqid": "132064", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28260472}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I380-1, 3pm - 11:30pm\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Level II NICU or above or completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least one (1) other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- I380-1", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260474/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I380-1, 3pm - 11:30pm", "reqid": "132068", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28260474}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I380-3, 7pm - 7:30am\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Level II NICU or above or completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least one (1) other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:00 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm to 11:30 pm\n- I380-3", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260475/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - NICU per diem, I380-3, 7pm - 7:30am", "reqid": "132069", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28260475}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Respiratory Care Practitioner III (Irvine/PD)\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAssess, plan, implement and evaluate respiratory therapy care and life support to patients in all areas of the medical center, including neo-natal intensive care, who have deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system under the supervision of physician and prescription. Perform other patient comfort duties necessary to maintain the flow of patient care in the unit.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrate knowledge, application, competency, proficiency & assessment skills for all specific patient/member age categories; neonatal, pediatric, & adult age & classifications.\n- Know admitting diagnosis & pulmonary pathophysiology for assigned patients, & performs patient assessment & provides appropriate therapy.\n- Evaluate & state data obtained from respiratory monitoring devices on assigned patients.\n- Evaluate patient's response to all respiratory care provided & appropriately documents reqd info as outlined in department policies & procedures.\n- Determine appropriateness & provides recommendations for respiratory care services, taking into consideration the needs of different age groups, cognitive abilities, & development status.\n- Initiate new routine orders within time specified in department policies & procedures.\n- Measure & adjust airway cuff pressures.\n- Recommend changes in diagnostic & therapeutic procedures to physicians, nursing, &/or co-workers.\n- Taking into consideration patient age & development status modify those treatments/procedure techniques, which do not require a change in physician's orders to optimize the delivery of care, & report modifications to appropriate health care team members.\n- Utilize appropriate chain-of-command when consulting on patients not responding to standard therapeutic procedures.\n- Perform respiratory diagnostic & therapeutic procedures.\n- Obtain approval prior to administering any medications, which is not included on the approved medication list.\n- Store unused, doses of medications in the department medication cabinet or refrigerator as indicated by the medication instructions.\n- Provide ventilatory support during patient inter/intra hospital transfers.\n- Perform procedures for disinfecting & sterilization & adhere to infection control policies & procedures.\n- Perform & evaluate blood gas analysis to include quality control procedures adhering to lab policies & procedures.\n- Assures that quality control of equipment is performed & at acceptable levels.\n- Obtains arterial blood samples, ensure that samples & requisition slips have reqd info, handle & dispose of blood samples per policy & procedure.\n- Perform blood gas analysis; document & report critical blood gas values to nurse/physician.\n- Perform analyzer maintenance & quality controls as qualified & ensure cleanliness of the blood gas laboratory.\n- Perform cardiopulmonary & neonatal resuscitation (CPR/NR) & respond to emergencies in all areas.\n- Auscultate lungs to assure proper endo-tracheal tube placement.\n- Identify primary affected lobes & positions patient to optimize treatment while ensuring safety, prior to initiating chest physiotherapy.\n- Identify contraindications in regards to chest physiotherapy & appropriately inform & provide recommendations to the physician.\n- Perform oral, nasal, & tracheal suctioning to ensure airway patency.\n- Collaborate w/ the physician & nurses in regards to the appropriate frequency of suctioning for assigned patients.\n- Provide reasonable solutions upon the identification of problems.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of atwo (2) year Respiratory Care Accrediting Board (RCAB) approved school and passage of the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) registry examination.\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) required.\n- Certification as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) by the State of California.\n- Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Certification (NRP).\n- Possess the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential.\n- Possess the (NBRC) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credential.\n- Functions at independent level in all areas of Med/Surg, Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care areas as well as Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU).\n- Experience requirements may be waived or modified when an appropriate program or course is available and successfully completed for New Graduate RCP's or for area of specialization.\n- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (PALS), Sugar &safe Care-Temperature-Airway-Blood Pressure- Lab Work-Emotional Support. (S.T.A.B.L.E.) Certification, preferred.\n- Two (2) years of experience in the Neonatal intensive Care Unit, preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Adult, Neonate, and Pediatric Critical Care Respiratory Therapy, including set-up, management, and monitoring of ventilators and general Respiratory Care devices.\n- Arterial Blood Gases (analysis and puncture).\n- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required by department management\n\nNotes:\n- This is an On-Call, twelve (12) hour shift position.\n- Days and hours will vary according to department needs\n- Will work rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260476/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Respiratory Care Practitioner III (Irvine/PD)", "reqid": "132121", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28260476}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ O318 F/T Nights Float Pool\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control # O318\n- Works rotating weekends.\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekend.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00pm - 7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260478/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ O318 F/T Nights Float Pool", "reqid": "132199", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28260478}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n-One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to review, evaluate and implement solution.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an 8hr position between the hours of 6am to 2am\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- Performs routine nursing duties per physician's orders (administer medications, start I.V.s, etc.)\n- Assessment and triage of patients presenting to the medical offices.\n- Provides functional direction to assigned personnel to monitor and direct patient flow, prepare & monitor daily work assignment, identify problems and recommend and implement solutions.\n- Will orientate and train new and existing personnel.\n- May work at multiple locations/facilities.\n- Must be willing to work in all departments at facility", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260484/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)", "reqid": "132419", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28260484}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (TH-1215)\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 wpm\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate w/ co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- PR# TH-1215\n-Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n-Must be willing to work at multiple locations within the San Gabriel Valley area", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260467/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (TH-1215)", "reqid": "131731", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28260467}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker III/LCSW (Panorama City)\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nProvides assessments, coordination, & implementation/evaluation of professional social services to patients & their families in order to aid them in coping w/ social, emotional, & economic difficulties related to medical problems or which predispose to illness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides quality counseling services by assessing patient/ family system needs, then developing & implementing treatment plans in accordance w/ departmental & medical center policies\n- Provides quality counseling services by assessing patient/ family system needs, then developing & implementing treatment plans in accordance w/ departmental & medical center policies, & in compliance w/ the standards of the social work profession. Quality of clinical services is indicated by QM findings, case presentations, documentation review, staff & patient feedback & supervisory discussions\n- Performs a bio-psychosocial assessment interview w/ patient, family, &/or significant other according to department policy & standards\n- Provides appropriate crises intervention/treatment to adults, children & families in emergent situations including assessment, counseling, information/referral & providing consultation to physicians & healthcare team. Provides a professional interpretation of patient's condition (i.e., situation, affect, behavior & verbal content) & recommends appropriate psycho-social intervention(s) &/or treatment plan\n- Develops culturally sensitive assessment that reflects departmental standards & includes: reasons for referral; source of referral; informant name; physical/medical issues; interpersonal & social relations; emotional/psychiatric/adjustment issues including assessment of depression; role performance/social transition; community planning/resources (as indicated); legal/protective issues (as indicated)\n- Provides appropriate counseling services to patients &/or family based on clinical assessment & consistent w/ patient's on-going medical condition/needs\n- Provides patient education on subjects related to psycho-social adjustment to medical illness, individually, in classes or groups\n- Assessment demonstrates ability to interpret the social, emotional & behavioral problems/elements as they relate to the patient's medical condition & treatment\n- Demonstrates the integration of clinical social work theory into practice by appropriately utilizing clinical knowledge of bio-psychosocial development stages, personality development, human behavior, etc., to formulate assessment, direct treatment, & provide consultation & education to other team members.This includes integration of developmental theory & clinical practice in assessments & intervention specific to the age group served (neonates, pediatrics, adolescent, adult, geriatric)\n- Spends at least 70% of time in direct service activity\n- Completes & submits statistics in accordance w/ departmental policies & procedures\n- Documents interventions in appropriate formats, legibly & w/in departmental time frames\n- Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature & the level of work being preformed by the individuals assigned to this position & as such are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties & skills required of personnel so classified\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of experience working as a professional clinical social worker in an acute care general medical center, preferred\n- Master's degree in Social Work issued by a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education\n- Current and valid license as a Clinical Social Worker issued by the State of California Board of Behavior Science Examiners\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Employee must have at least one year Pediatric clinical experience, post master's, preferably in an acute care environment.\n- Must have expertise in the area of child abuse assessment and reporting.\n\nNotes:\n- Will work in the ambulatory, inpatient, and emergency department area.\n- Work until 8 p.m. several days per week required.\n- Employee will be required to work some holidays and carry the overnight beeper several times per year.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260464/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker III/LCSW (Panorama City)", "reqid": "129851", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 28260464}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Urgent Care or ER experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Position is not department or physician specific.\n-May workholidays and weekends.\n- Rotating weekends.\n- May float to other areas as needed.\n-This is a twelve (12) hour shift with back up hours 5:00 pm - 2:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260465/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "130230", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28260465}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Regional Cast Tech- On-Call\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide technical support to the Emergency and Orthopedic Departments, and inpatient nursing in the application of casts, orthopedic appliances and traction equipment. Assists providers with orthopedic procedures and other tasks associated with client care. Provides information to clients and staff regarding application and care of orthopedic equipment and casts.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide technical support to providers in the care of patients with orthopedic problems.\n- Through proper application, adjustment, repair and removal of all types of casts, splints and soft appliances.\n- In accordance with established procedures and under direction of M.D. or P.A.\n- Provide technical support and assistance to providers during orthopedic procedures and post-operatively.\n- Through proper application of casts, assisting with supplies and equipment, proper positioning of patients and transfer of patients to X-ray for films.\n- Under direction of M.D. or P.A.\n- Provide assistance and technical support to Emergency Department MD's and RN's in treatment and care of ED clients, providing wound care, transporting clients, assisting with clerical duties, and assisting with other procedures and tasks' under direction and supervision of MD and RN staff.\n- Set-up and adjust traction equipment in accordance with established procedure under direction of MD's.\n- 5% Provide information and instructions to clients regarding problems with casts or other orthopedic appliances under direction of MD and in accordance with departmental procedure\n- 5% Ensure adequate amounts of orthopedic supplies and maintain orthopedic equipment by routine ordering of supplies and coordinating repair and replacement of equipment under supervision of department manager and in accordance with departmental procedure.\n- Performs other duties as requested.\nSecondary Functions:\n- Handling and lifting of heavy traction equipment.\n- Lifting of patients and casted extremities.\n- Application of physical traction during reduction procedures.\n- Pushing of stretchers and wheelchairs.\n- Difficult work positions requiring bending, lifting, twisting (at times for long periods).\n- Frequent use of scalpel, scissors, pin cutters.\n- Exposure to chemicals - Isopropyl Alcohol.\n- Wet floors in cast room.\n- Frequent use of cast saw which emits vibrations to hand, wrist and arm and emits loud noise.\n- Objectionable of Noxious Conditions.\n- Dust emitted when using cast saw.\n- Fumes from Benzoin and Alcohol.\n- Assisting with violent, combative clients.\n- Exposure to body fluids.\n- Requirements for concentrated levels of sensory attention.\n- Performance of repetitive work for extended periods.\n- Performance of work requiring concentration in a distracting and noisy environment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of experience in application of splints, casts and orthopedic appliances.\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- CPR certification.\n- Demonstrated skills in documenting patient care using medical terminology.\n- Demonstrated written and oral skills in communicating with other staff and providers.\n- Working knowledge of casting and splinting techniques.\n- Working knowledge of application of orthopedic appliances.\n- Basic knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Basic knowledge of fracture management.\n- Basic knowledge of good oral and written communication skills.\n- Basic knowledge of proper body mechanics.\n- Ability to lift patients and equipment.\n- Application of basic casts and splints and orthopedic appliances.\n- Ability to identify and evaluate problems with casts, splints and orthopedic appliances.\n- Ability to identify problems with circulation and skin integrity related to use of orthopedic treatments and modalities and refer to appropriate provider.\n- Ability to apply basic knowledge of fracture management to patient care.\n- Ability to use proper techniques of body mechanics in application of casts and splints and performance of other job duties.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One year of experience in an inpatient setting.\n- EMT or Medical Corpsmen experience or one year of CNA/Medical Assistant experience.\n- EMT, or Medical Corpsmen, or CNA/Medical Assistant Cert\n- Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology.\n- Basic knowledge of care of patients with minor trauma injuries, minor patient care procedure.\n- Basic knowledge of medical documentation.\n- Working knowledge of traction application.\n- Demonstrated skills in patient care including vital signs, minor wound care and dressing, lifting and turning of patients.\n- Demonstrated written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated skills identifying major bones and joints.\n- Familiarity with traction equipment, set-up and application.\nSalary Range- $21.50 - $27.09", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260399/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Cast Tech- On-Call", "reqid": "133356", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28260399}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Director, Internal Controls\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Director of Internal Controls Provides leadership and guidance for the on-going evaluation of the internal control environment for all SOX, Model Audit Rule and Operational Business Control activities for the NW Region. Directs the Internal Controls team on all related activities, including but not limited to special projects, planning, cost benefit analysis, documentation of processes and controls, risk assessment, gap analysis and timely deficiency remediation. Provides leadership and oversight in establishing and maintaining strong internal controls for the Region. Provides support to the regional business owners as subject matter expert for the National Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) initiative. Provides best practice guidance for internal control design, and support the regional business owners in the closure of identified deficiencies. Develops and maintain effective partnerships with the regional business owners, National Mega Process Lead teams, Internal and External audit and the National Project Management Office and National Program Offices. Validates closure of deficiencies and serve the role of quality control for the Northwest region regarding the internal control environment control matrices and testing results. Provides overall leadership for the department and supports regional business owners with the SOX, Model Audit Rule, and Operational Business Control activities, ensures that departmental performance targets are set and clearly communicated. Set and assess overall department performance goals and objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership and guidance for the on-going evaluation of the internal control environment for all SOX, Model Audit Rule and Operational Business Control activities for the NW Region; directs the Internal Controls department on all activities including special projects\n- Provides subject matter expertise regarding the National Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) initiative, Model Audit Rule and Operational Business Control Activities. Provides best practice guidance for internal control design, and supports business owners in the closure of identified deficiencies\n- Develops and maintains effective partnerships with the regional business owners, National Mega Process Lead teams, Internal and External audit and the National Project Management Office and National Program Offices\n- Partner with the SOX PMO to help create best practices that are effective and efficient to best leverage roles and responsibilities that support the ongoing vision of the SOX PMO strategy\n- Ensure documentation of key business processes are continually maintained, including risk assessments and identification of key controls to meet the requirements of SOX. Ensure tests of controls are performed, results evaluated, and corrective action plans are developed and implemented to mitigate identified control weaknesses\n- Provides overall leadership for the Internal Controls department and support regional business owners related to SOX, Model Audit Rule and Operational Business Control activities\n- Ensure that departmental performance targets are set and clearly communicated.\n- Independently prepare reports on the effectiveness of internal controls.Coordinate and communicate results with Controller, CFO, Compliance Officer, and Program Offices to create unified financial leadership for the region with regards to the internal controls\n- Responsible for providing Project Management discipline for multiple projects included in the scope of the Internal Controls department including SOX, External Audit, Internal Audit and Management identified projects\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 7 years of internal audit experience and the evaluation of internal controls\n- Minimum of 5 years of implementing Sarbanes-Oxley control activities\n- Minimum of 5 years of supervisory/management experience\n- Minimum of 3 years of project management experience\n- Minimum of 3 years of health care experience in matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiencies, collaboration and candor with focus on results orientation\n- Minimum of 2 years of cost benefit analysis experience\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience with fraud reviews and analysis\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance or related field\n- Strong technical skills in assessing business processes, design of internal controls, and assessment of risk\n- Extensive knowledge and application of professional accounting principles, concepts, and techniques\n- Strong listening stills and the ability to understand the business needs of operation managers\n- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills\n- Strong organizational and planning skills in managing complex projects\n- Leadership skills and business acumen\n- Ability to develop strong peer relationships\n- Extensive experience with various automated accounting systems and databases\n- Project Management experience\n- Ability to enact change and influence people\n- Excellent communication and presentation skills\n- Proficient in Word and Excel, strong VISIO skills\n- Experience managing professionals\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 7 years of internal audit experience and the evaluation of internal controls\n- Minimum of 5 years of implementing Sarbanes-Oxley control activities\n- Minimum of 5 years of supervisory/management experience\n- Minimum of 3 years of project management experience\n- Minimum of 3 years of health care experience in matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiencies, collaboration and candor with focus on results orientation\n- Minimum of 2 years of cost benefit analysis experience\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience with fraud reviews and analysis\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance or related field\n- Strong technical skills in assessing business processes, design of internal controls, and assessment of risk\n- Extensive knowledge and application of professional accounting principles, concepts, and techniques\n- Strong listening stills and the ability to understand the business needs of operation managers\n- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills\n- Strong organizational and planning skills in managing complex projects\n- Leadership skills and business acumen\n- Ability to develop strong peer relationships\n- Extensive experience with various automated accounting systems and databases\n- Project Management experience\n- Ability to enact change and influence people\n- Excellent communication and presentation skills\n- Proficient in Word and Excel, strong VISIO skills\n- Experience managing professionals\nSalary Range- $96,820.00 - $136,780.00", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260415/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Internal Controls", "reqid": "133528", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28260415}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Statistical Research Analyst II\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo assist and collaborate with CHR investigators in conducting research by providing high level technical and statistical expertise and support in data collection, management, analysis, interpretation, and reporting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- With general guidance of the Principal Investigator or designee: 1) write computer programs to create analysis datasets and to conduct ongoing trial monitoring; 2) carry out data cleaning activities as needed and 3) assist in the preparation of materials for use in study reports, research manuscripts, and audiovisual presentation of study data. In close consultation with the Principal Investigator or designee, conduct formal statistical analysis.\n- In close consultation with study investigators, translate the research protocol defined variables into programmable, technical definitions through the use of the CHR Data Warehouse or other study-defined datasets.\n- Maintain records for all assigned deliverables, including tracking of analysis deliverables, archiving of trial analysis and associated documentation according to departmental guidelines.\n- Assure that all data collection methods in an assigned research study are consistent and comply with CHR data management specifications.\n- Functionally supervise the work of other Statistical Analysts I and II as needed.\n- Provide input as required at all meetings, discussions and activities covering aspects of statistical reporting on study activities.\n- Perform other duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years' experience in data analytics.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of knowledge and experience.\n- Knowledge of statistics and research design.\n- Knowledge of principles of data integrity.\n- Knowledge of good programming and documentation standards.\n- Proven skills in project management, including the following attributes: efficient, collaborative, candid, open, and results-oriented. Establish clear performance contracts and project work plans.\n- Proficiency in the use of data and procedure step programming in SAS.\n- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.\n- Proactive issue avoidance or opportunity discovery.\n- Technical specification writing.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with health care data systems.\n- Health care or insurance industry experience.\n- Graduate level statistics and research design coursework. Coursework in programming standards and data integrity.\n- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations and KP applications.\n\nSalary Range: $27.76 - $36.65", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260388/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Statistical Research Analyst II", "reqid": "133232", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28260388}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Research Asst\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nConducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants. Recruits and consents study participants. Assists in training new study staff in study protocols and provides instruction to study participants. Uses computer software to provide basic data management and generate reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives\n- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols\n- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables\n- Answers participants' and providers' questions\n- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent\n- Schedules examination appointments for study participants\n- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers\n- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.\n- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys\n- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)\n- Provides basic data management using database software\n- Maintains all pertinent project records and files\n- Transcribes data from records to forms\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Conducts in-person clinic visits obtaining written consent, administering questionnaires, and measuring blood pressure, height, weight, and waist and hip circumferences.\n- Assists with the development of study tools (such as manual of operations, protocols, questionnaires and tracking forms).\n- Makes initial telephone contact with study subjects.\n-Accompanies participants to laboratory.\n- Reviews completed interviews for completeness and accuracy checks for inconsistencies.\n- Assists in tracking study participants when phone numbers are disconnected and or wrong number.\n- Keeps accurate records and files, including pending and completed interviews.\n- Responsible for mailing of recruitment and retention materials.\n- Schedules research clinic examination appointments for study participants.\n- Maintain meticulous tracking of study incentives.\n- May need to prepare and ship blood samples to storage sites. - Travels to Kaiser facilities (Santa Clara, San Jose, and Hayward) to conduct clinic visits.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required\n- Previous interviewing experience required\n- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required\n- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required\n- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required\n- Familiar with medical terminology\n- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Scheduling flexibility\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Must be outgoing, have excellent communication skills, and an ability to communicate with people from diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds.\n- Telephone skills\n- Experience & knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing & database software\n- Familiarity w/editing/coding questionnaires\n\nNOTE: Travel is required. Ability to use own car, valid California driver's license and auto insurance needed (mileage reimbursed).\n\n\n++This position is expected to continue for3 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260376/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Research Asst", "reqid": "133336", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28260376}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Coord I\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I (CTRC-I) is a novice level position which, under the clinical direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), assists in the operational and administrative research support of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) PI and KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Director or designee, and other research staff conducting multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. This is a non-licensed position which works under the daily supervision of an experienced Clinical Trial Nurse, Clinical Trial Research Coordinator, and/or KFRI-designated, licensed clinical trial research staff member.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- With supervision, assist with preparation for inspections, audits and monitoring visits.\n- Maintain the security and confidentiality of participants' paper or electronic data.\n- Assist with scheduling participants for study assessments/visits, required tests including visit-specific laboratory kits and/or paperwork preparation.\n- Prepare packets for participants (e.g., instructions, phone numbers, calendars, diaries, etc.).\n- Assist with obtaining medical records and test results for all projects/participants.\n- With supervision and certification, perform packaging and shipping of protocol specimens to the Sponsor lab in accordance with IATA/DOT regulations and Sponsor shipping guidelines.\n- Direct issues requiring medical decision-making to the appropriate licensed staff member promptly.\n- Provide PI and/or Clinical Trial Nurse with the ongoing informed consent process by coordinating the current consent documents.\n- According to protocol and/or IRB-approved telephone script, collect and document research data in a timely manner, and report the information to the appropriate licensed staff member and PI for assessment.\n- Assist in the collection of protocol-required data with timely and accurate submissions as required by Sponsor (e.g., weekly screening log, routine electronic data submissions).\n- Under specific direction, assist with data entry of study activity onto a case report form (paper or electronic), and maintain a database program to track all study activity (i.e., study enrollment and consents).\n- Assist in maintaining research charts and site regulatory files.\n- Assist in ensuring that study-related, non-test article supplies are shipped and resupplied according to protocol, including tracking expiration dates.\n- Assist in obtaining protocol specific regulatory documents including MDs/RNs licenses and CVs.\n- Report any potential protocol violations/deviations to the PI in a timely manner.\n- Support the regulatory team in the maintenance and storage of critical documents required to be maintained and provided to the Sponsor during the conduct of the trial.\n- With supervision, assist in study closure activities including preparation and collection of close-out documentation, and preparation of study files for distribution to long-term storage.\n- With direction, communicate compliance and operational needs with internal and external parties, PI, KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Leader or designee, and KPNC\nOffice(s) of Clinical Trial Compliance on an ongoing basis.\n- If applicable and with supervision, coordinate IRB communications (e.g., new protocols, amendments, continuing review applications, protocol violations, and adverse events) in accordance with departmental and KP policies and procedures.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for assisting in the clinical trial RN screening potential patients for adult oncology clinical trials; abstracting medical information and putting on sponsor case report forms.\n- Send out all pathology, laboratory and radiology items required per protocol.\n- Assist in accurate data collection, and ordering all protocol requirements and obtaining results; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol specimens.\n- Travel to other sites as needed for research activity/patient coverage. Attend National Research meetings as needed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical trials experience preferred.\n- Minimum AA degree or two (2) years of work experience in an ambulatory and/or acute health care setting required. LVN may be substituted for an AA degree.\n- Bachelor's degree may be substituted for one (1) year of work experience.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- Willingness to obtain IATA/DOT certification.\n- Demonstrate proficiency in medical terminology.\n- Satisfies requirements for career advancement/maintenance as defined by the Clinical Trial Career Ladder Program.\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures.\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment and word-processing or willingness to learn within three (3) months of hire.\n- Demonstrate organizational and communication skills.\n- Demonstrate written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.\n- Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks.\n- Demonstrate good prioritization and organizational skills.\n- Ability to be flexible and dependable.\n- Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams.\n- Present professional manner and appearance.\n- Demonstrated skill in administrative tasks i.e., filing, photocopying, faxing, etc.\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous research experience desirable but not required. Medical terminology or experience in the medical field a plus.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in multiple settings. Exhibited ability to set priorities and meet goals.\n-Excellent verbal and written communication skills,documentation skills.\n- Flexible, organized, detail oriented and tenacious in follow-through. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure.\n- Computer skills in WORD, Excell and internet preferred.\n- CPR-certified required.\n- Willing to abide by Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and all FDA regulations.\n\nNOTE: Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation. This job is in adult oncology.\n\n++Expected Length of Employment: Contingent upon research funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260371/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Coord I", "reqid": "133314", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28260371}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Coord I\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I (CTRC-I) is a novice level position which, under the clinical direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), assists in the operational and administrative research support of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) PI and KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Director or designee, and other research staff conducting multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. This is a non-licensed position which works under the daily supervision of an experienced Clinical Trial Nurse, Clinical Trial Research Coordinator, and/or KFRI-designated, licensed clinical trial research staff member.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- With supervision, assist with preparation for inspections, audits and monitoring visits.\n- Maintain the security and confidentiality of participants' paper or electronic data.\n- Assist with scheduling participants for study assessments/visits, required tests including visit-specific laboratory kits and/or paperwork preparation.\n- Prepare packets for participants (e.g., instructions, phone numbers, calendars, diaries, etc.).\n- Assist with obtaining medical records and test results for all projects/participants.\n- With supervision and certification, perform packaging and shipping of protocol specimens to the Sponsor lab in accordance with IATA/DOT regulations and Sponsor shipping guidelines.\n- Direct issues requiring medical decision-making to the appropriate licensed staff member promptly.\n- Provide PI and/or Clinical Trial Nurse with the ongoing informed consent process by coordinating the current consent documents.\n- According to protocol and/or IRB-approved telephone script, collect and document research data in a timely manner, and report the information to the appropriate licensed staff member and PI for assessment.\n- Assist in the collection of protocol-required data with timely and accurate submissions as required by Sponsor (e.g., weekly screening log, routine electronic data submissions).\n- Under specific direction, assist with data entry of study activity onto a case report form (paper or electronic), and maintain a database program to track all study activity (i.e., study enrollment and consents).\n- Assist in maintaining research charts and site regulatory files.\n- Assist in ensuring that study-related, non-test article supplies are shipped and resupplied according to protocol, including tracking expiration dates.\n- Assist in obtaining protocol specific regulatory documents including MDs/RNs licenses and CVs.\n- Report any potential protocol violations/deviations to the PI in a timely manner.\n- Support the regulatory team in the maintenance and storage of critical documents required to be maintained and provided to the Sponsor during the conduct of the trial.\n- With supervision, assist in study closure activities including preparation and collection of close-out documentation, and preparation of study files for distribution to long-term storage.\n- With direction, communicate compliance and operational needs with internal and external parties, PI, KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Leader or designee, and KPNC\nOffice(s) of Clinical Trial Compliance on an ongoing basis.\n- If applicable and with supervision, coordinate IRB communications (e.g., new protocols, amendments, continuing review applications, protocol violations, and adverse events) in accordance with departmental and KP policies and procedures.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for assisting in the clinical trial RN screening potential patients for adult oncology clinical trials; abstracting medical information and putting on sponsor case report forms.\n- Send out all pathology, laboratory and radiology items required per protocol.\n- Assist in accurate data collection, and ordering all protocol requirements and obtaining results; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol specimens.\n- Travel to other sites as needed for research activity/patient coverage. Attend National Research meetings as needed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical trials experience preferred.\n- Minimum AA degree or two (2) years of work experience in an ambulatory and/or acute health care setting required. LVN may be substituted for an AA degree.\n- Bachelor's degree may be substituted for one (1) year of work experience.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- Willingness to obtain IATA/DOT certification.\n- Demonstrate proficiency in medical terminology.\n- Satisfies requirements for career advancement/maintenance as defined by the Clinical Trial Career Ladder Program.\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures.\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment and word-processing or willingness to learn within three (3) months of hire.\n- Demonstrate organizational and communication skills.\n- Demonstrate written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.\n- Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks.\n- Demonstrate good prioritization and organizational skills.\n- Ability to be flexible and dependable.\n- Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams.\n- Present professional manner and appearance.\n- Demonstrated skill in administrative tasks i.e., filing, photocopying, faxing, etc.\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous research experience desirable but not required. Medical terminology or experience in the medical field a plus.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in multiple settings. Exhibited ability to set priorities and meet goals.\n-Excellent verbal and written communication skills,documentation skills.\n- Flexible, organized, detail oriented and tenacious in follow-through. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure.\n- Computer skills in WORD, Excell and internet preferred.\n- CPR-certified required.\n- Willing to abide by Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and all FDA regulations.\n\nNOTE: Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation. This job is in adult oncology.\n\n++Expected Length of Employment: Contingent upon research funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260370/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Coord I", "reqid": "133320", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28260370}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Data Database Analyst\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThis position assists in the analysis of the clients business and the development and integration of data and process models, process flows, and logical database designs. In addition, assists in the physical design, testing, implementation, maintenance, and control of the organizations data bases across multiple platforms, technologies (e.g., hierarchical, relational and object oriented), and computing environments (e.g., host based, distributed systems, client server). This position also assists in developing and maintaining the department's documentation standards and development process guidelines and tools.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the identification and analysis of corporate business processes, the information flows and interfaces among them, and their transformation into data and process models.\n- Assists in the development of detailed data models in consultation with clients and staff.\n- Works closely with technical and client management to design and implement data bases and data bases support tools in support of complex business application development requirements and processes (e.g., diverse development platforms, technological environments, software, hardware, tools, etc.).\n- Monitors transaction activities and assists in optimizing the performance and utilization of data bases.\n- Responsible for the integrity and security of data in corporate data bases.\n- Participates in the analysis and resolution of issues related to information content, data integrity, integration, and database performance with clients and other Data\nProcessing staff.\n- Assists in the development of standards and procedures affecting data and process modeling and documentation, and data base design, maintenance, and management.\n- Assists in the development of the corporate data architecture and related data architecture standards and conventions.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nDefines and frames complex issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making. Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans. Directs the collecting and analyzing of quantitative and qualitative data. Synthsizes analysis and identifies key findings. High level of comfort with computer systems, electronic health records, and database management required. Demonstrated level of commitment to the program. Demonstrated exceptional communication and interpersonal relationship skills with team members and non-provider staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous data processing experience including business analysis, data/process analysis, systems analysis, and programming in a DBMS environment.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in a technical or analytical field or related field.\n- Strong understanding of the systems development process and its relationship to the needs of the business.\n- Knowledge of data and process analysis and database development technologies and tools.\n- Excellent analytical ability, consultative and communication skills, strong judgment, and the ability to work effectively with client and data processing managers and staff.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to function as a high level analyst creating dashboards and scorecards efficiently and in an automated manner.\n- Knowledge of Milliniem (Rilis), CompuRecord, Health Connect, Apollo (STS), SAS, and Clarity preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260374/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Database Analyst", "reqid": "133330", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28260374}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Nurse I\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Nurse I (CTN-I) is a novice level position which, under the guidance & supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI) & clinical trials administrative management, assists in ensuring that the integrity & quality of the clinical trial(s) are maintained & conducted in accordance w/ federal, state & local regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, & Kaiser Permanente (KP) policies & procedures.\nW/ direction from the PI, this position coordinates research activities as outlined in the Major Responsibilities below. This position is also responsible for protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\nEssential Functions:\n- The following is done w/ guidance from PI: Compliance w/ KPNC IRB approved protocols & Good Clinical Practice (GCP), federal, state, & local regulations, & KP policies & procedures.\n- W/ direction, assist w/ any internal/external compliance monitoring &/or audits & inspections to protect research participants, assure operational effectiveness of the program, & to reduce risks to the organization.\n- Utilize nursing skills to coordinate research-related activities (e.g., consenting, eligibility work up, scheduling study visits, assisting w/ nursing assessment of participants, adverse events, & data collection including laboratory & diagnostic studies).\n- Perform nursing procedures required in the protocol, & report all protocol violations/deviations & adverse events to the PI in a timely manner to ensure the health, safety & welfare of the participants.\n- Recruitment for potential participants.\n- Abstract data from source documentation onto case report forms (paper or electronic) in a timely manner.\n- Assist w/ study completion, resolution of data queries, data lock, study closeout, & archiving of study files.\n- Communicate & collaborate w/ study team including internal & external parties, Sponsors, PI, clinical trials administrative management, study participants, & KPNC Offices of Clinical Trial Compliance & Operations.\n- Assist others w/ the maintenance of systems & resources for the effective communication & submission of required documentation to the IRB.\n- Participate w/ PI & KFRI to identify & prioritize the development of clinical trials systems & infrastructure to maintain research quality & compliance at clinical trial sites.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\n- Other duties as assigned by appropriate management.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for assisting in the informed consent process, screening potential patients for adult oncology clinical trials; assessing treatment patients for toxicities; dose modifications, and serious adverse events; patient/family/medical/nursing staff education; assist physicians' in tumor assessments of subjects as per protocol; assist in accurate data collection, and ordering all protocol requirements and obtaining results; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol specimens.\n- Travel to other sites as needed for research activity/patient coverage. Attend National Research meetings as needed. This job is in adult oncology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of recent clinical nursing experience in a hospital, clinic or similar health care setting required. (Bachelor's degree may be substituted for one (1) year work experience.).\n- Clinical trials research experience preferred.\n- Minimum of a diploma from an accredited nursing school required.\n- Valid RN license from the State of California.\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems & databases used in research environment, or willingness to learn & demonstrate proficiency within six months of hire.\n- Demonstrate effective written, verbal, & interpersonal communication skills.\n- Attention to detail & accuracy.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks w/ time deadlines.\n- Demonstrate prioritization & organizational skills.\n- Proficient in medical terminology.\n- Demonstrate basic drug calculation skills.\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills.\n- Demonstrate nursing competency skills per scope of practice (i.e., phlebotomy, performing vital signs, nursing assessments, urine dipstick reading, pregnancy test reading, performing EKG, etc.) w/ certification if applicable.\n- Other (specific to relevant therapeutic area).\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, & local regulations including HIPAA & KP policies & procedures.\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2-3 years experience as a RN with 1 of the last 2-3 years in oncology required. Oncology -certified nurse a plus. Previous research experience desirable but not required. Phlebotomy skills a plus.\n- Ability to make and complete accurate patient assessments. Demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in multiple settings.\n- Exhibited ability to set priorities and meet goals. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must have excellent documentation skills. Must be flexible, organized, detail oriented and tenacious in follow-through. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure.\n- Computer skills in WORD, Excell and internet preferred. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation.\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: Contingent upon research funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260372/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Nurse I", "reqid": "133327", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 28260372}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Nurse I\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Nurse I (CTN-I) is a novice level position which, under the guidance & supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI) & clinical trials administrative management, assists in ensuring that the integrity & quality of the clinical trial(s) are maintained & conducted in accordance w/ federal, state & local regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, & Kaiser Permanente (KP) policies & procedures.\nW/ direction from the PI, this position coordinates research activities as outlined in the Major Responsibilities below. This position is also responsible for protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\nEssential Functions:\n- The following is done w/ guidance from PI: Compliance w/ KPNC IRB approved protocols & Good Clinical Practice (GCP), federal, state, & local regulations, & KP policies & procedures.\n- W/ direction, assist w/ any internal/external compliance monitoring &/or audits & inspections to protect research participants, assure operational effectiveness of the program, & to reduce risks to the organization.\n- Utilize nursing skills to coordinate research-related activities (e.g., consenting, eligibility work up, scheduling study visits, assisting w/ nursing assessment of participants, adverse events, & data collection including laboratory & diagnostic studies).\n- Perform nursing procedures required in the protocol, & report all protocol violations/deviations & adverse events to the PI in a timely manner to ensure the health, safety & welfare of the participants.\n- Recruitment for potential participants.\n- Abstract data from source documentation onto case report forms (paper or electronic) in a timely manner.\n- Assist w/ study completion, resolution of data queries, data lock, study closeout, & archiving of study files.\n- Communicate & collaborate w/ study team including internal & external parties, Sponsors, PI, clinical trials administrative management, study participants, & KPNC Offices of Clinical Trial Compliance & Operations.\n- Assist others w/ the maintenance of systems & resources for the effective communication & submission of required documentation to the IRB.\n- Participate w/ PI & KFRI to identify & prioritize the development of clinical trials systems & infrastructure to maintain research quality & compliance at clinical trial sites.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\n- Other duties as assigned by appropriate management.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for assisting in the informed consent process, screening potential patients for adult oncology clinical trials; assessing treatment patients for toxicities; dose modifications, and serious adverse events; patient/family/medical/nursing staff education; assist physicians' in tumor assessments of subjects as per protocol; assist in accurate data collection, and ordering all protocol requirements and obtaining results; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol specimens.\n- Travel to other sites as needed for research activity/patient coverage. Attend National Research meetings as needed. This job is in adult oncology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of recent clinical nursing experience in a hospital, clinic or similar health care setting required. (Bachelor's degree may be substituted for one (1) year work experience.).\n- Clinical trials research experience preferred.\n- Minimum of a diploma from an accredited nursing school required.\n- Valid RN license from the State of California.\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems & databases used in research environment, or willingness to learn & demonstrate proficiency within six months of hire.\n- Demonstrate effective written, verbal, & interpersonal communication skills.\n- Attention to detail & accuracy.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks w/ time deadlines.\n- Demonstrate prioritization & organizational skills.\n- Proficient in medical terminology.\n- Demonstrate basic drug calculation skills.\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills.\n- Demonstrate nursing competency skills per scope of practice (i.e., phlebotomy, performing vital signs, nursing assessments, urine dipstick reading, pregnancy test reading, performing EKG, etc.) w/ certification if applicable.\n- Other (specific to relevant therapeutic area).\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, & local regulations including HIPAA & KP policies & procedures.\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2-3 years experience as a RN with 1 of the last 2-3 years in oncology required. Oncology -certified nurse a plus. Previous research experience desirable but not required. Phlebotomy skills a plus.\n- Ability to make and complete accurate patient assessments. Demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in multiple settings.\n- Exhibited ability to set priorities and meet goals. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must have excellent documentation skills. Must be flexible, organized, detail oriented and tenacious in follow-through. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure.\n- Computer skills in WORD, Excell and internet preferred. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation.\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: Contingent upon research funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260375/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Nurse I", "reqid": "133332", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28260375}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Grade 15 (OAK-201913)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional, including managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction of the Department manager or designee, promotes rational and cost-effective Inpatient and Outpatient drug therapy through close participation in the drug therapy decision-making process with assigned physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesizes a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADR's, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm.D. preferred.\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Successful completion of a clinical pharmacy residency (with emphasis in Ambulatory Care) preferred, or possess the equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- Must be able to obtain an NPI # within one (1) month in position.\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) card preferred for existing incumbents.\n- Current BLS card required for new hires effective 12-20-09.\n- ACLS certification may be required in some areas.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for a medical management plan.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapy agents.\n- Knowledge of emergency medications and drug monitoring.\n- Understanding of drug utilization review and drug usage evaluation.\n- Knowledge of Federal and State laws & regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to operate the pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment.\n- Must be able to input prescription labels.\n- MUST BE ABLE TO PASS BACKGROUND CHECK.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat, 40 hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260364/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Grade 15 (OAK-201913)", "reqid": "132135", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28260364}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Napa", "description": "Title: Stationary Engineer - Grade 25\nLocation: Napa, CA\nUnder the direction of the Chief or Assistant Chief Engineer, performs activities concerned w/ design, construction, modification, & maintenance of equipment & machinery in medical center facility. Under limited supervision, ensures efficient & reliable operation of all machinery, including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, heating, & air conditioning systems within the Medical Center.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under general supervision, performs tasks in support of physical plant, equipment/systems & operations, including life support & life safety equipment.\n- May be required to work in emergencies during off hours & on weekend shifts.\n- Performs inspection & adjustment of equipment.\n- Reads & interprets blueprints, specifications, operation & maintenance manuals, & other documents to determine proper operation.\n- Troubleshoots & problem solves under normal & abnormal situations.\n- Operates, adjusts, & analyzes various pieces of physical plant equipment through use of computers & microprocessor-based devices.\n- Tests newly installed machines & equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications.\n- Performs other duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) + years of related experience &/or training.\n- Journeyman level field service experience in industrial electrical &/or refrigeration.\n- Engineering background in acute care hospital preferred.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- CFC Certificate preferred (required for HVAC and Refrigeration only).\n- Working knowledge & ability to perform duties of all trade classifications including electrical, plumbing, carpentry & HVAC.\n- Must possess a working knowledge of medical gas distribution & alarm systems, water treatment, steam systems, refrigeration, compressors, pumps, electric motors, & variable frequency drives.\n- Understanding of preventive maintenance & work order system, preferably MP2.\n- Competency to operate microprocessor based devices.\n- Capable of performing maintenance, troubleshooting, & repair of HVAC equipment (including chillers & boilers), electrical distribution, & operating room equipment.\n- Ability to read & comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, & memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one & small group situations to customers, clients, & other incumbents of the organization.\n- Ability to regularly lift & /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift &/or move up to 100 pounds.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260363/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Stationary Engineer - Grade 25", "reqid": "131738", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Napa, CA", "uid": 28260363}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Petaluma", "description": "Title: CONTACT LENS FITTER [BR-14(12)]\nLocation: Petaluma, CA\nUnder the Branch manager's direct supervision with technical review by the ordering Optometrist, is responsible for fitting both rigid and soft contact lenses using an approved spectacle prescription.\nEssential Functions:\n- Measurement of corneal curvature by use of a keratometer; selection of lens size; inspection of fit through the introduction of fluroscein and the use of a Burton Lamp and/or slit lamp.\n- Training patients, individually or in groups, in the proper procedure for wear and care of daily and extended wear contact lenses.\n- Receives and inspects contact lenses.\n- Maintains and reorders stock.\n- Rotates solution.\n- Refers for conditions that deviate from the norm, completes necessary records and requests future appointments as necessary.\n- Make available to patients, pertinent literature and associated contact lens products.\n- As applicable, is responsible for the sale of sunglasses to contact lens patients.\n- May also be required to perform spectacle dispensing and related activities.\n- As pathological conditions are observed, refers patients to the Ophthalmologist or Optometrist for care.\n- Enters prescription and sales information into computerized system and performs all other clerical functions required to satisfy patient needs.\n- Completes vendor order card for trial lenses and sends to the Regional Customer Service Center.\n- Completes vendor order form to accompany prescription card to Regional Contact Lens Department.\n- Receives contact lenses from supplier as appropriate.\n- Checks the specifications of the lenses and the charges for accuracy.\n- Make future appointments when necessary.\n- Completes all appropriate forms, including Medi-Cal and Medicare insurance, etc.\n- Explains policies and procedures regarding refunds and lens replacement agreements to patients.\n- Performs customer service and floor coordinating duties.\n- Perform all other duties as required to ensure proper fit of contacts for patient satisfaction, including various clerical functions when necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of contact lens journeyperson or Technician II experience.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- NCLE (National Contact Lens Examiners) certification.\n- Typing at 25wpm.*\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Must be willing to travel 50 miles.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260362/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CONTACT LENS FITTER [BR-14(12)]", "reqid": "130866", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Petaluma, CA", "uid": 28260362}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [Pk132]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum ofsix (6)months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- MED/SURG - Six (6)months recent (within the last three (3) years) experience in an acute care setting. Training in chemotherapy, neurosurgery, telemetry or other specialties may be required once hired. Basic Arrhythmia recognition skills may be required once hired.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within six (6) months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:08:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260355/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [Pk132]", "reqid": "128069", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28260355}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Clinical RN, On-Call\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator\u2019s attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-BSN is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260339/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN, On-Call", "reqid": "133322", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28260339}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Springfield", "description": "Title: Clinical Assistant SH-OC\nLocation: Springfield, VA\nTo assist the physicians, nursing, & clinical staff to schedule, examine, & treat patients. To perform a wide range of facilitating services in a medical treatment area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the physician in providing comprehensive medical care to targeted patient population in the ambulatory clinic setting by:\n- Preparing the patient for the medical examination.\n- Performing screening activities appropriate to patient population.\n- Performing assigned clinical tasks &/or procedures.\n- Assisting with scheduling follow-up appointments & activities as recommended by the physician.\n- Performs clinical tasks &/or procedures appropriate to targeted patient population under the delegation & supervision of a licensed physician.\n- Performs clinical tasks &/or procedures appropriate to targeted patient population under the delegation & supervision of a registered nurse.\n- Immediately notifies physician or other licensed health care provider of patients observed to be in distress.\n- Documents all care given & actions taken on behalf of the patient in KP HealthConnect.\n- Facilitates smooth & efficient operation of the clinical department by monitoring the flow of patients & intervening as appropriate to minimize wait times & promote a positive experience for the patient.\n- Assists with inventory & requisition of required supplies; keeps exam & procedure rooms adequately stocked at all times.\n- Engages in positive interactions with Kaiser Permanente members, visitors & fellow staff members at all times.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of full-time experience as a nursing/medical assistant in a hospital, doctor's office or ambulatory care clinic is required.\n- High School diploma required\n- Completion of all Kaiser Permanente Clinical Assistant required competencies within the first sixty (60) days of employment, & annually thereafter.\n- Current BLS certification required\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift 50 lbs, hear, speak, & see.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260340/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Assistant SH-OC", "reqid": "133438", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Springfield, VA", "uid": 28260340}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Springfield", "description": "Title: Clinical Nurse-OC\nLocation: Springfield, VA\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator's attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-BSN is preferred.\nPreferred Skills:\n-Ambulatory Care and ER experience preferred.\n-IV skills and IV medication administration along with electronic message management preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260337/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Nurse-OC", "reqid": "131837", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Springfield, VA", "uid": 28260337}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: QA and Testing Senior\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nJOB DESCRIPTION:\nKaiser Permanente Enterprise Testing Services (ETS) group provides world class testing and quality assurance services to the regional and national technology projects. The ETS team has an immediate opening for a dynamic and best in class Senior Test Engineer who likes to work in an exciting, challenging and fast-paced environment.\n\nThe Sr. Test Engineer, as member of ETS group, will conduct all testing and quality assurance activities for the local and national projects underway in the Colorado region. These individuals will report to the ETS Lead for the Colorado region.\n\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n - Working with developers, other test team members and business Subject Matter Experts to design test scenarios and test cases based on requirements and design.\n - Executing and updating test cases in HP Quality Center.\n - Reporting detailed test results.\n - Entering/Managing Defects in HP Quality Center.\n - Must be able to work on multiple projects concurrently.\n - Must be able to adjust schedules to accommodate changing priorities.\n - Defining complex data sets in order to drive and track test cases resulting in measurable and repeatable test results.\n - Attend and sometimes lead testing related meetings.\n - Provides input in the creation of the Quality Strategy & Plan for each project.\n - Participates in designs and development of equipments and test cases.\n - Analyzes complex testing procedures and recommends actions to improve testing process.\n - Contributes to the development of test strategies and approaches.\n - Implementation of QA and testing methodologies, process, standards and tools within the context of the appropriate delivery process.\n - Implementing testing tools to gain further efficiencies.\n - Participates in technical design and walk through with development team.\n - Assists in the writing of test plans, creates test cases, and scripts to support specific testing objective.\n - Ensures any unresolved problems or issues are documented and escalated.\n - Analysis and prioritization of defects.\n - Provides status and progress reports by project.\n - Effectively communicates in meetings with project team members.\nQualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\nA minimum of 4 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Testing.\nHands-on experience with design, development, and implementation of testing procedures; creation of test plans, test cases and scripts to support testing objectives.\nExperience with implementation of quality assurance and testing methodologies, processes, standards, and tools.\n2 years experience working directly with datawarehouses and ETL\n2 years experience with Oracle\nExperience in writing complex SQL queries\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n - Working knowledge of BI tools; specifically Informatica, TOAD, Cognos, and Business Objects.\n - Experience with interface technologies and protocols, including HL7, EDI and batch interfaces\n - Experience with test automation, such as QTP, Selenium or iTKO Lisa\n - Previous work with main frame applications.\n - In depth knowledge of software development lifecycle methodologies and how they relate to different SDLC methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall\n - Experience working in IT Systems related to HealthCare (Insurance and Medical) Industry.\n - Robust understanding of relational databases", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260330/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA and Testing Senior", "reqid": "133025", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28260330}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: QA and Testing Technical Lead\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nTECHNICAL LEAD JOB DESCRIPTION:\nThe Technical Lead of Enterprise Testing Services at Kaiser Permanente is responsible for quality assurance and testing. This includes the design, development and implementation of testing procedures; the creation of test plans, test strategy, cases and scripts to support testing objectives; and the implementation of quality assurance and testing methodologies, processes, standards and tools.\n\n - Supervise the technical aspects of all quality assurance testing work activities.\n - Serve as a subject matter expert for specific programs/applications.\n - Develop and execute project plans that are aligned with and follow appropriate project delivery processes for the testing phase.\n - Ensure appropriate technical testing resources for projects.\n - Accountable for time and resource estimates for projects.\n - Analyze requirements to determine feasibility for testing.\n - Validate external specifications to verify testability.\n - Ensure the proper configuration of Mercury Quality Center (Test Director) for assigned project(s).\n - Must also create/execute test plans, cases and scripts, testing matrices for more complex applications and ensure they support testing objectives.\n - Ensure tests are executed and analyzed properly.\n - Analyze, review and communicate test data requirements.\n - See that unresolved problems/issues are properly documented, escalated and monitored.\n - Review testing documentation deliverables and ensure defects are reported and managed appropriately.\n - Responsible for facilitating and coordinating the development and execution of cross-functional testing; spanning multiple regions and Business units.\n - Evaluate and/or escalate all unresolved issues to management.\n - Conduct client interviews in order to gather requirements and prepare appropriate documentation and presentation materials to communicate and validate information.\n - Develop presentations for upper management.\n - Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies and recommend implementation as appropriate.\n - Train team members on testing methodology, standards and tools, review their work; and contribute to the development of new theories and methods.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 6 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Testing.\n - Minimum of four years of proficiency in writing test plans, test cases, test procedures and test reports with the ability to understand complex integrated systems and derive test cases from technical internal/external design documents, requirements, story boards, user stories and workflows.\n - Experience and proficiency with Industry Standard Testing tools such as (1) HP Quality Center, (2) Rally, (3) iTKO Lisa, (4) Quick Test Pro, (5) Selinium.\n - In depth understanding of testing methodologies and how they relate to different SDLC methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.\nSOFT SKILLS BELOW:\n - Excellent analytical skills with the proven ability to solve problems both in verbal and written communications.\n - Expert in MS-Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as MS-Visio and MS-Project.\n - Must be able to work cooperatively as part of a large or small local and remote testing team.\n - Excellent organization and planning skills; must be able to adjust priorities with changing needs of the projects.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - System testing experience in healthcare industry domain is highly desirable.\n - Experience working in IT systems related to the HealthCare Insurance Industry.\n - Experience in Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Medical Claims & Billing systems.\n - Exhibit an understanding of interface messaging brokers as well as the HL7 communications protocol and EDI.\n - Epic module experience a plus; either in a testing or support role.\n - Experience with CaliberRM and StarTeam tools for tracking requirements and associated documentation.\n - Experience with Automated Testing Tools (QuickTest Pro).", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260331/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA and Testing Technical Lead", "reqid": "133044", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28260331}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Java Integration Developer\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe Enterprise Integration Services/SOA (EIS/SOA) Team is responsible for End-to-End Management of Kaiser Permanente (KP) systems integration projects. The team manages client engagements and delivers components that provide enterprise-wide integration solutions throughout the Care Delivery, Health Plan, Business Infrastructure, and HealthConnect portfolios. Work products include direct project management and on-going relationship management for all KP Business Information Office Portfolios (BIOs). The organization drives the successful delivery of integration products from definition through production support.\n\nThe Integration Developers who make up this group analyze the integration requirements, message structures, and data processing needs in order to develop the proposed integration solution. Work products include integration components, unit testing and testing support for the EIS/SOA organization.\n\nThe Integration Developer - Consultant Specialist is a seasoned engineer, primarily responsible for developing integration solutions, troubleshooting issues and assisting with code reviews to ensure the optimal solution has been delivered. This individual will leverage their knowledge of industry best practices and KP infrastructure to continually improve internal development procedures and standards. As needed, this individual may assist other developers with development challenges and be called upon to assist with critical troubleshooting and bug resolution. When needed, the senior may provide input to solution designs and communicate technical details to business partners. Seniors apply industry best practices regarding Service Oriented Architectures and system modeling in order to satisfy business and technical requirements by developing a reusable, manageable, and cost-effective integration framework.\n\nResponsibilities\n - Perform hands on development of integration solutions on a variety of platform\n - Research and resolve technical issues and recommend appropriate interventions/modifications as needed\n - Ensure work processes and products meet KP IT standards\n - Conduct root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrence of issues\n - Assist development of the EIS/SOA reference architectures and patterns\n - Recommend integration best practices and assist with system modeling\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - 10 years of progressive IT experience, with demonstrated success in software design or development of large, complex applications preferably in health plans or managed care organizations.\n - 7 years experience with Java, J2EE, Web App Server (preferably WAS 6/7), Web Services, WSDL, XML.\n - 7 years experience developing Top down XML driven Web Services using industry standard frameworks JAX-WS or Spring-WS with eclipse based IDE (RAD 7).\n - 5 years experience using frameworks such as log4j.\n - 4 years experience with WS testing tools SoapUI, VuGen or SoapScope.\n - Strong hands on experience with XML manipulation techniques like JAXB\n - Thorough understanding of WSSecurity..\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n - Experience developing RESTful services is HUGE plus.\n - Experience with Healthcare and/or insurance industry and/or implementation of HealthCare or Insurance systems.\n - Excellent written and verbal communication, consulting and presentation skills at all levels of management.\n - Demonstrate a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated and undefined issues;\n - Ability to work effectively under aggressive deadlines and in challenging settings.\n - Experience working in large organizations with cross-departmental teams.\n - Customer service and results oriented while maintaining a team focus approach.\n - Excellent problem-solving, strategic and systems analysis and complex decision making skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:07:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260332/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Java Integration Developer", "reqid": "133471", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28260332}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Prgrm Mgr, Population Care\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Population Care Manager, a Registered Nurse, is responsible for collaborating with Ambulatory Medicine physicians (Kaiser Permanente and Affiliated Network), specialists and the healthcare team to coordinate patient care/population based management for patients in specially defined populations (e.g. specific chronic disease, high risk patients). Based on the KPGA regional Clinical Strategy and Annual Clinical Quality Goals, the Population Care Manager will implement a comprehensive plan focusing on education and self-management. Specifically the Population Care Manager is responsible for 1) planning, developing, assessing and evaluating the treatment/ care provided to chronic disease patients, 2) monitoring levels of appropriateness of therapeutic care (e.g. medication changes per protocols) and implementing strategies to help the member (or caregiver) understand the importance of follow through on the plan of care, 3) communicating to physicians regarding patient progress by monitoring and evaluating the clinical, functional and psycho-social status, 4) collaborating with assigned physicians to develop the strategy/ targeted population to assist in improving clinical quality measures, 5) reviewing the CarePOINT Performance Report to assist in developing the strategy, and 6) ongoing education (formal and informal) with nursing staff at assigned medical offices on chronic condition management\n\nContent area of expertise:\n1. Knowledgeable of evidence-based guidelines, treatment protocols and effective models of care for the treatment of the following chronic conditions: Asthma, Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease/End-Stage Renal Disease and Hypertension.\n2. In partnership with Chief and Director of Population Care, Prevention & Health Promotion department, and the Manager of Care Management, assists in the development and standardization of outreach and documentation processes/ protocols.\n3. Based on KPGA regional Clinical Quality Strategy, outreaches to members on specific physician's panel to assist in gap closure, improve quality of care and clinical outcomes.\n4. Based on input from the physicians: plans, develops, assesses and evaluates treatment / care plan provided to chronic disease members in specifically defined patient populations.\n5. Communicates with member when the primary care physician is recommending a change in treatment plan (e.g. medication change/ adjustment).\n6. Communicates with physician and/or caregiver regarding patient progress in clinical, functional and psychosocial status.\n7. Maintains appropriate documentation on Health Connect and tracks outreach activities according to the policies and procedures of the department of Population Care, Prevention and Health Promotion.\n8. Telephonically educates member and/or caregiver on disease process, changes in treatment plan and provides written patient education materials as needed.\n9. Contributes to medical and nursing staff education by giving periodic in-service presentations.\n10. Utilizes approved algorithms (e.g. Treat to Target) based on the physician's order.\n11. Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments to ensure member follows the treatment plan.\n12. Encourages and recommends enrollment in the appropriate Healthy Living classes, Health Coaching Program and additional KPGA Care Management Programsie: CKD\n13. Identifies and recommends opportunities for medical cost savings and regional or inter-regional 'Best Practices' resulting in improved quality of care.\n14. Assists patients and family to identify limitations ad barriers to self-management and to explore motivation ad confidence about making healthy behavior changes.\n15. Responsible for completing training on CarePOINT Panel Support Tool; proficient in querying and running reports upon three months of hire date.\n16. Participates in annual regional and departmental compliance training.\n17. Knowledgeable and compliant with Principles of Responsibility.\n18. Develops and maintains an awareness of how to report compliance issues and concerns.\n19. Performs additional duties and responsibilities as assigned to meet department goals.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent combination of education and experience strongly preferred.\n- Current Georgia RN license required (or intent to apply if outside the State of Georgia).\n- Minimum of 3-5 years nursing experience with Chronic Disease Management.\n- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with behavior change, as well as, self-management and motivational interviewing techniques.\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.\n- Proficient computer skills; experience documenting in an Electronic Medical Record preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Nursing.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:06:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260321/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Prgrm Mgr, Population Care", "reqid": "131791", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28260321}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Executive Director, ROC ClaimsConnect, KPIT\nLocation: Denver, CO\nThe Executive Director, ROC ClaimsConnect is responsible for leading the IT strategy and implementation associated with ROC Claims program within the Health Plan Business Information Office. Key to success is the ability to communicate complex technical subjects clearly and simply, and to collaborate with business and IT peers to implement technology solutions. This Executive Director will manage a team of approximately 20 staff, 50+ contractors and matrixed staff from the IT supplier teams and is responsible for the development of the staff within their span of control. Total program budget responsibilities are $60M.\nThis leader is responsible for ensuring the successful installation and implementation of a claims technology platform that supports all regions. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technology suite must be in full compliance with all regulations and accreditation standards related to the management of Claims operations, and are fully implemented by the ICD-10 compliance deadline (10/1/2013). This position is accountable for ensuring an enterprise; scalable solution is implemented, rather than individual claims systems with regional variation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conduct rapid design processes with the national and regional teams to develop the high-level design and requirements.\n- Identify the IT team requirements and obtain the necessary resources.\n- Develop the information technology conceptual models for the system changes that will be necessary to implement the design.\n- Provide solution design and consulting to the program to assist in developing systems options.\n- Manage the work of system integrators and dispute resolution.\n- Oversee the development of changes performed by other IT groups.\n- Oversee the development of test processes and requirements and provide management and quality assurance over the test processes performed by other IT groups, system integrator, and/or vendor.\n- Ensure procedures and tools required to monitor, manage and report progress on the program are in place.\n- Work with other national initiatives to coordinate requirements for systems changes and release schedules.\n- Work with regional IT leadership to determine their ability to modify systems to meet program requirements and help supply resources to regions that need additional IT support to achieve these goals\n- Manage program financials.\n- Consult with business partners on clear definition of business problems, idea assessments, solution identification and alternatives, solution planning, and funding estimates to ensure a successful and productive relationship.\n- Align CA ClaimsConnect project requirements and deliverables with other national initiatives to ensure projects support each other effectively.\n- Align timelines with the ROC ClaimsConnect program\n- Team with ROC ClaimsConnect program team and Executives to ensure platform standardization\n- Manage overall communications and interface relationships with and between the business partners and other IT organizations.\n- Plan, manage, and monitor all business partner issues and system enhancement requests; negotiate and create deliverable commitments and resolve issues in ways that are mutually satisfactory to the business partners and the IT organization.\n- Contribute to the creation of a high performance leadership team by providing motivation, leadership, and professional development of the IT staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS degree in engineering, computer science or related technical field.\n- A strong and proven IT business leader who understands and leads technology's application for driving real business value.\n- Minimum of 20 years of progressive IT experience in roles of increasing responsibility; expertise in complex, large project implementations across various business units and regions.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs.\n- We expect a track record of solid leadership experience and background in negotiating commitments to achieve long-term partnerships including extensive system integrator/vendor experience, a broad understanding of the software delivery processing including IT financial planning and budgeting experience, and understanding of the healthcare/plan industries.\n- A proven solutions leader is needed who leads by example through strong personal leadership and conviction, possesses consensus building skills and a true team orientation, and displays impeccable interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to achieve project and performance outcomes through others.\n- A strong team player is required who is willing to partner and engage with the business operating leadership to deliver substantive, business value-add to the operations.\n- Proven ability to balance execution of the strategic vision through leadership and delegation, with a willingness and competence to dive into the details as required.\n- Proven ability to develop dynamic, constructive working relationships and partnerships with operational, technological, and physician partners.\n- Strong knowledge of industry standard health plan applications and infrastructure with a focus on provider contracting, claims, revenue cycle, benefits management, and technology.\n- Senior level program and project management experience in achieving results through others in a complex matrix organization.\n- Proven team leader and the ability to problem-solve and negotiate with multiple internal customers. The ability to plan, coordinate and drive action to timely completion despite some level of ambiguity.\n- Knowledgeable, experienced and successful thought leader, with depth of knowledge regarding most aspects of health insurance/health plan administration.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications.\n- Ability to influence and persuade at all levels of the organization through large group presentations as well as individual and small group communications. Ability to gain confidence and support of customers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's level graduate degree and/or MBA preferred. Additional senior-level leadership experience in IT operations and engineering is strongly preferred.\n- Experience in health plan systems is desired.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs, preferably claims.\n- A professional services consulting, and/or software development and delivery background in large complex environments is desirable. Additionally, proven experience should include success in multi-disciplinary leadership capability, ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization and a customer focus are desired.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications, preferably in a multi-regional or multi-business unit organization.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260317/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, ROC ClaimsConnect, KPIT", "reqid": "133542", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28260317}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Executive Director, CA ClaimsConnect, KPIT\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Executive Director, CA ClaimsConnect is responsible for leading the IT strategy and implementation associated with Ca Claims Encounter and Strategy program within the Health Plan Business Information Office.Key to success is the ability to communicate complex technical subjects clearly and simply, and to collaborate with business and IT peers to implement technology solutions.This Executive Director will manage a team of approximately 30 staff, 50+ contractors and matrixed staff from the IT supplier teams and is responsible for the development of the staff within their span of control.Total program budget responsibilities are $158M.\n\nThis leader is responsible for ensuring the successful installation and implementation of a claims technology platform that supports all regions. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technology suite must be in full compliance with all regulations and accreditation standards related to the management of Claims operations, and are fully implemented by the ICD-10 compliance deadline (10/1/2013). This position is accountable for ensuring an enterprise; scalable solution is implemented, rather than individual claims systems with regional variation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Execution and delivery of the CA Claims platform\n- Manage the overall integrated plan for the program (level 2 and level 3)\n- Manage and resolve risks, issues and change requests associated with the program\n- Conduct rapid design processes with the national and regional teams to develop the high-level design and requirements.\n- Identify the IT team requirements and obtain the necessary resources.\n- Develop the information technology conceptual models for the system changes that will be necessary to implement the design.\n- Provide solution design and consulting to the program to assist in developing systems options.\n- Manage the work of system integrators and dispute resolution.\n- Oversee the development of changes performed by other IT groups.\n- Oversee the development of test processes and requirements and provide management and quality assurance over the test processes performed by other IT groups, system integrator, and/or vendor.\n- Ensure procedures and tools required to monitor, manage and report progress on the program are in place.\n- Work with other national initiatives to coordinate requirements for systems changes and release schedules.\n- Work with regional IT leadership to determine their ability to modify systems to meet program requirements and help supply resources to regions that need additional IT support to achieve these goals\n- Manage program financials.\n- Consult with business partners on clear definition of business problems, idea assessments, solution identification and alternatives, solution planning, and funding estimates to ensure a successful and productive relationship.\n- Align CA ClaimsConnect project requirements and deliverables with other national initiatives to ensure projects support each other effectively.\n- Align timelines with the ROC ClaimsConnect program.\n- Team with ROC ClaimsConnect program team and Executives to ensure platform standardization.\n- Manage overall communications and interface relationships with and between the business partners and other IT organizations.\n- Plan, manage, and monitor all business partner issues and system enhancement requests; negotiate and create deliverable commitments and resolve issues in ways that are mutually satisfactory to the business partners and the IT organization.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS degree in engineering, computer science or related technical field.\n- A strong and proven IT business leader who understands and leads technology's application for driving real business value.\n- Minimum of 20 years of progressive IT experience in roles of increasing responsibility; expertise in complex, large project implementations across various business units and regions.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs.\n- We expect a track record of solid leadership experience and background in negotiating commitments to achieve long-term partnerships including extensive system integrator/vendor experience, a broad understanding of the software delivery processing including IT financial planning and budgeting experience, and understanding of the healthcare/plan industries.\n- A proven solutions leader is needed who leads by example through strong personal leadership and conviction, possesses consensus building skills and a true team orientation, and displays impeccable interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to achieve project and performance outcomes through others.\n- A strong team player is required who is willing to partner and engage with the business operating leadership to deliver substantive, business value-add to the operations.\n- Proven ability to balance execution of the strategic vision through leadership and delegation, with a willingness and competence to dive into the details as required.\n- Proven ability to develop dynamic, constructive working relationships and partnerships with operational, technological, and physician partners.\n- Strong knowledge of industry standard health plan applications and infrastructure with a focus on provider contracting, claims, revenue cycle, benefits management, and technology.\n- Senior level program and project management experience in achieving results through others in a complex matrix organization.\n- Proven team leader and the ability to problem-solve and negotiate with multiple internal customers. The ability to plan, coordinate and drive action to timely completion despite some level of ambiguity.\n- Knowledgeable, experienced and successful thought leader, with depth of knowledge regarding most aspects of health insurance/health plan administration.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications.\n- Ability to influence and persuade at all levels of the organization through large group presentations as well as individual and small group communications. Ability to gain confidence and support of customers.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's level graduate degree and/or MBA preferred. Additional senior-level leadership experience in IT operations and engineering is strongly preferred.\n- Experience in health plan systems is desired.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs, preferably claims.\n- A professional services consulting, and/or software development and delivery background in large complex environments is desirable. Additionally, proven experience should include success in multi-disciplinary leadership capability, ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization and a customer focus are desired.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications, preferably in a multi-regional or multi-business unit organization.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260318/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, CA ClaimsConnect, KPIT", "reqid": "133548", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28260318}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Production Support ClaimsConnect, KPIT\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Executive Director, Production Support is accountable for the development, integration, maintenance and delivery for the ClaimsConnect platform and the ClaimsConnect product.\nThe Executive Director has day-to-day contact with the CA and ROC Executive Directors, business partners, internal BIO and external BIO representatives as well as shared service organizations to plan, deliver and support on application related projects, production support, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nThe Executive Director is also responsible for building an internal team that will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance and development of the Xcleys product. This includes but is not limited to creating a strategic roadmap, building both federal and state capabilities.\nThis Executive Director will manage a team of approximately 60 staff, 20+ contractors and matrixed staff from the IT supplier teams and is responsible for the development of the staff within their span of control. Total program budget responsibilities are $10M.\nEssential Functions:\nThis position will have primary responsibility for:\n- Day-to-day contact with sub portfolio peers and external peers to ensure availability of ClaimsConnect applications.\n- Ensure SLA's are met for ClaimsConnect applications.\n- Derive metrics to show improvement and track progress for all ClaimsConnect applications.\n- Vendor management.\n- Planning application releases and release content, annual planning and budgeting process for the sub portfolio applications.\n- Directs a team of Directors and their teams across multiple regions to ensure quality product is developed and maintained.\n- Works closely with sub-portfolio Testing Leaders to improve testing strategy and approach.\n- Engage with business partners and Product/Program manager to create Claims roadmap.\n- Develop depth in team to ensure levels of SME is deep to meet pipeline needs.\n- Be creative and innovative to define resources requirements.\n- Manage offshore teams effectively.\n- Work across the sub portfolio to ensure project demands are met.\n- Be involved in finalizing the solutions crafted for Claims initiatives.\n- Be accountable for solutions created in this sub portfolio.\n- Ensure best practices for application development are introduced, applied and adhered to.\n- Strategic implementation of industry technologies and process's as appropriate.\n- Thinking outside box.\n- Model the appropriate behavior and leadership this role warrants.\n- Conduct performance management for the entire Claims development group.\n- Mentor and develop staff members.\n- Serve as an ambassador for the both the Claims sub portfolio and HP BIO organization.\n- Create department goals and objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS degree in engineering, computer science or related technical field.\n- Minimum of 20 years of progressive IT experience in roles of increasing responsibility; expertise in complex, large project implementations across various business units and regions.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs.\n- We expect a track record of solid leadership experience and background in negotiating commitments to achieve long-term partnerships including extensive system integrator/vendor experience, a broad understanding of the software delivery processing including IT financial planning and budgeting experience, and understanding of the healthcare/plan industries.\n- A proven solutions leader is needed who leads by example through strong personal leadership and conviction, possesses consensus building skills and a true team orientation, and displays impeccable interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to achieve project and performance outcomes through others.\n- A strong team player is required who is willing to partner and engage with the business operating leadership to deliver substantive, business value-add to the operations.\n- Proven ability to balance execution of the strategic vision through leadership and delegation, with a willingness and competence to dive into the details as required.\n- Proven ability to develop dynamic, constructive working relationships and partnerships with operational, technological, and physician partners.\n- Strong knowledge of industry standard health plan applications and infrastructure with a focus on provider contracting, claims, revenue cycle, benefits management, and technology.\n- Senior level program and project management experience in achieving results through others in a complex matrix organization.\n- Proven team leader and the ability to problem-solve and negotiate with multiple internal customers. The ability to plan, coordinate and drive action to timely completion despite some level of ambiguity.\n- Knowledgeable, experienced and successful thought leader, with depth of knowledge regarding most aspects of health insurance/health plan administration.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications.\n- Ability to influence and persuade at all levels of the organization through large group presentations as well as individual and small group communications. Ability to gain confidence and support of customers.\n- Collaborative style with ability to engage multiple diverse stakeholders with differing views including physicians and senior executives.\n- Ability to see and understand end to end processes, cross boundary dependencies and 'down stream' effects.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's level graduate degree and/or MBA preferred. Additional senior-level leadership experience in IT operations and engineering is strongly preferred.\n- Experience in health plan systems is desired.\n- Recent experience as the leader of large packaged software installation programs, preferably claims.\n- A professional services consulting, and/or software development and delivery background in large complex environments is desirable. Additionally, proven experience should include success in multi-disciplinary leadership capability, ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization and a customer focus are desired.\n- Successful experience leading and managing large complex projects, affecting multiple stakeholders and applications, preferably in a multi-regional or multi-business unit organization.", "date_new": "2012-04-28 19:06:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28260319/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Production Support ClaimsConnect, KPIT", "reqid": "133550", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28260319}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237988/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "132621", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28237988}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist-PD\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\n.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) year pedriatric experience.\n- Pediatrics, NICU, and general OT experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- May be requested to work at other locations as well as weekend hospital rotations.\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237989/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist-PD", "reqid": "133074", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28237989}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist-PD\nLocation: Irvine, CA\n.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) yearOccupational Therapyexperience.\n- Pediatrics, NICU, and general OT experience.\n\n\nNotes:\n- May be requested to work at other locations as well as weekend hospital rotations.\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237990/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist-PD", "reqid": "133076", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28237990}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - PD\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\n.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) year physical therapist experience.\n- Neuro, ortho, and general physical therapy experience\n\n\nNotes:\n- May be requested to work at other locations as well as weekend hospital rotations.\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237991/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - PD", "reqid": "133082", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28237991}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - PD\nLocation: Irvine, CA\n.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters or Doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) year physical therapist experience.\n- Neuro, ortho, and general physical therapy experience\n\n\nNotes:\n- May be requested to work at other locations as well as weekend hospital rotations.\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237992/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - PD", "reqid": "133083", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28237992}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Informatics Prac Spec II\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nThe Informatics Practice Specialist II provides leadership, direction, and consultation in the planning, development, implementation, optimization, and evaluation of KP Health Connect (KPHC) Clinical Informatics efforts and other clinical systems. Provides expertise and support in the development and implementation of nursing applications. Partners with Information Technology, Nursing, QRM, medical and operational leaders to ensure existing and future information systems facilitate clinical practice, delivery of safe patient care and are consistent with clinical practice standards and aligned with federal, state, and local regulations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates and partners with Medical Center leaders, other Service Directors, and key stakeholders (e.g. Quality, PCS, IT) in identifying and implementing innovative models and best practices within clinical information systems.\n- Advocates use of KPHC/other clinical systems and directs development and implementation of changes to improve quality, care experience, and efficiency across the continuum of care.\n- Represents patient care services informatics needs at local and regional KPHC and other clinical system domains, governance committees, and other medical center workgroups.\n- Manages clinical systems to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction with emphasis on customer service and highest standards of quality and innovation.\n- Provides program planning, management and consultative services in areas of clinical education: training; development; and continuous learning.\n- Collaborates with medical center leaders to identify training needs for nursing staff in existing and new applications.\n- Aligns clinical education/development services/programs with current and future needs for a competent professional workforce.\n- Provides coaching and consultative services to clinical leaders to analyze/diagnose/solve clinical performance problems.\n- Conducts ad hoc training, and ensures appropriate utilization of KPHC and other clinical systems.\n- Provides leadership and technical advice related to KPHC, process and workflow design, data management and related processes.\n- Works in partnership with leadership and staff to translate nursing requirements into specifications for nursing information systems.\n- Evaluates the impact the information systems have on user workflow; identifies workflow and process changes that will enhance the use of nursing and clinical information systems.\n- Coordinates and facilitates on-going KPHC evaluation including: user accuracy, data integrity, and system reliability.\n- Develops and implements action plans as needed to support user accuracy, data integrity and system reliability.\n- Participates in post implementation change evaluation and supports users in maintaining changed processes.\n- Manages the impact of KPHC changes on the delivery of patient care and member services, including escalating change requests, planning upgrades, facilitating planned downtime, communicating changes to end users, and leadership\n- Participates in interdisciplinary and process improvement teams to identify potential future uses for KPHC/other clinical systems and potential improvements in the current use of the systems.\n- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics, nursing practices, and regulatory standards.\n- Informatics Specialist may manage a team.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to seven (7) years of substantial nursing experience in patient care.\n- Masters degree required in related field.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BCLS required in hospital settings.\n- American Nursing Credentialing Center certification in Informatics Nursing will be required within three (3) years.\n- Managed locally by the Nurse Staffing Office or Nurse Executive.\n- Demonstrated leadership qualities.\n- Demonstrated expertise in clinical informatics and KPHC or similarly integrated electronic medical record.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical education requirements, standards, and practices.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of performance improvement practices.\n- Proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.\n- Project management skills preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:57:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237985/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Informatics Prac Spec II", "reqid": "131907", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28237985}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Consultant HPO\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nFinance responsibility for Health Care Reform across multiple MSSA departments, including financial planning, project reporting, business case support, presentations to senior management, and financial consulting. Full service finance support to Strategic Market Planning and HCR Exchanges. Other projects and analyses related to Health Care Reform or Health Plan Operations departments.\n\nEssential Functions:\nUnder leadership of VP Finance, MSSA:\n- Communicate with each MSSA leader about their Health Care Reform (HCR) needs and associated dollars in various budget categories.\n- Analyze and consolidate information in different formats for different audiences\n- Identify overlaps and gaps and identify those items that are not Reform\n- Determine relative importance and priority of requests\n- Frame discussions for MSSA HCR Advisory committee about options, ranges of costs, and decisions and provide analysis as necessary\n- Serve as single point of contact for HCR staff and Advisory Committee\n- Coordinate with Directors of HPO-PO Finance, HPSA FP&A, and HPO-CA Finance, HPIT PAC Finance and others to\n- Ensure synchronization of identified HCR costs with functional budgets and expenses\n- Keep them informed about activities of MSSA HCR Advisory Group and staff\n- Advise of potential changes or issues\n\nUnder leadership of Director, HPO-PO Finance:\n- Develop LRFP (Long Range Financial Plan), annual budget and quarterly forecasts in support of 3 senior leaders (SVPs) in HCR and FEHBP (Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan) in - both Program Office and the CA region.\n- Actively contribute to the overall planning and execution of the HPO-PO budget during the annual planning process for all functional areas.\n- Special projects as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Twelve (12) plus years financial analysis or related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.\n- Develops advanced concepts, techniques and standards.\n- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\n- Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.\n- Applies advanced principles, theories and concepts.\n- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.\n\nPreferred Experience:\n\n-Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente budgeting and accounting practices.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237958/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Consultant HPO", "reqid": "132672", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28237958}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Information Analyst II - Data Information Management Enhancement\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThis position will assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by designing and executing quantitative/qualitative analysis for business areas and providing recommendations for decision making under uncertainty. Provides analytical expertise in identifying opportunities for sustained business improvement.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participate in operational conceptually defined variables and translating specific business issues and questions into appropriate functional and analytic designs\n- Participate in designing/interpreting analyses of data, providing recommendations in support of critical business decisions\n- Supports strategic management decision-making\n- Identify information gaps, provide recommendations and initiate appropriate activity or escalation\n- Regularly use SAS, PC-based spreadsheet, database & statistical software to produce quantitative analyses & reports\n- This Information Analyst will work independently with client and other contractor staff at an advanced professional level and is expected to be articulate, prepared, and knowledgeable in those encounters\n- Produce graphs/tables for reports, presentations/publication\n- Carefully document all programs, data sets and analyses\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of analytical experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Expert knowledge w/ BI and analytical tools such as SAS, SPSS and Cognos\n- Working knowledge in the use of current SQL software, including SAS/SQL, Oracle, Teradata, and Microsoft Office\n- Proven ability to conduct, interpret & present quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills\n- Be assertive, objective and be able to confront clients w/ difficult issues\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced degree in a quantitative or technical discipline\n- Health care or insurance experience\n- Specific and broad knowledge of KPNW operations, KP applications, and KP HealthConnect, including Hyperspace, Clarity and Chronicles", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237944/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Information Analyst II - Data Information Management Enhancement", "reqid": "133343", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28237944}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Medicare Sales Executive\nLocation: Portland, OR\nResponsible for increasing Medicare membership through closing market generated leads, converting current KP commercial members to Medicare and acting as a Trusted Advisor to close self generated leads. Conducts Medicare enrollment seminars within the market, attends open enrollment meetings and Medicare education seminars for KP commercial members and works referral tables at KP Medical Offices. Manages a pipeline of leads, meeting with prospects on personal appointments for the purpose of enrollment. Establishes relationships with key influencers in the senior community and rapport with individual members in order to achieve self generated leads. Complies with Lead Management System standards and lead pipeline deadlines. Ensures adherence to CMS guidelines and internal policies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Achieves sales and marketing related goals resulting in increased Medicare membership\n- Closes market generated leads through conducting Medicare enrollment seminars, meeting with prospective enrollee at personal appointments for the purpose of enrollment and managing a pipeline of leads\n- Establishes events, handles logistics, conducts the sales presentation, enrolling attendees into the appropriate KPSA product\n- Works all assigned leads per the end-to-end sales process, meeting call back deadlines and managing prospects in the Lead Management Systems\n- Converts current KP commercial members to Medicare through conducting individual appointments to educate prospects on options and enrolls the prospect into the appropriate KPSA plan\n- Supports the commercial sales staff by attending group retiree open enrollment meetings and Medicare education seminars, assisting enrollees with appropriate enrollment paperwork and processes\n- Acts as a Trusted Advisor to close self generated leads which are created through conducting general marketing activities, establishing a referral network, eliciting referrals from exiting client base, establishing relationships with key influencers in the senior community, and working referral tables at KP Medical offices\n- Meets with key influencers on a regular basis (senior housing directors, insurance counselors, etc). Acts as a knowledge center for key influencers by keeping up to date with changes in the Medicare market and regulations.\n- Complies with lead management system standards by inputting and updating sales activities in the system and meeting the deadlines of the lead pipeline according to established standards\n- Ensures adherence to CMS guidelines and internal policies during all sales and marketing related activities\n- Develops and executes a plan for personal and professional development\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years of previous sales experience\n- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Administration or related field, or equivalent experience\n- Successful completion of AHIP Sponsored Medicare Marketing Training and KP Individual Medicare Product and Benefit training and/or other CMS required courses within 80 business days of hire\n- Demonstrated track record of sales in a commissioned, non-retail environment\n- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills\n- Demonstrated ability to connect easily with people, put others at ease and gain personal acceptance\n- Basic business system skills required (MS Office)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Medicare sales experiences preferred\n- Experience selling to the individual consumer\n- Current knowledge of CMS regulations relating to marketing, benefits, enrollment, and other guidelines in Medicare Advantage health plans\n\nSalary Range:\n$37,532 - $50,668\n\nTarget Sales Incentive:\n$29,400", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237942/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medicare Sales Executive", "reqid": "133243", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28237942}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Communications Specialist\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nDevelops & implements internal &/or external public relations & communications strategies, plans & programs in support of regional strategies & organizational goals. Communication plans & strategies incorporate wide range of stakeholders & audiences ensuring tailored communications & full perspective to successfully position organization. In addition, serves as project lead on high priority assignments/programs. Gives voice to the KP story internally, develops positive relationships w/ stakeholders, & protects & enhances the brand image & reputation of Kaiser Permanente and may manage communication strategy & implementation of large organizational initiatives serving as liaison to communication staff across the region & participating on cross-functional teams. Furthermore, may serve as back-up for manager, may serve as a spokesperson for organization.\nThis is the third job in a three level Communication Specialist ladder and at this level, the communicator works on projects of complex & diverse scope where communication requires in-depth analysis. Projects assigned are broad in scope & may involve multiple functional areas or span across geographic areas. Communicator works w/ minimal supervision & exercises judgment within generally defined policies in developing & implementing strategies for results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops & implements communication strategies & plans, linking organizational goals w/ communication objectives, strategies, messages, & vehicles.\n- Researches, writes, edits articles, internal/external publications, & other communication documents.\n- Demonstrates ability to build & manage effective working relationships w/ internal stakeholder groups & individuals.\n- Applies strong project management & communication planning skills to the work as well as strong knowledge of the application of AP & KP stylebooks, Northern California strategy & business objectives, & organizational communication theory.\n- Collaborates w/ colleagues in regional departments & areas; may serve as a liaison to multiple geographic areas or coordinate work across the region for local implementation.\n- Provides internal communications support surrounding internal or external crisis situations that require expedient dissemination of information to leadership & employees, partnering w/ Public Affairs department colleagues.\n- May lead communications in crisis situations.\n- Coordinates w/ media relations staff in support of organizational objectives & reputation management as needed.\n- May share on-call media pager duty.\n- May serve as spokesperson to internal & external audiences.\n- May manage & recruit staff or freelance workers.\n- Position requires travel throughout the Northern California region.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Collaborates with Division of Research colleagues to support internal and external communication needs.\n- Develops program and study deliverables for marketing communication efforts.\n- Works cross-functionally to assist with completion of newsletters, the annual report, brochures and other deliverables that convey the brand/reputation of the Division of Research.\n- Collaborates with regional and program colleagues to leverage communication assets into a variety of channels.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial (minimum 5 years) internal & external communication experience in a corporate, agency or health care setting w/ demonstrated results in communication strategy & planning\n- Web/intranet experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field\n- Master's preferred\n- Knowledge of media & communication vehicles including print, radio, & electronic media\n- Excellent verbal communication, writing & editing skills, including strong communication planning expertise\n- Proven project management & organization skills\n- Able to link organization objectives to communication planning\n- Participatory style, high energy, & a bias for action\n- Adept at working collaboratively in a team environment while also displaying independence, initiative, & enterprise\n- Ability to maintain high productivity while balancing competing priorities & meeting strict deadlines\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong understanding of the health science peer-reviewed publication process.\n-Strong understanding of biomedical statistics enabling facile interpretation (for various audiences) of scientific literature.\n-Strong science writing background and skills. Experience (usually 7 years) writing on the science/healthcare beat.\n- Experience with organizing integrated communications efforts (print, online, video, etc.)\n- Proficient in a variety of word-processing and presentation software, database applications and publishing tools to produce online and off-line content.\n- Strong video production and editing skills. Strong web 2.0 skills.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong interpersonal and team work skills.\n- Experience interacting with and bridging between non-technical and technical groups to implement cutting edge online communication efforts. \n- Working familiarity with web content management processes and workflows. Understanding and/or experience with online photojournalism products and tools, such as SoundSlides.\n- Understanding of web-based video delivery.\n-Technical skills appreciated: HTML, CSS,JavaScript, Content Mangagement Systems, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, SoundSlides, WebTrends, etc.\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237931/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Communications Specialist", "reqid": "133156", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28237931}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Communications Specialist\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nDevelops & implements internal &/or external public relations & communications strategies, plans & programs in support of regional strategies & organizational goals. Communication plans & strategies incorporate wide range of stakeholders & audiences ensuring tailored communications & full perspective to successfully position organization. In addition, serves as project lead on high priority assignments/programs. Gives voice to the KP story internally, develops positive relationships w/ stakeholders, & protects & enhances the brand image & reputation of Kaiser Permanente and may manage communication strategy & implementation of large organizational initiatives serving as liaison to communication staff across the region & participating on cross-functional teams. Furthermore, may serve as back-up for manager, may serve as a spokesperson for organization.\nThis is the third job in a three level Communication Specialist ladder and at this level, the communicator works on projects of complex & diverse scope where communication requires in-depth analysis. Projects assigned are broad in scope & may involve multiple functional areas or span across geographic areas. Communicator works w/ minimal supervision & exercises judgment within generally defined policies in developing & implementing strategies for results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops & implements communication strategies & plans, linking organizational goals w/ communication objectives, strategies, messages, & vehicles.\n- Researches, writes, edits articles, internal/external publications, & other communication documents.\n- Demonstrates ability to build & manage effective working relationships w/ internal stakeholder groups & individuals.\n- Applies strong project management & communication planning skills to the work as well as strong knowledge of the application of AP & KP stylebooks, Northern California strategy & business objectives, & organizational communication theory.\n- Collaborates w/ colleagues in regional departments & areas; may serve as a liaison to multiple geographic areas or coordinate work across the region for local implementation.\n- Provides internal communications support surrounding internal or external crisis situations that require expedient dissemination of information to leadership & employees, partnering w/ Public Affairs department colleagues.\n- May lead communications in crisis situations.\n- Coordinates w/ media relations staff in support of organizational objectives & reputation management as needed.\n- May share on-call media pager duty.\n- May serve as spokesperson to internal & external audiences.\n- May manage & recruit staff or freelance workers.\n- Position requires travel throughout the Northern California region.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Collaborates with Division of Research colleagues to support internal and external communication needs.\n- Develops program and study deliverables for marketing communication efforts.\n- Works cross-functionally to assist with completion of newsletters, the annual report, brochures and other deliverables that convey the brand/reputation of the Division of Research.\n- Collaborates with regional and program colleagues to leverage communication assets into a variety of channels.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial (minimum 5 years) internal & external communication experience in a corporate, agency or health care setting w/ demonstrated results in communication strategy & planning\n- Web/intranet experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in public relations, communications, journalism, or related field\n- Master's preferred\n- Knowledge of media & communication vehicles including print, radio, & electronic media\n- Excellent verbal communication, writing & editing skills, including strong communication planning expertise\n- Proven project management & organization skills\n- Able to link organization objectives to communication planning\n- Participatory style, high energy, & a bias for action\n- Adept at working collaboratively in a team environment while also displaying independence, initiative, & enterprise\n- Ability to maintain high productivity while balancing competing priorities & meeting strict deadlines\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong understanding of the health science peer-reviewed publication process.\n-Strong understanding of biomedical statistics enabling facile interpretation (for various audiences) of scientific literature.\n-Strong science writing background and skills. Experience (usually 7 years) writing on the science/healthcare beat.\n- Experience with organizing integrated communications efforts (print, online, video, etc.)\n- Proficient in a variety of word-processing and presentation software, database applications and publishing tools to produce online and off-line content.\n- Strong video production and editing skills. Strong web 2.0 skills.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong interpersonal and team work skills.\n- Experience interacting with and bridging between non-technical and technical groups to implement cutting edge online communication efforts. \n- Working familiarity with web content management processes and workflows. Understanding and/or experience with online photojournalism products and tools, such as SoundSlides.\n- Understanding of web-based video delivery.\n-Technical skills appreciated: HTML, CSS,JavaScript, Content Mangagement Systems, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, SoundSlides, WebTrends, etc.\n\n\n++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for2 years work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237933/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Communications Specialist", "reqid": "133158", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28237933}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Physical Therapist - Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certified Hand Therapist by the American Society Hand Therapist", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237932/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Physical Therapist - Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)", "reqid": "133192", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28237932}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180 - Bilingual Spanish\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n- Bilingual language skills required; Must be able to speak Spanish.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237922/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180 - Bilingual Spanish", "reqid": "131803", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28237922}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Digital Imaging Librarian - Grade 3\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nUnder the direction of the Radiology Director or designee is responsible for the accurate data entry and retrieval of patient record information from the PACS system at the local facility to meet the needs of the Radiology department's digital workflow. Uses Kaiser Permanente and department computer systems to review and reconcile inaccurate or misfiled patient record information, using established protocols and procedures.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for organizing, reviewing, troubleshooting, pre-fetching, importing of outside studies.\n- Maintains other existing databases.\n- Forwards and retrieves legacy images.\n- Digitizes studies and associated paperwork.\n- Responsible for handling requests for copies, films and/or CD of patient records.\n- Responsible for reviewing quality assurance reports and resolving unread reports.\n- Responsible for maintenance and transmission of images and other patient records (i.e. exception resolution, registered images, digitizing and verifying patient information).\n- Exception resolution, including the merging, and editing of patient information and studies.\n- Prepare reports and summaries.\n- Answers telephone inquiries or requests from physicians, other health care professionals, patients and/or government/regulatory officials.\n- All other duties related to DIL functions to promote efficiency in patient care and excellence in service, including the ability to continue to manage legacy film workflows and functions.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in Radiology related field preferred.\n- High School Education required or G.E.D Equivalent.\n- AA degree preferred.\n- Basic Windows-based personal computer skills, able to pass basic computer literacy test.\n- Strong verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing:PC skills", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237916/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Digital Imaging Librarian - Grade 3", "reqid": "129724", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28237916}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing (10308) - 24/Night - Med/Tele\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- FLOAT POOL - Three years experience as a Staff Nurse and demonstrated certifications and competency in bed units of assignment as outlined below.\n- MED/SURG/TELEMETRY - Six months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an acute care setting. Training in chemotherapy, neurosurgery, telemetry or other specialties may be required once hired. Basic Arrhythmia recognition skills are required. Current ACLS certification required within six months of hire.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:11:00pm - 7:30am\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri\nWeek 2:Mon, Tues, Sat\n\nThis position will float for the Med/Surg/Tele department.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:56:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237907/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing (10308) - 24/Night - Med/Tele", "reqid": "125365", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28237907}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Recovery Room RN, On-Call\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nProvides quality patient care for post-operative patients, in accordance with nursing Philosophy and approved standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs w/in the established standard of post-anesthesia and critical care nursing.\n- Utilizes the Standard of care in the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of post-operative nursing care.\n- Formulates care plans based on individual assessment of physiologic functions & problems identified pre-operatively & intra-operatively.\n- Provides nursing care Utilizing Clinical knowledge & expertise, reacting immediately to adverse physiological changes w/in seconds, to reverse and revive the patient\u2019s physiological functions.\n- Renders nursing care following aseptic techniques.\n- Assembles & communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of Care.\n- Executes proper use of equipment & supplies used in Recovery Room area.\n- Participates in the Surgery Department\u2019s Quality Assurance Program.\n- Promotes personal & professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.\n- Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing Courtesy, compassion respect & adherence to the standards.\n- Assumes other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years current recovery room or critical care experience required.\n- Good oral and written communication skills required.\n- Current RN licensure in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR required.\n- ACLS certification required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237890/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Recovery Room RN, On-Call", "reqid": "133323", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28237890}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodbridge", "description": "Title: Clinical RN, On-Call\nLocation: Woodbridge, VA\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator's attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-BSN is preferred.\n-RN with a minimum of 3 years Pediatric experience preferably in ambulatory care and knowledgeable about Immunizations. RN will need to travel to Woodbridge, Manassas, Fredericksburg and rotate hours between 0830-1700 and 0900-1730.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237888/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN, On-Call", "reqid": "133316", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Woodbridge, VA", "uid": 28237888}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Speech Therapist, Maryland\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nTo provide diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders in accordance with federal, state, and local compliance requirements. Under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Supervisor (PT-OT Supervisor).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and treats communication and swallowing disorders for both adult and pediatric populations.\n- Administers diagnostic test to provide individualized treatment for a variety of communication disorders voice and swallowing impairments and neurological defects.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient, family, and other clinicians.\n- Implements and maintains department policies and procedures. Identifies opportunities for new or enhanced services or levels of patient care.\n- Discharges patient from speech therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from speech therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of speech therapy patient management.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of practice experience as a licensed speech therapist in a clinical setting required.\n- Graduate of an accredited speech language pathology with a bachelors or masters or doctoral degree with certification in speech therapy required.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of Virginia, Maryland, and/or the District of Columbia required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\n- BLS certification required.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237883/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Therapist, Maryland", "reqid": "133283", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 28237883}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Urgent Care Technician - PT\nLocation: Largo, MD\nProvides clinical & technical support services to providers & professional nursing staff in the Urgent Care department &/or Clinical Decision Unit in order to assist in provision of patient care, improve efficiency & optimize clinical outcomes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates flow of patients in the department to optimize throughput; keeps patients apprised of delays.\n- Observes patients in the department & notifies the provider &/or RN immediately if patient appears in distress.\n- Prepares patients to see the provider; assists prior to, during & following examination as needed.\n- Performs all skills required of the Clinical Assistant. Additionally, inserts foley catheters, performs complex splinting & performs venipuncture for the purpose of drawing blood or inserting a saline lock.\n- Provides & reviews written instructions w/ patients as appropriate.\n- Maintains examination & treatment rooms & other clinical & reception areas. Cleans equipment following established organizational guidelines. Ensures that established standard supply levels are maintained & orders supplies as directed by the Clinical Operations Manager or lead RN.\n- Verifies eligibility & demographic information for both new & existing patients & when necessary, inputs data in accordance w/ pre-enrollment & non-status change procedures. Collects, secures & accounts for payments received from members, in compliance w/ established procedures.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n-Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays.\n- Week 1 - Sunday, Monday and Saturday 5:00pm - 1:00am, Week 2 Sunday & Saturday 5:00pm - 1:00am.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as an Emergency Department technician, Emergency Medical Technician or military medic required OR equivalent combination of experience as an Urgent Care Clinical Assistant & completion of training on required skills. (Training required within 6 months of hire.)\n- High School diploma or equivalent required.\n- Certified Nursing Assistant only required for the state of MD.\n- Current American Heart Association BLS certification required.\n- IV certification required\n- Requires bending, lifting greater than 20 pounds, pushing wheelchairs/stretchers.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237884/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Urgent Care Technician - PT", "reqid": "133284", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28237884}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Lead Ophthalmology Technician-FT\nLocation: Largo, MD\n*Staff may float to Kensington, Capitol Hill, Marlow Heights or Gaithersburg as needed.\n\nProvides leadership in the area of training & scheduling to the Ophthalmology Technicians & Ophthalmology Assistants.\nEssential Functions:\n- Orients and trains new ophthalmic technicians & assistants to KP policies & procedures to work in a high efficiency model of practice.\n- Arranges for or provides in-service training to keep technician/assistant staff current on ophthalmology treatment & procedures.\n- Assists support staff in organizing work stations to allow for efficient use of space & flow of work.\n- Assists the Regional Manager of Vision Services in scheduling staff for appropriate coverage of the ophthalmology centers.\n- Activates visual field schedules as appropriate at each ophthalmology center & as staffing allows in coordination w/ optometry.\n- Technician duties as follows:\no Receives patients' charts the day before or the morning of the patient's scheduled appointment & requests charts as directed by the provider. Each morning, charts are secured for the entire day.\no Interviews patients prior to appointment to obtain ocular history, chief complaint, & history of present & past illnesses & records history in the medical record.\no Performs routine vision & screening & measurement examinations such as visual acuity, visual field screening, ocular pressure, ocular motility & color vision, alerts Ophthalmologist to any abnormality, & records results of screening examinations on patient's medical record.\no Performs non-routine visual exams such as tangent screen testing as directed by the Ophthalmologist & records results for interpretation.\no Assists providers w/ procedures & minor & major surgery, maintains inventory of instruments & supplies, & assures disinfecting & storage of instruments.\no Assists the Ophthalmologist in clinical examination of the eye.\no Attends patients requiring emergency eye care & alerts Ophthalmologist of their arrival & instructs patients in medication, pre & post-op eye care.\no Performs user-level maintenance & repair of equipment as prescribed by manufacturers.\no Applies eye dressings, protective shields as necessary.\no Able to perform complete use of instruments.\no Dilates & checks eye pressures.\no Performs visual fields & photography.\no Under the direct supervision of an Ophthalmologist, may assist w/ fluorescein amniography by operating flindus & retinal photography equipment as assigned. Labels & maintains filing system for ophthalmic photography.\no Under the direct supervision & instruction by the ophthalmologist, assists in performing A-scan measurements, corneoscopy, ultrasonic pachymetry, & pneumotonometiy.\no Under direction of Ophthalmologist, screen patient telephone calls & assess urgency of care required; refer patient to provider as appropriate.\no Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years of experience as Ophthalmology Technician or Ophthalmology Assistant II required.\n- Graduate of 2 years of accredited Ophthalmology Technician training program required. 2 years at KP as an Ophthalmology Assistant II may substitute for 2 years training program.\n- JCAHPO (Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology) certification test for Ophthalmology Technician or Certified Ophthalmic Med Technologist required.\n- CPR Certified required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237887/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Ophthalmology Technician-FT", "reqid": "133287", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 28237887}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Programming Analysis Lead - Java Developer\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nJob Summary:\nThe scope of the Programming/Analysis family includes development and production support responsibilities. Development work is typically creating new programs/applications to support a business need. The process is typically project-based and involves all aspects of the project life cycle from inception to implementation.\n\nEssential Functions:\n1.) Design, develop and maintenance of server side functionalities of Regional Application suite using Java, RAD and Web sphere application server environment.\n2.) Troubleshoot deployment and production problems.\n3.) Provide support for production issues.\n4.) Architect the solution of new feature enhancements.\n5.) Ensure Software design and code implementation meets coding standards and best practices, flexibility, configurability, reusability, testability, maintainability and scalability.\n6.) Collaborate with Solution consultant, team lead and development manage, and business partner to translate the business requirements into a functional design documents.\n7.) Participate in the agile pair programming and code review.\n8) Create design documentation and drawings as required by CPDP.\nQualifications:\nBasic Requirements:\n1.) Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n2.) A minimum of 6 years of experience in development of new programs/application or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n3.) 6+ years of technical experience in a fast paced, Information Technology Department consisting of a combination of staff and contractors.\n4.) 6+ years of experience in Enterprise Java programming, RAD 7.5 Environment, SOA, Web services Development and Testing, SOAP UI, JMS, MQ Series,\n5.) 6+ years in SQL, Stored Procedure and Database, preferably Oracle.\n6.) 6+ years in UML and data modeling, working knowledge of Visio.\n7.) Strong knowledge of JUnit.\n8.) This developer will also need to be able to work independently with minimal direction\n\nPreferred Qualification:\n1.) Experience with Ant Script development\n2.) Working knowledge of HL7 interfaces.\n3.) BlazeDS and Websphere Application Server experience\n4.) Experience with ADOBE Flex and Flashbuilder\n5) Troubleshooting and problem solving skills.\n6) Experience with SVN source control system.\n7.) Experience in Agile process and Methodologies\n8.) Experience with Application Lifecycle management tools (Borland StarTeam, Caliber)\n9.) Very strong communication skills (Ability to communicate one's ideas through their design)\n10.) Experience working with various departments and a good team player.\n11.) Intermediate Unix knowledge.", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237879/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Programming Analysis Lead - Java Developer", "reqid": "128979", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28237879}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Account Management Coordinator\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides support to account managers in growth and retention efforts, including but not limited to, customer service, open enrollment and marketing activities, for existing Kaiser employer groups. Participates in team approach to provide superior service to internal and external customers.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- First line of contact for existing groups on billing and member enrollment inquires. Addresses and triages inquires when necessary. If inquiry is referred to an internal department, Coordinator to follow up for completion\n- First line of contact for existing groups regarding Kaiser Permanente and/or group health plan\n- Assists with Kaiser-on-the-Job (KOJ) and Healthworks requests, including implementation\n- Assists with off-site group open enrollment events.\n- Assists with off-site group health fairs\n- Assists with the preparation of proposals, benefit summaries, contracts and presentations\n- Coordinates production of marketing collateral, including brochures, flyers, description of services, and display tools used for promotional activities. Supports and coordinates direct mail and other marketing strategies\n- Facilitates establishment of electronic and self billing, with membership accounting\n- Assists with coordination of existing group microsite implementation and subsequent management\n- Assists with COBRA establishment, updates and inquires\n- Assists with ordering collateral material\n- Provides support for internal benefits systems\n- Faciliates updates in Common Membership, including establishment and cancellation of bill groups\n- Develops, completes, coordinates and monitors contracted agreements with employers for services. Ensures proper processes are in place, including legal approvals and notification of appropriate internal staff on demographic, contract, and any special instructions necessary to achieve successful outcomes\n- Receives and acts upon complaints by employers, carriers, brokers, regarding program services. Records complaints. Follows-through to the satisfaction of existing groups, either by referral or consultation with appropriate program personnel or others. Refers complex problems to manager or marketing manager. Negotiates with groups both internally and externally to successfully resolve problems that jeopardize relationships with employer groups\n- Researches market to stay abreast of competitors and pricing. Monitors competitive product developments. Maintains information in group files organized by customer group\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year demonstrated sales and marketing experience\n- Associates degree or equivalent related experience\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within six months of hire)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal influence, negotiation, customer service, teamwork, conflict resolution, and problem solving\n- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of and skill in the word processing, spreadsheet, and mainframe operations relating to collections PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Sales experience in healthcare industry\n- Associates degree in business administration, marketing or related field\n- Knowledge of Kaiser health plan benefits and system", "date_new": "2012-04-27 18:55:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28237873/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Management Coordinator", "reqid": "133395", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28237873}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204818/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "132614", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28204818}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Quality Control Audit\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nEnsures the integrity of outside medical payments for the Organization through verification of the accuracy of data-entered information and by auditing service related information and invoice adjudication/payment for compliance with contract terms and Department and Regional Policies and Procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the Outside Medical Audit Group\n- Develops, modifies and implements the departmental audit procedures as they affect all aspects of outside referral payments\n- Ensures that audit staff tests payments for accuracy according to departmental policies and management guidelines\n- Traces sources of inaccuracies; reports and proposes remedial action to appropriate management\n- Ensures regular sampling of audits made by direct reports\n- Prepares formal statistical summaries to department manager of findings and recommendations\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three (3) years of auditing or accounting experience\n- Previous supervisory experience\n- Prior experience in account payable and/or claims environment preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Business Administration or related field\n- Proficient knowledge of mainframe, on-line computer systems, personal computers and spreadsheet and word processing programs\n- Strong mathematical skills\n- Medical terminology and knowledge of medical billing practices\n- Good oral and written communication skills", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204822/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Quality Control Audit", "reqid": "132967", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28204822}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Dietitian I/II - PD\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nProvides nutrition education & clinical services within established guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities.\n- Assesses member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements, and evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written and audiovisual), protocols, procedures, and standards for health/nutrition education.\n- Plans, participates, and evaluates community events and coordinates use of community resources as appropriate.\n- Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up and referrals to government, community, and/or other Kaiser Permanente facilities for continuity of nutrition care.\n- Educates/counsels members, family, and caregivers regarding health and nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes).\n- Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet member's lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis, and religious affiliation.\n- Consults and educates physicians and other healthcare providers regarding member and population specific nutrition/health related issues.\n- Participates in multidisciplinary care teams and committees.\n- Collects data, plans, prepares, and implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits.\n- Develops grants and proposals for health/nutrition programs\n- Plans, conducts, and evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team and physicians.\n- Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning, and education for appropriate nutrition intervention.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening and assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education and based on the patient's age, nutrition and psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background, and religious affiliation.\n- Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.\n- Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.\n- Pre-RDs may be considered if candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND not more than six months has passed since completing the SPP, AND candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within 6 months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law.\n- Previous usually one (1) year of experience in providing and coordinating health education services and/or hospital experience.\n- Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience, preferred.\n- National Provider Pin number.\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems.\n- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n- Master's degree preferred\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem, temporary position for approximately: 5/11/2012 - 10/11/2012\n- Schedule varies according to meet department needs\n- Will travel to various MOB's\n- Positionmay be filled by Dietitian I or II", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204812/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dietitian I/II -  PD", "reqid": "131598", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28204812}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ Relief Charge M114 P/T Day MS/Ortho\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting\n\nNotes:\n- Works as a relief charge RN\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekends\n- Position Control # M114", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204814/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ Relief Charge M114 P/T Day MS/Ortho", "reqid": "131664", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28204814}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hospital\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nFunctions as a Lead of the healthcare team, coordinates departmental operations that ensure quality patient care in a safe, healing environment that is patient & family centered. Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice. Has an appropriate clinical skill to be an expert resource. Is available & supportive to employees & understands priorities/needs of the department. Is a staff role model for professional nursing practice. May recommend to mgmt in efficient resource allocation by assuring appropriate patient assignments, staffing, & scheduling. Demonstrates performance consistent with the strategic plan of the organization & the KP nursing mission & values.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, reviews, assigns & organizes the work of at least three (3) or more employees, of which at least one (1) must be another RN.\n- Provides professional leadership & direction of department personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.\n- Coordinates departmental operations & delegates tasks appropriately.\n- Is an excellent staff role model for professional nursing practice (e.g. RN/MD Collaborating for Outcomes, Just Culture, Quality, Service, Safety).\n- Supports & enhances the leadership skills of the staff RNs, LVNs & UAs/CNAs (& other ancillary staff as appropriate).\n- Acts as a resource, preceptor & mentor to new employees, registry, students, & other team members in department specific operations & patient care activities.\n- Collaborates with or refers to mgr/clinical nurse specialist/educator any outstanding issues or concerns on the unit.\n- Participates in activities related to patient flow, including admission & discharge processes.\n- Serves as a resource for clinical concerns, scope of practice & applicable state & federal regulations as well as operational concerns of providers & staff.\n- Possesses experience & skills to be a resource for providers, RNs, LVNs, USs/CNAs, (& other ancillary staff as appropriate).\n- Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule to meet the department demands of the day; facilitates & relieves staff breaks.\n- Actively involved in assigning, orienting, & precepting & coaching staff as needed.\n- Conducts audits & ensures that documentation reflects thorough assessments, incorporates physical & psychosocial findings, diagnostic tests, learning needs, barriers, multidisciplinary education plans & age appropriate care.\n- Provides input on employees' performance evaluations through daily observation & monitoring of performance.\n- Acts as a role model for staff regarding providing a patient care experience that exceeds members' expectations.\n- Coordinates smooth transition for patients across the care continuum.\n- Ensures support of the collaborative LMP environment through unit based teams (UBTs).\n- Identifies & supports staff professional/clinical development needs (i.e. certification, presentations, & reward/recognition).\n- Motivates staff to attain their fullest potential in improving performance, attendance, access, service & quality outcomes.\n- Lead/facilitate daily/shift multidisciplinary huddles.\n- Attends Charge Nurse Educational programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Level II nursery or above or completion of KP Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current NRP card required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Worksrotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204799/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Specialty Unit Chg RN - Hospital", "reqid": "117343", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28204799}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Area Director - Account Management (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nArea Director - Account Management\nOakland, CA\n\nLead the Service Area Mid-Large Group existing sales team to achieve membership and margin targets. Leads the local existing sales team to execute established mid-large group strategy. Coordinates the efforts of the entire geographically-bases Sales & Account Management team to achieve Service Area membership and margin targets. Leads a Service Area market planning process, engaging and collaborating with Service Area Health Plan/Hospitals and Medical Group leadership. Represent Sales & Account Management in the Service Area and builds confidence in our capabilities and performance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads the mid-large existing sales team to execute established mid-large group strategy.\n- Leads a Service Area market planning process in collaboration with local Health Plan/Hospitals and Medical Group leadership. Position the organization by building external relationships with key customers and channels.\n- Collaborates on the development of account-specific strategies on key accounts, with the strategic accounts business line leadership and executive account managers. Use business line expertise and market intelligence to provide input to mid-large business line strategy.\n- Provide direction and hold staff accountable for book of business membership and margin targets. Identify resources needed for the sales team to achieve organizational performance goals. Conduct activities that enable staff to successfully manage change. Leads a Service Area Business\n- Use consistent enterprise-wide practices to hire the right people and provide consistent orientation. Create and model a coaching culture that supports continuous growth and development at all levels. Coach and develop staff using enterprise models and tools that enable continuous growth and development. Develop individual career paths and leadership opportunities for staff. Evaluate and provide substantial performance review input on all staff in the office.\n- Provide administrative management for geographically-based cross-functional team\n- Influence peers and decisions makers from other business lines to enhance processes and systems to meet customer needs. Provide overall direction and coordination of support resources for all Sales and Account Management housed and working in their geographic area of responsibility. Be a vocal advocate for all Sales and Account Management staff in their geographic area to ensure they are provided with the tools and resources required to effectively perform their jobs.\n- Form cross-functional teams of Sales and Account Management staff in their area to accomplish initiatives/goals that cut across business lines.\n- Develop and leverage partnership with Medical Group and the delivery system\n- Lead the ongoing effort to educate, inform and influence Service Area Medical Group and operations leadership about the marketplace and what Kaiser Permanente must do to be successful.\n- Lead a Service Area market planning process, engaging and collaborating with Medical Group and Service Area leadership. Build confidence of Service Area leadership in the direction, competence and performance of the Sales and Account Management organization. Coordinate the interactions of all Sales and Account Management staff in the Service Area with Service Area leadership.\n- Orchestrate the involvement of Service Area Medical Group and operations leadership with key purchasers and brokers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or related field or equivalent years of related professional experience.\n- 5 years of sales management and broker business development experience in the health care industry.\n- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, influence, coaching, and problem solving skills; consultative selling skills.\n- Life license required or ability to obtain one within 120 days of hire date.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree or evidence of ongoing educational development highly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204793/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Area Director - Account Management (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "133179", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28204793}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sr Systems Analyst\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nReviews the scope and objectives of user requested system changes and business requirements. Validates the system functions as expected and ensures the application, and use of system optimizes business needs. This also can entail coordinating system installation with user departments to prevent any disruption from daily processing activities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Good understanding on testing principles and concepts.\n- Working knowledge or other related fields; project management, defect management, configuration management, change management, and release management.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.\n- Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve difficult and complex problems in creative and effective ways.\n- Develops test scenarios and scripts that match the business user's objectives to confirm system functions are met.\n- Executes tests, analyzes test results, and reports identified defects using Mercury Quality Test Director tool.\n- Follows-up on issues identified to ensure resolution is satisfactory prior to implementation into Production.\n- Develops test strategies and approaches that align with CSC user's needs as well as external applications and National corporate objectives.\n- Works with IT Development to ensure feasibility of design and clarify user's requirements.\n- Executes both a production shakedown and pre-implementation shakedown in the production environment and pre-production environment, respectively.\n- Also conducts shakedowns in production for non-FS release implementations to ensure FS applications are not impacted by other code/database deployments.\n- Instruct, guide or assist other technical professionals and demonstrate new on-line processes to business users.\n- Incorporates quality-related requirements and activities into overall project.\n- Analyzes production issues to determine if system applications are functioning as designed.\n- This includes logging and tracking production problems, re-creating problem in test environments to ensure validity of issue, reporting of issue in Remedy Management tool and determining resolution is obtained.\n- Monitors daily Production System processing, to verify activity is within normal processing volumes and provides status reports to management.\n- Identifies abnormal fluctuations activity and/or failure in Production batch processing and immediately reports any issues to ensure limited impact to customers and system users.\n- Supports business operations by monthly updates to the printed text in automated system generated letters.\n- This is done utilizing the IDenvironment Workstation and updating the M-Text language used to create these letters.\n- May also assist the business by querying production data and extracting the information in a report form.\n- To facilitate operational analysis. This is done using either File-Aid for DB2 , Query Management Facilities, and Business Objects.\n- Participates in designs and development of test cases.\n- Analyzes complex testing procedures and recommends actions to improve testing process.\n- Performs analysis that is diverse and very complex and works independently under general direction (i.e. writing queries).\n- May instruct, guide or assist other technical professionals and demonstrate new on-line processes to business users.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically requires a minimum of three (3)years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Working knowledge of network and communications software and knowledge/experience in creation of large scale technical project plans (M-Text, shakedown - FS & CAS).\n- Effective written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on technical writing and requirements documentation.\n- Reviews documentation, providing assistance in closing the gap.\n- Excellent organizational skills to coordinate and facilitate meetings, and manage testing assignments.\n- A thorough understanding or working knowledge of web browsers, web content management tools and personalization tools.\n- Knowledge of relational database technologies and how they relate to Oracle and SQL databases.\n- Understands complex departmental business system processes and business systems design documents to create test scenarios.\n- Develops test scenarios and scripts that match the business user's objectives to confirm system functions are met.\n- Understands the connections and relationships across functions for both internal and external business entities.\n- Proactively pursues increased knowledge (business and technical) and responsibility within multiple areas.\n- Coaches/mentors team members.\n- Provides input to performance appraisals and training needs for team members.\n- Cross-train peers and team members on each application and function.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204794/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Systems Analyst", "reqid": "133195", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28204794}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Medical Audit Coordinator - RN (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nMedical Audit Coordinator\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Medical Audit Coordinator reviews claims for services obtained outside of Kaiser facilities for compliance with health plan service agreement with members; identifies health plan claims with potential quality of care issues, continuity of care problems, or access issues at medical facilities; and audits hospital billings on site at non Plan provider facilities and negotiates successful resolution of claim.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Provides clinical expertise to other departments such as Workers Comp., TPMG referrals, CSA/ MSA outside case management in areas related to hospital and physician billing practices and cost containment activities.\n - Works with legal department when indicated to resolve payment disputes.\n - The Medical Audit Coordinator serves as a consultant to CSA Continuing Care teams and case managers on issues of non-Plan pricing, billing problems, procedures and benefit compliance issues. Identifies opportunities for cost containment. Works with regulatory compliance for review of benefit.\n - Responsible for review of ICD-9, CPT codes, medical records, UB- 92 and HCFA forms as well as Kaiser Permanente internal systems (OTRS, Advice call logs). Determines if bills are payable or if additional information is needed.\n - Works with PRS staff as a resource for decision-making and medical terminology.\n - Plans, organizes daily work to meet compliance timeframe's. Provides feedback to manager to ensure work is within compliance.\n - Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization.\n - Decisions are made following State and Federal regulations related to provider reimbursement for claims, NCQA standards, Kaiser internal policies related to payment of out of Plan services.\n - Determines whether to pay claim or refer to an advisor based on clinical criteria related to emergency medical condition.\n - Payable claims are analyzed for correct contract interpretation, Medicare fee schedule interpretation, correct coding.\n - Analyzes information from multiple internal and external sources when reviewing a claim episode of care.\n - Assigns work based on regulatory compliance, staffing, staff skill level and competing priorities\n - The Medical Audit Coordinator serves as a consultant to CSA Continuing Care teams and case managers on issues of non-Plan pricing, billing problems, procedures and benefit compliance issues.\n - Works with interregional counterparts for matters of billing resolutions and clinical issues and with regulatory department regarding issues of compliance and interdepartmental review of benefit issues\n - Independently prioritizes work on hand based on compliance.\n - Expected that this position possess the ability to work with minimal direction from supervisor.\n - Has the authority to direct the work of others such as Project Analyst, to meet compliance dates.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.\n - Current California RN license is required.\n - 5+ years clinical experience, preferably in critical care.\n - Ability to make timely and sound decisions, and act independently and negotiate successful resolution in difficult situations.\n - Proficient in the use of MS Applications (Excel, Access, Power Point), excellent ability with proprietary, mainframe processing systems and KP Technologies\n - Demonstrates understanding of medical terminology, ICD-9 coding, CPT coding principles\n - Knowledge of LMP required.\n - Strong customer service skills\n - Must understand DHS, Medicare, ERISA guidelines for payment of claims\n - Knowledge of state regulations pertaining to member and provider appeals rights required\nQualified candidates must have the following skills:\n - Takes Accountability\n - Communicates Effectively\n - Focuses on the Customer\n - Collaborates\n - Drives for Results\n - Business Acumen\n - Makes Effective Decisions\n - Solves Problems through Planning & Analysis\n - Pays Attention to Detail", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204796/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Medical Audit Coordinator - RN (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "133205", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28204796}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Lexis Nexis Test - Do Not Apply\nLocation: \nTest\nQualifications:\nTest", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:50:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204791/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lexis Nexis Test - Do Not Apply", "reqid": "133096", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28204791}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lakewood", "description": "Title: Manager, Referrals and Medical Management\nLocation: Lakewood, OH\nResponsible for management and oversight of the referral and medical management process. Offers innovative and outcomes-focused solutions to reduce the utilization of health care resources and optimize quality of care for members. Manages various non-clinical staff including RMCR RNs and Referral Specialists. Oversees support provided by outside UM vendor KePRO. Responsible for the configuration of the claims system related to pre-certification services. Provides oversight for the Tapestry process and ongoing education related to Tapestry.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures staff exercises appropriate and most updated application of criteria for referrals, pre-certification, and post service review of care and service. Ensures referrals and pre-certification reviews are performed consistently and according to approved standards. Serves as liaison to clinical and non-clinical departments to facilitate the pre-certification, home care review process to provide continuity of care, and to maintain appropriate contracts\n- Acts as a resource for the Medical Management staff, physicians, health plan administrators, and contracted vendors. Provides direction in order to resolve problems for difficult cases. Educates staff and performs regular in-services on internal and external activities relating to medical management. Trains and orients new physicians and employees regarding their role in the referral and pre-certification process. Coordinates ongoing staff education and performs educational seminars regarding referrals and medical management\n- Responsible for achieving and maintaining excellent NCQA accreditation related to UM specific standards. Utilizes knowledge of current legislation to ensure that policies and procedures meet all clinical and process requirements. Ensures that policies and procedures are revised and implemented to meet all regulatory, clinical, and process requirements. Ensures entry of policies and procedures and case examples into NCQA's ISS system\n- Updates, maintains and assures clinically appropriate and timely creation and delivery of all member, provider and facility letters related to the Medical Management department as required by regulation agencies\n- Determines staffing requirements to ensure that all pre-certifications, referrals and DME ongoing review are rendered in the most effective and efficient manner\n- Responsible for the development, creation and regular analysis of reports necessary for the day to day operations of the Medical Management department. Submits monthly and year end reports detailing key criteria as identified by the Director of Accreditation and Resource Stewardship for Kaiser Permanente Ohio and the management staff\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)\n-3 years of Utilization Management experience in an outpatient clinical care area\n- Additional 3 years of supervisory experience\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills\n- Experience working in a managed care organization\n- Knowledge of all state and federal regulations regarding managed care and utilization management\n- Current, active, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health sciences or related field\n- Experience in emergency services, DME, LTC, rehab, or SNF unit preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204772/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, Referrals and Medical Management", "reqid": "132904", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Lakewood, OH", "uid": 28204772}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Family Practice\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost-effective manner and n accordance with accepted professional practice standards.\n\nEssential Functions:\nProvide high-quality health care through direct assessment, diagnosis, and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients with common acute chronic illnesses and injuries (may include performing histories and physicals; ordering, interpreting, and following up on diagnostic studies; ordering medications; assisting with surgery; performing minor surgery; rounding on patients; and assuming on-call responsibilities). Perform health maintenance services, including patient education, for well members. Refer patients for specialty consultation or difficult problems. Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provide all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and state licensing guidelines.\n - Coordinate, develop or organize patient or department services or programs. Examples include, but are not limited to:\n - Assist in developing department/hospital protocols.\n - Screen incoming department referrals.\n - Coordinate CME activities for department.\n - Develop written patient education materials.\n - Provide in-service training Proctor NP/PA students.\n - Chair or participate on committees such as Breastfeeding Task Force, Regional Controlled Substance Abuse Committee, etc.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of ANA-approved NP or AMA-approved PA or Child Health Associate training program (both provide masters or equivalent degrees) or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure.\n- PA: National certification, Oregon state medical license, and prescribing registration at time of hire\n- NP: National certification Oregon state RN license, Oregon state NP license, and prescribing registration at time of hire\n- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.\n- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.\n- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.\n- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common medical diseases and injuries.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.\n- Minor surgery or surgical assist skills.\n- Demonstrate customer-focused service skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years clinical experience\n\nSalary range:\n$42.77- $63.69", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204770/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Family Practice", "reqid": "133089", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28204770}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nConducts abstraction for various work streams (core measures, etc.) by abstracting information from the electronic health record (KPHC) and entering the data into 3rd party core measure vendor. Regional position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action when there is an abstraction question for the various work streams (core measures, etc.), and interface with regulatory and accrediting agencies as needed (JC, CMS, HSAG).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works independently with minimal supervision on KPHC medical record review to support regulatory reporting across the region.\n- Evaluates regional clinical documentation and records clinical data from KPHC based on strict abstraction guidelines.\n- Exercises independent judgment to derive appropriate interpretation of the Joint Commission core measures specifications in order to accurately represent KP care processes in the data.\n- Maintains open communication with teammates and local medical center staff regarding findings and learnings.\n- Makes key decisions regarding appropriate data collection methodology that are based on established specifications and protocols.\n- Recommends solutions towards improvement opportunities.\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems. Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Communicate and collaborate with key regional stakeholders and facility multi disciplinary teams and providers on abstraction findings and problem solving for areas not performing at target.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce. May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) plus years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Experience in conducting research, critically evaluate data, and recommend solutions preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Consistently demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.\n- Familiarity with Medical Record terminology preferred.\n- Strong background in abstracting data and ability to recognize disease-specific workflows preferred.\n- Ability to work independently and interact with various levels of staff at the medical centers preferred.\n- Ability to adhere to project protocol and timelines preferred.\n- Able to handle charged issues and experience in conflict resolution preferred.\n- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204765/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist", "reqid": "132968", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28204765}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Sr Consulting Data Analyst\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, and reporting data. This position functions both as a senior analyst and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs effective and user-friendly menu systems.\n- Develops accurate, easy to read, and useful information reports.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Tests complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity.\n- May assist with sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.\n- Assists with the definition of complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- May translate needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- May formulate specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- May communicate results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net, or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred; if not, experience with another mainframe operating system required.\n- Project management experience preferred.\n- Typically, two (2) plus years of related analytical, consulting, and health care experience preferred.\n- Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Finance, Health Care Administration, Public Health Administration, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204766/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consulting Data Analyst", "reqid": "132983", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28204766}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Consulting Data Analyst\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nUnder close supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as an analyst and as a statistical analytics programmer.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.\n- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least one (1) year programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Project management experience desirable.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases preferred.\n- Analytical consulting experience preferred.\n- Bachelor of arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Strong ability to apply analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204767/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Consulting Data Analyst", "reqid": "132985", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28204767}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Environmental Services Supervisor\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for 24 hour/7days a week site direction of environmental services assigned staff, performing cleaning/project work at a Medical Facility, usually a Medical Office Building. Monitors environmental services program to ensure that building(s) are maintained in a safe, clean and operationally effective condition.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises staff concerning overall areas of responsibility which include quality standards, department policies and procedures, and service levels.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Coordinates, schedules, and conducts employee training/development necessary to meet established performance standards, teamwork, and service criteria.\n- Performs area inspections with assigned EVS staff, to evaluate/monitor performance, customer satisfaction, and infection control program compliance.\n- Ensures general inspections are completed daily and formal inspections are completed monthly in all building areas.\n- Supervises grounds keeping employees (if applicable) to ensure that work techniques, quality assurance standards, department policies and procedures and job specification are adhered to.\n- Assists in monitoring the budget.\n- Researches and resolves variances; identifies and recommends opportunities to decrease costs and increase service levels. In collaboration with human resources, manages labor relations activities of the department and ensures compliance with local contracts.\n- Provides ancillary support for scheduling and coordination of conference room setups, audio-visual equipment supervision.\n- Manages and maintains inventory supplies with established par levels.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Manages attendance, annual compliance training, annual competencies, and disciplinary action.\n- Monitors Workplace Safety (WPS), ensures work environment is safe, and works to meet Regional and local WPS targets.\n- Schedules and coordinates conference room setups and manages the audio-visual equipment.\n- Manages waste programs including solid waste, medical waste and recycling.\n- Works in partnership with the Unit Based Team (UBT) to meet Regional and local UBT goals.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant environmental services experience in healthcare environment required (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Significant experience in working with bargaining units and contract interpretation (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Previous experience in a lead or supervisory position required (usually two (2) years).\n- A.A. degree ortwo (2)years of college required or equivalent experience.\n- American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification preferred.\n- Management skills, including interviewing, organizing, planning, and problem solving skills required.\n- Knowledge of hospital infection control, sanitation protocols and cleaning methods required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204755/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Environmental Services Supervisor", "reqid": "132341", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28204755}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Project Manager I (120220)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the first job in a three (3) level Project Manager Ladder. At the entry level, a Project Manager may lead projects that impact a single functional area or service area. It is responsible for working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) plus years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelors' degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204756/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager I (120220)", "reqid": "132761", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28204756}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204758/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager", "reqid": "132771", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28204758}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Union City", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant\nLocation: Union City, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Word, Excel and typing speed 35wpm", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204759/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant", "reqid": "132855", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Union City, CA", "uid": 28204759}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nConducts abstraction for various work streams (core measures, etc.) by abstracting information from the electronic health record (KPHC) and entering the data into 3rd party core measure vendor. Regional position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action when there is an abstraction question for the various work streams (core measures, etc.), and interface with regulatory and accrediting agencies as needed (JC, CMS, HSAG).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works independently with minimal supervision on KPHC medical record review to support regulatory reporting across the region.\n- Evaluates regional clinical documentation and records clinical data from KPHC based on strict abstraction guidelines.\n- Exercises independent judgment to derive appropriate interpretation of the Joint Commission core measures specifications in order to accurately represent KP care processes in the data.\n- Maintains open communication with teammates and local medical center staff regarding findings and learnings.\n- Makes key decisions regarding appropriate data collection methodology that are based on established specifications and protocols.\n- Recommends solutions towards improvement opportunities.\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems. Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Communicate and collaborate with key regional stakeholders and facility multi disciplinary teams and providers on abstraction findings and problem solving for areas not performing at target.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce. May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) plus years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Experience in conducting research, critically evaluate data, and recommend solutions preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Consistently demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.\n- Familiarity with Medical Record terminology preferred.\n- Strong background in abstracting data and ability to recognize disease-specific workflows preferred.\n- Ability to work independently and interact with various levels of staff at the medical centers preferred.\n- Ability to adhere to project protocol and timelines preferred.\n- Able to handle charged issues and experience in conflict resolution preferred.\n- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204763/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist", "reqid": "132962", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28204763}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nConducts abstraction for various work streams (core measures, etc.) by abstracting information from the electronic health record (KPHC) and entering the data into 3rd party core measure vendor. Regional position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action when there is an abstraction question for the various work streams (core measures, etc.), and interface with regulatory and accrediting agencies as needed (JC, CMS, HSAG).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works independently with minimal supervision on KPHC medical record review to support regulatory reporting across the region.\n- Evaluates regional clinical documentation and records clinical data from KPHC based on strict abstraction guidelines.\n- Exercises independent judgment to derive appropriate interpretation of the Joint Commission core measures specifications in order to accurately represent KP care processes in the data.\n- Maintains open communication with teammates and local medical center staff regarding findings and learnings.\n- Makes key decisions regarding appropriate data collection methodology that are based on established specifications and protocols.\n- Recommends solutions towards improvement opportunities.\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems. Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Communicate and collaborate with key regional stakeholders and facility multi disciplinary teams and providers on abstraction findings and problem solving for areas not performing at target.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce. May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) plus years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Experience in conducting research, critically evaluate data, and recommend solutions preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) or Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Consistently demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.\n- Familiarity with Medical Record terminology preferred.\n- Strong background in abstracting data and ability to recognize disease-specific workflows preferred.\n- Ability to work independently and interact with various levels of staff at the medical centers preferred.\n- Ability to adhere to project protocol and timelines preferred.\n- Able to handle charged issues and experience in conflict resolution preferred.\n- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204764/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Core Measures Unit Specialist", "reqid": "132965", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28204764}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [0172-484] - Temporary\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Mon, Fri, Sat\nWeek II: Sun, Mon, Tues\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204745/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [0172-484] - Temporary", "reqid": "131960", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204745}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [0172-483] - Temporary\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek I: Sun, Wed, Thurs\nWeek II: Tues, Wed, Sat\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204746/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [0172-483] - Temporary", "reqid": "131967", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204746}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-477] Days/On Call Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204748/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-477] Days/On Call Sacramento", "reqid": "131980", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204748}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-478] Days/On Call Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204749/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU  [0172-478] Days/On Call Sacramento", "reqid": "131982", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204749}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-479] Days/On Call Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204750/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-479] Days/On Call  Sacramento", "reqid": "131983", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204750}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-480] Nights/On Call Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204751/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU  [0172-480]  Nights/On Call Sacramento", "reqid": "131984", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204751}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - ICU [0172-481] Nights/On Call  Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204752/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - ICU  [0172-481]  Nights/On Call   Sacramento", "reqid": "131987", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204752}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Psychological Assistant\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nUnder the supervision of a licensed Psychologist or board certified Psychiatrist, provides mental health assessment and triage, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention services for adult and/or child members with a broad range of mental health problems. Under supervision, may collaborate with treating primary care providers and with psychiatric and allied health professional team members to plan and direct each individual patient's treatment program. May provide consultation on psychological and neuropsychological assessment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the supervision of a licensed physiologist or board certified psychologist, participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.\n- Consults with medical, nursing and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits as determined by psychological and neuropsychological assessment and evaluation.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families and groups.\n- Instructs and counsels patients and their families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens and adherence to prescribed mediation regimens, within the scope of practice.\n- May administer specialized therapeutic procedures, as appropriate.\n- May develop and conduct psycho-educational classes and groups and provide appropriate support to members family, usually with a licensed co-therapist.\n- Conducts psychological assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendation.\n- Prepares intake summaries, treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records.\n- Charts members' treatment and progress in accord with state and NCQA regulations and in keeping with accepted community standards.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members' treatment.\n- May develop, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine and health psychology programs in a variety of settings, including primary care.\n- Provides consultation to primary care providers and health educators on matters relating to mental health, health psychology and behavioral medicine.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness. \n- May administer specialized therapeutic procedures such as biofeedback and hypnosis.\n- Conducts psychological, developmental, and cognitive-deficit assessments, including test administration, interpretation, and recommendations.\n- Independently conducts evaluations as an MD-equivalent in Workers Compensation, Social Security, and state disability cases.\n- Provides clinical supervision to predoctoral psychology interns, postdoctoral psychology fellows, and other mental health trainees as necessary.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- PhD, PsyD or EdD in clinical or counseling psychology.\n- Completion of a pre-doctoral internship - minimum of 1 year (1500 hours).\n- Current valid registration as a Psychological Assistant with the Board of Psychology of the State of California.\n- Previous clinical responsibilities to include at least some of the following: psychological testing, diagnosis, crisis intervention, brief individual and group psychotherapy.\n- Knowledge of psychological testing techniques, administration and interpretation.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire as a Psychological Assistant.\n- Knowledge of state regulations and APA Guidelines and Standards with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights, and confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or board certified psychiatrist.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations and APA standards as it related to client treatment, patient rights and client/patient confidentiality.\n- Strong testing and assessment skills strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204753/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychological Assistant", "reqid": "132018", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 28204753}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Grade 15 (PRN-400088)\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional, including managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction of the Department manager or designee, promotes rational and cost-effective Inpatient and Outpatient drug therapy through close participation in the drug therapy decision-making process with assigned physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Provides direction to Pharmacist Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesizes a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADR's, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm.D. preferred.\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Successful completion of a clinical pharmacy residency (with emphasis in Ambulatory Care) preferred, or possess the equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- Must be able to obtain an NPI # within one (1) month in position.\n- American Heart Association approved Basic Life Support (BLS) card preferred for existing incumbents.\n- Current BLS card required for new hires effective 12-20-09.\n- ACLS certification may be required in some areas.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for a medical management plan.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapy agents.\n- Knowledge of emergency medications and drug monitoring.\n- Understanding of drug utilization review and drug usage evaluation.\n- Knowledge of Federal and State laws & regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to operate the pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment.\n- Must be able to input prescription labels.\n- MUST BE ABLE TO PASS BACKGROUND CHECK.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat, X hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204754/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - Grade 15 (PRN-400088)", "reqid": "132146", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28204754}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Molecular Technologist I [Temporary]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nUnder the direct technical supervision of the Senior Molecular Genetics Technologist (General Supervisor) and the administrative supervision of the Genetics Lab Administrative Director, the Molecular Technologist I shall learn and assist with routine molecular laboratory procedures and techniques used for the preparation, processing, and analysis of nucleic acid samples as determined by the Laboratory Directors (Director and Technical Supervisor), under direct supervision for a minimum of a 12 months. All tasks shall be performed in accordance with established departmental procedures and documentation protocols. Eligible to become a Certified Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Molecular Biology by the National Certification Agency (NCA) after completion of state approved training curriculum, a minimum of 12 months after date of hire and subsequently eligible to become licensed by CA state as a Clinical Genetics Molecular Biologist Scientist, not to exceed 16 months from date of hire.\nEssential Functions:\n- For a minimum of twelve (12) month training period, the trainee will be trained by licensed testing personnel to perform the following duties:\n- Preparation of human and bacterial samples for analysis using genomic and plasmid nucleic acid preparation techniques.\n- Restriction enzyme digestion techniques on nucleic acid samples.\n- PCR (polymerase chain reaction) techniques on nucleic acid samples.\n- Electrophoresis blotting and hybridization on nucleic acid samples.\n- Photographic and autoradiographic techniques and other documentation or image analysis procedures.\n- Analysis of results and data produced from the nucleic acid procedures (as above).\n- Perform other related duties as qualified, trained and assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have a minimum of one (1) year of experience, excluding training, in a clinical or research molecular biology laboratory performing clinical molecular diagnostic testing procedures and techniques.\n- Bachelor's degree in biological or clinical laboratory science or a field related to genetics from an US-accredited college or university or equivalent.\n- CA Clinical Genetics Molecular Biologist Trainee license.\n- Eligible to become a Certified Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Molecular Biology by the National Certification Agency (NCA) within one year of hire.\n- Eligible to become licensed by CA State as a Clinical Genetics Molecular Biologist Scientist with one year of hire.\n- Must have the demonstrated ability to perform clinical molecular diagnostic testing procedures and techniques as determined by the Employer, including genomic and plasmid nucleic acid preparation, restriction enzyme digestion, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), electrophoresis, blotting, and hybridization techniques on nucleic acid samples.\n- Demonstrates and maintains professional conduct including courtesy and patience in all interactions with patients, members, physicians, co-workers, volunteers and visitors. Willing to provide excellent service within the bounds of ones ability, policies and bargaining unit agreement, as applicable.\n- Ability to read and comprehend protocols, instructions, correspondence, and memos, and communicate as the job requires.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n\n\n++ Expected Length of Employment: 12 months ++\n\nSchedule: Rotate holidays and Saturdays, as scheduled. Schedule is subject to change based on operational needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204743/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Molecular Technologist I [Temporary]", "reqid": "131800", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28204743}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIST II [Temporary]\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nUnder the direct technical supervision of the Senior Molecular Genetics Technologist (General Supervisor) and the administrative supervision of the Genetics Lab Administrative Director, the Molecular Technologist II performs routine molecular laboratory procedures and techniques used for the preparation, processing, and analysis of nucleic acid samples as authorized by the Laboratory Directors (Director and Technical Supervisor). All tasks shall be performed in accordance with established departmental procedures and documentation protocols.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs high-complexity tests as authorized by the technical supervisors.\n- Prepares human and bacterial samples for analysis using genomic and plasmid nucleic acid preparation techniques.\n- Restriction enzyme digestion techniques on nucleic acid samples.\n- PCR (polymerase chain reaction) techniques on nucleic acid samples.\n- Electrophoresis blotting and hybridization on nucleic acid samples.\n- Photographic and auto radiographic techniques and other documentation or image analysis procedures.\n- Analysis of results and data produced from the nucleic acid procedures (as above).\n- Performs testing of newly developed lab procedures and techniques, as directed and report on results.\n- Maintains complete and accurate documentation and records.\n- Performs case review prior to final report.\n- Trains other staff as assigned.\n- Perform other related duties as qualified, trained and assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have a minimum of two (2) years of experience, excluding training, in a clinical or research molecular biology laboratory performing clinical molecular diagnostic testing procedures and techniques, OR must have successfully completed Kaiser Permanente in-house molecular technologist trainee/Tech I position (CA Trainee).\n- Bachelor's degree in biological or clinical laboratory science or a field related to genetics from an US-accredited college or university or equivalent.\n- Must have a current CA State License as a Clinical Genetics Molecular Biologist Scientist.\n- Must be a Certified Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Molecular Biology by the National Certification Agency (NCA).\n- Must have the demonstrated ability to perform clinical molecular diagnostic testing procedures and techniques as determined by the Employer, including genomic and plasmid DNA preparation, restriction enzyme digestion, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), electrophoresis, blotting, and hybridization techniques on DNA samples.\n- Must be able to analyze results and data produced from the testing and perform case review prior to final report.\n- Demonstrates and maintains professional conduct including courtesy and patience in all interactions with patients, members, physicians, co-workers, volunteers and visitors. Willing to provide excellent service within the bounds of ones ability, policies and bargaining unit agreement, as applicable.\n- Ability to read and comprehend protocols, instructions, correspondence, and memos, and communicate as the job requires.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204742/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIST II [Temporary]", "reqid": "131824", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28204742}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: AICCP Palliative Care MSW II [010]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe primary role of the Hospital AICCP MSW is to assist patients/ families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues related to the patient's illness. Under direction, delivers age-approp social work care to patients/caregivers in accordance w/ agency policy, procedure & state & fed regulations. The AICCP MSW is an integral member of the hlthcare team to meet the complex needs of patients & families in the hospital & clinic settings.\nThe primary role of the Hospice Home Hlth AICCP MSW in the H/HH setting is to assist patients/families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues & practical arrangements related to the patient's illness. Deliver age-approp social work care to patients/caregivers in their place of residence in accordance w/ agency policy, procedure/state/fed regulations. The MSW II serves as an integral member of the home hlth team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Hospital/Clinic & H/HH: Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in indv/family/grp settings\n- Provide counseling for disease acceptance & understanding\n- Develop & implement individual Plan of Treatment for patients & families\n- Completes psychosocial assessments\n- Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing svcs for patients utilizing biopsychosocial info\n- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive approp svcs\n- Determine application of KP, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits\n- AICCP: Assist the client to achieve a better psychosocial adaptation w/in the context of the AICCP\n- Help to reduce fear & attitudes obstructing acceptance of disease & treatment\n- Refer client's family to community support svcs & resources\n- Support psychotherapeutic & family systems interventions as needed\n- Chart client's treatments & progress in accordance w/ state/dept regulations\n- Instruct & counsel clients reg compliance w/ prescribed therapeutic regimens & medications w/in scope of practice\n- Provide advanced care planning including education on the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment\n- H/HH: Inpatient & Outpatient Critical Care: Exp w/ ethical issues & documented experience providing clinical svcs specific to anticipatory death, dying process & bereavement, disfigurement & disability\n- Exp in providing clinical counseling for Med Surgical, Oncology, HIV, Maternal, Child, Pediatric, Alzheimer/Dementia, & Substance Abuse patients & Pediatrics patients\n- Palliative Care: Exp in initiating & participating in end of life discussions w/ patients & families, & assisting in hospice referrals, holding family conferences, providing home visits & advanced care planning\n- Perform other related duties as necessary\n- Add'l duties for Hospital/Clinic & H/HH: Ability to work on a multidisciplinary team\n- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills\n- Knowledge of chronic & acute disease & how it impacts patient & family functioning\n- Excellent oral/telephone communication skills & written documentation\n- Must be computer-literate &, preferably, experienced in automated clinical info systems\n- Ability to effectively & efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple tasks\n- Ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member\n- Must be able to master detailed & complex info reg benefits & coord of care\n- Must be willing to work in a LMP environment\n- Also refer to Position Specs outlined in the approp collective bargaining agmt\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Hospital/Clinic:\n- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.\n- Step I: Less than two (2) years' social work experience (M.S.W. field work not included).\n- Step II: Two (2) to four (4) years of social work experience within the last five (5) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- Step III : Four (4) or more years of social work experience within the last ten (10) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- At least one (1) year post MSW experience in a health care setting preferred- MSW internship may be considered in lieu of this requirement.\n- BLS (for Hospice/Home Health.)\n- AICCP:\n- All minimum requirements of Hospital/Clinic\n- Minimum of one year of post licensure experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic modalities in a hospital, clinic or agency.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy.\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.\n- Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.\n- Hospice /Home Health:\n- Master's in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.\n- Step I: Less than two (2) years' social work experience (M.S.W. field work not included).\n- Step II: Two (2) to four (4) years of social work experience within the last five (5) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- Step Ill: Four (4) or more years of social work experience within the last ten (10) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- California Driver's License required for Hospice and Home Health positions.\n- One (1) year of experience providing direct service in medical or home health related setting - MSW internship considered.\n- BLS (for Hospice/Home Health.)\n- Home Health - Title 22 Requirement: 'Social worker' means a person who has a masters of social work degree from a school of social work accredited or approved by the Council on Social Work Education and having one year of social work experience in a health care setting.\n- Hospice - California standards: 'Social worker' means a person who has a master of social work degree from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and clinical experience relevant to the counseling and case work needs of patients and families.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204737/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "AICCP Palliative Care MSW II [010]", "reqid": "130447", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204737}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Radiologic Technologist IV - Interventional Radiology - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, performs radiographic diagnostic imaging procedures to assist physicians in the diagnosis of disease and injuries. Operates the radiographic equipment to produce radiographic recorded images of the body. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs specialized and routine diagnostic radiology procedures.\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for diagnostic imaging procedures.\n- Adjusts immobilization devices to obtain optimum views of specified area of body requested by physician\n- Determines exposure factors based on height, weight, portion of body involved, and degree on penetration required.\n- Moves imaging equipment into specified position.\n- Adjusts equipment controls to set exposure factors and produce images of proper detail, density, and accuracy.\n- Operates mobile radiologic equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.\n- Assists radiologists and other qualified physicians who have a valid CA DHS RHB Supervisor Operator Permit for Fluoroscopy in fluoroscopic and special x-ray examinations.\n- Prepares images for reading by radiologist or requesting physician.\n- Processes images and reviews for proper identification and quality control.\n- Performs routine maintenance, diagnoses malfunctions, and makes minor repairs on radiologic equipment, arranging for repairs as needed.\n- Practices radiation protection techniques to minimize radiation to patient and staff.\n- Completes forms and maintains records, logs, and reports of work performed.\n- Orients new hires and trains students.\n- Fills in as necessary in the absence of the Supervising Radiology Technologist.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in a Specialty (IR, CT, Mammography, Quality Management) OR one year of experience in a Specialty with an American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Certification in that Specialty.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Radiologic Technologist License (CRT).\n- California State Fluoroscopy Permit.\n- California Venipuncture Certificate (1).\n- California Mammography Certificate, when required for the position.\n- BLS certification required. (ACLS when required for the position.)\n- Ability to perform all general diagnostic and routine fluoroscopic duties on patients of all ages as determined by the employer.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement. (1) Radiologic Technologists without Venipuncture Certification - Working in a Modality where Venipuncture is NOT performed: Radiologic Technologists working on or before October 2005 at Kaiser Permanente WITHOUT California Venipuncture Certification in a Modality where it is NOT performed as part of their work assignment will not be required to obtain it. For promotions, transfers or trainng in a Specialty that requires Venipuncture, the Technologist must obtain CA Venipuncture certification on or before the date of application. The employer will provide the Technologist with education opportunities in order to pass the California permit test at the Technologist's request.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:49:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204721/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiologic Technologist IV - Interventional Radiology - South Sacramento", "reqid": "121230", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28204721}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Information Security Strategy, Specialist\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nResponsible for establishing information security strategies for emerging technologies and security trends, scoping of implementation plans with organizational stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with the overall Information Security and Information Technology strategic direction.\n\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and deliver the analytical framework and support structures (research, technology analysis, and security risk considerations) for emerging technologies strategies and security trends\nResearch, develop and propose implementation of strategies and planning tools\nSupport the Information Security roadmap and planning process and key strategic projects, working closely with cross functional teams\nSupport the prioritization of Information Security strategic initiatives, evaluate investment opportunities for their strategic value, and provide recommendations to the Information Security management\nCoordinate with IT Risk management to evaluate information security risk and design risk mitigation for information security strategies\nBuild and maintain collaborative working relationships with Information Technology and Business personnel to assist in program and project implementation and execution to provide information security perspective\nProven ability to work in an ambiguous environment in a dynamic market and organizational environment and multi-task effectively.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nBA/BS, preferably in Technology, or 4 years of additional related field of study required\n10 years of IT experience, 7 years working within the Information Security field, preferred 5 years of experience focused on information security strategy and information security management\nSignificant knowledge of current and emerging landscape of information technology and its processes and a deep understanding of associated information security risks and controls\nSignificant knowledge of broad general security concepts and methods such as vulnerability assessments, privacy assessments, intrusion detection, incident response, security policy creation, enterprise security strategies, architectures and governance\nStrong analytical and data management capabilities as well as project management experience\nAbility to engage, influence and build credibility to management and key stakeholders\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills enabling candidate to prepare and present recommendations to senior management\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nCISM, CISSP certifications a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204710/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Information Security Strategy, Specialist", "reqid": "133111", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 28204710}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Wailuku", "description": "Title: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Senior\nLocation: Wailuku, HI\nUnder direction of Department Manager & under medical direction of Physician Section Head, performs diagnostic ultrasonographic procedures. Provides quality patient care for assigned patients throughout scanning process. Trains & orients staff members as assigned. Supports compliance & Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics & integrity. Adheres to applicable federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & licensing requirements, policies & procedures. Reports &/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs diagnostic ultrasound procedures as requested by referring physicians. Selects proper transducer frequency & diameter for performance of exam. Utilizes ancillary devices (oscilloscopes, cameras, VCRs) to obtain hard copy records of exams\n- Processes films using departmental automatic film processors. Recognizes electronic equipment limitations. Recognizes significance of all structures visualized sonographically. Determines artifacts as well as normal or abnormal anatomy. Differentiates normal & pathological processes & extends scope of studies appropriate to comprehensive final study\n- Remains able to deviate from normal techniques when necessary to provide a wider latitude of visualization. Collaborates w/ referring physicians & contributes technical & professional knowledge to final diagnostic impression or report. Provides technical & nursing aid for surgical biopsy & aspiration procedures\n- Performs periodic calibrations & adjustments of ultrasound equipment\n- Trains & orients other staff sonographers as directed\n- Receives patients, verifies patients' identity & explains & prepares patient for procedures. Provides for their privacy, mental & physical comfort & safety while in Department\n- Emphasizes personalized & individualized patient care atmosphere\n- Correlates patient's clinical history w/ test to be performed. Consults w/ radiologists after reviewing data, determines appropriate ultrasound procedure\n- Remains knowledgeable & current regarding technological advances in field of diagnostic medical sonography\n- Perpetuates self-development & education\n- Performs any related tasks which are in best interest for comfort, safety & well being of patient, public & fellow employees & which permit Department to render high quality health care delivery\n- Promotes & maintains productive & harmonious inter- & intra-departmental working relations\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, & abilities necessary to provide care &/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, & abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care &/or service\n- On regular, sustained basis, cooperates w/ other staff members both w/in & outside department in accomplishment of own job duties as well as assisting others in accomplishing theirs. Serves as team player & role model for other employees in Organization always exhibiting traits of courtesy, caring, helpfulness & respect. Conducts oneself in service-oriented manner that is attentive, pleasant, cooperative, sensitive, respectful & kind when dealing w/ members, visitors, public & all employees\n- Performs other duties & accepts responsibility as assigned\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of plus post-graduate experience, including experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable\n- Graduate from an approved ultrasound training program recognized by CAHEA\n- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Associate's degree", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204706/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Senior", "reqid": "131985", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Wailuku, HI", "uid": 28204706}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Bilingual Service Assoc\nLocation: \nUnder direct supervision, this position is responsible for providing high quality bilingual telephone service to Kaiser Permanente members. This candidate will primarily provide bilingual and language resource services when answering patient's phone calls, assisting them in obtaining medical services by scheduling them for an office visit or phone encounter, or transferring callers to a telephone nurse or to the appropriate medical office, or answering questions about their health plan.\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules, reschedules, and/or verifies patient appointments.\n- Interpretation services for non English-speaking members\n- Responds to member questions and concerns, and acts as an advocate for their service, needs, and interests within Kaiser Permanente, resolving issues at the lowest possible level.\n- Educates members on proper use of Health Plan systems and facilities.\n- Appropriately transfers and introduces returned telephone calls to providers and medical office modules.\n- Refers provider sick calls to scheduling Supervisor or a member of the call center management team.\n- Notifies patients of appointments and/or scheduling changes by telephone or mail.\n- Verifies member and benefit eligibility, creates medical record numbers as appropriate.\n- Confirms patient appointment for next day, as appropriate.\n- Receives/sends messages from/to hearing-impaired members via TDD equipment.\n- Maintains confidentiality of patient's medical record and demographic information.\n- Verifies and updates member demographics as appropriate during telephone encounter, per guidelines.\n- May collect cumulative data and statistics; may enter data into automated systems.\n- Assist in training and orienting new or less experienced staff, as directed.\n- Serve as resource person to co-workers by answering procedure questions and assisting problem solving.\n- Understands individual and call center performance. Is proactive about responding to self-performance measures.\n- May participate in special projects, studies, or other activities from time to time, as directed.\n- Proactively identify ways Kaiser Permanente could improve customer service; work in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente department.\n- Other duties related to this role as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or equivalent.\n- Formal training and/or certification in interpretation and/or must pass the Qualified Bilingual Status Level 1 assessment. (Will be given during the screening process).\n- One (1) year experience in a similar customer service position which included data entry and high volume phone duties\n- Bilingual and bicultural in Spanish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, or Indian\n- Working knowledge of PC.\n- Ability to communicate effectively and courteously on the telephone.\n- Ability to effectively interact and negotiate with diverse work units at all organizational levels.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of medical terminology\n- Appointment-setting experience in a clinical setting or health care service role", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204698/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Bilingual Service Assoc", "reqid": "132704", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28204698}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Asst, Research\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Research Assistant assists an Investigator, Research Associate or Project Manager with operationalizing the tasks associated with implementing a research study. This includes a variety of tasks related to data collection, data management, and reporting of results.The person hired for this postion will primarily work on projects related to reproductive health and environmental health.\n\nEssential Functions:\n>In-person recruitment, consenting, and enrollment of study participants in both the ambulatory and hospital setting (mist have prior experience with in-person recruitment)\n>Prepares, mails and processes questionnaires and other patient study correspondence.\n>Performs follow-up (by telephone and/or mail) with study participants\n>Assists in tracking study participants on Excel spreadsheets or MS Access\n>Reviews participant medical records and abstracts study data (medical record abstractions)\n>Keeps accurate and detailed records and files of work.\n>Reviews, edits and cleans data for input.\n>Enters data from surveys into a database.\n>Assists with development of study materials and IRB submissions\n>Assists with all aspects of grant proposal preparation and submission\n>Assists with website development and maintenance\n>Assists with literature reviews for manuscript preparation.\n>Miscellaneous administrative tasks (typing labels, copying, faxing, meeting preparation, travel, supply and incentive ordering etc.).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n>Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required\n>Knowledge of a health care or public health environment from previous experience or education\n>Demonstrated knowledge of computer software for databases and word processing (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access)\n>Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication\n>Familiar with online literature searching\n>One or more years of experience enrolling study participants in a clinical setting\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n>Master's degree in a health related field (e.g. MPH) preferred\n>Two or more years of experience working in a research setting\n>Experience with website development and maintenance", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204701/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst, Research", "reqid": "133080", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28204701}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Dir, Nursing\nLocation: \nThe Dir, Nursing, through expertise, influence, facilitation, and change leadership, develops and evaluates KPGA's nursing care delivery, including nursing roles within multidisciplinary teams to ensure high quality, safe, effective, and efficient patient care. He/She promotes an environment which empowers nurses and nurse leaders. The Dir, Nursing collaborates with operational directors and leaders to determine strategic priorities and ensures linkage and integration of nursing across departments, with other regions, and in the community. He/She ensures compliance with all scope of practice and regulatory requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as the senior nursing leader and director for the Georgia Regions Clinical Services Department.\n- Collaborates with clinical operational leaders to develop, implement, and evaluate nursing care delivery models across the region, ensuring competency and scope of practice considerations.\n- Serves as the leader and expert for KPGA's nursing services including linkages with the GA Board of Nursing, nursing professional organizations, KP Program Office and Schools of Nursing.\n- Develops strategies for recruitment and retention of nursing staff in partnership with HR and operational directors.\n- Develops nursing workforce strategies to include partnerships with schools, student rotations, advancement strategies, scholarships, etc.\n- Oversees nursing informatics and clinical workflow development Ensures appropriate policies and procedures are in place and reliable.\n- Develop and chairs professional practice committees that includes nursing peer review and ongoing evaluation of nursing effectiveness.\n- Leads the strategic implementation of nursing education to address orientation programs, competency assessments, in-service education, nursing documentation, medication, and nursing preceptor programs.\n- Leads or co-leads simulation training and highly reliable team trainings.\n- Addresses adverse events and risk prevention as it relates to nursing practice and delivery in the region.\n- May perform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related health care administration field.\n- 10 years of progressive nursing leadership.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of GA scope of practice, professional practice acts for all levels of nursing.\n- Ambulatory nursing experience.\n- Experience with strategic, business and financial planning.\n- GA Registered Nurse.\n- BLS Certification.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Nursing preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204703/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dir, Nursing", "reqid": "133141", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 28204703}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Information Analytics - Care Delivery, KPIT\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position will be the IT executive accountable for working with business and clinical partners to deliver and maintain technology solutions that meet organizational goals for analytics, KP HealthConnect reporting, mobility, data services and telehealth in the care delivery space. The position will also be accountable for defining and managing care delivery IT work utilizing standards defined by Enterprise Architecture.The responsibilities include:\n- Define and execute care delivery IT strategies and roadmap relative to meeting business needs around health and care analytics across the national portfolio.\n- Define and execute care delivery IT work and roadmap relative to delivering KP HealthConnect reporting across the national portfolio.\n- Define and execute care delivery IT work and roadmap relative to delivering care delivery mobility across the national portfolio.\n- Define and execute care delivery IT work and roadmap relative to adoption of a care delivery data services capability to include service-oriented architecture (SOA) and an Event based data architecture across the national portfolio.\n- Work with subject matter experts in Enterprise Architecture to ensure adherence of care delivery work with defined enterprise standards.\n- Partner with the Infrastructure Management Group to ensure care delivery-focused efforts are aligned with work undertaken by that team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- This position will have strong industry experience in health care and will have experience managing IT teams/budgets and delivering care-delivery focused solutions. The position will also have experience in developing IT strategies that are aligned with business goals, priorities, and requirements. This individual will be able to work effectively with business partners through a deep understanding of their issues and goals, along with the ability to translate those needs into delivered technical capabilities. This position will also need to be able to work effectively with technical leads from other areas within KPIT such as Infrastructure Management Group, Enterprise Architecture and Corporate Services.\n- This position will be accountable for development, management and maintenance of the IT vision and roadmap for information analytics overall including health and care analytics as well as KP HealthConnect reporting. This vision/roadmap will be developed in concert with business and clinical partners. It will also serve as a guide for investment and core funding decisions. This position will also be accountable for working with the CD PAC and other investment/governance bodies to secure funding and approval for technology projects in this space.\n- The role will also work with various groups within IT to finalize and operationalize the data services, mobility, telehealth and other architectural strategies for care delivery. The individual will be accountable for leading and/or participating on appropriate governance bodies. It will also ensure that appropriate architectural review has been performed for all projects being presented to the CD PAC. This means that the position will have executive responsibility for managing the Care Delivery Architectural Advisory Group and/or other forums to be defined.\n- The role will also be accountable for keeping abreast of industry best practices in this space, particularly as they relate to applications and technologies designed to information analytics and/or architectural efforts.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS degree in Healthcare field or demonstrated experience in an IT leadership role.\n- Demonstrated track record of significant accomplishment in an executive role within health care and full life-cycle development experience.10 years of experience required.\n- Seasoned IT leader experienced in leading successful development and implementation of multi-million dollar programs/projects in complex matrix organizations with numerous constituents.\n- Demonstrated experience in successfully managing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple business units/regions. Includes the identification and articulation of problems, influencing decision-making process as well as delivery of expected results.\n- Solid business acumen in population care/panel management space.\n- The successful candidate will also possess the following qualities/skills:\n- Be flexible and adaptable when facing tough situations\n- Able to combine seeming opposite stances like being empathetic and tough\n- Stands up for self without trampling others\n- Sets strong but flexible standards\n- Can adjust approach as appropriate to influence the target audience\n- Possesses technical and business acumen to create and deliver IT solutions, multi-year plans, and strategies that match business needs and priorities\n- Knowledgeable incurrent and possible future policies, practices, technologies and information in KP and other health care organizations\n- Ability to work well within KP and broader marketplace\n- Be a credible partner in working effectively with clinicians by having a deep understanding of their needs/priorities in this space\n- Manage IT project plans, resources and budgets relevant to this area\n- Work with technology and other partners outside IT that delivery services for this space. This includes developing and managing service level agreements, recharges, budgets, etc.\n- Work in partnership across various areas of IT to procure and implement technology capabilities\n- Develop and maintain relationships with the business and clinical leaders responsible for information analytics and architectural efforts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's level graduate degree (e.g., MPH/MBA preferred).\n- 15 years or more preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-26 18:48:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28204695/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Information Analytics - Care Delivery, KPIT", "reqid": "133099", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28204695}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Asst Dir Diag Imag Svs\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nIn a larger department, manages the daily operations of assigned areas/modalities or assists the Director in managing the daily operations of a smaller department. Either role/function is in a full service inpatient and outpatient diagnostic imaging department at one acute care medical center (7 days, 24 hours) which usually includes radiology, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, IR, mammography, and imaging files. Manages all administrative, clinical, technical, and clerical operations of the assigned areas to ensure quality, access, patient care, and budget goals are achieved. Provides Diagnostic Imaging Services which are integrated with departmental, service line, and organizational/strategic goals and objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Assists the Diagnostic Imaging Services Director in meeting the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members, as well as developing a strategy to integrate diagnostic imaging services.\n- Manages the daily operations of assigned areas, or assists the Director in managing daily operations of a small department by maintaining appropriate schedules (both staffing and patient), and monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality, and regulatory standards.\n- Participates in the planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures equipment and procedures are safe, functional, and capable of meeting the diagnostic needs of the medical staff in a timely manner.\n- Develops and monitors payroll and non-payroll budgets for the assigned areas.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and implements appropriate actions, policies, and procedures.\n- Manages union supervisors and staff and resolves human resources, labor relations, employee, and safety issues.\n- Selects and trains technical and administrative imaging staff.\n- Monitors staff performance and participates with the Chief and Director in the development of competencies, performance standards, and imaging protocols/standards.\n- Develops and implements a plan for equipment procurement, maintenance, and replacement.\n- Keeps abreast of new developments in diagnostic imaging technology and makes recommendations on the acquisition and implementation of new technology.\n- Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance.\n- Ensures compliance with JCAHO, MQSA, federal, state, and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous recent (within three (3) years of hire date) supervisory experience in a full service imaging department in an acute care medical center required.\n- Prior clinical experience(three (3) - five (5)years)as a staff technologist in a diagnostic imaging modality.\n- Previous experience managing in a union environment strongly preferred.\n- Working knowledge and experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Radiologic Technology or other imaging discipline, Health Care, Business or Health Services Administration OR equivalent experience required.\n- Certification as Radiologic Technologist (CRT), Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) or American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) or American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations and human relations skills essential.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards required.\n- Computer and standard software package skills required.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180867/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst Dir Diag Imag Svs", "reqid": "132736", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28180867}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an adult acute care setting.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180865/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "131873", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28180865}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "West Covina", "description": "Title: Psychiatric RN\nLocation: West Covina, CA\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited nursing school\n- Current CA RN License\n- BSN preferred\n- Minimum one (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) RN Psych experience\n- Psychiatric & chemical dependency knowledge & ability to work w/ dual diagnosis patients\n- Able to triage & evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population\n- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills required\n- Knowledge of psychiatric medications, actions & side effects in an adult & pediatric population\n- Child & family education & learning theory technique, preferred\n- Two (2) or more years in a behavioral health setting, telephone triage support preferred\n- Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills, including the ability to gather information & express empathy on the telephone, the ability to remain positive & helpful when very busy & w/ difficult patient population & the ability to multitask & prioritize work, preferred\n- Computer skills to include data entry, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & HealthConnect, preferred\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Intensive outpatient experience is preferred\n\nNotes:\n- Will work at both locations: West Covina Garvey CDRP/MH 1539 W. Garvey Ave and West Covina Garvey Mental Health 1511 W. Garvey Ave.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180845/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric RN", "reqid": "130849", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "West Covina, CA", "uid": 28180845}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Pharmacist - (LR-3145)\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, consult with patients and medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provide direction to pharmacist residents, pharmacist interns, pharmacy technicians, and non-licensed personnel. Dispense compound, procure, store, and distribute pharmacy products. Provide medical personnel and patients with medication and information and product identification. Perform other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uphold KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Interview patient to obtain information regarding drug use, drug allergies and sensitivities and documents the information to appropriate records of the pharmacy information system; advises patients verbally and with written materials on significant precautions, proper drug therapy and administration, the use of related devices and the coordination of drug therapy with diet, according to established policies and procedures.\n- Review and interpret prescription orders and verify accuracy and completeness of patient labeling and input into pharmacy information system. Dispense, compound, procure, store and distribute pharmaceuticals and pharmacy products, including anti-neoplastics and/or other sterile products as required, according to legal requirements, established policies and procedures, and accepted professional standards of practice.\n- Evaluate and resolve real or potential drug therapy problems related to interpretation of prescriptions, drug furnishing irregularities, service complaints and issues such as drug procurement or equipment problems, according to established polices and procedures.\n- Confer with medical personnel concerning care and treatment of patients, related critical diagnoses, drug dosage, interactions, dosage forms, and other factors which might influence the course of treatment and the activity medications; suggest changes in drug therapy and/or use, as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results and cost effective prescribing.\n- Maintain work area and equipment in an organized and clean condition; maintain a safe and efficient work environment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration with the California state board of pharmacy.\n- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations, and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources and relate it to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer systems and other equipment.\n- Must be able to type prescription labels.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR # LR-3145\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required\n- Position may include working the Mid-Night Shift with on duty meals", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180842/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist - (LR-3145)", "reqid": "129857", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28180842}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: LVN II (Spanish Bilingual) WLA Fam Med\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Representative Duties: Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies.\n- Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair.\n- Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.\n- Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Perform other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 25\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse.\n- Current Basic Life Support card.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years current adult and pediatric nursing care in outpatient setting.\n- Aseptic techniques assisting with minor surgery procedures.\n- Experience/knowledge of EKG's.\n- Immunizations for pediatrics and adults; ear lavage. \n- Proficiency with OPAS, KITS and HEALTH CONNECT Systems.\n- Effective communication skills and legible printing.\n- Strong organizational skills and self-motivated.\n- Customer focused.\n- Strong leadership skills.\n- Ability to work in a high volume outpatient clinic.\n- Ability to anticipate MD/Provider's and patient's needs and prioritize accordingly.\n- Knowledge of IM and oral medications given in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, OB/GYN and Internal Medicine.\n- Dedicated to providing the highest quality of service toour health plan members and internal customers.\n\n\nNotes:\n- May be required to work weekends and holidays.\n- May be required to work in other departments based on clinic needs.\n- Willingness to maintain flexible work schedule and float to various modules within the department.\n- Must be able to work flexible expanding hours and rotate to the Medical Office Buildings (Playa Vista, Inglewood).\n- Assist Providers to manage In-Basket Folders in KP HealthConnect* HealthConnect Trained.\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180800/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II (Spanish Bilingual) WLA Fam Med", "reqid": "127642", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28180800}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Surgical Tech II\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician and in accordance with the legal scope of competency and within established standards of care, policies and procedures: assists the physician during surgical procedures by performing scrub duties.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- The Certified Surgical Technician demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors.\n- Leadership\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Demonstrates a professional, supportive attitude.\n- Identifies and supports new ideas.\n- Utilizes effective communication strategies, including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes.\n- Participates in problem identification and resolution in collaboration with the Registered Nurse.\n- Prioritizes work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities and notifies Registered Nurse if unable to complete assignments.\n- Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.\n- Nursing Process\n- Correctly identifies patient and scheduled procedure.\n- Performs patient care activities, within the scope of competency, considering age-related needs of the patient as assigned.\n- Reports unusual findings to the Registered Nurse.\n- Collects data and provides information in a timely manner to the registered Nurse which may assist within the revision of the plan of care.\n- Discharge barriers are discussed with the Registered Nurse and intervention taken as directed.\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Applies standard precautions; keeps a safe environment for self and others.\n- Observes patient/family conditions and reports to Registered Nurse sudden changes or unusual findings.\n- Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing by completion of departmental competency validation.\n- Transports patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens throughout the medical center utilizing proper body mechanics.\n- Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing and improving.\n- Assembles and ensures all equipment/supplies/instruments are appropriate, available, calibrated, and adjusted, in working order, sterilized per protocol and organized for upcoming procedure.\n- Sets up and organizes room.\n- Performs scrub role (e.g., anticipates surgeon's needs, pass instruments, cut sutures, hold retractors, obtain/process tissue samples) according to standard. Assists physician within scope of competency.\n- Assists with transfer, transport, and stabilization of patient within the scope of competency.\n- Cleans instruments, containers, and equipment according to established guidelines and reassembles packs, prepares for sterilization and/or returns to Central Processing.\n- Operates sterilization equipment.\n- Operates equipment safely and reports defective equipment upon discovery. Cleans, lubricates, and performs preventive maintenance.\n- Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently.\n- Customer Service\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specific department.\n- Anticipates the customer's desires, takes proactive steps to meet those needs by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Assists members who are less than satisfied with their experience by listening and taking responsibility within their scope to ensure that the issue is resolved.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Certification from the Association of Operating Room Technologists/Liaison Council for Certification for the Surgical Technician.\n- BLS, Healthcare provider level.\n- Graduate of approved surgical technologist program.\n- Two (2) years within the last three (3) years operating room scrubbing experience, including a variety of surgical procedures.\n- Experience requirements may be waived or modified when an appropriate program or course is available and successfully completed.\n- Maintains required certifications as applicable.\n- Communicates in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the development stage of the patient.\n- Effective verbal and written communication skills.\n- Position requires considerable walking, standing, moderate lifting, exposure to patient elements, and handling of emergencies and patient incidents within their scope of competency.\n- Some positions may be posted as bilingual Spanish required on a position-by-position basis.\n- Willing to be trained on computer systems.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Weekend rotation.\n- Variable shift starts.\n- On-call requirements.\n- May float within the Perioperative setting.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180802/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgical Tech II", "reqid": "127844", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28180802}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Basic computer skills\n- Ability to administer medications, start I.V.s, etc\n- Ability to provide functional direction\n- Ability to oriented and train new and existing personnel\n\nNotes:\n- May work at multiple locations/facilities\n- Must be able to work in all departments at facility\n- Hours and Days may vary to meet the needs of the department\n- May include Day, Evening or weekend shifts", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:57:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180801/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "127772", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28180801}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Project Manager, National Sales Operations and Performance (Oakland or Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nLead Project Manager\nOakland or Burbank, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Lead Project Manager in Oakland or Burbank.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n - Manage ongoing operational programs and aligned projects within Sales and Sales Operations with a strong focus on Compliance Adherence, Monitoring and Governance. Responsibilities will include the planning and tracking of projects both (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Identifies and resolves issues related to projects. Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.\n - As this is a Program Operations Role with corrective action plan projects, the person will need to have strong relationship management skills across multiple locations, departments and functions, and a seasoned level of emotional intelligence and able to apply to multiple levels of staff and executive leadership.\n - Primarily focuses on regional and national marketing, sales, and associated underwriting processes. Additional projects can extend into upstream and downstream end-to-end processes, including benefit creation, rate setting, and membership administration.\n - Act as the primary contact for projects focusing on improving adherence to Kaiser Permanente, state, and national compliance procedures, regulations, and guidance.\n - Manage the intake and status tracking for compliance issues and audits.\n - Work closely with Regional and National Sales Operations Management, Regional Line of Business Sales Management, National and Marketing Sales Systems Administration Compliance departments, Release Managers, Regional Engagement Managers, System Development Teams, Testers, Vendor Solutions, IT partners, and impacted business areas to analyze compliance needs, provide compliance recommendations, and implement specific compliance projects.\n - Project management of compliance related projects within Marketing, Sales, Business Development.\n - Up to 50% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5+ years of project management or operations experience\n - 4 year degree or 4 additional years of equivalent experience\n\n\nIf not already certified, these certifications will be required within the first 2 years of employment:\n - Project Management Professional (PMP)\n - Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Certification\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience in sales or marketing\n - Regulatory compliance, audit, and/or legal work experience", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180742/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Project Manager, National Sales Operations and Performance (Oakland or Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "133030", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28180742}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Curriculum Manager, Account Management (Oakland, CA - Denver, CO - Rockville, MD - Portland, OR - Atlanta, GA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nCurriculum Manager, Account Management\nKaiser Permanente\n(Oakland, CA - Denver, CO - Portland, OR - Atlanta, GA OR Rockville, MD)\n\nConducts supervisory, management or non-technical skills training courses for internal staff. Uses needs assessment tools to determine effectiveness of proposed training programs. Interacts with functional organizations to develop specifications for content of courses. Prepares lesson plans including the method, media, and documentation to be presented. Instructs participants in classroom lectures and/or group sessions. Conducts follow up to determine applicability of course material.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops strategic plans for development of training curricula, professional development and technical programs.\n- Assesses and analyzes training and development needs across a broad spectrum of positions- typically a large functional area or program-wide initiative.\n- Consults w/leaders of major constituency groups within the organization to assess, trend & analyze learning needs of employees across the region based on current & future strategic plans.\n- Delivers customized training programs based on client needs or for large functional areas.\n- Serves as a master trainer providing training and coaching to trainers and learning consultants.\n- Stays with current trends in learning, training and development research including theory, motivation theory and new materials, methods and techniques.\n- Evaluates programs for effectiveness and desired outcomes and utilizes feedback to initiate changes, refinements and improvements.\n- Works on assignments of diverse scope.\n- Interprets less defined guidelines to make recommendations for process improvements and/or enhancements.\n- Requires complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives.\n- Contributes to the development of department objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affect expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies when making decisions.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.\n- Provides professional/ technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment.\n- Work is accomplished without considerable direction.\n- Plans schedules and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.\n- Work is reviewed by management at key intervals for advice and guidance prior to completion.\n- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to, and training of team members.\n- Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans.\n- Has limited formal supervisory responsibilities.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\n- 25% travel is required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Eight (8) to twelve (12) years of training experience\n - Prior experience with management continuity/succession planning\n - Four (4) year degree in human resources/education or a related field or equivalent experience.\n - Extensive knowledge in curriculum subject matter.\n - Experience working in subject of curriculum (ie: former sales manager for Curriculum Manager Sales and Sales Mgt; former underwriter for Curriculum Manager Pricing/UW; former manager for Curriculum Manager Management Development).\n - Superior classroom training/facilitation skills.\n - Understanding of adult learning theory and basic instructional principles.\n - Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the following:\n - Oral communication\n - Written communication\n - TQM and team concepts\n - Modeling, monitoring, coaching, and crediting, as well as at empowering others and teams\n - Customer service\n - Interpersonal relations\n - Influence/negotiation\n - Creativity/innovation\n - Team building\n - Teamwork\n - Group process facilitation\n - Group presentations\nPreferred Work Experience\n - Proven ability to align disparate groups resulting in achievement of goals.\n - Superior presenter, in classroom and to executives.\n - Prior experience with strategic planning and implementation.\n - Prior experience with management continuity/succession planning.\n - Working knowledge of data collection, analysis and statistical techniques.\n - Minimum 5 years training experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180730/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Curriculum Manager, Account Management (Oakland, CA - Denver, CO - Rockville, MD - Portland, OR - Atlanta, GA)", "reqid": "132406", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28180730}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Environmental Services Supervisor\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for 24 hour/7days a week site direction of environmental services assigned staff, performing cleaning/project work at a Medical Facility, usually a Medical Office Building. Monitors environmental services program to ensure that building(s) are maintained in a safe, clean and operationally effective condition.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises staff concerning overall areas of responsibility which include quality standards, department policies and procedures, and service levels.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Coordinates, schedules, and conducts employee training/development necessary to meet established performance standards, teamwork, and service criteria.\n- Performs area inspections with assigned EVS staff, to evaluate/monitor performance, customer satisfaction, and infection control program compliance.\n- Ensures general inspections are completed daily and formal inspections are completed monthly in all building areas.\n- Supervises grounds keeping employees (if applicable) to ensure that work techniques, quality assurance standards, department policies and procedures and job specification are adhered to.\n- Assists in monitoring the budget.\n- Researches and resolves variances; identifies and recommends opportunities to decrease costs and increase service levels. In collaboration with human resources, manages labor relations activities of the department and ensures compliance with local contracts.\n- Provides ancillary support for scheduling and coordination of conference room setups, audio-visual equipment supervision.\n- Manages and maintains inventory supplies with established par levels.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Manages attendance, annual compliance training, annual competencies, and disciplinary action.\n- Monitors Workplace Safety (WPS), ensures work environment is safe, and works to meet Regional and local WPS targets.\n- Schedules and coordinates conference room setups and manages the audio-visual equipment.\n- Manages waste programs including solid waste, medical waste and recycling.\n- Works in partnership with the Unit Based Team (UBT) to meet Regional and local UBT goals.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant environmental services experience in healthcare environment required (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Significant experience in working with bargaining units and contract interpretation (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Previous experience in a lead or supervisory position required (usually two (2) years).\n- A.A. degree ortwo (2)years of college required or equivalent experience.\n- American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification preferred.\n- Management skills, including interviewing, organizing, planning, and problem solving skills required.\n- Knowledge of hospital infection control, sanitation protocols and cleaning methods required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180617/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Environmental Services Supervisor", "reqid": "132323", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28180617}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II (120215)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.\n- Provides blood transfusion information.\n- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.\n- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines.\n- Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- BLS certification required.\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years neurosurgery experience with Pedi neurosurgery experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180619/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II (120215)", "reqid": "132561", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28180619}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (1421) - CMU - 40/hr Evening\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180620/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (1421) - CMU - 40/hr Evening", "reqid": "132612", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28180620}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (1423) - ICU - 40/hr - Night\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180621/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (1423) - ICU - 40/hr - Night", "reqid": "132628", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28180621}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (1448) - CMU - 40/day\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180622/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (1448) - CMU - 40/day", "reqid": "132630", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28180622}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Speech Therapist II\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nProvides diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders for more complex cases. Ensures compliance with standards and regulatory requirements. Oversees work of entry-level staff and supports community programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects.\n- Advises physicians and member/caregiver of test results.\n- Collaborates with physician as treatment plan changes.\n- Provides training for more junior therapists.\n- Participates in developing in-service programs for staff development.\n- Monitors the work of contract therapists and the treatment of patients in non-Kaiser facilities.\n- Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams.\n- Develops, implements, and maintains department policies and procedures.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirement.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to contain costs and improve services.\n- Assists with community programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience as a Speech Therapist (usually two (2) years).\n- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology.\n- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Internship required.\n- Current California license required.\n-BLS required. - - Certificate of Clinical Competence.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain an NPI prior to the employment start date.\n-Knowledge of federal, state, andlocal requirements.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to do adult VFSS.\n\nSchedule: Mon 8:00am - 4:30pm, Fri & Sat 11:30am - 6:00pm\n\nThis position will float to cover duties at other locations in the Diablo Service Area as needed.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180623/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Therapist II", "reqid": "132635", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28180623}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Program Coordinator\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nUnder limited supervision, serves as the program liaison by providing support duties to include the implementation, delivery & monitoring of a program. Activities require judgment & initiative to determine proper approach or action to take in non-routine situations & extensive knowledge of the organizational unit to include operating policies, procedures, & protocols, & administrative concepts, principles & accepted practices in the occupation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures smooth functioning of program in accordance w/ policies & procedures, regulations, & other compliance requirements\n- Coordinates activities within & external to the department by answering questions about program operations, policies, & procedures\n- Tracks milestones in project plans & contacts team members to ensure timely follow through & completion of assignments\n- Schedules conference rooms, caterers, audiovisual equipment, & various support requirements for project teams\n- Coordinates administrative workflow of the department & recommends new processes as needed\n- Participates in various committee meetings related to the ongoing development & modification of the program\n- Prepares various communication materials utilizing Word, PowerPoint, Excel, pivot tables, Visio & other similar software for a variety of management information reports\n- Screens phone & email inquiries & assesses problems or questions to determine appropriate response general policies & procedures\n- Performs assignments that require researching & collecting information, verifying validity of data, & analyzing information\n- Prepares narrative, graphic & other presentation that summarizes findings & variances\n- Provides recommendations based on data analyses to include procedural & policy changes\n- Uses a variety of software & databases to retrieve required information & to prepare communications, letters, reports, confidential documents, etc\n- Utilizes databases to include data entry, extract data, identifying & correcting data, & running reports for management information, budget analysis, performance metrics, & other required data\n- May oversee portion of a department budget & make budget recommendations as required\n- Independently tracks & compiles reports w/ actual to budget variances & trend analysis as required\n- Performs other related duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to seven (7) years experience performing administrative support functions for department managers\n- Experience in coordinating & providing support to large complex projects\n- HS or GED\n- BA/BS preferred\n- Advanced level proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) & Lotus Notes w/ expertise w/ word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, & presentation software including the ability to create tables; merge documents; create pivot tables; & develop graphics & PowerPoint presentations from notes\n- Familiarity w/ use of databases such as Access to enter & to retrieve data for management information reporting & analysis\n- Accuracy, productivity, dependability & good attendance record a must\n- Excellent customer service & oral & written communication skills required\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong background in use of technology.\n- Computer skills to include: MS Suite, KP Health Connect, Adobe Acrobat.\n- Strong communication/marketing skills.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (35WPM)", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180624/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Program Coordinator", "reqid": "132654", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28180624}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Supervisor Environmental Services\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nResponsible for 24 hour/7days a week site direction of environmental services assigned staff, performing cleaning/project work at a Medical Facility, usually a Medical Office Building. Monitors environmental services program to ensure that building(s) are maintained in a safe, clean and operationally effective condition.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises staff concerning overall areas of responsibility which include quality standards, department policies and procedures, and service levels.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Coordinates, schedules, and conducts employee training/development necessary to meet established performance standards, teamwork, and service criteria.\n- Performs area inspections with assigned EVS staff, to evaluate/monitor performance, customer satisfaction, and infection control program compliance.\n- Ensures general inspections are completed daily and formal inspections are completed monthly in all building areas.\n- Supervises grounds keeping employees (if applicable) to ensure that work techniques, quality assurance standards, department policies and procedures and job specification are adhered to.\n- Assists in monitoring the budget.\n- Researches and resolves variances; identifies and recommends opportunities to decrease costs and increase service levels. In collaboration with human resources, manages labor relations activities of the department and ensures compliance with local contracts.\n- Provides ancillary support for scheduling and coordination of conference room setups, audio-visual equipment supervision.\n- Manages and maintains inventory supplies with established par levels.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant environmental services experience in healthcare environment required (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Significant experience in working with bargaining units and contract interpretation (usually three (3) to five (5) years).\n- Previous experience in a lead or supervisory position required (usually two (2) years).\n- A.A. degree ortwo (2)years of college required or equivalent experience.\n- American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification preferred.\n- Management skills, including interviewing, organizing, planning, and problem solving skills required.\n- Knowledge of hospital infection control, sanitation protocols and cleaning methods required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180625/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Environmental Services", "reqid": "132806", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28180625}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW (12-014M)\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Works as a case manager in multidisciplinary team to members.\n- Coordinating care, need assessment, identifying and reducing risk factors, non-pharmacologic management; negotiating care plans and organizing processes to efficiently assure service standards are met.\n- Conducts face to face, telephone and or e-mail follow up visits and performs psychosocial and educational assessments; develops, implements evaluates documents care management plan.\n- Provides group and individual instruction.\n- Consults and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members regarding treatment plan for risk factor management, referrals as needed to specialists, pharmacy, social services, mental health, dietitians and health education classes.\n- Consults with primary care practitioners as needed in cooperation with Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Health Education. Participates and/or facilitates in an ongoing group visit that provide education and group interaction for members with Chronic Pain.\n- Complete documentation of patient's status, goal plan and progress.\n- Tracks the progress, and compliance with the care plan, for patients. Performs periodic needs assessment. Tracks emergency department visits for enrolled patients.\n- Other relevant responsibilities as defined, and developed by program leadership.\n- Collaborates with outside providers as needed.\n- Provides cognitive behavioral and other relevant modes of psychological interventions to individuals and groups.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nSchedule: 8:30am - 5:00pm\n\nWeek 1: Mon - Fri\nWeek 2: Tues - Fri", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180614/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW (12-014M)", "reqid": "131978", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28180614}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fremont", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing\nLocation: Fremont, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- FLOAT POOL - Three years experience as a Staff Nurse and demonstrated certifications and competency in bed units of assignment as outlined below.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- STEPDOWN/OBSERVATION UNIT - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an acute care setting. Current ACLS certification required within six months of hire. May require specialty training. Basic Arrhythmia recognition skills are required. Ventilator training may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180616/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing", "reqid": "132050", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fremont, CA", "uid": 28180616}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant II - Grade 365\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nUnder the direction and oversight of the Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager, or designee, within the scope of Unlicensed Laboratory Personnel as described in B&PC 1269, receives and processes specimens, performs clerical tasks and performs phlebotomy. May operate automated or semi-automated test equipment, or plate and process microbiology specimens under the direct and constant supervision of a licensed person, as authorized by the California lab law.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Draws blood from patient's finger, heel, or vein, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples.\n- Obtains the correct amount and type of specimen.\n- Documents all requests and released results of lab work accurately.\n- Informs physicians of released lab results.\n- Completes appropriate routing, handling, and processing of various medical specimens.\n- Orders, distributes and stocks supplies as needed.\n- Trains and reports on the work performance of other Laboratory Assistants.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT).\n- Must be able to perform all Laboratory Assistant I duties.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:56:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180595/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant II - Grade 365", "reqid": "129690", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28180595}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Cath Lab Day On-Call\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- CARDIAC CATH LAB - 1 year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in a cardiac cath lab, ACLS required.\nIf no qualified candidate, willing to train RN with 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in CVICU (preferred), ED, ICU or Interventional Radiology.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180592/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Cath Lab Day On-Call", "reqid": "128701", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28180592}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burke", "description": "Title: Drug Education Coordinator - PT\nLocation: Burke, VA\nIn conjunction w/ the RCPA & the Physician Pharmacy & Therapeutics Chain Executive Director of Pharmacy for MAPMG, coordinates & manages pharmaceutical education for identified locations for clinic, hospital & contracted providers. In conjunction w/ the drug utilization pharmacists & Permanente Medical group drug use champions, coordinates on-going pharmaceutical education & training for pharmacy personnel.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides performance feedback to providers & personnel regarding clinical outcomes, cost effectiveness, & member service in the delivery of pharmaceutical care.\n- Assists in directing quality & utilization standards, & partners w/ administrators, providers & pharmacy managers to ensure quality & cost effective pharmaceutical care according to KP standards & applicable regulatory laws.\n- Works collaboratively w/ the co-chairs of Regional Pharmacy & &Therapeutics Committee & the medical staff to coordinate pharmaceutical education providers & staff. Attends formulary review committee meetings & drug use management committee meetings.\n- Assists in the development & implementation of identified pharmacy initiatives. Provides training, analytical support, & on-going performance feedback to providers & staff regarding those initiative outcomes.\n- Analyzes prescribing practices for identified locations &/or the specific area to identify, develop, implement, & evaluate effective techniques to favorably influence such prescribing practices.\n- Provides on-going communication to providers & staff regarding recent innovations in pharmaceutical practice, drug cost issues, clinical outcomes issues, etc., via presentations, newsletter information, formal utilization review & one-on-one conversations.\n- Identifies & develops ongoing training education needs based on clinical pearls & formulary alternative acceptance levels, resulting in improved formulary utilization.\n- Mentors staff pharmacists w/ responsibility for managing cost containment/conversion programs, to include annual evaluation of performance.\n- Ensures implementation region-wide impact programs.\n- Serves as a staff resource/trainer for the pharmacist clinical role expansion.\n- Assists w/ quality activities in pharmacy management as they relate to on-going improvement of the delivery of pharmaceutical care to members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of 1 year residency in drug information preferred or 2 years of equivalent clinical practice experience.\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in assigned jurisdiction (s).\n- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, & oral & written communication skills.\n- Outstanding pharmaceutical & therapeutic knowledge.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review.\n- Demonstrated ability to converse & influence prescribing providers using pharmaceutical & therapeutic knowledge; to work collaboratively & lead professionals & others in single &/or multiple pharmaceutical care programs & sites.\n- Working knowledge of applicable state & federal pharmacy regulations.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PharmD degree preferred.\n- Excellent grammar and writing skills, experience in medical or scientific writing preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180453/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Drug Education Coordinator - PT", "reqid": "132896", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Burke, VA", "uid": 28180453}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Clinical RN, On-Call\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator\u2019s attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Passed a standard medication test is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180455/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN, On-Call", "reqid": "132929", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28180455}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Temple Hills", "description": "Title: MD Clinical Phamacy Specialist II - FT\nLocation: Temple Hills, MD\nProvides customer focused comprehensive pharmaceutical care services for patients w/ complex medication problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides pharmacotherapy consultation & follow up of patients w/ complex medical problems.\n- Assesses the drug therapy needs of patients & monitors progress of therapy through interviews, physical assessment, patient education & clinical laboratory monitoring.\n- Makes timely decisions about patient drug treatment modalities w/in guidelines & protocols & communicates regularly w/ health care providers.\n- Documents all clinical interventions & drug information requests using appropriate methods.\n- Communicates new medication therapies to pharmacists, physicians & other health care providers.\n- Develops drug education plans & strategies to promote cost-effective prescribing in area of expertise including communication of initiatives to providers & staff.\n- Supports initiatives to achieve HEDIS targeted disease state goals related to drug therapy.\n- Acts as preceptor & mentor of the managed care pharmacy practice resident(s) & pharmacy students where applicable. Evaluates & critiques students & residents abilities in established practice rotations through use of learning goals & objectives.\n- Develops & delivers pharmaceutical education lectures to staff & patients.\n- Demonstrates continued competency in specialty areas of pharmacy practice.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & Kaiser Permanente's policies & procedures to include but not limited to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\n- State Boards of Pharmacy\n- HIPAA\n- Principles of Responsibility\n- Proper use of Kaiser Permanente personal computers & applications\n- Oversees pharmacy technician staff in execution of technical functions where applicable\n- Takes lead role in implementation of new drug-related initiatives, establishment of new clinical pharmacy services as requested, & Part D MTM activities w/ clinical pharmacists.\n- Participates in research activities.\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of 1 year residency related to practice area or 3 years of equivalent clinical practice experience required.\n- Pharmacy doctorate degree required.\n- Licensed Pharmacist to practice in assigned jurisdiction(s) required.\n- Board certification (US-BCPS preferred) must be current or achieved within three years of starting this position.\n- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Specialty residency preferred.\n- Experience with using Microsoft Excel, Access and Power Point preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180456/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MD Clinical Phamacy Specialist II - FT", "reqid": "132918", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Temple Hills, MD", "uid": 28180456}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burke", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - PT\nLocation: Burke, VA\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Shif to be schedule during hours of operation, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm, 4 hours per day.\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180451/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - PT", "reqid": "132909", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Burke, VA", "uid": 28180451}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Lead RN\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nTo support the Clinical Coordinator in providing high quality customer service for both internal and external customers.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides direct patient care, triage member calls, makes patient call-backs for providers, performs patient teaching & performs & assists with procedures (Based on provider orders) & applicable regulatory laws.\n- Coordinates patient care for hospital admissions, specialty referrals, IV Care for AHC, new mom assessment protocol (OB), MCCP (Peds) & ancillary support departments.\n- Makes monthly staffing schedules & day-to-day work assignments to department staff. Assesses workloads, on an on-going basis & ma kes special assignments, during peak and slow periods. Collects & codes department time sheets.\n- Calls in staff to meet minimum staffing requirements, including authorizing overtime, coordinating w/other clinical teams to cover staff shortages & processes provider schedule changes when delegated by the Clinical Coordinator.\n- Handles difficult & problematic work situations, including resolving member issues.\n- Serves as resource for other staff members by answering questions; orients new staff & identifies staff needs for training (& provides in-service training as needed).\n- Performs special projects as assigned by the CC.\n- Routinely provides feedback to CC for staff performance, work habits & barriers to efficient, high quality work.\n- Assists development & revision of department procedures.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience in HMO or ambulatory setting with emphasis on patient education is required.\n- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communications skills are required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical systems and processes is required.\n- Current CPR Certification is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a leadership role is preferred.\n- BSN is preferred.\n- 1-2 years experience in Emergency room and /or critical care setting. ACLS, PALS and BLS certified. 2 years experience as Charge Nurse preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180457/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead RN", "reqid": "133035", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28180457}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Medicare Business Engine Environments Java\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nLocated in Pasadena, California, Kaiser Permanente's Health PlanBIO - Membership Systems group is looking for an experienced Programmer/ Analyst Consultant Specialist to lead the Medicare Business Engine Environments.\n\nDescription\n\nKaiser Permanente's HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers are the organization's center of excellence for the integration, development, maintenance, and support of local, regional, and national software solutions that support Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide quality, affordable care. It's all part of an immense and on-going migration to a national IT systems strategy to better serve our millions of members across the country. Thousands of professionals are committed to keeping both our local and national channels of clinical, insurance, financial, and administrative information flowing efficiently and cost-effectively. Supporting many mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems, we are simultaneously moving toward Web-enabled technologies utilizing SOA methodology in an MVS and UNIX-based operating systems. Oracle and DB2 are our enterprise database standard. Working in the HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.\n\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Overseeing environment planning and coordinate with different groups based on the project needs and timelines\n - Plan and execute infrastructure and environment maintenance leveraging different support groups.\n - Single point of contact for environment related issues, coordination point for technical environment management\n - Help establish and enforce IT practices including security, data and release management\n - Escalation point for resolving organizational issues within KP.\n - Coordinate the Tools upgrades in the environments.\n - Establish and maintain strong working relationships with users, Testers, developers, and managers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree and/or 4+ years of additional equivalent experience\n - A minimum of 8 years of related experience in conducting highest level analyses regarding programs/applications/systems and making strategic recommendations to management.\n - A minimum of 8 years of experience in development of new programs/application or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n - Technical experience with complex midrange platforms involving 2-tier and 3-tier architectures\n - Understanding of current database, middleware and front end technologies\n - Some technical exposure and experience with infrastructure components like hardware, network topologies, etc\n - Strong IT process and procedure expertise\n - Excellent team leadership and communication skills\n - Experience working under structured and complex Release Management\n - Strong team focus and ability to work well under deadlines.\n - Must be able to work through solutions and ideas with multiple local and remote departments and will be required to effectively present suggested ideas to groups of various sizes both local and remote.\n - Must be able to travel for a multi-night stays if duties require on-site meetings with other groups at any of the various Kaiser locations nationally.\n - Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills\nRequired Skills and Experience\n - Java/J2EE - experienced\n - Websphere - experienced\n - Oracle - experienced\nPreferred Skills and Qualifications\n - Experience with Remedy\n - Knowledge of SOX change management controls.\n - Exposure to messaging/Websphere Message Broker\n - Exposure to Citrix\n - Exposure to SFTP\n - Exposure to Windows applications and scripting on Windows", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180361/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medicare Business Engine Environments Java", "reqid": "133061", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28180361}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Jonesboro", "description": "Title: Radiology Tech II - Southwood (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri) PT\nLocation: Jonesboro, GA\nThe Radiology Technologist performs a variety of standard radiographic procedures in a safe and efficient manner; reviews and transmits films and reports to appropriate physicians. This position performs reception and clerical duties within the Radiology Department and prepares required departmental reports.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for radiographic procedures by accurately assessing patient's needs and providing patient education\n- Performs radiographic and/or fluoroscopic procedures\n- Practices accurate and timely completion of scheduled and unscheduled work to maximize productivity\n- Demonstrates skills for IV placement and injection of contrast materials\n- Operates computer and radiographic equipment for image production and documentation of images\n- Performs quality control measures for the purpose of ensuring optimal quality images\n- Enters and properly completes all patient information including exam charges and supplies into the Radiology Information System (RIS) and/or other KP application\n- Prepares films for interpretation by the radiologist in an accurate and timely manner\n- Exhibits flexibility and adaptability to unique needs of the department and respond appropriately\n- Communicates abnormal situations to proper sources in a way that facilitates resolution and/or tracking\n- Actively engages other health care providers (radiologist, ordering practitioners) to ensure quality, continuity and appropriateness of care\n- Follows department procedures/processes/policies\n- Practices safety measures in radiography by adhering to all governing regulations\n- Follows universal precautions, infection control guidelines and sterile technique\n- Complies with all governing regulations\n- Stocks and cleans exam rooms/work areas\n- Takes rotational call for after hours facilities and is responsible for coverage if unable to take call\n- May be responsible for clinical instruction of student technologist\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- ARRT Radio Logic Technologist registration from an accredited radiograph program\n- BCLS\n- A minimum of 1 year of experience as a Radiological Technologist\n- General knowledge of EH&S, OSHA, DHR, Radiation Safety and Protection\n- General knowledge of exam protocols\n- Basic PC (keyboarding & navigation) skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience as a Radiologic Technologist", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180194/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiology Tech II - Southwood (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri) PT", "reqid": "130431", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Jonesboro, GA", "uid": 28180194}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lithonia", "description": "Title: Med Tech I, Laboratory - Panola (Sat/Sun) PT\nLocation: Lithonia, GA\nThe Medical Technologist I performs routine and complex laboratory procedures under the technical guidance of the Laboratory Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Laboratory Supervisor or Medical Technologist II. This position assists with workload recording, inventory control, research and development of new procedures. This position exercises independent judgment in work performance and interpersonal relations. Major responsibilities may be assigned as a direct or indirect function of the position.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs requested laboratory tests and special analysis, such as proficiency testing, correlation studies or other, according to established laboratory and Medical Office policies and procedures.\n- Prioritizes laboratory testing and other duties appropriately to assure optimal efficiency and timely reporting of laboratory results according to policy standards.\n- Utilizes quality control procedures according to established procedures and takes appropriate action for 'Out of Control' results. Documents QC appropriately. Recognizes trends, bias, shifts or other unexpected patterns and takes appropriate action.\n- Performs calibration or calibration verification as needed.\n- Operates and maintains equipment. Performs routine safety checks and preventive maintenance on instruments according to procedures and manufacturer's recommendations on a consistent, timely basis to insure optimal operation and minimal downtime.\n- Recognizes when any component of the testing system is not performing optimally and performs troubleshooting procedures as warranted on equipment, reagents and procedures in an efficient manner that maintains testing schedules.\n- Refers problems beyond his/her scope of practice to Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II.\n- Receives electronic and manual orders for tests to be performed.\n- Receives and/or obtains specimens, assisting with collections when the workload warrants.\n- Assumes responsibility for assuring collection of adequate and acceptable samples for analysis.\n- Responsible of timely release of patient results.\n- Communicates with reference lab to confirm results, specimen disposition and to order supplies.\n- Exercises independent judgment in determining whether test results are released, repeated or referred for review. Consults with Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II when necessary.\n- Assists with workload recording and inventory control.\n- Responsible for monitoring and resolving pending lists per policy.\n- Responds appropriately to provider and clinical staff inquiries.\n- Supports clinical point of care testing by facilitating issue resolution.\n- Participates in department/facility meetings, conference calls, continuing education/in-services.\n- Participates in orientation and training of new employees.\n- Makes recommendations for improvements to the Supervisor/Manager or Assistant Supervisor.\n- Assumes responsibility for day to day operations of laboratory, including directing and supporting the front desk, collections and accessioning areas, in absence of Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II.\n- Participates in state/internal inspections, prepared to answer questions or produce documents.\n- Responsible for compliance with information communicated in weekly laboratory newsletters.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree and/or MT Registration or equivalent documentation from the state of Georgia.\n- MT registration from ASCP, AMT, or NCA or documentation that the state of Georgia considers them qualified to work as a MT in the state of Georgia.\n- American Heart Association BLS Certification.\n- 1 year of post registration MT experience.\n- Able to work independently.\n- Able to demonstrate customer service aptitude through customer service assessment and/or history.\n- Able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills i.e., history of positive working relationships.\n- Able to demonstrate dependability i.e., history of punctuality and good attendance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or related health science.", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180195/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Med Tech I, Laboratory - Panola (Sat/Sun) PT", "reqid": "130438", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Lithonia, GA", "uid": 28180195}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: RN, Oncology Treatment Center - Cumberland - FT(40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Oncology Treatment Center Nurse is a licensed, registered nurse who has completed training in the care of ambulatory oncology patients. The incumbent utilizes a high level of knowledge of the oncology disease process and effectively communicates medical issues with physicians. This nurse coordinates multidisciplinary care, I.e. radiation oncology, imaging studies, surgical procedures and external oncologists, with hospital systems outside of the Kaiser Permanente Region. This employee interprets data received prior to treatment and utilizes nursing judgment that is in line with treatment and the physician. The incumbent must possess the ability to be self-directed and act independently to intervene as appropriate and resolve issues.\nEssential Functions:\n- Membership in oncology nursing organizations and the achievement of oncology nursing certification is encouraged. The nurse's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, chemotherapy administration, blood product administration, intravenous catheter care, central line care, medication administration, assisting physicians in the performance of medical procedures, venipuncture, therapeutic phlebotomy, patient and family education, emergency care of oncology patients, patient follow-up and scheduling of procedures.\n- Monitors and evaluates patient condition and response to treatment.\n- Administers chemotherapy and adheres to existing protocols and research.\n- Assesses treatment side effects and identifies additional health problems that may require medical attention.\n- Reviews laboratory data for treatment protocols, assess for abnormal finds, and providesappropriate interventions.\n- Confers with the physician as needed based on the medical status of the patient.\n- Initiates consultations with other health-related personnel (dietician, social services, mental health, etc.).\n- Ensures that appropriate follow-up and testing are performed (makes clinic appointments, contacts patients who miss clinic appointments, etc.).\n- Documents patient information in the electronicmedical record.\n- Provides emotional counseling and ongoing support to patients and their families in matters relating to the course of therapy, the status of the disease, the prognosis, and home management.\n- The nurse works closely with the medical, nursing, and ancillary staff of the institution to provide evidence based care focusing on safety, and quality while providing continuityof care from various level of servicesis emphasized.\n- Acts as liaison with the nursing and medical staff when outpatients are admitted to the hospital. Follows the hospital course of these patients, providing counseling and emotional support as needed.\n- The nurse is responsible for the maintenance of records pertaining to patient care.\n- Continuing education is required and the nurse will attend a minimum of one oncology conference per year. Basic life support, infection control, and fire and safety courses are also required.\n- Membership in oncology nursing organizations and the achievement of oncology nursing certification is encouraged.\n\nThis position does require travel to additional clinics within the department with consideration to location proximity.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Current Georgia R.N. Licensure\n - Current BLS Certification\n - Current ONS Provider Certification\n - Two years of clinical oncology nursing experience\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - B.S. in nursing\n - Experience in medical /oncology triage, office oncology infusion, outpatient oncology, inpatient oncology, critical care, and/or emergency department setting preferred.\n - ONS Certification", "date_new": "2012-04-25 19:55:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28180202/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Oncology Treatment Center - Cumberland - FT(40)", "reqid": "132536", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28180202}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: LVL III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a Repost of 127208\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in hemodialysis or 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience performing peritoneal dialysis.\n\nNotes:\n- Positionrequires to take 24 hours after hours call rotated with all RN staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142777/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVL III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "131643", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28142777}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Clinical Sup PT/OT Services\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nIn collaboration with department administrator, provides direction and management of the Inpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Services as well as administrative support for linkages to outpatient physical and occupational therapy services. As a member of the facility's management team, responsible for program development, management, and delivery and evaluation/improvement. Integrates program or departmental services/programs with facility/organizational goals and objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration with Department Administration: Develops, implements, and evaluates/improves clinical services and therapeutic programs for Inpatient and Outpatient Physical/Occupational Therapy services.\n- Maintains liaison and collaborates with other departments for purposes of patient care/program planning.\n- Meets with Nursing Leadership as necessary to address patient care service enhancements and/or issues.\n- Supervises staff and students.\n- Responsible for hiring, discipline, performance appraisals, staffing, creating job descriptions, staff recruitment and retention.\n- Implements and manages Performance Improvement systems/processes for inpatient physical/occupational therapy department and linkages to outpatient PT/OT services.\n- Complies with all state and federal agency regulatory requirements and standards.\n- May implement student clinical training program which provides students with necessary levels of learning and application of theory and techniques; instructs, directs and evaluates student clinical practice.\n- Develops, justifies, and monitors annual financial, capital, and FTE budgets for Inpatient PT/OT services.\n- Develops, implements, and revises departmental Policy and Procedure Manual in compliance with JCAHO, Title 22 requirements and Behavioral Healthcare standards.\n- Represents Inpatient Physical/Occupational Therapy department at facility-wide management meetings and other appropriate committees.\n- Participates on management team by attending meetings, chairing, or serving on committees and performing other duties as assigned.\n- Provides direct patient care activities in both inpatient and outpatient arena as required by service demands.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy (P.T.) or Occupational Therapy (O.T.).\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current and valid Licensure as a Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist issued by State Board of California.\n- Significant experience, usually five (5) + years, in physical therapy or occupational therapy programs with past hands-on inpatient and outpatient experience.\n- Previous experience as a lead or senior physical/occupational therapist.\n- Six (6) plus months in a supervisory role within PT and/or OT services preferred.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- CI credentialed\n- Doctorate of PT preferred.\n- Experience with local and regional continuing education program and contract development.\n- Staff mentoring, protocol development, highly trained therapist with advanced certifications preferred.\n\nNotes:\n- Must be willing to work evenings and weekends for the purpose of speaker presentations, set up etc... as needed", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142779/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Sup PT/OT Services", "reqid": "132367", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 28142779}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Biomed Equip Tech\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nUnder general supervision, the Biomedical Equipment Technician provides & documents preventive & corrective maintenance on a variety of mechanical, electrical, & electronic biomedical equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Performs & documents biomedical equipment repairs as well as tests all new & repaired biomedical equipment before it is put into use\n- Performs & documents scheduled inspections & maintenance, as well as electrical safety tests of biomedical equipment necessary to maintain conformance to code requirements\n- Investigates & recommends remedial action on incidents involving biomedical equipment\n- Ensures that an inventory of biomedical equipment, replacement parts & standby equipment necessary to minimize disruption of patient care is maintained\n- Assists in training medical, nursing & paramedical staff in the safe use of biomedical equipment\n- Provides technical support on new & replacement biomedical equipment & reviews work performed by outside service vendors to ensure defined specifications are met & results are properly documented\n- Keeps abreast of current developments in biomedical equipment & systems, as required\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting w/ other personnel, Health Plan members & the public\n- Performs other related duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of electronic medical repair experience\n- Associate of applied science degree in electronics technologyOR equivalent\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- CBET certification\n- Experience maintaining a variety of biomedical equipment technologies, including patient monitoring, dialysis, respiratory ventilators, lasers and PC based medical equipment.\n- Networking and connectivity technology is a plus\n\nNotes:\n- Occasional travel to attend training seminars and meetings\n- Duties may require limited travel, temporary shift and/or work assignments at other locations within the service area", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142774/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Biomed Equip Tech", "reqid": "131083", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 28142774}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Biomed Equip Tech\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder general supervision, the Biomedical Equipment Technician provides & documents preventive & corrective maintenance on a variety of mechanical, electrical, & electronic biomedical equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Performs & documents biomedical equipment repairs as well as tests all new & repaired biomedical equipment before it is put into use\n- Performs & documents scheduled inspections & maintenance, as well as electrical safety tests of biomedical equipment necessary to maintain conformance to code requirements\n- Investigates & recommends remedial action on incidents involving biomedical equipment\n- Ensures that an inventory of biomedical equipment, replacement parts & standby equipment necessary to minimize disruption of patient care is maintained\n- Assists in training medical, nursing & paramedical staff in the safe use of biomedical equipment\n- Provides technical support on new & replacement biomedical equipment & reviews work performed by outside service vendors to ensure defined specifications are met & results are properly documented\n- Keeps abreast of current developments in biomedical equipment & systems, as required\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting w/ other personnel, Health Plan members & the public\n- Performs other related duties as required\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of electronic medical repair experience\n- Associate of applied science degree in electronics technologyOR equivalent\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Must possess and maintain a valid California Drivers License.\n- Minimum of two (2) years of hands on experience in the performance of scheduled and corrective maintenance on patient care equipment.\n- Familiarity with general Medical Technologies and Patient Related Electrical Safety.\n- Eligible for ICC certification\n- Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET)\n- Good troubleshooting skills. Experience with basic computer functions.\n- Experience maintaining a variety of Medical Technologies (Patient Monitoring, Dialysis, Respiratory Ventilators, Lasers and PC based medical equipment).\n- Networking and Connectivity Technology.\n- Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and have a working knowledge of typical office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook and\nLotus Notes).\n- Good verbal and written communication skills.\n- Good organizational skills.\n- Good customer / people skills\n\n\nNotes:\n- Occasional travel to attend training seminars and meetings\n- May required limited travel, temporary shift and/or work assignment s at other locations within the service area", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142770/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Biomed Equip Tech", "reqid": "130628", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28142770}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Lead Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nWorks independently with various levels of clients within the organization and with outside parties to identify operational business requirements with sufficient detail and clarity to allow IT solution proposal development. Integrates clinical systems into cross functional operations. Oversees & performs independent initiatives within a functional area. Provides business and technical expertise and leadership to business technical staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assist with application technical and operational knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing and product acceptance, gap analysis, development of new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support and available product functionality, operational readiness assessment, and others.\n- Accountable for cross functional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.\n- Facilitates meetings and presents to various levels of management including senior levels.\n- Conducts and approves analysis of client business processes and functional requirements, and prepares/approves documentation to communicate and validate the information with clients at various levels.\n- Assist in and approves the analysis and definition of efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\n- Works with vendors to investigate technical solutions and identify and recommend alternatives and coordinate vendor releases.\n- Assist in and approves the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at various levels for funding and scope decisions.\n- Approves for implementation solutions and/or business cases (e.g., system enhancement requests) of limited operational impact (e.g., low end user impact, low effort service requests).\n- Provide leadership in supporting the implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Develops and/or approves test & activation support plans, business requirement documents, and works with client to perform cross functional risk assessment.\n- Leads the coordination of solution development and oversees implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Serve as a single point of contact for the escalation and resolution of client issues and acts as a liaison between business clients and IT technical staff.\n- Perform systems configuration work.\n- Evaluate existing application products which could address client requirements and develop/approve recommendations where appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6)plus years experience in information systems analysis or implementation or health care operations (master's degree in related field can be used in lieu ofone (1)year of experience).\n- Bachelor's or master's degree in health care, information systems, computer science, engineering or related fields or experience required.\n- KPHC certified via Epic or via Kaiser Permanente's internal certification process.\n- Vehicle and valid driver's license required.\n- Prior progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.\n- Knowledge in health care, clinical systems, information systems, or other related field preferred.\n- Expert skills in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc).\n- Proficient with PC applications including database, spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software and graphics packages.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Prefer experience project managing and providing steady state maintenance support activities for the KPHC Ambulatory, including experience handling issues related to Security and security templates.\n- Additionally, experience working with Ancillary partners preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142772/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Lead Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena", "reqid": "130642", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28142772}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Professional Services Coder I\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder direct supervision, is responsible for professional service & ancillary coding for ambulatory/medical office, hospital inpatient & hospital outpatient department records and/or other select records. This will require utilizing various coding classification schemes including ICD-9CM, CPT (including E&M & HCPCS Level II & modifiers). Appropriate codes will be assigned for diagnoses, procedures, evaluation & management services, supplies, materials & injections including modifiers. All work is carried out in accordance w/ the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) guidelines, coding conventions as established by the American Hospital Association (National Coding Guidelines/Coding Clinic), American Medical Association (CPT), Rules & Regulations of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) KP organizational/institutional coding guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Reviews medical records to identify diagnoses, procedures, professional service level & other services & supplies\n- Assigns & sequences codes for diagnoses, procedures, professional services & other services as needed utilizing the applicable coding conventions as stated above per regulatory guidelines\n- Reviews coding claim edits & functions\n- Ensures that all coded data is consistent w/ federal & state regulations & organizational policy as it relates to corporate compliance policy for accurate coding\n- Interacts w/ physicians through a query process to clarify documentation to support accurate patient diagnostic & procedural information\n- Enters coded information into a manual or computerized system as required, ensuring the accuracy & integrity of the data\n- Maintains timely coding productivity & quality standards\n- Participates in medical record documentation review\n- Maintains & complies w/ HIPAA policies & procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Attends & participates in selected national, regional & local documentation & coding education sessions\n- Works collaboratively w/ others on coding questions & issues\n- Answers the telephone promptly & identifies self & department\n- Maintains courteous & cooperative relations when interacting w/ others\n- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 15\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of classes in Medical Terminology, Anatomy/ Physiology, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-9) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding conventions conforming to standards established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), American Medical Association, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or successful completion of an American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) accredited coding certification preparation program\n- Requires one of the following current credentials: Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A), Certified Coding Specialist-Physician (CCS-P), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)\n- Obtain a passing score on a KP Professional Services Coder I coding assessment\n- Ability to understand the clinical content of a health record\n- Ability to effectively communicate w/ physicians & other health care providers\n- Ability to perform within acceptable established quality standards\n- Keyboarding skills\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142766/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Professional Services Coder I", "reqid": "129238", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28142766}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Professional Services Coder I\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder direct supervision, is responsible for professional service & ancillary coding for ambulatory/medical office, hospital inpatient & hospital outpatient department records and/or other select records. This will require utilizing various coding classification schemes including ICD-9CM, CPT (including E&M & HCPCS Level II & modifiers). Appropriate codes will be assigned for diagnoses, procedures, evaluation & management services, supplies, materials & injections including modifiers. All work is carried out in accordance w/ the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) guidelines, coding conventions as established by the American Hospital Association (National Coding Guidelines/Coding Clinic), American Medical Association (CPT), Rules & Regulations of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) KP organizational/institutional coding guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Reviews medical records to identify diagnoses, procedures, professional service level & other services & supplies\n- Assigns & sequences codes for diagnoses, procedures, professional services & other services as needed utilizing the applicable coding conventions as stated above per regulatory guidelines\n- Reviews coding claim edits & functions\n- Ensures that all coded data is consistent w/ federal & state regulations & organizational policy as it relates to corporate compliance policy for accurate coding\n- Interacts w/ physicians through a query process to clarify documentation to support accurate patient diagnostic & procedural information\n- Enters coded information into a manual or computerized system as required, ensuring the accuracy & integrity of the data\n- Maintains timely coding productivity & quality standards\n- Participates in medical record documentation review\n- Maintains & complies w/ HIPAA policies & procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Attends & participates in selected national, regional & local documentation & coding education sessions\n- Works collaboratively w/ others on coding questions & issues\n- Answers the telephone promptly & identifies self & department\n- Maintains courteous & cooperative relations when interacting w/ others\n- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 15\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Completion of classes in Medical Terminology, Anatomy/ Physiology, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-9) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding conventions conforming to standards established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), American Medical Association, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or successful completion of an American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) accredited coding certification preparation program\n- Requires one of the following current credentials: Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H), Certified Professional Coder-Apprentice (CPC-A), Certified Coding Specialist-Physician (CCS-P), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Associate (CCA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA)\n- Obtain a passing score on a KP Professional Services Coder I coding assessment\n- Ability to understand the clinical content of a health record\n- Ability to effectively communicate w/ physicians & other health care providers\n- Ability to perform within acceptable established quality standards\n- Keyboarding skills\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142767/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Professional Services Coder I", "reqid": "129242", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28142767}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - PACU\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- 1-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PACU, or Critical Care or completion of a KP PACU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS and PALS card required.\n-Ability to take call within a 30 minute response time. \nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN degree\n-CPAN, CAPA, ACLS, PALS, cerifications\n-Basic computer skills to include Word.\n- Experienced in recovering adult and pediatric procedural sedation patients.\n\nNotes:\n- Off hours and weekend on-call/standby.\n- Float to pre-op.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:14:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142764/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - PACU", "reqid": "121891", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28142764}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Administrative Assistant IV, Internal Audit Services (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nAdministrative Assistant IV, Internal Audit Services\nPasadena, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente (KP) is looking for anAdministrative Assistant IVin Pasadena. This position will support the Internal Audit Services (IAS) team.\nEssential Functions:\n - Answers phone calls and e-mails and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.\n - Manages heavy calendaring to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.\n - Arranges travel, completes expense reports, organizes documents.\n - Provides backup coverage to other assistants on the IAS team.\n - Coordinate closely with stakeholders and their administrative staff.\n - Drafts more complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed.\n - Uses basic to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) applications, depending upon department or business needs.\n - Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.)\n - Monitors and resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.\n - Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.\n - Coordinates administrative workflow of the department; recommends new processes as needed.\n - Directs and delegates to other administrative assistants on work processes and best practices.\n - Requires continuous use of technical and business vocabulary and a detailed knowledge of the organization's operations, policies, procedures, and personnel.\n - Analyzes problems, determines approach, compiles and analyzes data, and prepares reports/recommendations.\n - Works independently to anticipate and meet business needs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - High School Diploma or GED required.\n - Minimum of 7 years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level.\n - As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways.\n - Required previous experience managing dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors.\n - Must posses advanced verbal and writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed.\n - Advanced knowledge of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.\n - Advanced skills with processing complex invoices.\n - Advanced knowledge of email and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.).\n - Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience supporting executive level and multiple managers.\n - Experience working in a large complex organization and with its customers.\n - Experience working knowledge of Lotus Notes.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142758/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Administrative Assistant IV, Internal Audit Services (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "132697", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28142758}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Sr. Health Data Analyst\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe Senior Health Data Analyst is responsible for working with Central Decision Support Systems (DSS) staff and our customers to transform financial and clinical data into relevant information for operational, tactical and strategic decision making. The Senior Health Data Analyst understands source data in the MedAssets cost accounting system, DSS Data Marts, and other operational data stores, works with Regional (Northwest, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic States, Ohio) and Program Office staff to determine information needs and then develops plans and executes on those requirements. The Senior Analyst will act as project manager for developing large data marts, extracts and complex reporting packages with partnership from IT and business stakeholders. They will also be called upon to perform training on data resources for end users and mentor junior staff\n\nEssential Functions:\n - In consultation and collaboration with management and customers, create reports, OLAP cubes and other user interfaces to the Decision Support data and ensure routine refresh and delivery of those reports is timely.\n - Coordinates with KPIT in the development of additional data marts (summaries) of decision support data. Assisting KPIT in understanding the algorithms needed to summarize the data, how to access the data and how to organize the data in the data mart.\n - Creates mini-reporting systems in MS Office, SQL, SAS, Business Objects or other tools as interim solutions for management - both to prototype new functionality as well as to create required reporting and analytic capabilities while system functionality is being improved by IT resources.\n - Provide technical consultation and training to customers and junior analysts in how to access data, key calculations that have been added to the data, etc. to support their analytic studies.\n - As new releases of software are installed, assists analytic staff in understanding the new features, functions and data available. Modifies the Business Objects Universe to include the new data, so that analytic staff across all ROC Regions can now access the new data.\n - Performs analytic studies and data extracts in accordance with customer needs and requests\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Four (4) or more related years (i.e., in an analytical environment, preferably in healthcare) work experience with a master's degree or a doctoral degree.\n- Experience with analysis of large administrative databases and computer intensive statistical analysis (preferably using SAS), multivariate statistical methods, general research methodology.\n- General knowledge or work experience in one (1) or more of the following areas: disease management, survey design, health status measurement, case-mix or health risk adjustment methods, research methods, actuarial methods, cost-benefit or cost effectiveness analysis.\n- Disciplinary training in advanced quantitative measurement methods (mathematics or statistics), ideally in the context of a quantitative social science or health services research.\n- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and verbal communication of technical material.\n- Skills in analytical methods including problem and model formulation, algorithm selection and development of overall solution strategy.\n- Creativity, critical thinking and excellent problem-solving skills.\n- Outstanding written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills.\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry, especially healthcare analytics preferred.\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare system preferred.\n\nPrefered qualification:\n\n7 or more years of report writing or project management experience, including preparing financial, accounting or utilization reports. Five years experience working in health care business, operations or management with providers, hospital, or health plan. Confident working knowledge of health care industry and data; Familiarity with insurance products, provider reimbursement methods and coding terminology.\nFive or more years of experience reporting from large databases or data warehouses and expert understanding of the data relationships within these.\nProficiency with SQL programming language; expert knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs, particularly Microsoft Excel and Access, and expert understanding of relational database and data integrity.\nExposure to SAS, Business Objects or Cognos is advantageous but not required.\nExtensive use of shared server files, intranet/internet research, Oracle for data warehouse reporting, other in-house reporting applications, file transfer and encryption programs.\nProficiency with SQL programming language; expert knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs, particularly Microsoft Excel and Access, and understanding of relational database and data integrity.\nExtensive use of shared server files, intranet/internet research, Oracle for data warehouse reporting, other in-house reporting applications, and file transfer.\nThree or more years of experience reporting from large databases or data warehouses and expert understanding of the data relationships within these.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142761/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Health Data Analyst", "reqid": "132856", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28142761}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Health Data Analyst\nLocation: Portland, OR\n\nThe Health Data Analyst is responsible for working with Central Decision Support Systems (DSS) staff and our customers to transform financial and clinical data into relevant information for operational, tactical and strategic decision making. The Health Data Analyst understands source data in the MedAssets cost accounting system, DSS Data Marts, and other operational data stores, works with Regional (Northwest, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic States, Ohio) and Program Office staff to determine information needs and then develops plans and executes on those requirements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - In consultation and collaboration with senior analysts and project management, create reports, OLAP cubes and other user interfaces to the Decision Support data and ensure routine refresh and delivery of those reports is timely.\n - Coordinates with KPIT in the development of additional data marts (summaries) of decision support data. Assisting KPIT in understanding the algorithms needed to summarize the data, how to access the data and how to organize the data in the data mart.\n - Creates mini-systems in ACCESS and other tools as interim solutions for management - both to prototype new functionality as well as to create required reporting and analytic capabilities while system functionality is being improved by IT resources.\n - Provide technical consultation and training to customers in how to access data, key calculations that have been added to the data, etc. to support their analytic studies.\n - As new releases of software are installed, assists analytic staff in understanding the new features, functions and data available. Modifies the Business Objects Universe to include the new data, so that analytic staff across all ROC Regions can now access the new data.\n - Performs analytic studies and data extracts in accordance with customer needs and requests\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years of related (i.e., in an analytical environment, preferably in healthcare) work experience with a bachelor's degree or a master's degree.\n- Some experience with analysis of administrative databases and computer intensive statistical analysis (preferably using SAS), multivariate statistical methods, general research methodology.\n- Some general knowledge or work experience in one (1) or more of the following areas: disease management, survey design, health status measurement, case-mix or health risk adjustment methods, research methods, actuarial methods, cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analysis.\n- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and verbal communication of technical material.\n- Skills in analytical methods including problem and model formulation, algorithm selection and development of overall solution strategy.\n- Creativity, critical thinking and excellent problem-solving skills.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills.\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry, especially healthcare analytics preferred.\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare systems preferred.\n- Disciplinary training in advanced quantitative measurements methods (mathematics or statistics), ideally in the context of a quantitative social science or health services research.\n\nPreferred qualification:\n\nPreferred 5-7 years of report writing or project management experience required, including preparing financial, accounting, or utilization reports in a health care related job.\nIntermediate knowledge of PC-based query and report writing tools such as MS Access or Crystal Reports; intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs; particularly Microsoft Excel and Access; understanding of relational database and data integrity; familiarity with SQL and Visual Basic preferred.\nTwo or more years of experience reporting from large databases or data warehouses and expert understanding of the data relationships within these. Capable of working in a fast paced working environment.\nIntermediate knowledge of PC-based query and report writing tools such as MS Access; intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs; particularly Microsoft Excel and Access; understanding of relational database and data integrity; familiarity with SQL and Visual Basic preferred.\nTwo or more years of experience reporting from large databases or data warehouses and expert understanding of the data relationships within these. Capable of working in a fast paced working environment\nBachelors degree in a healthcare, analytic or information systems field, for example Economics, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Nursing or Statistics.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142760/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Data Analyst", "reqid": "132860", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28142760}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Associate Data Analyst\nLocation: Portland, OR\n\nThe Associate Data Analyst is responsible for working with Central Decision Support Systems (DSS) staff and our customers to transform financial and clinical data into relevant information for operational, tactical and strategic decision making. The Associate Data Analyst understands source data in the MedAssets cost accounting system, DSS Data Marts, and other operational data stores, works with Regional (Northwest, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic States, Ohio) and Program Office staff to determine information needs and then develops plans and executes on those requirements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n - In consultation and collaboration with senior analysts and project management, create reports, OLAP cubes and other user interfaces to the Decision Support data and ensure routine refresh and delivery of those reports is timely.\n - Coordinates with KPIT in the development of additional data marts (summaries) of decision support data. Assisting KPIT in understanding the algorithms needed to summarize the data, how to access the data and how to organize the data in the data mart.\n - Creates mini-systems in ACCESS and other tools as interim solutions for management - both to prototype new functionality as well as to create required reporting and analytic capabilities while system functionality is being improved by IT resources.\n - Provide technical consultation and training to customers in how to access data, key calculations that have been added to the data, etc. to support their analytic studies.\n - As new releases of software are installed, assists analytic staff in understanding the new features, functions and data available. Modifies the Business Objects Universe to include the new data, so that analytic staff across all ROC Regions can now access the new data.\n - Performs analytic studies and data extracts in accordance with customer needs and requests\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One(1) or more years or work experience (preferable in healthcare) although no necessarily in a technical capacity, or a bachelor's degree in a scientific or healthcare - related field.\n- Substantial experience with Microsoft Excel and Access applications.\n- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and verbal communication.\n- Creativity, critical thinking, and excellent problem-solving skills.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills.\n- Basic understanding of relational database concepts.\n- Knowledge of fundamental statistical concepts.\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred.\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare system preferred.\n\nPreferred qualifications:\n\nPreferred 2-3 years of report writing including preparing financial, accounting, or utilization reports in a health care related job.\nIntermediate knowledge of PC-based query and report writing tools such as MS Access or Crystal Reports; intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs; particularly Microsoft Excel and Access; understanding of relational database and data integrity; familiarity with SQL and Visual Basic preferred.\nOne or more years of experience reporting from large databases or data warehouses and expert understanding of the data relationships within these. Capable of working in a fast paced working environment.\nIntermediate knowledge of PC-based query and report writing tools such as MS Access; intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet and database programs; particularly Microsoft Excel and Access; understanding of relational database and data integrity; familiarity with SQL and Visual Basic preferred.\nCapable of working in a fast paced working environment", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142762/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Associate Data Analyst", "reqid": "132866", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28142762}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Technology and Data Management Lead\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe National Product Solutions Technology and Data Team is responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining the Technical capabilities and Data Interfaces that support Products within Kaiser's Marketing Sales and Service community. The Products we support are primarily Insurance related Products (Self Insured Product, HRA, HSA etc.). Under the general direction of the Senior Manager, this position will be responsible for cross functional coordination to ensure appropriate integration of thefunctional and technical area to meet business deliverables for our External and Internal Customers. This position will be responsible for supporting our Product Operations Teams with the Technical expertise and Product Subject Matter Expert knowledge to resolve customer related issues with our Products. You will work closely with National/Regional business partners, Kaiser IT Teams and several vendors to implement/enhance Technical capabilities and resolve issues related to various Products that KP sells. You will also closely work with Customer Implementation Teams to on-board New Clients on our Products and also to help in Renewal of existing Clients during their Open Enrollment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Manage Technical Capabilities: In conjunction with KP National and Regional Business Teams, IT Teams and vendors, manage any issues related to our Product's Technical capabilities. Identify Root cause and resolve issues within the SLA commitments. Track and monitor availability of the infrastructure. Track and report metrics for the infrastructure. Establish Policies with Supplier Group to efficiently support the Infrastructure.\n - Improve Technical and Data Processing functions: Recommend and manage on-going changes to the Technical capabilities and Data processing. Identify and implement process improvements as required.\n - Extract/Interface Management: In conjunction with KP IT and other vendors, design/build/run the processes, policies, and tools required to manage the extracts delivered by Our Customers, Internal KP and our vendors to all destinations. Monitor daily activity. Manage technical errors/fallout. Initiate corrective action when required. Use basic database and data processing skills to manage any manual processing required as part of the errors/fallout. Recommend and manage on-going changes to the Data Extracts/Reports Track and report metrics to management.\n - Customer Implementation Technology Lead: Design/build/run the processes, policies, and tools to support the technology activities within the customer install process, including but not limited to: Customer Technology Pre-assessment, RFP Process, Eligibility File Handling requirements and any other custom requirements that requires Technical expertise. Tracking/monitoring of all Activities related to Customer Installation for New Clients coming on board or Annual Renewals. Participate in pre-sales activities to solution and develop customer-specific solutions\n - Technology Planning: Research and recommend changes to the technology architecture to address efficiency opportunities, new available technologies, and/or regulatory requirements. Initiate projects to implement new capabilities. Act as business owner for new projects throughout the SDLC. Enhance/Improve our Architecture to improve the performance or to make it more efficient and user friendly for our Operations Teams.\n - Release Management for the Self Funded Product: Design/build/run the processes and policies to implement changes or new functionality into the Self Funded Product's technology environment. Coordinate releases across all parties/platforms. Define policies/processes to address standard, urgent, and emergency releases. Track and report metrics for releases.\n - Technology SME: Effectively manage Technology/Data requirements of our Customers, Operations Teams and the Regions. Work with Supplier Groups KPIT (Matrixed Organization) and Vendors to provide Solutions/capabilities/process that would meet our End user needs\n - Tools: Develop and own the infrastructure to store, maintain, track, and report on Technology Infrastructure issues/enhancements/changes, process, and policy documents.\n - Facilitator: Effectively facilitate discussions and issues to bring items to resolution, assess issues/risks that impact the Technology/Data of our Products; develop recommended solutions to mitigate these issues/risks.\n - Leadership/Executive alignment: Develop and maintain alignment with national and regional executive stakeholders in relation to business process and policy strategic direction and future business objectives.\n - Strategic Assessment: Assess new business strategies/objectives/requirements and develops recommended new/changed requirements, processes, and polices for presentation to the national and regional program leadership\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's Degree in technology, engineering, and/or business administration or related field or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - Minimum of 5 years experience in technology operations and planning role, including two years in a consulting role\n - Minimum of 3 years of health care experience (Account Management, Claims, Project Management, operations, etc.)\n - Ability to educate and influence complex, cross-functional business partners on the KP Products that we support and administer.\n - Ability to define, develop, document and implement formal Policies and Procedures related to our products and services\n - Experience in highly matrixed organizations\n - Advance knowledge of MS Access, Excel, Word, PPT, and Visio.\n - Basic SQL Programming experience (SQL, Access)\n - Ability to interface productively with external vendors, brokers and customers\n - Ability to act as an SME and listen and solve issues for our External and Internal Customers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Knowledge of Healthcare products (e.g. Self Funding, CDHC, etc.) and operations to support their administration\n - Knowledge of health plan administration and operational needs for Self-Funded products is a plus\n - Masters Degree in technology, engineering and/or business administration", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142763/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Technology and Data Management Lead", "reqid": "132878", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28142763}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Parma", "description": "Title: Housekeeping Aide I - PRN\nLocation: Parma, OH\nTo make sure facilities are kept clean to Kaiser Permanente standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Perform cleaning functions in assigned areas following established schedules and using prescribed methods, such as high dusting, emptying wastebaskets, dry and wet mop floors, etc.\n- Assist in cleaning emergency spills observed or upon request.\n- Maintain assigned equipment for cleanliness and notify supervisor of necessary repairs.\n- Inform supervisor of any problems which requires repairing for plant-operation such as broken drapery rods, damaged walls, baseboards, soap dispensers off walls, etc.\n- Ability to frequently lift, carry, and push items over (50) lbs. or more in weight.\n- All other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year experience in housekeeping with knowledge of floor care equipment and housekeeping procedures\n- High school diploma or equivalent\n- Knowledge of floor care equipment and housekeeping procedures\n- Ability to read, write, and follow simple instructions\n\nPreferred Qualifictions:\n-Floor care experience desired\nPRN (On call) position. Must be willing to travel to other facilities as needed", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142744/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Housekeeping Aide I - PRN", "reqid": "117297", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Parma, OH", "uid": 28142744}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist [BRK015]\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nClinical Laboratory Scientist, (includes CLS Sr., CLS, and Entry Level CLS)\nUnder the general direction of the Laboratory Director, or their designee, performs pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical procedures and analyses to provide data for health maintenance, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Enhances quality of patient care and service through interdepartmental cooperation and quality assurance protocols.\nEssential Functions:\n- Correctly verifies that the proper specimen is being analyzed for the correct patients and that the correct test is being performed.\n- Judges the adequacy and qualities of specimens submitted for testing.\n- Analyzes clinical laboratory specimens following the standard methods and procedures approved by the Laboratory Director or designee.\n- Performs quality control procedures to ensure accuracy of clinical data.\n- Utilizes test reference ranges (including neonates, pediatric and adult) to determine reasonableness of test results.\n- Validates test results through correlation with test parameters (e.g. Hgb/Hct, anion gap, platelet count/smear, dipstick/micro etc.)\n- Confirms testing on all Critical Values to ensure accuracy prior to releasing of test results.\n- Performs routine preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on assigned instruments and equipment according to established schedule and procedure.\n- Performs and documents instrument function by checking and calibrating specific lab instruments and documents data.\n- Records on instrument logs any repairs, replacement, and maintenance needed of equipment.\n- Releases or reports results per Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.\n- Trains laboratory assistants on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\nAdditional Duties and Responsibilities:\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Entry Level - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\n- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Sr. - Trains laboratory assistants, and other Clinical Laboratory Scientists, on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice. Assist with Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities consistent with the Laboratory Quality Plan. Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Sr. CLS minimum 3 years of experience, CLS minimum 6 months of experience, Entry Level CLS = none.\n- Bachelor's degree in Clinical Lab Sciences or related field. Applicable military experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree.\n- Current California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License/Valid Temporary California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License for entry level CLS.\n- Computer application experience/proficiency preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142738/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Entry Level Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Clinical Laboratory Scientist/Sr. Clinical Laboratory Scientist [BRK015]", "reqid": "131627", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 28142738}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (D Fox) - Temporary\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule:\n\nWeek 1: Mon Wed Thurs Fri 6:00am - 2:30pm\nWeek 2: Sun 7:30am - 4:00pm, Mon Wed Fri 6:00am - 2:30pm\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142739/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (D Fox) - Temporary", "reqid": "131674", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28142739}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (Vodden) - Temporary\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142740/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (Vodden) - Temporary", "reqid": "131675", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28142740}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Electrocardiography Technician - Grade 445 (W12-35)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nResponsible for conducting non-invasive cardiac procedures under the direction of a physician, Physician assistant, Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Scope includes Nuclear Medicine, Treadmills, Holters and Tracemasters.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates EKG equipment, including specialized equipment such as treadmills, holter and event monitors, pacemaker, etc. Accurately applies lead placements to patients to ensure best possible recording.\n- Performs treadmill testing, Holter application, Event monitor application, signal average ECG and 12 lead ECG when dept needs arise.\n- Assist and prepares patients for the following procedures: Holter hookup and treadmill\n- Prepares ECG tracing for interpretation indicating the correct required information\n- Prepares paperwork and EKG for physician interpretation for hospitalization of patient\n- Participates as a member of the team in non-invasive procedures such as pacemaker clinics, Holter monitor, treadmill and cardiac profusion testing\n- Maintains accurate and complete files making copies of cardiac procedures and assist with any other paperwork as required\n- Greet patients in a pleasant and professional manner\n- Explains procedures to patients\n- Utilizes effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills when interacting with others. Displays tact, establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations with the public, patients, members of the team and other personnel\n- Promotes, ensures and improves customer service to the internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service\n- Responds to all acute emergency situations in a timely manner\n- Maintains equipment in operating order and notifies supervisor of needed repairs\n- Maintains safe and orderly work area. Provides safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff in compliance with policy and procedure as delineated in the department safety and infection control manuals\n- May orient other technicians to equipment utilization/procedures, alerts appropriate personnel to difficulties requiring personal attention\n- Answers telephones and relays messages courteously and accurately\n- Actively participates in education programs and staff meetings scheduled by the department\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma or Equivalent\n- EKG Certification from an accredited program minimum of 3 months or longer\n- BLS certification required\n- One (1) year clinical experience as an EKG technician within the last three years preferred\n- Working knowledge of computers required\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142731/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Electrocardiography Technician - Grade 445 (W12-35)", "reqid": "131052", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28142731}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Electrocardiography Technician - Grade 445 (W12-36)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nResponsible for conducting non-invasive cardiac procedures under the direction of a physician, Physician assistant, Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse. Scope includes Nuclear Medicine, Treadmills, Holters and Tracemasters.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operates EKG equipment, including specialized equipment such as treadmills, holter and event monitors, pacemaker, etc. Accurately applies lead placements to patients to ensure best possible recording.\n- Performs treadmill testing, Holter application, Event monitor application, signal average ECG and 12 lead ECG when dept needs arise.\n- Assist and prepares patients for the following procedures: Holter hookup and treadmill\n- Prepares ECG tracing for interpretation indicating the correct required information\n- Prepares paperwork and EKG for physician interpretation for hospitalization of patient\n- Participates as a member of the team in non-invasive procedures such as pacemaker clinics, Holter monitor, treadmill and cardiac profusion testing\n- Maintains accurate and complete files making copies of cardiac procedures and assist with any other paperwork as required\n- Greet patients in a pleasant and professional manner\n- Explains procedures to patients\n- Utilizes effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills when interacting with others. Displays tact, establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations with the public, patients, members of the team and other personnel\n- Promotes, ensures and improves customer service to the internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service\n- Responds to all acute emergency situations in a timely manner\n- Maintains equipment in operating order and notifies supervisor of needed repairs\n- Maintains safe and orderly work area. Provides safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff in compliance with policy and procedure as delineated in the department safety and infection control manuals\n- May orient other technicians to equipment utilization/procedures, alerts appropriate personnel to difficulties requiring personal attention\n- Answers telephones and relays messages courteously and accurately\n- Actively participates in education programs and staff meetings scheduled by the department\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma or Equivalent\n- EKG Certification from an accredited program minimum of 3 months or longer\n- BLS certification required\n- One (1) year clinical experience as an EKG technician within the last three years preferred\n- Working knowledge of computers required\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142732/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Electrocardiography Technician - Grade 445 (W12-36)", "reqid": "131054", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 28142732}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Emergency Department Technician I - Grade 180 [SAC12-1280-30]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder direct supervision of the physician and/or designee, assists in examination and treatment of patients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs w/in the scope & training of the EDT, & consistent State/Federal regulations including EMTALA, HIPAA & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk mgmt\n- Provision of competent patient care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves, including ensuring age-specific care & responding to cultural needs of patients & families\n- Follows lines of authority\n- Proficient in English for effective oral & written communication\n- Completes duties w/regard to workplace safety practices & policies, including infection control, & mgmt of aggressive behaviors\n- Proficiency in the use of computers & telecommunications in documentation, tracking, & conveying information\n- Maintains required certifications & continuing education requirements per dept. & facility standards\n- Establishes priorities based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies\n- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner\n- Demonstrates an awareness & sensitivity to staff & patient/family rights, cultural & ethical beliefs\n- Participates in ED staff meetings, in-services, & performance improvement activities\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/team members, patients, & families\n- Requires dependable attendance to shifts & flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues\n- Assists w/rooming & undressing of patients at the direction of the RN\n- Obtains, records & reports vital signs, EKG's, heights, weights & inputs/outputs of patients as directed & per dept. policy\n- May be required to draw blood\n- Assists physicians & nurses w/various procedures, including positioning & set up of draping & prepping\n- Applies monitoring devices, preps patient for suturing, wound cleaning, application of dressings, orthopedic devices, & crutch fitting\n- Assists patients to/from bathroom & general ambulation as needed\n- Assists health care team in emergency situations including resuscitation\n- Assists w/discharge process under direction of physician or nurse\n- Cleans ED gurneys & equipment for efficient provision of care\n- Ensures patient belongings are bagged & tagged and provides post-mortem care\n- Prepares requisitions for lab, imaging & medical records and carries out basic clerical duties of the Unit Assistant as needed\n- Conducts pharmacy, lab, nutrition & imaging pick-ups & deliveries, including specimen transport, as needed\n- Responsible for the quality control checks of urine dipsticks and demonstrates ability to implement community resources\n- Ability to pull charts from file room, to properly fill after-hours paperwork, & to properly apply splints per MD orders\n- To be able to perform the duties of a receptionist, cash handling, customer service, greeting patients, filling out paperwork as well as identifying patients, & being able to demonstrate proper body mechanics & lift techniques when transporting patients\n- Perform other related duties as necessary\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of related experience as an Emergency Medical Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, or Medical Assistant with certification as specified by the Medical Board of California, or equivalent (e.g. military experience) or, completion of an ED or UCC externship in an unlicensed assistive personnel externship or, completion of first semester of clinical course work in a nursing program\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- CA Limited Phlebotomy Certification (LPT) or Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'skin puncture' for lab testing purposes and Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT), if job requires 'blood draw' for lab testing purposes\n- BLS required\n- Demonstrated ability to use personal computer\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers)\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills in English\n- Good interpersonal skills\n- Knowledge of medical terminology\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142733/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Department Technician I - Grade 180 [SAC12-1280-30]", "reqid": "131252", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28142733}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides high quality & cost effective project management, management consulting, & analytic support services or technical expertise and has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, &/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects\n- Determines goals & priorities w/ management team sponsors\n- Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resources\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, & work plan\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis & developing action plans accordingly\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives & other key clients\n- Plans & facilitates meetings\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences\n- Assists, as needed, in planning & coordinating w/ other ongoing teams & projects to maximize effectiveness\n- Participates in the development & management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, & other departmental activities\n\nSpecific Role:\nThis position is affiliated with the Northern California Patient Care Services (PCS) department, which primarily holds responsibility for inpatient (hospital) nursing.\nThis position is on the Operational Strategy & Implementation (OSI) team, a small team who works in partnership with the clinical directors of Regional PCS in their efforts to achieve strategic priorities through leading collaborative initiatives and providing consultative assistance to the medical center management teams. Specifically, the OSI team skill set is in providing:\nstrategic planning & prioritization\nproject management (e.g. work plans and action plans)\ndaily program oversight and maintenance\nbusiness communications (e.g. executive summaries and presentations)\nbusiness case analysis & development\nThis specific position will focus on the initiatives, programs, relationships, values and behaviors that result in a caring-healing environment and an excellent care experience for our Adult Services patients, especially those in our Critical Care units. In addition, this position will contribute leadership and support to our commitment to integrate the Caring Science theory into daily practice by our nurses. Caring Science provides a foundation for integrative, collaborative, patient-centric caring and healing.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Ability to determine the key business issues & develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Proven leadership skills in project management & consulting\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation\n- Understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, & any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142725/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Consultant", "reqid": "125112", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28142725}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nSelects & administers intravenous, spinal & other anesthetics prior to & during surgical or medical procedures, as a member of the anesthesia care team & in accordance w/ Kaiser Permanente policies & procedures. Monitors patient reactions & vital signs during & after anesthesia & takes remedial action when warranted. Submits postoperative report on patient condition, & maintains records of anesthetics administered. Performs procedures outside of the OR, in accordance w/ KP policies & procedures, established competency, & MD order.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts &/or reviews anesthetic evaluation of patients prior to surgical proceedings, deliveries or other pertinent medical procedures in hospital setting; consults w/ anesthesiologists &/or surgeons.\n- Reviews patients charts, including permits, pre-operative medications, lab work, & any other significant variations, such as hearing aids, dentures, contact lenses, or other prostheses, in accordance w/ KP's policies & procedures & the departmental policy.\n- Evaluates patients to identify apparent difficulties w/ airway control, etc.\n- Ensures that all pre-anesthesia evaluations are documented thoroughly according to policies & standards.\n- Explains tests, procedures & disease processes to patients & their family as indicated; explains the major anesthetic risks to patients as requested & documents that the risks are explained to patients.\n- Develops the care regimen of assigned patients; reviews the care regimen w/ the supervising physician & gains concurrence; implements the anesthesia plan; starts IV solution, administers selected anesthetic, choice of anesthetic consistent w/ patient safety, surgical need, possible post operative complications, & patients history & conditions & evaluates & manages the patient, according to departmental policy.\n- Participates w/ post anesthesia care unit personnel in a patient safety oriented interface when patients are transferred from the surgery suite.\n- Monitors patients' vital signs, such as blood pressure & observes any significant physical changes; informs anesthesiologist &/or surgeon of patient's condition & takes any necessary remedial action such as infant resuscitation when necessary.\n- Mixes solutions to required concentrations, such as Pentothal, Succinylcholine, vaso-active drugs etc.\n- Keeps current accurate & complete record of procedures performed & patients' conditions immediately prior to the administration of anesthesia according to established standards.\n- Performs procedures done outside of OR, such as intubation, arterial line placement, etc., in accordance w/ policies & procedures, competencies, & physician order.\n- Charts details of procedures done on progress notes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of anesthesia.\n- Current California RN License.\n- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist & registered in the State of California.\n- BLS required.\n- ACLS preferred.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be eligible for Medicare/Medi-Cal enrollment. Medicare enrollment requires current certification by one of the following organizations: Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists or the Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.\n- Demonstrated understanding of all regulatory requirements & legal consequences of anesthesia care.\n- Proven ability to exercise professional prerogatives based on sound clinical judgment.\n- Demonstrated track record of following the precautionary & preventive measures in giving patient care.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in teams & have proven communications & listening skills.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, adaptability & change management.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142723/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)", "reqid": "122672", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28142723}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist-OC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nUnder the supervision of the Radiology Supervisor, performs a variety of MRI procedures & departmental support functions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs MRI examinations of the brain, body, spine & extremities on patients of all ages effectively adjusting scanning parameters for different patient body habitus. Se-lects & modifies technical factors to enhance images; uses flare & SAT imaging tech-niques. Determines appropriate equipment for scanning up to but not limited to body coils.\n- Identifies gross pathology in the human body & adjusts T1 & T2 scanning parameters to provide pertinent information for interpretation. Adjusts parameters of equipment to minimize risk factors to self & patient.\n- Effectively performs Diffusion studies, MR Angiograms, reformats & MIP imaging. Per-forms specialized exams i.e. MRA runoffs & post arthrogram work ups.\n- Effectively uses magnetic resonance & adjusts parameters to minimize exposure to patient & self. Follows established protocols & effectively uses scanning techniques to include, window & contrast levels, scanning time sequences, scanning delays, scan-ning thickness, FOV, scout images, reformatting, image reconstruct & 3-D image re-construct. Photographs, archives & retrieves images.\n- Is certified to start & remove IV lines for contrast studies per established departmental policy & procedure. Identifies & responds to IV contrast reactions up to & including calling emergency personnel. Proficient in the use of an IV Contrast Power Injector.\n- Identifies each patient, reviews each patient's requisition & previous studies for consis-tency (examination ordered/clinical diagnosis), & records pertinent data on MRI requi-sition at all times. Responsible for performing comprehensive screening of patients & other individuals before allowing them to enter the MR system room.\n- Effectively explains, knows, & informs anyone entering the MR system room the dan-ger associated w/ implants & devices, in addition to pacemakers, implantable cardio-verter defibrillators (ICDs), & loose objects.\n- Reviews each examination for technical accuracy, presents completed examination to radiologist, & communicates pertinent data to persons responsible for the care of the patient following the procedure.\n- Identifies anatomical orientation on all required images & ensures proper film identifi-cation on all images.\n- Maintains daily patient MRI 'log' documenting correctly & accurately patient informa-tion to ensure the quality of patient care.\no patient's full name\no patient's member number\no patient's physician\no type & amount of contrast used\no examination performed\n- Demonstrates ability to organize patient care & set priorities by providing critical care first & by implementing the physician's orders.\n- Performs proper computer skills & shows working knowledge of patient orders, status changes, patient charges & profiles.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule:\n-**2 Positions Available**\n-Position 1:Rotating on call position between the hours 8:30am to 5:00pm Sun-Fri.\n- Position 2: Rotating on call position between the hours 8:00am to 4:30pm Sun-Fri.\n- This position includes holidays, weekends, and nights.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a MRI technologist or ARRT advanced certification registry eligible w/ 2 years recent experience as a Radiologic technologist w/ ARRT required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Graduate of an accredited radiology technology program or MRI Accredited Certificate Program required.\n- ARRT advanced certification registry eligible required.\n- Current in ARRT or ARMRIT CEU requirements required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- 'Venipuncture competency check off' required w/in 3 months of hire.\n- Registered w/ the ARRT & MRI certified w/in 12 months of employment or have current ARMRIT Certification required.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142719/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist-OC", "reqid": "132748", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28142719}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist-OC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nUnder the supervision of the Radiology Supervisor, performs a variety of MRI procedures & departmental support functions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs MRI examinations of the brain, body, spine & extremities on patients of all ages effectively adjusting scanning parameters for different patient body habitus. Se-lects & modifies technical factors to enhance images; uses flare & SAT imaging tech-niques. Determines appropriate equipment for scanning up to but not limited to body coils.\n- Identifies gross pathology in the human body & adjusts T1 & T2 scanning parameters to provide pertinent information for interpretation. Adjusts parameters of equipment to minimize risk factors to self & patient.\n- Effectively performs Diffusion studies, MR Angiograms, reformats & MIP imaging. Per-forms specialized exams i.e. MRA runoffs & post arthrogram work ups.\n- Effectively uses magnetic resonance & adjusts parameters to minimize exposure to patient & self. Follows established protocols & effectively uses scanning techniques to include, window & contrast levels, scanning time sequences, scanning delays, scan-ning thickness, FOV, scout images, reformatting, image reconstruct & 3-D image re-construct. Photographs, archives & retrieves images.\n- Is certified to start & remove IV lines for contrast studies per established departmental policy & procedure. Identifies & responds to IV contrast reactions up to & including calling emergency personnel. Proficient in the use of an IV Contrast Power Injector.\n- Identifies each patient, reviews each patient's requisition & previous studies for consis-tency (examination ordered/clinical diagnosis), & records pertinent data on MRI requi-sition at all times. Responsible for performing comprehensive screening of patients & other individuals before allowing them to enter the MR system room.\n- Effectively explains, knows, & informs anyone entering the MR system room the dan-ger associated w/ implants & devices, in addition to pacemakers, implantable cardio-verter defibrillators (ICDs), & loose objects.\n- Reviews each examination for technical accuracy, presents completed examination to radiologist, & communicates pertinent data to persons responsible for the care of the patient following the procedure.\n- Identifies anatomical orientation on all required images & ensures proper film identifi-cation on all images.\n- Maintains daily patient MRI 'log' documenting correctly & accurately patient informa-tion to ensure the quality of patient care.\no patient's full name\no patient's member number\no patient's physician\no type & amount of contrast used\no examination performed\n- Demonstrates ability to organize patient care & set priorities by providing critical care first & by implementing the physician's orders.\n- Performs proper computer skills & shows working knowledge of patient orders, status changes, patient charges & profiles.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule:\n-**2 Positions Available**\n-Position 1:Rotating on call position between the hours 8:30am to 5:00pm Sun-Fri.\n- Position 2: Rotating on call position between the hours 8:00am to 4:30pm Sun-Fri.\n- This position includes holidays, weekends, and nights.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a MRI technologist or ARRT advanced certification registry eligible w/ 2 years recent experience as a Radiologic technologist w/ ARRT required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Graduate of an accredited radiology technology program or MRI Accredited Certificate Program required.\n- ARRT advanced certification registry eligible required.\n- Current in ARRT or ARMRIT CEU requirements required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- 'Venipuncture competency check off' required w/in 3 months of hire.\n- Registered w/ the ARRT & MRI certified w/in 12 months of employment or have current ARMRIT Certification required.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142721/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist-OC", "reqid": "132750", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 28142721}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Facility Services Supervisor\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nOversee the daily operations of facility services department to ensure the operational readiness of the facility for patient flow & care & to provide a safe, secure physical plant for the provision of services to members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensure the efficient day-to-day operations of facilities services including the timely procurement & distribution of equipment & supplies, disposal of bio-hazardous waste, & coordination of telecommunications & ITS systems. Establish procedures, & practices w/in organizational policies & service standards in compliance w/ relevant State & Federal laws & regulations.\n- Supervise facilities staff including hiring, training & development, coaching, counseling, & evaluating, in conformance w/ EEO/AA goals, personnel policies, & union contracts. Ensure effective staff utilization to meet staffing & workload requirements w/in budgetary guidelines.\n- Manage, monitor, & coordinate vendor & coordinate w/ KP departments to ensure timely provision of services. Monitor vendor compliance w/ contract provision\n- Coordinate all repairs & work orders, construction projects, & moves of office furniture & equipment (medical, telecom, & IS) throughout the facility, as well as preparations for meetings & special events.\n- Participate in interdepartmental, service area, & regional meetings & on committees & task forces to develop & implement programs & processes to achieve strategic objectives.\n- Develop & monitor budgets (payroll, non-payroll, & capital) for assigned facilities. Work w/ the Accounting & Accounts Payable staff to ensure the accuracy of monthly, quarterly, & annual financial reports.\n- Address & resolve internal customer & member concerns regarding the safety & security of the physical plant.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of work experience required, preferably in a medical/clinical environment\n- 1 year of supervision.\n- 2 years of property management, contracting environment, &/or procurement or materials management required.\n- 2 years of experience w/ ITS & telecommunications systems required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Demonstrated competence w/ spreadsheets & word processing software (preferably MS Office applications) required.\n- Demonstrated administrative & organizational skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of OSHA regulations preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:13:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142720/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Facility Services Supervisor", "reqid": "132795", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28142720}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Clinical Specialty - Cardiology - Glenlake (float) FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Clinical Specialty Supervisor provides direct supervision and coaching for RNs, LPNs and Mas,Health Care Clerks, working with the Lead MD, to create a high performance team providing integrated and coordinated care that delights our customers leading to loyalty and retention. This position collaborates with the Lead MD in managing a health care team's financial performance, staffing and resource allocation within defined parameters that enhances the overall performance of the team, facility, and organization. This position assists in ensuring the delivery of high quality care and service that meets defined standards and consistent compliance with clinical guidelines and processes optimizing operational excellence. He/She provides direct nursing care for the team's members, demonstrating clinical competency by performing all team roles, providing advanced levels of nursing care and proactively monitoring and delivering preventive/early intervention and educational programs to meet panel needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the facilitation and building of a self-directed team by demonstrating effective team management skills (negotiation, conflict resolution, mentoring, coaching, giving and receiving feedback).\n- Assists in the development and monitoring of team budgets and financial performance using quantitative information to manage and make decisions that enhance the team's, facility and organizational performance.\n- Expresses self clearly and communicates timely and accurate information both in one to one interactions and groups, allowing for flow of information. Plans, coordinates, and facilitates team meetings with the Lead MD.\n- Participates in the interviewing and selection of team members that meet the clinical and behavioral parameters of a high performance team. Coordinates selection process and orientation and training of new health care team members.\n- Manages team conflict effectively, fostering collaboration and resolution.\n- Makes timely, ethical, and firm business and clinical decisions.\n- Evaluates team members, receiving team input and participation to provide timely and specific feedback and counseling, that improves performance and staff development, conforming with regional policy and procedures. Develops individual goals and action plans for achievement, against established performance standards. Coordinates performance review process with Lead MD and serves as the liaison for input to performance from those outside of the health care team.\n- Provides prevention, early intervention, health education, and direct patient care according to guidelines which may include phone, and facility encounters.\n- Case management for patients which requires coordination with QRM, other providers, social workers, community and other alternative care interventions.\n- Documents patient history and interventions, using computerized and electronic systems and processes to optimize patient care delivery.\n- Ensures customer concerns are resolved by self and the team, integrating changes to meet customer needs.\n- Demonstrates excellent clinical knowledge and judgment, incorporating continuous learning for self and the team that enhances delivery of care and maintains clinical competence.\n- Values diversity, fostering respect, appreciation, and inclusion of diversity within the team and in the delivery of culturally sensitive care.\n- Collaborates with clinical educators in identifying and meeting the educational requirements of the team, ensuring incorporation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Registered Nurse.\n- Current and valid Georgia licensure.\n- CPR, BLS.\n- Bachelor's of Science preferred.\n- Emergency Room and/or Ambulatory Care nursing experience and/or supervision.\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's of Science preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong clinical knowledge base and judgment, preferably in an ambulatory/ER care setting.\n-A minimum of 3years of supervisory experience, preferably in an ambulatory setting.\n- Experience in managing patients and families with complex medical, psycho/social problems.\n- Knowledge of adult learning theory and experience in teaching/education.\n- Ability to analyze, integrate, and use quantitative data information in making business decisions and problem solving.\n- Ability to establish and manage budgets and capitated agreements.\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment.", "date_new": "2012-04-24 18:12:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28142716/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Clinical Specialty - Cardiology - Glenlake (float) FT (40)", "reqid": "132713", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28142716}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Manager Environmental Health and Safety (SS#1 - 03.27.12)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nManages and implements environmental health and safety (EH&S) programs for the Area which include hazard identification evaluation and control, accident/injury prevention, hazardous materials/waste management, emergency preparedness, fire/life safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and environmental regulatory compliance. Responsible for the management of the daily Area operations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Implements policy and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, regional, and local laws and for the reduction of EH&S liabilities and maintains the departments quality assurance programs.\n- Assists in specific areas for the development of health and safety programs.\n- Ensures customers receive quality service by acting as a consultant/resource for local administration, managers, physicians and staff on all matters related to environmental management, industrial hygiene and safety.\n- Performs needs assessments; conducts and participates in multi-disciplinary team conferences, and reviews customer satisfaction reports.\n- Based on results, develops new programs or enhances existing programs providing quality EH&S services.\n- Acts as administrative liaison for all EH&S regulatory agency inspections and surveys, including The Joint Commission, Cal-EPA, DOHS, Cal-OSHA, Department of Agriculture and the State Fire Marshall.\n- Communicates strategies, priorities and recommends corrective actions to facility leadership, department managers and employees. Monitors the Service Area budgets and researches/explains variance.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and enhance quality of services.\n- Develops, implements, and presents EH&S training programs for the different facilities.\n- Conducts comprehensive audits of facility(s) EH&S programs to identify areas for improvement.\n- Collaboratively develops plans of action with department managers.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial EH&S experience (usually 5 - 7 years).\n- Previous supervisory experience in a union environment.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations required.\n- Bachelor's degree in EH&S, Natural Science, Engineering or related curriculum, or equivalent years of experience required.\n- Associate Safety Professional or Industrial Hygienist in Training certificate preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Environmental Health and Safety (SS#1 - 03.27.12)", "reqid": "132314", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28078142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Lead Site Support Specialist (LSSSD40)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nProvides direction and support for the immediate end-user support to patient care and business process teams to facilitate the introduction, acceptance, integration and use of KP HealthConnect and related systems. Leads others in performing hardware and application support, workflow integration and training, troubleshooting and consulting on related applications.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads a team in providing end-user support for the use of the KP HealthConnect system including other related system implementations and upgrades.\n- Ensures that service requests, diagnoses, troubleshooting and coordinated resolution of technical problems and information technology issues related to the electronic medical record.\n- Analyze complex situations in the clinical environment to resolve technical problems.\n- Identify and coordinate new processes, system functionality, system changes and enhancements to support clinical information and meet business needs.\n- Facilitates the installation and implementation of KP HealthConnect and hardware equipment between IT departments and the patient care and business process teams.\n- Develop processes to promote and communicate the integration of new or enhanced business and clinical systems into the business and patient care setting and their effectiveness.\n- Provide coaching, training and consulting to end-user and all levels including Site Support Specialists to develop and facilitate learning of basic and specialized applications.\n- Coordinates, leads and facilitates projects for application implementations to include testing, evaluating and documenting new KPHC department workflows.\n- Develops, delivers and maintains continuing education programs for groups of end-users; identifies areas that are prone to problems and works with end-users to increase knowledge and skills.\n- Coordinates, leads and facilitates projects for application implementations to include testing, evaluating and documenting new KPHC department workflows.\n- Develops, delivers and maintains continuing education programs for groups of end-users; identifies areas that are prone to problems and works with end-users to increase knowledge and skills.\n- Shares knowledge and learning with other Site Support Specialist.\n- Supervision Received: Receives general direction from Manager; assists in all levels of supervision.\n- Instructs, guides and oversees work of lower-level technical staff.\n- Acts as mentor and coach; trains staff; inputs to performance review.\n- Problem Solving and Decision Making: Analyzes moderately complex problems and takes corrective action.\n- Works autonomously typically dealing with issues independently.\n- Collaborates with Associates and Intermediates, Senior and Manager to suggest resolution of problems.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years related experience OR eighteen (18) months experience with the EPIC application.\n- Six (6) plus years healthcare operations experience.\n- Minimum of one (1) year of supervisory experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Proficient with office suite type applications.\n- Strong analytical ability and interpersonal skills to communicate with clients, other staff and vendors.\n- Knowledge of computer science theory or health care, application and customer support experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Site Support Specialist (LSSSD40)", "reqid": "132383", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 28078143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Nursing Project Coordinator, (Blood Utilization Program)\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations & decision support for a broad array of complex issues. Provides subject matter expertise to teams charted to address & develop recommendations for current/future operations. Promotes internal & external communications. Manages the project team, timelines & budget.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, delivery & management of heath care.\n- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structure & maintain high quality of patient care.\n- Provides expertise on subject matter addressed by project team.\n- Works w/ CSA & regional leadership & staff to implement programs.\n- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, & develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of information technology.\n- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables.\n- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research. Monitors & maintains timelines & budget.\n- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants.\n- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external groups.\n- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Development, implementation and coordination of the Blood Utilization & Conservation Management Program.\n- Identification of patients who are at risk of transfusion in both the outpatient and inpatient environment in order to appropriately provide oversight for these patients prior to a procedure.\n- The Blood Utilization Coordinator will be responsible for dissemination of information and education of the medical staff and personnel about appropriate blood utilization and tracking of the hematocrit and other appropriate lab tests for patients at risk for transfusion prior to an invasive procedure.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually 3-5 years) in a management or leadership role &/or project management/operational planning.\n- Previous experience w/ Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- BSN or BA in health related field required.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN nursing license required.\n- Specific subject matter expertise in the health care operations & care delivery.\n- Ability to conceive, plan & manage team-based projects.\n- Familiarity of heath care industry strategic business issues, w/ an understanding of KP, its operations, social & legal environment.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Specific subject matter expertise in the management of blood products in operative pts.\n- Operating room, post surgical experience with CV patients preferred.\n- Ability to conceive, plan and manage team-based projects.\n- Clinical experience with the care of surgical patients.\n- Experience in the operating room environment.\n- Working knowledge of pharmacological and blood product management in outpatients and inpatients.\n- Demonstrated leadership ability and flexibility to adjust to schedule to meet patient, physician and staff needs.\n- Ability to manage time and stress effectively and adapt to unpredictable situations with the clinic and inpatient settings.\n- High level of comfort with computer systems, electronic health records, and database management required.\n- Demonstrated level of commitment to the program.\n- Demonstrated exceptional communication and interpersonal relationship skills with patients, families' health team members and non-provider staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078144/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Project Coordinator, (Blood Utilization Program)", "reqid": "132454", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28078144}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years prior supervisory/management experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager", "reqid": "132462", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28078147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Leader Patient Care Experience [2012 CEL1]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nResponsible for the strategic development, planning and oversight of an Area's patient care experience function and all related programs, strategies, initiatives, policies and procedures. This position leads the patient care experience function for the Area and drives its success in patient care experience and HCAPHS metrics. Directs, develops, implements, promotes and evaluates all inpatient patient care experience programs, strategies, initiatives, policies and procedures across an Area and in alignment with Area's business strategy. Works in synergy with all other performance improvement programs and organizational goals. Provides strategic direction and training on patient care experience to managers and professional staff in the inpatient setting. Directs all efforts to ensure highest patient, employee and leadership satisfaction on patient care experience.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- After determining goals and priorities with senior executives and key stakeholders, leads all programs for patient care experience metrics and service recovery efforts.\n- Develops an annual strategic development/business plan which ensures patient-centered care and continued performance improvement related to HCAHPS metrics and overall patient satisfaction.\n- Exceptional coach/counselor of leaders, managers and staff.\n- Facilitates one-on-one coaching, counseling, training and mentoring for leaders/managers/staff to emphasize culture and behavior changes in order to achieve higher overall patient care experience satisfaction scores.\n- Develops new training resources, curriculum and programs for staff and clinicians to successfully acquire skills towards achieving behavioral, communication and service driven goals.\n- Serves as expert resource for medical center leadership and staff on all patient care experience initiatives.\n- Serves as an advocate of patients, family members and employees relating especially to issues which are behavioral and communication driven.\n- Provides medical center leadership with monthly analytical and trending reports to track facility performance on HCAHPS metrics and to support performance improvement recommendations.\n- Responsible for HCAPHS nationally reported data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum ten (10) years experience in management and supervision of project teams and staff.\n- Demonstrated experience in leading by influence.\n- Master's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.\n- Strong interpersonal (oral and written) skills, facilitation skills, coaching and mentoring skills, and presentation skills.\n- Must exemplify key leadership attributes.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans for multidisciplinary perspectives.\n- Proficiency in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction and dynamics, project management, cost effectiveness and budget management.\n- Demonstrated skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, change management and group process.\n- Understanding of business process improvement and the tools and data requirements for supporting an effective business process improvement practice.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Strong process orientation, efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness and results orientation.\n- User knowledge of relevant computer systems/applications.\n- Ability to research, summarize and communicate to the public, both verbally and in writing\n- Polished facilitation and presentation skills.\n- Strong project management and implementation skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078148/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Leader Patient Care Experience [2012 CEL1]", "reqid": "132500", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28078148}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders.\n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132525", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 28078149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Sr Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nSchedule: Full-time; 40hrs/wk; Day shift; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs - 10:30am to 7:00pm & Fri - 10:00am to 6:30pm (Expected to rotate occasional shifts for designated weekend coverage)", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078150/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Physical Therapist", "reqid": "132569", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28078150}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: QA Utilization Coordinator (Days, 40) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nCoordinates quality, utilization and risk management activities for the medical center; provides technical, educational, consultative, and coordinating support to assigned areas.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the coordination of the quality management/utilization management department activities with other medical center departments.\n- Acts as a consultant for appropriate departments on quality management, utilization management and risk management activities.\n- Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.\n- Provides objective assessment of important aspects of patient care through ongoing chart review with pre-established criteria.\n- Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.\n- Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for development of patient care paths.\n- Reviews hospital admissions and extended stays for specific hospital departments.\n- Serves as a member of the QM and/or UM Committees as needed.\n- Attends and/or participates in committee meetings as needed.\n- Assists in orientation and training of peers; in formulating and evaluating policies and procedures.\n- Performs special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.\n- Assists the director of quality and utilization management for QM and UM in the formulation of department goals and objectives.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations and decision support for a broad array of complex issues. Provides subject matter expertise to teams charted to address and develop recommendations for current/future operations. Promotes internal and external communications. Manages the project team, timelines,and budget.\n\nProvides leadership in resesign projects related to thecoordination, delivery and management of health care. Identifies methods and approaches to reduce cost structure and maintain high quality of patient care. Provides expertise on subject matter adressed by project team. Works with SSC Service Area and regional leadership and staff to implement programs. Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods and processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, and appropriate application of information technology. Collaborates with stakeholders and sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, and deliverables. Ensures quality and effectiveness of research. Monitors and maintains timelines and budgets. Contracts with and manages work of internal and external consultants.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of experience in acute care nursing as a RN.\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in quality management with demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, statistical analysis, accreditation and licensing processes.\n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Must have a current RN license in California.\n- Valid CA driver's license with personal means of transportation preferred.\n- Strong problem solving, project management, group facilitation and teamwork skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to assess or evaluate patient medical records as it relates to quality of care and systems analysis.\n- Current working knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA and Title 22 standards/regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.\n- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Significant experience (usually 3-5 years) in management or leadership role and/or project management/operational planning.\n- Previous experience with Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- Specific subject matter expertise in the health care operations and delivery.\n- Ability to conceive, plan and manage team-based projects.\n- Familiarity of health care industry strategic business issues, with an understanding of KP, its operations, social,and legal environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078157/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA Utilization Coordinator (Days, 40) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "132638", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28078157}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: QA Utilization Coordinator (Days, 40) - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nCoordinates quality, utilization and risk management activities for the medical center; provides technical, educational, consultative, and coordinating support to assigned areas.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the coordination of the quality management/utilization management department activities with other medical center departments.\n- Acts as a consultant for appropriate departments on quality management, utilization management and risk management activities.\n- Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.\n- Provides objective assessment of important aspects of patient care through ongoing chart review with pre-established criteria.\n- Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.\n- Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for development of patient care paths.\n- Reviews hospital admissions and extended stays for specific hospital departments.\n- Serves as a member of the QM and/or UM Committees as needed.\n- Attends and/or participates in committee meetings as needed.\n- Assists in orientation and training of peers; in formulating and evaluating policies and procedures.\n- Performs special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.\n- Assists the director of quality and utilization management for QM and UM in the formulation of department goals and objectives.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations and decision support for a broad array of complex issues. Provides subject matter expertise to teams charted to address and develop recommendations for current/future operations. Promotes internal and external communications. Manages the project team, timelines,and budget.\n\nProvides leadership in resesign projects related to thecoordination, delivery and management of health care. Identifies methods and approaches to reduce cost structure and maintain high quality of patient care. Provides expertise on subject matter adressed by project team. Works with SSC Service Area and regional leadership and staff to implement programs. Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods and processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, and appropriate application of information technology. Collaborates with stakeholders and sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, and deliverables. Ensures quality and effectiveness of research. Monitors and maintains timelines and budgets. Contracts with and manages work of internal and external consultants.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of experience in acute care nursing as a RN.\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in quality management with demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, statistical analysis, accreditation and licensing processes.\n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Must have a current RN license in California.\n- Valid CA driver's license with personal means of transportation preferred.\n- Strong problem solving, project management, group facilitation and teamwork skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to assess or evaluate patient medical records as it relates to quality of care and systems analysis.\n- Current working knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA and Title 22 standards/regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.\n- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Significant experience (usually 3-5 years) in management or leadership role and/or project management/operational planning.\n- Previous experience with Kaiser Permanente preferred.\n- Specific subject matter expertise in the health care operations and delivery.\n- Ability to conceive, plan and manage team-based projects.\n- Familiarity of health care industry strategic business issues, with an understanding of KP, its operations, social,and legal environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078156/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA Utilization Coordinator (Days, 40) - South Sacramento", "reqid": "132642", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28078156}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Assistant ***Temporary*** (001)\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nProvides administrative support to department manager or staff. Performs a variety of routine administrative duties that have set procedures or precedents; some assignments may be complex. Requires instructions to perform special assignments.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains manager/executives and department calendars.\n- Arranges meetings, conferences and travel itineraries.\n- Orchestrates and organizes project meetings.\n- Schedules and materials such as agendas, timeliness, reports, and presentations.\n- Screens telephone calls/visitors and refers to appropriate staff member.\n- Determines which requests should be referred to others.\n- May provide information to top level management, Board Members, etc.\n- Responds to internal and external requests for information relating to established departmental policies and procedures.\n- Interprets policies and procedures in response to inquiries.\n- Reviews/screens manager/executives mail, researches issues, and provides recommendations.\n- Performs data input and maintains established databases.\n- May collect and research information or data needed by manager or staff.\n- Maintains confidential department files and records.\n- May provide training/direction to other non-exempt personnel.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.\n- Various positions are under review w/ a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status and this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future. Should this position be determined to be union, it returns to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) plus years of experience in performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- High School or General Education diploma.\n- Strong proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Lotus Notes.\n- Well organized and detail oriented.\n- Strong customer service skills.\n- Ability to merge documents and summarize information.\n- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSkills testing: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint\n\nSchedule:\n\nMon - Wed: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Thurs - Fri: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM\n\nTemporary:\nExpected Length of Employment: Up to 90 days", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078136/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Assistant ***Temporary*** (001)", "reqid": "131596", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28078136}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Director RN - Cardi Cath Combo Lab / IR (Interventional Radiology)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nIn conjunction with Chiefs of Service, directs, coordinates, facilitates, leads, and evaluates ambulatory patient care services. Oversees staff, ensures compliance with regulatory compliance, consults on patient care issues, and manages the budget.\n\nSpeciality: Cardiac Cath Combo Lab and Interventional Radiology Departments\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs development and implementation of quality and utilization standards for ambulatory services.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services and cost effective utilization of resources and services.\n- In conjunction with Chiefs of Service manages the daily operations of the ambulatory services.\n- Designs and implements policies, procedures, protocols, efficient program outcomes, and timely provision of support to TPMG providers.\n- Directs the budget and resource allocations and manages the financial performance.\n- Identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care services.\n- Interprets and facilitates the application of Nursing Scope of Practice within ambulatory services, which includes making skill-mix decisions based on needs, service, financial considerations, and legal constraints.\n- Directs and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n- Coordinates and monitors the quality improvement program for nursing services.\n- Develops and implement new programs or best practices and strategies which improve the quality of care and services and reduces costs.\n- Develops and presents training programs.\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes and the delivery of patient care and member services.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, local and other regulatory requirements.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- In conjunction with Chiefs of Service, the RN Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab and the Interventional Radiology Department directs, coordinates, facilitates, leads, and evaluates our new Cardiac Cath Combo Lab and our Interventional Radiology Departments.\n- Oversees staff, ensures compliance with regulatory compliance, consults on patient care issues, and manages the budget.\n- The Cath Lab will be located at our Modesto Hospital site along with our existing Modesto Interventional Radiology department.\n- Duties will include managing our second IR site at Stockton.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nSpeciality: Cardiac Cath Combo Lab and Interventional Radiology Departments\n- Substantial management experience, usually seven (7) years.\n- Demonstrated human relations and labor relations experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or health care required.\n- Master's or equivalent years of experience in business or health care.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Demonstration of progressive nursing admin experience in an ambulatory setting.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience directing and/or opening a new Cardiac Cath Combo Lab and/or an Operating Room suite is preferred.\n- Willing to work along side the staff for the purpose of ascertaining their skill set, addressing efficiency issues and ascertaining the level of quality.\n- Able to work colleagially with the IR, Cath and Vascular Chiefs.\n- Able to direct employees in various classifications including Schedulers, RN's, IR Techs and Cath Lab Techs.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:50:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078138/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director RN - Cardi Cath Combo Lab / IR (Interventional Radiology)", "reqid": "131993", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28078138}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician - FT\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nCleans, sterilizes, assembles, stores & dispenses instruments, equipment & supplies for the operating room & other departments according to established procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives surgical instruments following there use & soaks them in a water & chemical solution.\n- Pre-washes each instrument by hand to remove visible soil & debris.\n- Places instruments into appropriate washer or steam autoclave & sets controls to assure sterilization.\n- Inspects, sorts, & places instruments into specified surgical sets according to packaging procedures, labels sets to indicate contents, & places them in storage.\n- Removes damaged instruments & equipment from inventory & notifies supply supervisor.\n- Prepares documentation to accompany damaged item(s) & packages damaged instruments & surgical equipment for pickup by vendor or contractor.\n- Maintains adequate inventory for replacement of damaged instruments.\n- Assists operating room staff to select appropriate sets of instruments for scheduled procedures.\n- Completes, records, & files biological testing for all sterilizers according to established procedure.\n- Advises clinical staff regarding the washing, sterilization, & packaging of instruments & equipment.\n- Adheres to all Policies, Procedures & utilizes Manufacturer's Guidelines for the management of all instruments & equipment.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as an instrument processing technician in a hospital setting.\n- High School degree/GED.\n- Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician or Certified Sterile Processing & Distribution Technician (CSPDT) required.\n- General understanding of aseptic techniques and sterilization methods required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\n- Requires standing, bending, lifting & walking.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of central supply technology course.", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:49:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078118/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician - FT", "reqid": "132602", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 28078118}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - FT\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n-The position is home based at Woodlawn, but will float and be utilized at all locations in the Baltimore Medical Center.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-04-23 18:49:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28078119/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - FT", "reqid": "132606", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 28078119}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Case Manager Utilization RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous psychiatric utilization review\n- Knowledge of dsmiv\n- Knowledge of community resources\n- Frequent phone consultations required\n- Requires travel to community psychiatric hospitals\n- Ability to work with psychiatric & chemical dependency patients required\n\nNotes:\n- Review utilization for patients residing in psychiatric & chemical dependency facilities & other outside contract", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061108/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager Utilization RN", "reqid": "132449", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28061108}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Supervisor PBS Collections\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of the PBS Collections Manager, this position is responsible for the day to day operations of the Collection Department to ensure they are in compliance with organizational and industry standards. Supervises the collection team staff activities that promote best practices for collection efficiency and maximization of revenue. Supervises daily activities of the hourly staff to ensure maximum collection of all receivable revenue and miscellaneous revenue. Identifies quality issues, advises management and implements solutions. Builds an effective team by demonstrating team leadership, budget development and management, work plan development and project implementation skills. Creates strong customer service orientation and collaboration, results orientation and strategic thinking within the Collections unit.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides overall supervision of the collections department, contributes and ensures accurate and timely collection of all appropriate revenue for PBS.\n- Recruits and maintains a competent, motivated and qualified staff including disciplining, counseling, coaching, advising, training, termination and resolution of personnel issues.\n- Conducts performance evaluations for staff.\n- Monitors and measures collection performance against cash performance targets by collector, by payer category, by medical center and division, and maintains communication between the collections teams and service area PBS teams.\n- Identifies and develops new products and services to enhance recoveries.\n- Communicates updated procedures and information to all involved parties.\n- Ensures effective financial management of accounts.\n- Receivable, to include financial tracking and analysis of financial recoveries and performance.\n- Plans and implements departmental programs and systems that provide analytical support on financial issues.\n- Authorizes refunds, write offs and adjustments up to a specified amount.\n- Provides consulting expertise to business function areas and coordinates/conducts required training as identified from various sources or externally mandated requirements; stays abreast of all regulatory changes and requirements; implements and communicates changes to department and service area staff within PBS.\n- Ensures timely and accurate processing of industrial, TPL, COB, commercial insurance, Medi-Cal, and outpatient Medicare and self pay accounts in accordance with best practices, defined process flows and procedures and applicable legislative and regulations.\n- Ensures consistent application of processing procedures, policies and personnel practices among the employees on the collection team and promotes organization and division strategic objectives.\n- Supervises the work of the staff in maintaining high quality of work with revenue enhancement and customer service focus, through monitoring operational performance, and implementation and improvement options for either/or Northern and Southern California.\n- Ensures consistent application of divisional wide operational practices, policies and procedures.\n- Develops, recommends, implements and monitors goals, objectives, and performance standards.\n- Tracks and analyzes financial recoveries of outside vendors, ensuring effective performance.\n- Plans, develops, and implements administrative strategies consistent with business plans, organizational goals, health plan member service agreements and federal and state law.\n- Ensures appropriate financial reporting and accounting of revenue.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) years demonstrated ability to lead, manage and supervise staff, preferably in a healthcare environment.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent collection management experience in a health care setting.\n- Familiarity with specific lines of business (e.g., billing, collections, governmental programs, etc).\n- Knowledge of applicable state and federal regulations related to billing and collections.\n- Knowledge in budgeting and accounting principles and of personnel/labor laws and regulations.\n- Knowledge of systems requirement development and user acceptance testing.\n- Excellent negotiating and analytical skills.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills in dealing with employees and all levels of management.\n- User knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software and mainframe systems.\n- Strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent presentation skills.\n- Knowledge and understanding of the relationship between management and union contracts and work within the parameters of the Labor management partnership, preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061103/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor PBS Collections", "reqid": "132279", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28061103}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff Educator RN\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nCollaborates with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients' departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs. Participates in competency assessments and evaluations of new and existing staff. Contributes to ongoing employee performance appraisals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, coordinates, and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental, and discipline-specific needs.\n- Designs, develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.\n- Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development, and learning.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality, and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.\n- Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.\n- Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.\n- Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.\n- Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience (within last 3 years) in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5) years).\n- Bachelor's degree required; BSN preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- AHA BLS instructor preferred\n- Adult learning knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent Med/Surg/Tele, Oncology and RN educator experience preferred\n- ACLS instructor preferred\n\nNotes:\n- Hours and days may need to be adjusted to meet the needs of the department\n- Some evenings and weekends may be required\n- Some travel require to other Kaiser Permanente facilities", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061106/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Educator RN", "reqid": "132439", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 28061106}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Step Down Unit RN-L2\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS.\n- One (1)-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Current ACLS card required\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Care of stroke patients preferred.\n- EKG Proficiency\n- Telemetry/Stroke two (2) years experience\n- PCCN Certificate\n- Basic computer skills to include Word.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Required one (1) Day/Week and one (1) Weekend.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061100/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Step Down Unit RN-L2", "reqid": "131171", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28061100}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Interventional Radiology\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Diagnostic Imaging/IR, PACU, ED or Critical Care.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- Procedural Sedation experience required including knowledge of medications specific to the management of the adult patient requiring procedural sedation, moderate analgesia and reversal agents required.\n-Current PALS card required.\n- Proficient in I.V. therapy.\n- May rotate through MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, CT, Angiography, Interventional Radiology and other diagnostic areas.\n- The ability to take call with a 30 minute response time.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Associate Degree\n- Bachelors Degree in Nursing\n- Knowledge of IR and CT operations.\n- Basic PC Skills: Word\n-10 Key KSPM\n\nNotes:\n- Will rotate in IR and CT.\n- Will take call.\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Standby", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061102/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Interventional Radiology", "reqid": "131425", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28061102}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ E112 ICU P/T Days\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Graduate from an accredited Nursing School\n- Must have Critical Care nursing experience\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control #E112\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am-7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm-11:30 pm.\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekends", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061098/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SP Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ E112 ICU P/T Days", "reqid": "131148", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28061098}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Speech Pathologist\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nProvides direct patient care to members having communication & swallowing disorders by evaluating, diagnosing, developing, & implementing therapy/ treatment programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Administers diagnostic tests & provides individualized treatment to adults & children for a variety of communication disorders, voice & swallowing impairment, & neurological defects\n- Advises physicians of test results & subsequently recommends & implements appropriate treatments\n- Monitors status of results & collaborates w/ physicians when altering treatment program\n- Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams\n- Serves as a clinical expert in specialized areas such as pediatric speech, traumatic brain injury, etc\n- Trains CFY candidates\n- Ensures compliance w/ JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Develops protocols & treatment programs w/in specialized areas\n- Develops & presents in-service programs in area of specialty\n- Performs diagnostic clinical swallowing evaluations on a diversified patient population, including adults & children w/ a wide variety of neurologic & medical diagnosis & surgical histories\n- Interpret & report the results of evaluations/tests to referring physicians, therapists & other medical staff\n- Participates in the design & implementation of therapy programs addressing speech/language voice & swallowing problems for a diversified patient population\n- Documents patients progress & maintains accurate records\n- Adjusts program to improve effectiveness; meets client needs & determines further courses of treatment or intervention that may be necessary\n- Performs diagnostic voice evaluations on a diversified patient population\n- Interprets & reports results & provides recommendations regarding the need for further evaluation or services in the area of speech & pathology when appropriate\n- Administers & analyzes test results to determine patient's communicative abilities; examines patient's medical history, neurological ad psychological test results in order to determine necessary therapy\n- Treats speech & language impairments such as functional articulatory disorders, stuttering, voice problems, delayed speech & organic disorder including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, & impaired hearing\n- Interprets findings & treatment to patient's families, teachers or other concerned parties; provides guidance & counseling\n- Plans & conducts remedial programs designed to improve or restore communicative facility; administers treatment in individual or group sessions w/ patients; may refer patients to specialists in medicine, dentistry, psychology education or related areas\n- Writes report on diagnostic findings, therapy used & progress made\n- Provides in-service training in the basic elements of speech therapy to members of the health care staff & supervises the development & treatments of Speech Pathology Assistants\n- Keeps abreast of developments in the field of speech therapy by attending professional seminars & workshops\n- Demonstrates professional competence in assessing patient's condition at the onset & through all phases of the speech pathology program\n- Demonstrates professional competence in the planning & implementation of treatment program/plan\n- Demonstrates professional competence & rehabilitative techniques particular to the speech pathology field\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - three (3) years of clinical experience in dysphasia management required\n- One (1) - three (3) years of clinical experience in speech pathology required\n- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology required\n- Completion of an accredited speech pathologist educational program with a master's degree or PhD degree\n- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship (CFY) preferred\n- Current and valid Speech Pathologist license issued by State of California\n- Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required\n- American Heart Association approved BLS required\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required\n- Knowledge of federal, state and local regulatory requirements\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and to utilize theories, principles, practices, techniques and methods of Speech Therapy\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061090/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Pathologist", "reqid": "130390", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28061090}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Speech Pathologist\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nProvides direct patient care to members having communication & swallowing disorders by evaluating, diagnosing, developing, & implementing therapy/ treatment programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Administers diagnostic tests & provides individualized treatment to adults & children for a variety of communication disorders, voice & swallowing impairment, & neurological defects\n- Advises physicians of test results & subsequently recommends & implements appropriate treatments\n- Monitors status of results & collaborates w/ physicians when altering treatment program\n- Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams\n- Serves as a clinical expert in specialized areas such as pediatric speech, traumatic brain injury, etc\n- Trains CFY candidates\n- Ensures compliance w/ JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Develops protocols & treatment programs w/in specialized areas\n- Develops & presents in-service programs in area of specialty\n- Performs diagnostic clinical swallowing evaluations on a diversified patient population, including adults & children w/ a wide variety of neurologic & medical diagnosis & surgical histories\n- Interpret & report the results of evaluations/tests to referring physicians, therapists & other medical staff\n- Participates in the design & implementation of therapy programs addressing speech/language voice & swallowing problems for a diversified patient population\n- Documents patients progress & maintains accurate records\n- Adjusts program to improve effectiveness; meets client needs & determines further courses of treatment or intervention that may be necessary\n- Performs diagnostic voice evaluations on a diversified patient population\n- Interprets & reports results & provides recommendations regarding the need for further evaluation or services in the area of speech & pathology when appropriate\n- Administers & analyzes test results to determine patient's communicative abilities; examines patient's medical history, neurological ad psychological test results in order to determine necessary therapy\n- Treats speech & language impairments such as functional articulatory disorders, stuttering, voice problems, delayed speech & organic disorder including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, & impaired hearing\n- Interprets findings & treatment to patient's families, teachers or other concerned parties; provides guidance & counseling\n- Plans & conducts remedial programs designed to improve or restore communicative facility; administers treatment in individual or group sessions w/ patients; may refer patients to specialists in medicine, dentistry, psychology education or related areas\n- Writes report on diagnostic findings, therapy used & progress made\n- Provides in-service training in the basic elements of speech therapy to members of the health care staff & supervises the development & treatments of Speech Pathology Assistants\n- Keeps abreast of developments in the field of speech therapy by attending professional seminars & workshops\n- Demonstrates professional competence in assessing patient's condition at the onset & through all phases of the speech pathology program\n- Demonstrates professional competence in the planning & implementation of treatment program/plan\n- Demonstrates professional competence & rehabilitative techniques particular to the speech pathology field\n- Performs other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) - three (3) years of clinical experience in dysphasia management required\n- One (1) - three (3) years of clinical experience in speech pathology required\n- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology required\n- Completion of an accredited speech pathologist educational program with a master's degree or PhD degree\n- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship (CFY) preferred\n- Current and valid Speech Pathologist license issued by State of California\n- Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required\n- American Heart Association approved BLS required\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required\n- Knowledge of federal, state and local regulatory requirements\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and to utilize theories, principles, practices, techniques and methods of Speech Therapy\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061091/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Pathologist", "reqid": "130391", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28061091}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior twelve (12)months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS card required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option is chosen, shift will be 7:00PM - 7:30AM with a back up eight (8) hour shift 11:00PM - 7:30 AM", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061087/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "129292", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 28061087}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ ICU P/T Nights E308\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Accredited Nursing School\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control #E308.\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Works 'Non-Payday' weekends.\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm - 7:00 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061086/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital/ ICU P/T Nights E308", "reqid": "127062", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28061086}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Data Analysis Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nData Analysis Consultant\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Care Management Institute (CMI) supports Kaiser Permanente in setting priorities for population care and transforming its health care culture. CMI partners with clinical and operational experts, leaders and members in all eight KP regions to serve as a gathering point for best practices, coordinated learning, and the development of new clinical care models. CMI is seeking a Senior Consultant who supports analytic projects primarily focused on key CMI initiatives aimed at assisting the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, and reporting data. The Senior Consultant will lead analytic projects both as an analyst and as a high-level consultant. The person will be responsible for successfully managing projects and execution of goals as well as the communication and translation of insights into action to catalyze improvement and change across Kaiser Permanente's health care delivery systems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes, summarizes, and validates data provided by programmer\n- Works in collaboration with programmer to produce clinical performance metrics and analyses on agreed-upon timelines\n- Works closely with clinical and operational subject matter experts to understand what metrics and analyses would best support performance improvement. Translate needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans, developing creative solutions as needed.\n- Works closely with other analytic departments to produce performance metrics and analyses\n- Develops process and work plan for production of reports/dashboards or analyses\n- Compiles and reports Regional performance data\n- Clarifies Regional reporting expectations and commitments\n- Develops interregional consensus on new measures\n- Supports Regions in developing and reporting new metric\n- Develops specifications for new metrics including validating new metrics and operationalizing metrics and analyses (includes pilot and/or other metrics) in collaboration with clinical and operational subject matter experts\n- Deliver metrics and analytic results using custom reports or automated reporting tools. Interpret results and communicate to subject matter experts and to leaders\n- Guide use of metrics and analyses towards actionable results\n- Collaborate effectively with other analytics staff\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Excellent teaching/mentoring skills\n- Strong problem solving ability\n- Ability to multi-task and set priorities and work within a team\n- Microsoft Office skills\n- Exceptional analytic, consultative, and critical thinking skills and attention to detail\n- Excellent written and oral communication skills\n- Project management experience preferred\n- Experience in health care\n- Ability to express complex analytical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Consider clinical expertiseneeds.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061075/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Analysis Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132400", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28061075}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Communications Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Senior Communications Consultant, Medicare Quality, is responsible for providing complex communications consultation, communications planning, implementation and recommended solutions for multiple Kaiser Permanente projects and initiatives (targeting both internal and external audiences) to meet organizational brand and reputation goals. Primary role is to provide strategic communications guidance in the area of Medicare Quality to senior vice president, project team and stakeholders within the hospitals, quality and care delivery excellence and Medicare focus areas, as well as peers within the Brand Strategy, Communications and Public Relations department, and regional communications, PR, sales and marketing. A key priority will be to promote the value and benefits of our national quality program, along with other programs and initiatives as they specifically relate to the Medicare population. A team player with an understanding of /or experience working within an integrated health care delivery system, and/or experience with Medicare would be helpful background for this position. Background working with and communicating for senior leaders, as well as an acute ability to synthesize complex information and data, and translate it for a general audience is vital.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop and implement communications plans and tactics to fulfill the strategic and operational goals and objectives of the overall communications program developed by the communications practice leader for his/her clients to deliver, promote and protect the organization's brand and reputation.\n- Provide communications consulting to internal clients on internal and external communications. Consulting activity will vary from verbal communications or advice on communications issues to providing customized communications materials.\n- Strategizes with client, writes creative briefs, researches and analyzes information, prepares presentations (PowerPoint presentations, speeches and talking points), plans logistics, and manages overall coordination.\n- Ensure content is consistent with the Kaiser Permanente brand in terms of tone, manner, and messaging.\n- Manages and completes multiple assignments in short time frames and coordinates diverse projects and activities into a cohesive and strategic program.\n- Acquire the input and resources of other communications staff in the organization to fulfill the objectives of communication plans and projects on behalf of communications practice leaders' clients.\n- Coordinates the deliverables of other communicators in the organization to ensure that special projects are in compliance with negotiated timelines/financial allocations.\n- Implement measures to determine effectiveness of communications programs and create plans to improve results.\n- May supervise other communications staff for the purpose of implementing specific communications projects, events, or programs within a given timeframe.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional and/or KP objectives that have direct and significant business impact.\n- Contributes to the development of the department's objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends.\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\n- Requires complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\n- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment.\n- Work is accomplished without considerable direction.\n- Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives and performance requirements have been met.\n- Has no formal supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7) years of experience in corporate communications environment to include two (2) years of supervisory experience of entry-level communications staff required.\n- Recent experience in planning and implementing complex communications plans and projects for a large complex organization, agency and health care background required, with track record of increasing responsibility.\n- KP experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in journalism, english or business administration or related field or related experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques and standards.\n- Considered functional expert in field within KP.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.\n- Excellent writing and editing skills.\n- Demonstrated excellence in working effectively with senior leaders and managers in large organizations and influencing their approach to communications.\n- Demonstrated excellence in working collaboratively in a team setting.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061074/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Communications Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132393", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28061074}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Communications Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Communications Consultant provides communications planning and implementation for Kaiser Permanente's national Community Benefit and Human Resources team. Responsible for providing complex communications consultation, communications planning, implementation and recommended solutions for multiple Kaiser Permanente programs and projects (targeting both internal and external audiences) to meet organizational brand and reputation goals.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop and implement communications plans and tactics to fulfill the strategic and operational goals and objectives of the program developed by the communications practice leader for his/her clients to deliver, promote and protect the organization's brand and reputation.\n- Provide communications consulting to internal clients on internal and external communications programs, projects and tactics.\n- Consulting activity will vary from verbal communications or advice on communications issues to providing written customized communications plans.\n- Strategize with client, writes creative briefs, researches and analyzes information, prepares presentations (PowerPoint presentations, speeches and talking points), plans logistics, and manages overall coordination.\n- Ensure content is consistent with the Kaiser Permanente brand in terms of tone, manner, and messaging.\n- Manage and complete multiple assignments in short time frames and coordinate diverse projects and activities into a cohesive and strategic program for a single client or for a program.\n- Acquire the input and resources of other communications staff in the organization to fulfill the objectives of communication plans and projects on behalf of communications practice leaders' clients.\n- Coordinates the deliverables of other communicators in the organization to ensure that special projects are in compliance with negotiated timelines/financial allocations.\n- Implement measures to determine effectiveness of communications programs and create plans to improve results.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives.\n- Contributes to the achievement of department objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies when making decisions.\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Participates in determining objectives of assignment.\n- Works under limited direction.\n- Plans schedules and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.\n- Work is reviewed by management at key intervals for advice and guidance prior to completion.\n- Has no formal supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically five (5) or more years of experience working in a complex corporate communications environment with demonstrated excellence in developing, implementing and monitoring strategic communications programs.\n- Bachelor's degree in journalism, english or business administration or related field or equivalent experience.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Ability to coordinate diverse projects and activities into a cohesive and strategic communications program.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Excellent writing and editing skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with executives who lead a complex organization.\n- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a corporate communications department on a team with professional communicators.\n- Demonstrated strong project and time management skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061076/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Communications Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132465", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28061076}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Employee Assistance Program Coordinator II\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nAssumes major responsibility for the daily operations of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in a particular facility or geographic grouping of facilities (Stockton, Manteca, Modesto and Tracy), providing service to physicians, employees, and family members. Coordinates the development, delivery, allocation and maintenance of services in regards to assessment and short-term problem solving and referral, committee and workgroup participation, training, organizational initiative support, organizational change support, threat management, critical incident response, and consultation to managers, supervisors, human resource representatives and union representatives.\n\nEssential Functions:\nUnder general clinical direction and consultative support from senior staff and management, performs the following:\n- Behavioral health assessment and referral.\n- Short-term problem solving.\n- Consultation and training to managers, supervisors, human resource representatives and union representatives.\n- Provides clinical support to less experienced coordinators.\n- Crisis intervention and critical incident response management of adverse outcomes in the health care setting.\n- Management of projects based on departmental and organizational needs.\n- Responsibility for daily operations of Kaiser Permanente's internal EAP at the local facility.\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using judgment within defined practices and procedures.\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives.\n- Assesses all new cases and requests for services; determines course of action or seeks consultative support for complex cases/issues.\n- Conducts an assessment when a new request arises and determines what has been done and still needs to be done.\n- Collects and analyzes data to make informed recommendations/decisions which affect the department.\n- Identifies the need for, and contracts with manager/client around role clarity and decision-making authority.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Licensed MFT, LCSW or PhD.\n- Minimum of 3 years of EAP experience.\n- Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience required including chemical dependency work, crisis intervention, traumatic stress intervention and short term problem solving.\n- Experience with training design and implementation and organizational consultation preferred.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Expertise in dealing with the complex and high risk nature of a medical services work setting a plus.\n- Master's degree or PhD or equivalent experience in social work, psychology, or related clinical human services discipline.\n- High School diploma or GED required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CEAP or CEAP eligible preferred.\n- Internal EAP experience preferred.\n- Experience with training design and implementation and organizational consultation preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061077/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Employee Assistance Program Coordinator II", "reqid": "132468", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 28061077}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Principal Management Development Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrincipal Management Development Consultant\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Principal Management Development Consultant is responsible for leadership development consulting for assigned regions or NLT client groups. Developes and implements appropriate straetgies, tools, and process to identify and develop executive talent to meet business needs. Provides expertise executive development to build leadership capability, depth, and diversity. Contributes to, and may lead the design of tools, processes, and programs to support talent assessment, development, and succession management for the program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Develop and implement a succession management & executive development strategy for assigned client group(s) that supports the business requirements, including leadership development goals and timeline, of the group. Client groups generally consist of National Leadership Team areas or larger regions within Kaiser Permanente.\n-Refine, manage and execute a consistent leadership review and succession planning process that supports the talent planning and development needs of the business.\n-Work with senior leaders to forecast succession planning requirements, create robust pipelines of high potential leaders, identify critical development activities and ensure follow-up/sponsorship of development work.\n-Consult with executives on the assessment and development of their direct reports explicitly linking talent development to business objectives.\n-Assure the development needs of high potential leaders are systematically met through related work experiences and projects, internal and external development programs and other appropriate approaches.\n-Actions and decisions will impact the quality and supply of executive talent.\n-Exercises considerable judgment in dealing with complex issues and organizational structures. Requires the adaptation of national leadership development approaches to meet the needs of the assigned client group(s).\nRegularly interacts with senior executives, HR business partners, and leadership development resources across the organization. Success requires the ability to influence all of these stakeholders on a range of issues including development philosophy, timely and consistent execution of work, and the effective assessment and development oftalent.\n-Requires verbal and written presentation of material to senior executive groups to build understanding and/or commitment to a specific direction or recommendation. The ability to partner with others and create win-win solutions is critical to successful execution.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum ten (10) plus years of experience in leadership development and/or organizational development in large, complex environments of which five (5) years should be directly related to talent assessment, development planning, succession planning, and coaching.\n- Twelve (12) plus years of experience in leadership development and/or organizational development in large, complex organizations of which six (6) years should be directly related to talent assessment, development planning, succession planning, and coaching.\n- Experience in health care delivery and experience in other industries highly desired.\n- Minimum of a master's degree in a related field (Organizational Development, Psychology, Human Resources).\n- PhD desirable but not required.\n- Highest level of expertise in talent assessment, job analysis, consulting, competency modeling and behavioral interviewing.\n- Demonstrated ability to translate business drivers into talent requirements.\n- Ability to create, implement and enhance management processes and experience using technology to support talent processes highly desirable.\n- Understanding of large, complex organizations.\n- Clear understanding of business concepts, tools and functions.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061079/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal Management Development Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132644", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28061079}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Team Lead - Home Health\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTo ensure coordination of care and services provided to all patients receiving home care services in the Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care Programs. Key functions are to develop a coordinated admission plan of care for patients referred; facilitate coordination of disciplines and services; use problem-solving and critical thinking skills to facilitate, coordinate, and execute effective, timely responses to clinical problems as they arise for patients; and facilitate transitions across the continuum of healthcare settings for all home care patients.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives and evaluates appropriateness of the home health, hospice, and palliative care referral in collaboration with other team members (care team members, supervisor, scheduler, discharge coordinators, long-term care team, expanded care, physicians, clinic social workers, and others as needed).\n- Ensures timely admission based on assessment.\n- Assess clinical implications of services ordered, patient/caregiver ability to manage self-care, requirements for clinical monitoring, patient stability, patient behavior that could impact a safe plan of care, and other factors that could impact safety and efficacy of admission care plan.\n- Coordinate appropriate services and interventions by obtaining appropriate initial physician orders (e.g. wound care; wound VAC, medications, etc).\n- Participate in the development and coordination of a comprehensive admission plan of care that incorporates an understanding of patient-specific benefits and eligibility requirements in collaboration with care team, outpatient resources, and referring physician.\n- Assure that appropriate supplies and equipment needed to provide initial services are available (e.g. wound supplies, wound VAC, DME, enteral pumps, glucometers, medications, etc) to meet patient needs.\n- Make recommendations to modify the plan of care to expedite a safe transition of care, reduce risks, and enhance patient outcomes.\n- Identify and communicate start of service to patient/caregiver and home care scheduling staff based on physician orders and patient care needs.\n- Discusses and collaborates with referral source, home care team members, physician, discharge coordinator, and supervisor regarding complex discharges, unsafe discharge plans, and inappropriate referrals. Assists in identifying and coordinating alternative options to current care needs, which may include on-site or telephone conference with healthcare team members and patient/family/caregivers\n- Advocate for the patient and family, as well as the healthcare system to optimize utilization of resources. This includes acting on behalf of the member to ensure they are informed of their financial obligations and understand their appeal rights.\n- Coordinates referrals out to contract and non-contract providers for members that require home care services that can not be provided by agency staff within the Portland/Vancouver service area.\n- Develop and maintain expert level of knowledge and skills related to agency policy, state practice acts, applicable state and federal regulations, utilization management, and qualifications for home care services.\n- Telephone Advice/Problem-solving for patients/caregivers\n- Follow up to after hours advice calls\n- Resource, support, and advice for home care staff\n- Physician communication and support\n- Facilitates scheduling of follow up visits and procedures related to advice calls\n- Oversees the day to day staffing and patient schedules and problem-solves staffing challenges to meet patient needs, within staffing rules\n- Supply and DME ordering\n- Assistance with paneling patients with physicians\n- Facilitates Care Conferences (Case Conferences, IDT, Complex Discharges, etc)\n- Coordinates care with Home Phlebotomy\n- Conducts Medication Reconciliation for Therapy only cases.\n- Reviews and approves Home Health Aide Care Plans for Therapy only cases.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year experience as a registered nurse in the acute care setting preferably medical/surgical and/or critical care nursing.\n- Two years home health and/or Hospice experience.\n- One year leadership experience or commensurate experience.\n- BSN preferred. Will consider RN with documented three years recent experience in Community Health, Home Health, Hospice or Palliative Care in lieu of degree.\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington as a Registered Nurse. Requires license in both states prior to first day of employment.\n- Valid driver's license.\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire.\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes.\n- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with physicians, ancillary providers, nurses, and patients to plan for transition of care to and from the home setting.\n- Triage/phone experience.\n- Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments.\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer.\n- Keyboarding or typing skills.\n- Able to operate a computer to perform clinical documentation.\n- Highly effective problem-solving, written and verbal communication, organizational, and time management skills.\n- Knowledge of Medicare, The Joint Commission, and State requirements and regulations for home care programs.\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente systems.\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Four years experience as a registered nurse in the acute care preferably medical/surgical and/or critical care nursing and at least one your working in a Kaiser Permanente Home Care Program (Home Health, Hospice, or Palliative Care).\n- Experience with care coordination or case management.\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills.\n- Familiarity with the use of computers and competence in keyboarding skills.\n- Thorough working knowledge of Medicare regulations for home care.\n- OASIS-C Certification\n- Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse\n- Oncology/Hospice\n- Rehabilitation Nursing\n- Hospice care and the dying process.\n- Utilization management, discharge planning, care coordination, and case management.\n\nSalary Range:\n$34.10 - $48.32", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061050/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Lead - Home Health", "reqid": "132129", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28061050}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Public Health Nurse - Home Health\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe self-directed public health nurse provides home care services to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility settings. This position may provide nursing services to patients in the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other programs under the direction of the patient's physician(s) to provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides nursing services to patients consistent with agency policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal regulations as directed by the patient's physician\n- Manages the care of patients from admission to discharge, coordinating the multidisciplinary plan of care: including appropriate referrals to other disciplines; community resources; supervision of the home health aid plan of care; coordination of the discharge plan and documentation to reflect all activities provided in program appropriate care settings\n- Assesses the learning needs of the patient/caregiver to develop the plan of care that meets patient and family needs and goals including the provision of effective teaching, supervision and delegation of care to achieve desired health care outcomes and timely discharge consistent with quality care\n- Partners with agency management in the development and review of programs within Continuing Care Services. Facilitates the initiation of cost effective home care and provides consultation to clinicians regarding appropriate care setting alternatives\n- Assures professional competency through maintaining state-of-the-art skills and knowledge consistent with Medicare and JCAHO regulations, applicable nurse practice acts and agency policies\n- Participates in hospice, home infusion, home health and palliative care call duty consistent with agency policy\n- Participates in department quality management/improvement activities; including but not limited to clinical record review, occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome measurement, peer review, continuous quality improvement projects, partners in defining and achieving agency productivity standards\n- Performs other duties as requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year medical-surgical nursing experience in an acute care setting\n- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or commensurate knowledge and experience (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management, community health, and public health)\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington. Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire\n- Valid driver's license\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire\n- Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual assessments\n- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer\n- Keyboarding or typing skills\n- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical documentation.\n- Working knowledge of concise, yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessments and care\n- Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication and organizational and time management skills required to accomplish case management responsibilities within allocated time frames\n- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test\n- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to and from patient homes\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook computers\n- Working knowledge of the managed care industry\n- Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements\n- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n- Able to work autonomously and manage patient caseload\n- Knowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail elderly\n- Working knowledge of Hospice and palliative care for the terminally ill patient.\n- Pediatrics, including well child care\n- Oncology/hospice\n- Rehabilitation nursing\n- Hospice care and the dying process\n- Peripheral and central line IV management\n- Able to perform venipuncture and IV insertion\n- Able to operate multiple IV pumps\n- Able to perform surgical debridement as part of wound care\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061051/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Public Health Nurse - Home Health", "reqid": "132133", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28061051}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist - OR\nLocation: Portland, OR\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection and processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist with special procedures; mentor/orient students and new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff and other department needs.\n\n* * * Must work all Southeast Locations and Interstate Locations * * *\nEssential Functions:\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n- Perform order entry, specimen collection, and processing according to work instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements and collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age and/or condition.\n- Assure completeness and accuracy of specimen labeling.\n- Obtain and enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system.\n- Provide good customer service to all members.\n- Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the phlebotomy and laboratory service/technical assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs.\n- Act as resource for medical or laboratory staff.\n- Provide information and facilitate specimen or order problem investigation and resolution.\n- Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection and patient processing.\n- Facilitate communication between phlebotomists and laboratory service/technical assistants in problem solving and member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed.\n- Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff, and patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately.\n- Evaluate, process, and coordinate specimens for testing and/or shipping by following applicable WI.\n- Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze, or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity.\n- Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to client services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated. Complete appropriate forms as applicable.\n- Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels, and ensure tracking of each test ordered and each specimen collected and/or received.\n- Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens.\n- Perform all duties required of laboratory service/technical assistant.\n- Assist clinician or pathologists with bone marrow collection and processing.\n- Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast, and fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up and code blue response as required and ordered by clinician\n- Remain current in new and revised work instructions and lab and organizational policies.\n- Assist supervisor, coordinator, or specialist in identifying and reporting any procedural discrepancies.\n- Complete annual requirements.\n- Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\n- Support department workflow and records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks, and records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n- Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR\n- Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\n- High school diploma or equivalent\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles and techniques\n- Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\n- Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\n- Adaptable\n- Able to bend, stoop, reach and lift minimum of 10 pounds.\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with command of the English language\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\n- Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n- 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient, and/or difficult phlebotomy draws\n- National Phlebotomy certification\n- Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles and techniques and phlebotomy equipment\n- Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\n- Knowledge of Medical Terminology\n- Written and verbal communication skills\n- Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\n- Leadership skills\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.77 - $21.34", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061053/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist - OR", "reqid": "132144", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28061053}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist, Oregon - (Coded Replacement)\nLocation: Portland, OR\n**** This is a 20 hour Coded Replacement Position. Hours are not garaunteed and are coded for benefit purposes only. ****\n\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection & processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist w/ special procedures; mentor/orient students & new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff & other department needs. A coded replacement is an employee who works varying shifts & in varying departments & locations as defined by the job posting. A coded replacement must be available two shifts per day & five days per week to include every other weekend. A coded replacement employee replaces staff for time away from work.\nEssential Functions:\no Perform order entry, specimen collection & processing according to Work Instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements & collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age &/or condition\no Assure completeness & accuracy of specimen labeling\no Obtain & enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system\no Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the Phlebotomy & Laboratory Service/Technical Assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs\no Provide information & facilitate specimen or order problem investigation & resolution\no Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection & patient processing\no Facilitate communication between Phlebotomists & Laboratory Service/Technical Assistants in problem solving & member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed\no Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff & patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately\no Evaluate process & coordinate specimens for testing &/or shipping by following applicable WI\no Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity\no Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to Client Services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated.\no Complete appropriate forms as applicable\no Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels & ensure tracking of each test ordered & each specimen collected &/or received\no Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens\no Assist clinician or Pathologists w/ bone marrow collection & processing\no Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast & fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up & Code 99 (Code Blue) response as required & ordered by clinician\no Remain current in new & revised work instructions & lab & organizational policies\no Periodically review procedure manuals, Quality System documents & organizational policies\no Assist supervisor, coordinator or specialist in identifying & reporting any procedural discrepancies\no Complete annual requirements (PPD, safety etc.)\no Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\no Attend & participate in staff meetings\no Support department workflow & records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks & records\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\no Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\no Valid Driver's License\no High school diploma or equivalent\no Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\no Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles & techniques\no Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\no Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\no Adaptable\no Able to bend, stoop, reach & lift minimum of 10 pounds.\no Demonstrated written & verbal communication skills w/ command of the English language\no Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\no Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\nPreferred Qualifications:\no National Phlebotomy certification\no Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles & techniques & phlebotomy equipment\no Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\no Knowledge of Medical Terminology\no Written & verbal communication skills\no Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\no Leadership skills\no 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient &/or difficult phlebotomy draws\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.77 - $21.34", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061058/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist, Oregon - (Coded Replacement)", "reqid": "132170", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28061058}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Speech Language Pathologist - On Call\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvides diagnostic and treatment interventions (depending first on the needs of the department and next on the speech pathologist's area of specialization) to improve the patient's speech/language, oral/facial musculature and structure, cognitive skills, voice, fluency, breathing and/or swallowing abilities to maximum potential. The Speech Pathologist will provide this treatment per physician's order and coordinate therapeutic activities with the patient, caregiver and other health care disciplines. The speech pathologist will work as part of the interdisciplinary team and follow the Kaiser and the department guidelines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Evaluates patients communication/articulation, physical, cognitive, breathing, swallowing status, functional abilities and age specific needs of patients to determine the current level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence and quality of life.\n-Develops and implements a treatment plan which involves the patient, family, and social support system, identifies interventions to reach achievable goals, coordinates and collaborates on treatment options, advocates enhancing patient's social support systems; facilitates appropriate environmental modifications.\n-Provides treatments based on established departmental guidelines and protocols; provides skills in managing both inpatients and outpatients as demonstrated on the competency check list.This therapy involves providing treatment which takes into account the risks and benefits of that treatment regime relevant to the patient's medical condition, rehabilitation potential and prognosis.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Master's degree in speech pathology.\n- Certification of clinical competency or ability to complete clinical fellowship year at Kaiser Permanente\n- Completion of master's degree in speech pathology and completion of speech pathology patient training through Master's speech pathology program\n- Speech pathology license in Oregon or Washington within 18 months of hire.If not licensed at time of hire must apply for a Provisional license in Oregon as a clinical fellow working at Kaiser within 90 days of hire.\n- Current Basic Life Support CPR card within 60 days of hire\n- Valid Drivers License upon hire\n- NPI\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Experience as a speech pathologist seeing both and inpatient and outpatient caseload.\n- Experience with treating dysphagic patients.\n- Experience with treating adults and pediatric patients.\n- Ability to both evaluate and treat patients with dysphagia\n- Ability to scope patients during a fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing\n- Ability to evaluate both children and adults with specific skills in administering language, cognitive and articulation assessments.\n- Ability to treat both children and adults with specific skills in treating patients with language, cognitive and communication deficits.\n- Ability to provide evaluation and treatment for patients with the following disorders:\n- Dysphagia, voice disorder, communication/articulation problems, cognitive deficits,\n- Able to work autonomously and manage their own case load.\n- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service skills\n- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n- Operational knowledge or ability to learn computerized clinical documentation and office application systems.\n\nSalary Range: $39.70 - $52.69", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061062/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Language Pathologist - On Call", "reqid": "132277", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28061062}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist - Oregon\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection and processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist with special procedures; mentor/orient students and new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff and other department needs.\n* * * Must work all East Side Locations * * *\n\nEssential Functions:\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n- Perform order entry, specimen collection, and processing according to work instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements and collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age and/or condition.\n- Assure completeness and accuracy of specimen labeling.\n- Obtain and enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system.\n- Provide good customer service to all members.\n- Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the phlebotomy and laboratory service/technical assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs.\n- Act as resource for medical or laboratory staff.\n- Provide information and facilitate specimen or order problem investigation and resolution.\n- Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection and patient processing.\n- Facilitate communication between phlebotomists and laboratory service/technical assistants in problem solving and member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed.\n- Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff, and patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately.\n- Evaluate, process, and coordinate specimens for testing and/or shipping by following applicable WI.\n- Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze, or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity.\n- Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to client services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated. Complete appropriate forms as applicable.\n- Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels, and ensure tracking of each test ordered and each specimen collected and/or received.\n- Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens.\n- Perform all duties required of laboratory service/technical assistant.\n- Assist clinician or pathologists with bone marrow collection and processing.\n- Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast, and fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up and code blue response as required and ordered by clinician\n- Remain current in new and revised work instructions and lab and organizational policies.\n- Assist supervisor, coordinator, or specialist in identifying and reporting any procedural discrepancies.\n- Complete annual requirements.\n- Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\n- Support department workflow and records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks, and records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n- Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR\n- Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\n- High school diploma or equivalent\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles and techniques\n- Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\n- Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\n- Adaptable\n- Able to bend, stoop, reach and lift minimum of 10 pounds.\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with command of the English language\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\n- Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\n\nSalary Range 17.77 - 21.34\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n- 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient, and/or difficult phlebotomy draws\n- National Phlebotomy certification\n- Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles and techniques and phlebotomy equipment\n- Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\n- Knowledge of Medical Terminology\n- Written and verbal communication skills\n- Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\n- Leadership skills", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061063/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist - Oregon", "reqid": "132211", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28061063}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nTo serve the needs of the health plan members & the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Under supervision is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing & evaluating nursing care for patients & coordinating nursing care activities w/ other health care disciplines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Clinical Activities\n- Demonstrate good physical assessment skills\n- Provide emergency nursing care to all age groups\n- Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills\n- Skills & Abilities\n- Excellent critical thinking skills. MOAB Training/Recertification every two years.\n- Professional Practice Standards of performance\n- Complies w/ hospital & organizational policies & w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule\n- Accurately documents time card to reflect productive time worked\n- Maintains confidentiality of all patients & organization records & information\n- Assessment Standard of Performance\n- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs & discharge planning needs\n- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization\n- Planning Standard of Performance\n- Develops an individual nursing plan of care which is sensitive to developmental needs of the patient\n- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan\n- Coordinates patient care activities & discharge planning w/ other departments & community agencies\n- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition & scope of practice of other health care providers\n- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients using GRASP\n- Implementation Standard of Performance\n- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical &/or surgical patient\n- Accurately transcribes written, preprinted & verbal orders\n- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate\n- Documents care according to policy & procedure\n- Safety Management Standard of Performance\n- Maintains safety in use of all equipment\n- Handles all hazardous waste in compliance HazCom program regulations\n- Handles all infectious waste in compliance Infection Control standards\n- Physical Requirements\n- Lifting & carrying:\n- Able to lift & carry at least 60 pounds unassisted & carry them for a distance of 50 feet\n- May assist in the movement of patients &/or equipment whose weight may range from 100 to 300 pounds\n- Bending: able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist & knees\n- Walking: able to stand &/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift\n- Able to push/pull weights 100 to 300 pounds w/ assistance\n- Standing: able to stand six to eight hours per shift\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 years recent ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED\n- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing.\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Current RN License upon hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- ACLS & PALS or ENPC w/in 4 months of hire/transfer\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-CEN, TNCC\n-Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\n-A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined\n-A desire and ability to function within the nursing process\n-Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills\n-Bachelors Degree in Nursing or related field\n\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061069/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room", "reqid": "132599", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28061069}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nTo serve the needs of the health plan members & the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Under supervision is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing & evaluating nursing care for patients & coordinating nursing care activities w/ other health care disciplines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Clinical Activities\n- Demonstrate good physical assessment skills\n- Provide emergency nursing care to all age groups\n- Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills\n- Skills & Abilities\n- Excellent critical thinking skills. MOAB Training/Recertification every two years.\n- Professional Practice Standards of performance\n- Complies w/ hospital & organizational policies & w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule\n- Accurately documents time card to reflect productive time worked\n- Maintains confidentiality of all patients & organization records & information\n- Assessment Standard of Performance\n- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs & discharge planning needs\n- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization\n- Planning Standard of Performance\n- Develops an individual nursing plan of care which is sensitive to developmental needs of the patient\n- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan\n- Coordinates patient care activities & discharge planning w/ other departments & community agencies\n- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition & scope of practice of other health care providers\n- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients using GRASP\n- Implementation Standard of Performance\n- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical &/or surgical patient\n- Accurately transcribes written, preprinted & verbal orders\n- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate\n- Documents care according to policy & procedure\n- Safety Management Standard of Performance\n- Maintains safety in use of all equipment\n- Handles all hazardous waste in compliance HazCom program regulations\n- Handles all infectious waste in compliance Infection Control standards\n- Physical Requirements\n- Lifting & carrying:\n- Able to lift & carry at least 60 pounds unassisted & carry them for a distance of 50 feet\n- May assist in the movement of patients &/or equipment whose weight may range from 100 to 300 pounds\n- Bending: able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist & knees\n- Walking: able to stand &/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift\n- Able to push/pull weights 100 to 300 pounds w/ assistance\n- Standing: able to stand six to eight hours per shift\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 years recent ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED\n- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing.\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Current RN License upon hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- ACLS & PALS or ENPC w/in 4 months of hire/transfer\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-CEN, TNCC\n-Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\n-A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined\n-A desire and ability to function within the nursing process\n-Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills\n-Bachelors Degree in Nursing or related field\n\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061068/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room", "reqid": "132597", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28061068}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nTo serve the needs of the health plan members & the other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. Under supervision is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing & evaluating nursing care for patients & coordinating nursing care activities w/ other health care disciplines.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Clinical Activities\n- Demonstrate good physical assessment skills\n- Provide emergency nursing care to all age groups\n- Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously\n- Demonstrate problem-solving skills\n- Skills & Abilities\n- Excellent critical thinking skills. MOAB Training/Recertification every two years.\n- Professional Practice Standards of performance\n- Complies w/ hospital & organizational policies & w/ contractual responsibilities related to work schedule\n- Accurately documents time card to reflect productive time worked\n- Maintains confidentiality of all patients & organization records & information\n- Assessment Standard of Performance\n- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including; biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs & discharge planning needs\n- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization\n- Planning Standard of Performance\n- Develops an individual nursing plan of care which is sensitive to developmental needs of the patient\n- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan\n- Coordinates patient care activities & discharge planning w/ other departments & community agencies\n- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition & scope of practice of other health care providers\n- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients using GRASP\n- Implementation Standard of Performance\n- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical &/or surgical patient\n- Accurately transcribes written, preprinted & verbal orders\n- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate\n- Documents care according to policy & procedure\n- Safety Management Standard of Performance\n- Maintains safety in use of all equipment\n- Handles all hazardous waste in compliance HazCom program regulations\n- Handles all infectious waste in compliance Infection Control standards\n- Physical Requirements\n- Lifting & carrying:\n- Able to lift & carry at least 60 pounds unassisted & carry them for a distance of 50 feet\n- May assist in the movement of patients &/or equipment whose weight may range from 100 to 300 pounds\n- Bending: able to bend up to 60 times per shift, at both the waist & knees\n- Walking: able to stand &/or walk for entire shift. Able to walk a distance of three to five miles during course of a shift\n- Able to push/pull weights 100 to 300 pounds w/ assistance\n- Standing: able to stand six to eight hours per shift\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 years recent ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED\n- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing.\n- High school diploma or GED\n- Current RN License upon hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- ACLS & PALS or ENPC w/in 4 months of hire/transfer\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-CEN, TNCC\n-Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\n-A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined\n-A desire and ability to function within the nursing process\n-Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills\n-Bachelors Degree in Nursing or related field\n\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061070/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Inpatient - Emergency Room", "reqid": "132600", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 28061070}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Manager Hourly (PLS-201803)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nUnder the direction of the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director, is responsible for the management of all aspects of Pharmacy services at identified Outpatient Pharmacy location(s). Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies, and procedures. Responsible for day-to-day operations of assigned work area(s)/ functions(s)/services(s). Provides supervision and direction to subordinate Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - Hourly, Pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees. Manages a pharmacy location(s). Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director w/ the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director by providing supervision and direction of the pharmacy services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development, and multi-disciplinary team development.\n- Manages departmental personnel and operational practices to ensure compliance w/ Federal and State laws and regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide and Departmental policies and procedures.\n- Collaborates w/ the Inpatient Pharmacy Management and Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care and compliance w/ applicable Federal and State laws and regulations governing hospitals.\n- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Other Members of the Pharmacy Management Team, Providers, Department Administrators, and Physician-In-Charge.\n- Provides personnel management activities.\n- Completes performance evaluations and ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.\n- Develops processes to ensure the department meets HR compliance expectations for evaluations.\n- Works w/ Human Resources in handling employee grievances.\n- Responsible for the preparation and assignment of department staff's work schedules and assignments.\n- Prepares the biweekly payroll.\n- Provides regular communication and feedback to the staff.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director to monitor personnel utilization in accordance w/ operating budget and adheres to the personnel justification process for the department.\n- Develops departmental budget in conjunction w/ Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager and/or Outpatient Pharmacy Director.\n- May work w/ local BS & F on departmental budget.\n- Responsible for all financial performance targets in pharmacy.\n- Participates in designing, implementing and evaluating systems, processes, and methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Responsible for all service measures in department.\n- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, and employees.\n- Administers organizational and department policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience, or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred.\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm . D. preferred.\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Demonstrated abilities and skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership and supervision.\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written English-speaking communication skills.\n- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.\n- Must possess self-initiative, innovative, and collaborative skills.\n- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.\n- Must pass background check.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061036/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Manager Hourly (PLS-201803)", "reqid": "132161", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28061036}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Area Pharmacy Dir [SSC-201916]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nLeads the planning, development and implementation of Area strategic initiatives in Pharmacy Operations. Areas of responsibility include quality, utilization, finance, day-to-day operations, service, and human resources for Pharmacy Operations. Integrates those activities with California pharmacy strategic initiatives and goals, as well as general Area operations. Develops strong collaborative leadership relationship with KFHP/H leadership teams and the Medical Group to achieve regional and California goals. Participates with peers to ensure the rapid transfer of best practices.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads planning, development & implementation of Area Pharmacy Operations, both In & Out Patient. Supports & directs the implementation of California pharmacy strategic initiatives & goals.\n- Partners with medical staff & other care providers to ensure the delivery of high quality, cost effective pharmaceutical care.\n- Provides ongoing leadership & direction to enhance member service.\n- Provides leadership & direction to the Area pharmacy personnel.\n- Responsible for the development & implementation of Area pharmacy operating & capital budgets.\n- Responsible for all pharmacy activities, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical role expansion, retail business expansion, performance measurement, employee development, regulatory compliance & multi-disciplinary team development.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Pharmacy Degree required.\n- Masters in Pharmacy, Management, Health Svc. or Business Admin. preferred.\n- CA Registered Pharmacist license.\n- Working knowledge of state & federal laws & regulations such as JCAHO, Title 22, Federal HMO Act, Knox-Keene Act.\n- Applicable Medi-Cal & Medicare regulations & State Board of Pharmacy Regulations.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead & manage professionals & others through influence & collaboration across multiple sites.\n- Demonstrated proficiency in team building, conflict resolution, & group dynamics as well as project management.\n- Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative & innovation.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize effective verbal & written communication skills.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of all facets of inpatient and/or outpatient pharmacy operations, including professional, legal, business & public relations aspects.\n\nSchedule: Sun - Sat, 40 hours a week, day shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061037/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Area Pharmacy Dir [SSC-201916]", "reqid": "132230", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28061037}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Supervisor Inpatient Pharmacy [SRO-201732]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nProvides supervision and technical/clinical direction to pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees in an Inpatient Pharmacy setting. Ensures compliance with State & Federal laws, regulations, and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services, and Divisional Pharmacy objectives, policies and procedures. Assists the Inpatient Pharmacy Director with the development and implementation of strategic initiatives. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of assigned area(s).\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Inpatient Pharmacy Director with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives and provides technical/clinical direction and supervision to pharmacy staff.\n- Responsible for assigned pharmacy services /activities including day-to-day operations, drug distribution, drug education, pharmacists clinical activities, performance measurement/improvement, regulatory compliance, employee development and multi-disciplinary team development.\n- Ensures compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and standards.\n- Works in collaboration with providers, department heads, and the Inpatient Pharmacy Director to implement , evaluate and improve quality management programs.\n- Administers organizational and departmental policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Provides leadership, direction and supervision of pharmacy staff including recommendations regarding hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, discipline, training, performance evaluation/management.\n- As assigned, accountable for pharmacy quality, service and fiscal outcomes.\n- Ensures that all staff has adequate and ongoing training to enhance and assure job performance.\n- Participates in designing, implementing, evaluating/improving systems, methods and processes designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory or functional direction experience (usually two (2) years).\n- B.S. degree in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm. D preferred.\n- Licensure as a pharmacist in California required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others.\n- Demonstrated ability to exercise self-initiative and innovation.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of applicable state and federal pharmacy regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of inpatient and/or outpatient pharmacy operations, including professional, legal, business and public relations aspects.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and work as a member of a professional team.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule: 40Hrs per week, variable shift, may include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061038/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Inpatient Pharmacy [SRO-201732]", "reqid": "132240", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28061038}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager, Internal Controls\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages a unit that provides key business processes, data and/or services that support the attainment of finance goals. Ensures high customer satisfaction.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership and direction for the unit in accordance with the overall strategic direction of the department.\n- Serves as the content expert of the responsible area, providing assistance and advice.\n- Communicates information effectively, translating financial data into meaningful information that support business decision-making.\n- Applies understanding of operational and financial performance to anticipate and meet the needs of clients.\n- Holds unit to high standards of performance.\n- Assures integrity of data and analysis.\n- Defines and frames complex issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- Facilitates the ongoing learning, well-being, professional satisfaction and development of staff through training, work assignments, increased responsibility/autonomy and mentoring.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant (seven (7) plus years) of directly related financial experience with a variety of projects.\n- Prior experience managing staff.\n- Experience with KP data sources.\n- Experience with SAS and Microsoft access helpful.\n- Bachelors degree, or equivalent experience, in business administration, economics, finance, accounting, or related field.\n- CPA, master's degree or extensive healthcare industry experience preferred.\n- Knowledge in one (1) of the following: accounting, finance, quantitative analysis, financial analysis, healthcare economics, information systems, organizational development, health care delivery systems, project management or new business development.\n- Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and regulations related to the healthcare industry.\n- Strong communications, presentation and interpersonal skills.\n- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management and group processes.\n- Proficiency with Microsoft office (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint).\n- Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Health, Health Administration, or other related field preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061040/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, Internal Controls", "reqid": "132377", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28061040}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Facility Referral Coordinator\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder general supervision, analyzes, reviews and processes authorization and payments for outside medical services. Researches and resolves inquiries from outside providers; educates members, physicians, outside providers and staff regarding the referral process. Updates and edits authorization and payment data into Authorized Outside Medical Services system (AOMS). Recommends changes/additions to enhance service levels and cost benefits.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes and evaluates each outside medical services bill for appropriateness of charges and processes for payment ensuring payment is made only for authorized services, procedure codes are consistent with diagnosis codes and services are not unbundled. Investigates and resolves billing problems.\n- Identifies impact of contractual agreements on actual costs and alerts supervisor of findings that indicate unfavorable impact of cost containment efforts.\n- Monitors billing practices of outside providers. Reviews and processes Authorizations for Medical Care which involves verifying eligibility, monitoring benefit limits and assigning reason and service codes.\n- Interprets existing contract language and responds to inquiries from outside providers regarding contractual arrangements. Utilizes multiple mainframe systems to determine primary payer status of pending referrals and answers inquiries of patients and providers.\n- Works closely with KFHP case managers to inform them of all members in non-Kaiser hospitals to expedite repatriation and patients and providers to answer inquiries.\n- Processes non-purchase order invoices, employee expense reports and other requests for payment.\n- Investigates and resolves vendor/department inquiries.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two-year college degree, or equivalent experience, in accounting or related field. Bachelors degree preferred.\n- Previous medical billing office experience in a hospital or clinic environment requiring knowledge of medical terminology and application of medical billing codes or claims processing experience at a senior level.\n- Familiarity with medical billing standards, Medicare billing requirements and KFHP benefits preferred.\n- Excellent customer service, telephone presentation and problem solving skills.\n- Previous experience working with a mainframe database claims processing/billing system.\n- Ability to prioritize work in a high volume demanding environment.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Parnership environment.\n\nPlease note: Hours are Monday through Friday, but can be negotiated.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:55:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061043/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Facility Referral Coordinator", "reqid": "132423", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28061043}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Gardener - Grade 280\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nUnder close supervision, perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled grounds keeping duties, including gardening, limited landscaping, spraying and tree trimming; and related work as required. In addition, assists Senior Gardener in general maintenance of the facility's grounds.\nEssential Functions:\n- Moves soil, equipment, and materials; and digs holes\n- Select plants, shrubs, trees and type of lawn to landscape designated areas\n- Repairs landscaped areas and irrigation system\n- Installs and repairs irrigation piping\n- Orders and accounts for supplies, chemicals, minor miscellaneous gardening tools and fertilizer\n- Operate power-driven equipment such as mower, light trucks, power aerator, sod cutter, power edger, sweeper, trencher, plant digger, power hedge cutter; rot tiller, etc. in accordance with recommended safety precautions\n- Assists the Senior Gardener, as required\n- Perform other related duties as necessary\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four(4) years of related grounds keeping experience\n- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)\n- Valid California drivers license\n- Knowledge of landscape designing, planning, estimating and construction of landscape\n- Considerable knowledge of gardening and ground work, such as cultivating, watering, pruning, cutting and trimming lawns, trees, shrubs, weeding, raking, transplanting, spraying, sweeping parking areas, fertilizing, planting flowers, removing tree stumps\n- Considerable knowledge of common trees, ornamental shrubs and plants, and lawn pests and diseases, methods, and materials used in the control and eradication\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to print and speak simple sentences\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:54:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061023/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Gardener - Grade 280", "reqid": "130716", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28061023}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Unit Assistant - Grade 220 (1122)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nThis position is responsible for supporting & coordinating the administrative activities of the nursing unit and possibly assigned to cover multiple units.\nEssential Functions:\n- Processes transfers & discharges using the Admit-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) system in the electronic medical record\n- Answers & appropriately routes internal & external telephone calls\n- Orders materials & supplies for the unit, & collects equipment & medication from the dumb waiter system\n- Answers call system from nurses' station; follows up w/ patient &/or family as appropriate\n- Makes follow-up appointments for patients as necessary\n- In conjunction w/ Discharge Coordinator, organizes transfers to skilled nursing facilities, including printing relevant sections of the patient chart\n- Prepares discharge packets & other documents for patients (including maternal/baby)\n- Maintains the unit's business equipment, including maintaining appropriately charged wireless carts\n- Arranges for special maintenance or repair of the unit's business equipment\n- Updates the unit's white board (this function may be eliminated)\n- Maintains the Minimum Record\n- Assists unit personnel in the use of the electronic medical record & other systems; may act as the unit resource for computer-related issues\n- Acts as greeter for the unit, greeting new patients & their families\n- Coordinates discharge times, contacts family members w/ discharge information, & otherwise facilitates a timely discharge when the patient is ready\n- Initiates unit's downtime procedures when necessary\n- Communicates w/ other units/departments\n- May support Environmental Services in the data entry into the ADT system the status of clean & dirty beds\n- May help to facilitate co-pay collections by communicating w/ the Admitting office when family members are present on the unit, relaying information to Admitting or to the patient/family, etc\n- Assists w/ other unit duties such as collecting meal trays, taking STAT specimens to the lab, etc\n- Performs other related duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Basic computer skills\n- Typing speed: 25 wpm\n- Knowledge of computer applications to include Windows 95/97, 2000 or Windows NT is required\n- Working knowledge of PCs\n- Basic knowledge of equipment (fax machine, copy machine, and scanner)\n- Ability to read & comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, & medical record documents in English\n- Ability to navigate in a Windows environment utilizing a mouse\n- Ability to learn policies and procedures\n- Ability to learn software application\n- Ability to write simple correspondence using email\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Refer to position specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSkills testing: PC skills & Typing (25WPM)", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:54:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061009/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Unit Assistant - Grade 220 (1122)", "reqid": "120265", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 28061009}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Advice Nurse SH-OC\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nResponsible for medical triage of members using established protocols, note taking via online ANS (Advice Note System) & providing specified diagnostic results to members. Responsible to collaborate w/ on-site physicians, on-call physicians, HCT, pharmacists, & /or Nurse Practitioner as necessary to facilitate member care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives & processes telephone calls from Health Plan members requiring medical advice or general information by:\n- Assesses the patient\u2019s problem utilizing established protocols & interaction w/ provider on-site or on-call.\n- Makes appropriate recommendations to include advice, appointments per protocol, or direction from physician.\n- Appropriately documents calls received w/ adherence to inter-regional documentation.\n- Acts as an extension of the health care team to meet member needs.\n- Assists members in empathetic, efficient manner to determine best course of action to resolve issue.\n- Meets regional standards set by call center management to achieve optimal member satisfaction such as phone access & service standards. Be receptive to constructive feedback by supervisors &/or QI to better serve members.\n- Contributes to the development of protocols, procedures, patient education, & training, as assigned. Participates in peer review, quality assurance, & other committees\u2019 functions.\n- Demonstrates ability to make quick decisions, based on sound base of critical thinking skills/guidelines by protocols.\n- Demonstrate ability to interact w/ a variety of levels of staff to provide good customer service to internal customers.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 full year of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting w/ relevancy required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction assigned to include alternative site as dictated by unit needs required.\n- Ability to type 30 WPM required.\n- Pass basic windows test at interview.\n- Pass basic typing test required.\n- Pass a standard medication test & a standard medical advice test/Performance Based Developmental Systems (PBDS) test required.\n- Must have effective interpersonal & communications skills.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual ability preferred.\n- BSN preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:53:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061004/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Advice Nurse SH-OC", "reqid": "132374", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28061004}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Intern-Undergrad Security Strategy\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Strategy Services team in the Assessment & Response Services organization provides security services that align business needs with threat research and strategic development to drive information security capabilities. The team's charter is to deliver security vision and thought leadership that enables informed strategic decisions\n\nEssential Functions\n\nIntern will be responsible for assisting with external and internal research study focused on threat assessment and intelligence. This could require product research, data entry, data analysis, and creating supporting documentation. The Intern will also be exposed to various security tools and capabilities.\n\nPerform analysis on various strategic development around database, mobile and security tools\n\nCompetencies and Skills the Intern will Develop:\n\nThe Intern will bolster his/her overall security skills as it relates to technical capabilities, risk, and general research work.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - 2.8 GPA or higher\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\n    Interested in learning about leadership and information technology We are looking for a self starter, preferably a computer science, computer information systems, statistics or math major that is very interested in information security research and analysis. Quick-learner Reliable & Dependable\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n - 6 monthsexperience with information security", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:53:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28060999/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern-Undergrad Security Strategy", "reqid": "132520", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28060999}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Intern-Undergrad HIM/Scanning\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nAre you looking for an Internship where you will:\n- Be exposed to Business Analysis, Strategy, Information Technology, Security?\n- Learn how to present& communicate complex information& ideas to senior management?\n- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?\nIf you are, then this is a position is for you!\nWe are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.\nKaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting& improving health care for its 8.6M members,& to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments& learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies,& application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management& business intelligence.\n\nThe intern will be working within the Care Delivery Business Information Office. The department is responsible for the development and maintenance of IT systems that support the care delivery processes across Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics.\n\nThe intern will be a team member contributing to the development and support of an internal program in IT Care Delivery. The program will focus on organizing application support requests for consistency and measurability.\n\nThe intern will may also work on system documentation, meeting facilitation, and metrics gathering with other managers in the Care Delivery Business Information Office\n\nCompetencies and Skills the Intern will Develop:\nBy the end of the term, the intern will have gained practitioner experiences as a healthcare IT professional in an industry leading healthcare providing organization\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - 2.8 GPA or higher\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,\n    Goal driven\n    -Self motivated\n    -Strong written communication\n    -Works well autonomously -Eager to learn and take on new challengesSelf-motivated Quick-learner Reliable & Dependable", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:53:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28061000/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern-Undergrad HIM/Scanning", "reqid": "132527", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28061000}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Development Director\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nDirector ClaimsConnect Development\nThe Director for ClaimsConnect development reports to the Sub-Portfolio Executive Director of Production Support in the Claims Technology Sub Portfolio. This role includes accountability for delivery of new claims capabilities including a new enterprise application, and to ensure KP service level agreements with vendors are being met.The primary clients of this role are the regional executives and other senior leadership team members located throughout the country. The Senior Manager/Director has day-to-day contact with the Product and Program Manager, business partners , internal BIO and external BIO representatives as well as shared service organizations to plan and deliver on application related projects, production support, and continuous improvement initiatives.\n\nPrimary responsibilities include:\n - Accountable for overall program/project management, planning, design, development, delivery schedule, resource supply and demand, budget, quality and delivery of the ClaimsConnect application and the ClaimsConnect Implementation.\n - Ensure that the organization's delivery teams employ the correct methodology for program delivery including; program reviews, project budget/funding, project release process, and project change processes.\n - Accountable for on going program and release management for the ClaimsConnect application.\n - Develop relationships and collaborate with other IT Directors and development groups. This also includes other HP sub-portfolio Directors and Sr. Managers and Vendor relationships.\n - Day-to-day contact with sub portfolio peers and external peers to ensure availability of claims applications.\n - Ensure SLA's are met for ClaimsConnect application for both internal and vendor SLAs\n - Derive metrics to show improvement and track progress for all ClaimsConnect applications\n - Vendor management\n - Contributing to planning for platform releases and release content\n - Contributing to the annual planning and budgeting process for the sub portfolio applications\n - Directs a team of managers and their teams across multiple regions to ensure quality product is developed and maintained.\n - Collaborate and work closely with the regional directors and managers, and all business partners. Consult and provide strategic solutions, options and business cases.\n - Prepare and present to the Portfolio Approval Council (PAC) readiness and project/budget status reporting.\n - Works closely with Director of Platform Support to ensure the platform is supported and meets or exceeds availability metrics.\n - Works closely with sub-portfolio Testing Leaders to improve testing strategy and approach\n  Engage with business partners and Product/Program manager to create ClaimsConnect roadmap\n - Develop depth in team to ensure levels of subject matter expertise is deep enough to meet pipeline needs\n - Be creative and innovative to define resource requirements\n - Manage offshore teams effectively\n - Work across the sub portfolio to ensure project demands are met\n - Be involved in finalizing the solutions crafted for Claims initiatives\n - Actively engaged with Architects, Designers and Product Management for solutions created in this sub portfolio\n - Ensure best practices for application development are introduced, applied and adhered to\n - Strategic implementation of industry technologies and process's as appropriate\n - Thinking outside box\n - Model the appropriate behavior and leadership this role warrants\n - Serve as an ambassador for the both the Claims sub portfolio and HP BIO organization\n - Create department goals and objectives\nAdministrative accountabilities and relationships include:\n - Management duties will include: team management, finances, leadership demonstration, performance management, mentoring and succession planning, team player (work effectively across peer group), complete all action items, and work independently\n - Participate in business meetings, change boards and steering committees\n - Engage stakeholders in governance preparation\n - Support the management of total cost of ownership with business managers\n - Work with the Portfolio Services team to ensure consistent practices and reporting\n - React to and complete fire drills\n - Be familiar with all KPIT admin tools and use them as appropriate examples inc. RPM, REMEDY, CONCUR, TCM, TIME\n - Create weekly and or monthly status reports\n - Reforecast and be accountable for financial numbers\n - Engage and partner with HR\nDevelop Staff\nEstablish a dedicated team of subject matter and technical experts from the ground up to support the applications and technologies used in this business segment by Q1 2013.\nResponsible for working with Dell on training and transition for newly formed team to ensure short and long term success\nConduct performance management for the entire Claims development group\nContinue to recruit and train the staff to build depth and continue to develop the technical capabilities from the technical staff.\nAccountable for managing any offshore or vendor resources to maximize potential utilization and costs.\nMentor and develop staff members\nPrepare development plans for staff and leaders\nPut effective rewards and recognition plans in place\nConduct staff meetings to help employees align their work with the goals of the business they support\nKey Working Relationships\nPortfolio and Regional Approval Councils\nBusiness executives, managers and staff\nLeadership committees that advise of business direction\nSub portfolio Product and Program manager\nDirector of Platform Support\nIT Shared Services (COO, CTO, CPO, CA)\nDirect Reports and staff\nIT Finance, Communications and Human Resources\nOutside vendors, Dell\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications:\n - Bachelor degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - Minimum of 8 or more years of progressively responsible management experience in planning, budget/financial management, and staffing.\n - 10 years of industry experience in the delivery and support of complex mission critical applications.\n - 10 years experience in overseeing the delivery of multiple projects and implementation of large-scale, complex, multi-disciplined, cross functional and highly visible projects/programs, with budgets ranging from $3M to $12M.\n - years experience in the development and management of teams of 30+ at all levels.\n - 7 years experience in strategic consultation, executive level client relationship management, providing multi-disciplinary leadership, strong customer focus and excellent people skills.\n - 5 years experience providing visionary leadership, and hands on director and problem solver.\n - 5 years experience in the management of a highly matrix and complex organizational structure and the ability to resolve conflicts and other critical issues.\n - Ideal candidates will have the management experience stated above for applications in the healthcare and/or insurance industry.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Master's degree is preferred\n - Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.\n - Prior experience with a large third party consulting organization.\n - Healthcare/Insurance experience\n - Demonstrated experience in successfully influencing / managing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple business units/regions. Includes the identification and articulation of problems, influencing decision-making process as well as delivery of expected results.\n - Ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization, and a customer focus.\n - Previous experience managing teams, coaching, and monitoring progress towards goals and objectives for each member.\n - Drive standardization and refinement of processes and procedures\n - Identify and prioritize application modernization needs. Maintains knowledge of new IT technologies and trends and is able to utilize them where appropriate. Determines the root causes of problems and minimizes repeat incidents\n - Must be a self starter and can operate independently with minimal supervision.\n - Technical experience in the following preferred: WMB / WMQ, Java, XML, J2EE App Server, HIPAA rules understanding/ knowledge, SOA and Agile\n\nRequired Competencies:\n - Strategic/Systems Thinking: Understands the connections and relationships across functions and entities for both internal and external constituencies; thinks appropriately into the future.\n - Service Orientation: Focuses and aligns actions and decisions on ways to enhance service.\n - Decisiveness: Makes timely and effective decisions.\n - Communication: Sends the right messages and information to appropriate audiences verbally and in writing; keeps people informed; adapts communication style to the needs of the audience.\n - Collaboration/Influence: Actively gathers appropriate level of participation and input to decision-making, and fosters same within team. Persuades others to see/recognize new perspectives to reach best outcomes by utilizing buy-in, persuasion and relationship building.\n - Team Focus: Assembles and effectively leads direct report and/or partnership teams. Exceptional facilitator of team work & decision-making in virtual and in-person settings\n - Change Leadership: Initiates and/or sponsors change efforts; aligns resources, overcomes resistance, and engages/motivates others to implement and sustain change efforts.\n - Partnership: Strategically partners across areas, entities, and functions to achieve long-term performance goals and re-allocates resources as needed. Works to achieve win-win solutions to achieve outcomes. Holds others accountable for developing and maintaining partnerships.\n - Results Orientation: Does what is necessary to improve performance; balances the resources necessary to produce desired outcomes; tracks and monitors performance.\n - Confidence/Initiative: Has foresight and asserts a willingness to perform in challenging situations; learns from mistakes and from feedback from others.\n - Reward/Recognition: Establishes and maintains a culture that values, rewards, recognizes and reinforces accomplishments, contributions and excellence.\n - Cultural Competence: Considers and uses cultural dimensions in workforce planning and development, and the formulation and enacting of business strategies.\n - Develops Others: Pays personal attention to the growth and development of others, provides constructive feedback, and creates development opportunities.\n - Personal Development: Is open to and seeks new learning opportunities; embraces and responds to feedback from others.", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:53:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28060997/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Development Director", "reqid": "129697", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 28060997}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Manager of Application Support, Pharmacy BIO\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nNo matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of our members. All 8.7 million of them. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.\n\nAs a member of the Pharmacy Business Information Office (Rx BIO), the Manager of Application Support will be a key member of the Outpatient Pharmacy Replacement Program (OPPR) that is implementing a new Kaiser Permanente enterprise outpatient pharmacy system (ePIMS), which includes a new point of sale system and data warehouse.\n\nManaging a team of highly skilled IT professionals, the Manager of Application Support will be responsible for leading the team in support of the ePIMS rollout to all of the regions beginning this year. \n\nMore specifically, the Manager of Application Support will be responsible for:\nManaging a team with a mix of FTEs and contractors\nePIMS Service Desk for Level 1 Support\nProduction and Non-production Level 2 Support\nIncident and Defect Triage\nIncident Management and Reporting\nPublish and maintain performance dashboards\nSupport of cut-over activities from legacy PIMS system to new ePIMS system\nOn-going monitoring of servers and services, both automated and manned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\nBA/BS degree in related field and/or 4 years of additional work related experience.\nA minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in managing a large team of application support professionals\nPrevious experience in setting-up and managing a service desk\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nStrong technical knowledge of systems, tools, and services\nGood technical background of infrastructure, database, SOA and web services solutions\nPracticed at defining and following processes in a highly matrix organization\nPracticed at process improvement and continuous quality improvement\nHealthcare related experience, particularly at Kaiser Permanente or other large healthcare companies\nMust be able to handle stressful situations with calm and certainty\nMust possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills\nMust be able to communicate with all levels of the organization\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious experience managing a large, diverse, and complex platforms\nPrevious experience managing off-shore teams and SOWs\nConsulting background is a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-21 18:53:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28060998/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager of Application Support, Pharmacy BIO", "reqid": "130910", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28060998}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Ombudsman/Mediator\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nThe HealthCare Ombudsman/Mediator functions as a trained alternative dispute professional offering patients, family members, staff and providers a conflict management program to resolve patient/ provider healthcare disputes early and quickly thereby improving patient safety and reducing the costs of health care dispute resolution. Serves as a trusted and informal information resource, communication channel, complaint handler, facilitator, consultant and practitioner for dispute resolution. Acts to seek fair and equitable solutions to patient/provider problems and for suggesting dispute resolution processes for addressing and managing conflicts and for policy and procedural changes. Brings issues to senior leadership to address care delivery improvement efforts. Promotes effective relationships/communication between patients and providers.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Program Implementation: Implements the healthcare ombudsman/mediator (HCOM) program.\n- Establishes annual workplan and performance metrics to demonstrate program effectiveness, including but not limited to: patient and provider satisfaction, cost savings, cost avoidance in lawsuits averted, increased productivity, savings in management time, increased personnel resources and the promotion of patient safety initiatives.\n- Develops and implements an on-going communications program, including informational materials for patients and family, staff training and awareness building and materials for external audiences.\n- Patient/Provider/Staff Ombudsman/ Mediator Process: Serves as a dispute resolution practitioner whose major function is to provide confidential and informal assistance to patients and providers in resolving patient care issues, which includes the following.\n- Receives inquiries for dispute resolution, listens impartially and questions the patient/staff to help put the problem into perspective.\n- Conducts informal fact-finding and gathers information, including any general background information that may be helpful to understand the overall context of the dispute and assesses the overall gravity of the situation, and meets with the parties to discuss issues.\n- Based on an analysis of the situation, recommends options to assist the parties in the resolution of their dispute,.\n- Serves as an impartial and independent third party for clients, focusing upon patient care issues.\n- Facilitates contact with other appropriate local/regional departments as necessary (e.g. Legal or Member Services)\n- Collaboration and Problem Solving:\n- Develops collaborative relationships within the Medical Center and Regional departments to provide and facilitate a fair, open and creative atmosphere.\n- Provides feedback to senior management by tracking and analyzing types of patient and provider concerns, and in collaboration with appropriate stakeholder groups.\n- Identifies opportunities for improvement to policies and practices which contribute to systemic conflicts, concerns and complaints.\n- Provides internal consulting services to providers on communication and dispute resolution strategies, designed to improve individual and organizational effectiveness\n- Analysis and Reporting:\n- Maintains data set to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of the program.\n- Analyzes aggregate data/information from HCOM case experience concerning patterns of complaints.\n- Identifies and informs upper management of patterns and trends affecting patient care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree required.\n- Masters degree in business, health care, public administration or related field desired.\n- Clinical or hospital/healthcare background (usually 10+ years) required.\n- Extensive (usually 10+ years) progressive experience in clinical or management roles in a health plan or multi-faceted health care system desired.\n- Evidence of having taken and passed a 40 or more hour Ombudsman training course or equivalent experience (usually 100+ cases) or take and pass a 40 hour or more Ombudsman training course within the first 90 days of employment.\n- Evidence of having taken and passed a 40 hour or more Mediation course or equivalent experience (usually 100+ cases) or take and pass a 40 or more hour Mediation training course within the first 90 days of employment.\n- Knowledge of relevant healthcare regulations (including HIPAA), accreditory standards, Ombudsman & Mediator Code of Ethics and state tort system (as it relates to medical malpractice).\n- Demonstrated ability to work with difficult situations with multiple interests/parties involved.\n- Demonstrated analytical/data management skills.\n- Demonstrated program development expertise (strategic direction, work planning, communications, and implementation).\n- Demonstrated excellent written and presentation communication skills.\n- Demonstrated expertise in interpersonal skills, including active listening and relationship/trust/consensus building.\n- Knowledge of KP preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Flexibility to travel to various KP and/or contracted facilities within the coverage area, as applicable, to conduct HCOM responsibilities.\n- Flexibility to travel to various locations across the program for training, advanced training, workshops, and presentations.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:41:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038219/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ombudsman/Mediator", "reqid": "132087", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 28038219}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Manager Administrative Services\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nProvides administrative support in a staff capacity to a diverse functional area or business group by directing such activities as budget planning & control, personnel administration, training, communications, & workflow procedures. Identifies, coordinates, & implements numerous projects/programs to improve the quality & cost-effectiveness of operations & service. Provides support & advice to management. Resolves complex problems, many of which do not have easily definable solutions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures compliance w/ organization policies/procedures & regulatory agencies; effective utilization of personnel, materials, space, & equipment; & effective customer service\n- Recommends & implements internal policies & procedures\n- Interprets & applies company policies/ procedures\n- Manages the budget to meet the fiscal goals for capital, payroll, & non-payroll expenses\n- Performs financial & staffing analysis\n- Coordinates reconciliation of accounts & budget reporting requirements\n- Advises management of serious variances; recommends & implements solutions\n- May include managing complex transfer pricing agreements\n- Supervises multiple ancillary functions, such as secretarial support, systems development, communications, & training\n- In addition, provides human resources support to the entire functional area, including managing the hiring, salary determination, & performance evaluation processes\n- Directs the units participation in diversity employment programs\n- May compile statistics & produce reports (EEO/AA) for human resources & management\n- Facilitates/administers training & educational programs, such as professional development, systems training, & train-the-trainer programs\n- May conduct training sessions\n- Identifies service & operational problems & issues; provides project management support to identify, research, develop & implement solutions\n- Edits/produces any organizational unit communications, such as newsletters & directories\n- Represents the organizational unit on administrative matters\n- Establishes partnerships w/ other functional areas and/or regions\n- Provides consultation to project teams working on region-wide and/or inter-regional projects\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, in Business Administration, or other relevant field.\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- Extensive experiencein managing a multi-disciplinary staff of professionals, technical and non-exempt employees.\n- May require significant experience in functional area.\n- Experience developing education and training programs.\n- Experience with budget management/ development.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly shifting priorities in managing a wide-range of projects.\n- Team player, tactful and diplomatic.\n- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills.\n- User knowledge of computer systems/applications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in payroll function and area of expertise.\n- Experience in a management/leadership role.\n- Able to be a leader, interact with senior management, manage and help balance multiple interests, and resolve conflicts.\n- Management of highly visible and significant compensation, payroll and benefits.\n- Extensive data analysis and project management skills.\n- Experience in Microsoft Office with strong emphasis on Excel.\n- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with all levels of physicians/management.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Days may vary.\n- Rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:41:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038220/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Administrative Services", "reqid": "132089", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28038220}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Director II Ambulatory Care RN\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nResponsible for directing the administrative and business management of multiple MOBs with more than 250 FTEs or multiple medium size departments with more than 250 FTEs (which may be at multiple sites) providing ambulatory patient care services and the planning, development, implementation and evaluation/improvement of services/programs. Through clinical nurse managers or assistant nurse managers, ensures nursing and patient care staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care and patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state and federal requirements; implements and maintains clinical and patient care practice standards, budgets, and staff development. Directs the management of operations, programs and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcome measures, as well as with strategic, business and organizational goals/objectives. Participates as part of management team in formulating, implementing and evaluating business plans/strategies for ambulatory care services and responsible for achieving both short and long term strategic, business and financial goals/objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for implementing, communicating, monitoring and evaluating business strategies to all MOBs in the service area.\n- These functions can include Service, Access, Clinical Quality, Finance and Operational support.\n- This work is directed by the Leadership team and is in cooperation of those services who have supporting roles for this work.\n- Provides direction and consultation regarding Medical Service Area performance and strategic opportunities.\n- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.\n- Facilitates committees and task forces.\n- Lead projects or oversees programs.\n- Acts as a communication liaison between stakeholders of services and support functions.\n- Directs the management of ambulatory care programs, services and operations and through nurse manager(s) or assistant nurse managers is responsible for the delivery of nursing services and outpatient care which are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physicians and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Directs the coordination/integration of outpatient services between departments and across the continuum of care and directs the continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by design and implementation of systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care.\n- As part of management team, participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of new models/methods of delivering primary care to members.\n- Ensures patient care staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, NCQA, federal, state and local requirements.\n- Collaborates with physicians, nursing and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care, quality and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the multiple departments and across continuum of care.\n- Directs the management of financial plans, resources and budgets.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for multiple departments and manages human resources functions; develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all staff.\n- Leads the management of the programs for in-service education and on going staff development.\n- Directs the development, implementation, and monitoring of departmental policies and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives.\n- Collaborates with Physician Team Leaders and Department Chiefs in planning and developing the level of patient services/programs and the day-to-day\noperations of departments.\n- Integrates outpatient services/programs with strategic business plans.\n- Directs the management of human resources, labor relations, employee and safety/risk management functions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health services administration, nursing, management, business administration or equivalent experience (usually 6 years) in patient care/clinical services required.\n- Current and valid California RN license.\n- Experience in management of ambulatory care or other related clinical area (usually 5-7 years).\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices, operations and local, state and federal regulatory standards\n- Ability to conduct business and financial planning.\n- Demonstrates ability to development and implement cross functional programs and projects with multiple stakeholders with successful results.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:41:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038214/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director II Ambulatory Care RN", "reqid": "131783", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28038214}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Director II Ambulatory Care RN\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nResponsible for directing the administrative and business management of multiple MOBs with more than 250 FTEs or multiple medium size departments with more than 250 FTEs (which may be at multiple sites) providing ambulatory patient care services and the planning, development, implementation and evaluation/improvement of services/programs. Through clinical nurse managers or assistant nurse managers, ensures nursing and patient care staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care and patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state and federal requirements; implements and maintains clinical and patient care practice standards, budgets, and staff development. Directs the management of operations, programs and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcome measures, as well as with strategic, business and organizational goals/objectives. Participates as part of management team in formulating, implementing and evaluating business plans/strategies for ambulatory care services and responsible for achieving both short and long term strategic, business and financial goals/objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for implementing, communicating, monitoring and evaluating business strategies to all MOBs in the service area.\n- These functions can include Service, Access, Clinical Quality, Finance and Operational support.\n- This work is directed by the Leadership team and is in cooperation of those services who have supporting roles for this work.\n- Provides direction and consultation regarding Medical Service Area performance and strategic opportunities.\n- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.\n- Facilitates committees and task forces.\n- Lead projects or oversees programs.\n- Acts as a communication liaison between stakeholders of services and support functions.\n- Directs the management of ambulatory care programs, services and operations and through nurse manager(s) or assistant nurse managers is responsible for the delivery of nursing services and outpatient care which are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physicians and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Directs the coordination/integration of outpatient services between departments and across the continuum of care and directs the continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by design and implementation of systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care.\n- As part of management team, participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of new models/methods of delivering primary care to members.\n- Ensures patient care staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, NCQA, federal, state and local requirements.\n- Collaborates with physicians, nursing and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care, quality and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the multiple departments and across continuum of care.\n- Directs the management of financial plans, resources and budgets.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for multiple departments and manages human resources functions; develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all staff.\n- Leads the management of the programs for in-service education and on going staff development.\n- Directs the development, implementation, and monitoring of departmental policies and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives.\n- Collaborates with Physician Team Leaders and Department Chiefs in planning and developing the level of patient services/programs and the day-to-day\noperations of departments.\n- Integrates outpatient services/programs with strategic business plans.\n- Directs the management of human resources, labor relations, employee and safety/risk management functions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health services administration, nursing, management, business administration or equivalent experience (usually 6 years) in patient care/clinical services required.\n- Current and valid California RN license.\n- Experience in management of ambulatory care or other related clinical area (usually 5-7 years).\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices, operations and local, state and federal regulatory standards\n- Ability to conduct business and financial planning.\n- Demonstrates ability to development and implement cross functional programs and projects with multiple stakeholders with successful results.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:41:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038215/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director II Ambulatory Care RN", "reqid": "131779", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28038215}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Director II Ambulatory Care\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nResponsible for directing the administrative and business management of multiple MOBs with more than 250 FTEs or multiple medium size departments with more than 250 FTEs (which may be at multiple sites) providing ambulatory patient care services and the planning, development, implementation and evaluation/improvement of services/programs. Through clinical nurse managers or assistant nurse managers, ensures nursing and patient care staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care and patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply with local, state and federal requirements; implements and maintains clinical and patient care practice standards, budgets, and staff development. Directs the management of operations, programs and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcome measures, as well as with strategic, business and organizational goals/objectives. Participates as part of management team in formulating, implementing and evaluating business plans/strategies for ambulatory care services and responsible for achieving both short and long term strategic, business and financial goals/objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for implementing, communicating, monitoring and evaluating business strategies to all MOBs in the service area.\n- These functions can include Service, Access, Clinical Quality, Finance and Operational support.\n- This work is directed by the Leadership team and is in cooperation of those services who have supporting roles for this work.\n- Provides direction and consultation regarding Medical Service Area performance and strategic opportunities.\n- Identifies the most effective means of solving the issues.\n- Facilitates committees and task forces.\n- Lead projects or oversees programs.\n- Acts as a communication liaison between stakeholders of services and support functions.\n- Directs the management of ambulatory care programs, services and operations and through nurse manager(s) or assistant nurse managers is responsible for the delivery of nursing services and outpatient care which are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physicians and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Directs the coordination/integration of outpatient services between departments and across the continuum of care and directs the continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by design and implementation of systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care.\n- As part of management team, participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of new models/methods of delivering primary care to members.\n- Ensures patient care staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, NCQA, federal, state and local requirements.\n- Collaborates with physicians, nursing and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care, quality and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the multiple departments and across continuum of care.\n- Directs the management of financial plans, resources and budgets.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for multiple departments and manages human resources functions; develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all staff.\n- Leads the management of the programs for in-service education and on going staff development.\n- Directs the development, implementation, and monitoring of departmental policies and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives.\n- Collaborates with Physician Team Leaders and Department Chiefs in planning and developing the level of patient services/programs and the day-to-day\noperations of departments.\n- Integrates outpatient services/programs with strategic business plans.\n- Directs the management of human resources, labor relations, employee and safety/risk management functions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in health services administration, nursing, management, business administration or equivalent experience (usually 6 years) in patient care/clinical services required.\n- Experience in management of ambulatory care or other related clinical area (usually 5-7 years).\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills\n- Knowledge of ambulatory care practices, operations and local, state and federal regulatory standards\n- Ability to conduct business and financial planning.\n- Demonstrates ability to development and implement cross functional programs and projects with multiple stakeholders with successful results.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:41:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038216/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director II Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "131802", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 28038216}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Bernardino", "description": "Title: Psychologist\nLocation: San Bernardino, CA\nPerforms diagnoses and psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques and behavior observations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care and license, maintains license.\n- Performs diagnoses and psychological assessments of referred patients by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psycho-diagnostic techniques and behavior observations.\n- Assesses brain functioning and pathology through the administration of special psychological techniques per mental health benefit contract.\n- Transmits diagnostic and assessment information to referring professionals through verbal and written reports.\n- Offers consultation and in-service training to other mental health professionals on clinical issues relevant to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders to include consultation w/ physicians on psychological factors in the physical health or illness of individuals.\n- May conduct research of human behavior and possible methods for eliminating psychological disorders.\n- Conducts program evaluation to assess quality of care and cost effectiveness of clinical procedures.\n- Offers research and program design consultation.\n- Conducts initial interview w/ member by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's needs.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action; selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and children.\n- Renders appropriate and immediate guidance and therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letters; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants and community resources.\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but limited to individual, group, family and child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organization, department, state, federal, regulatory agency guidelines, policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 128460.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current license as a Psychologist by the California Board of Behavioral Examiners.\n- Doctorate degree from an APA accredited University with specialization in a field of clinical or counseling psychology.\n- Two (2)or more years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting Internship in an APA approved program preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Skills required to treat adults, children and families individually and in groups needed.\n- Strong cognitive behavioral skills.\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, Excel, Powerpoint,and Access\n- Work well in a team environment with Physicians, Therapists, Nurses and Clerical staff.\n\nNotes:\n- Must have familiarity with various assessment tools.\n- Testing/Intake Assessment ratios will be assigned according to access needs.\n- May be required to cover ER after hours and weekends.\n- Four (4) hours after 5:00 pm per week may be required.\n- At the current time this position will require approximately 50% of available patient contact hours dedicated to performing Intake Assessments with patients.\n- Travel may be required as specified below.\n- This position will be utilized in the following settings: outpatient psychiatric clinic, inpatient hospital and the medical centers.\n- Intake Assesment, testing, triage, crisis stabilization, treatment planning, and treatment intervention consistent with the goalsof the Fontana Psychiatry Department are examples of the primary functions of the job.\n- Performs diagnosis, psychiological and neuropsychological assessment by administering, scoring and interpreting psychometric and projective tests as well as other psychodiagnostic techniques and behavioral observations.\n- In psychiatry clinic settings, the position does require travel to other sites to provide services.\n- Compensation for milage will be provided.\n- The Department will provide the necessary training related to policies, procedures and systems used in the various settings.\n- This position is expected to be a five day rotation.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038204/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychologist", "reqid": "130995", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Bernardino, CA", "uid": 28038204}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in acute Hemodialysis or completion of a KP or equivalent acute Hemodialysis course within prior 12 months.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- The ability to take call within a 60 minute response time\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Currently working in Acute or Chronic Dialysis setting as a registered nurse, Apheresis treatment, CAPD/CCPD experience\n- American Nurse Nephrology Association certificate\n\n\nNotes:\n- Will take calls; will perform hemodialysis , plasmapheresis, manual and cycler PD, will take care of pediatric and adult patients.\n- Will rotate as a charge RN, bedside treatments and in-unit treatments, emergency room treatments, SSOU and OR treatments as necessary", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038205/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "131011", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28038205}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician.\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills. Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish).\n\nNotes:\n- Will cover all 4 locations\n- This is a per-diem position", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038210/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD", "reqid": "131109", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28038210}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician.\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills. Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish).\n- Preferred qualification experience with Chemical Dependency.\nNotes:\n- Will cover all 4 locations\n- This is a per-diem position", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038211/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse-RN-PD", "reqid": "131112", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28038211}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: LVN II - Urgent Care - Part Time\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nLicensed Vocational Nurses are licensed health professionals who perform patient care, technical and supportive services under general supervision in a medical office or clinical setting. The LVN supports the philosophy and complies with the protocols, policies and procedures of the Organization and the assigned Medical Office Department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Perform patient care functions as prescribed by physician/health care professionals following established protocols, policies and procedures within their scope of education, training and responsibilities.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order, following established protocols.\n- Initiate and maintain Intravenous solutions as prescribed by physician, following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies. Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair. Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures, following established protocols. Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Explain purpose and process of examinations, tests and medical procedures to patients, following established guidelines.\n- Instruct patients on general health and basic self care procedures.\n- Review, explain and clarify physician orders with patient or parent.\n- Instruct patient in use of home equipment.\n- Administer patient first aid. Apply basic orthopedic devices, as ordered by physician.\n- Apply and remove dressings.\n- Execute treatments such as urinary catheterization, bladder irrigations, suction procedures and throat irrigations.\n- Follow standard infection control procedures.\n- Administer enemas. Initiate emergency procedures (including basic CPR) and provide emergency patient treatments.\n- Irrigate and pack wounds.\n- Lift patients.\n- Monitor patient vital signs. Monitor patients for bleeding.\n- Observe machine monitors.\n- Administer inhalation therapy.\n- Participate in development of nursing care plans.\n- Perform surgical preps. Prepare and position patients for procedures.\n- Prepare patients for physical examinations. Provide therapeutic care as ordered by physician.\n- Rinse and clean instruments and equipment.\n- Sterilize instruments and equipment.\n- Arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.\n- Maintain clean work area.\n- Monitor supply of oxygen and gas tanks. Complete laboratory, radiology requisitions and specialized test forms.\n- Notify appropriate personnel of abnormal lab test results.\n- Answer member inquires.\n- Observe patient condition for reactions during and after procedures.\n- Remove sutures following established protocols.\n- Respond to Code Blues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse license required.\n- Current I.V. Certification required.\n- Basic Life Support required.\n- Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within six (6) months of hire.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n- Computer and typing skills preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Days and hours may vary including evenings.\n- Rotating weekends.\n-This is atwelve (12) hour shift with back up eight (8) hour shift 3:00 pm - 11:00 pm.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038207/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II - Urgent Care - Part Time", "reqid": "131095", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28038207}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Hospice\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PHN/CHPN\n- BSN\n- Computer literate, Word and Excel competent, experience in a Medical information system preferred.\n- It is to be legible, accurate, grammatically correct, dated and timed.\n- The RN has a good working knowledge of pharmaceuticals and drug interactions.\n- Basic PC Skills:Health Connect\n- Data Entry\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Night back-up 2x/m\n- This RN adheres to the Attendance Program, and supports a collaborative Labor-Management Partnership, attending required meetings and in-services.\n- This RN is able to organize work to minimize the use of overtime, can identify and assist in systems improvement and utilize payroll and non-payroll resources to their maximum potential: working at all times in a manner that supports Kaiser Permanente.\n- Job requires up to 120 miles of driving per day and up to four (4) hours of time in car.\n- Can be up to eight (8) hours of sitting time in certain assignments.\n- Can require up to three (3)hours of typing time per eight (8) hours.\n- One (1) to two (2)weekends per month and night on call duties up to 15.5 hours twice a month are required.\n- Moderate assisted lifting of patients in the home setting.\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by Service Area; protects Patient Confidentiality; treats all patients families and co-workers with respect; provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to patients/families/caregivers, then takes responsibility for meeting their needs; teaches patients/families/caregivers at appropriate level and assures understanding.\n- The RN in this position is flexible, cooperative and is accountable for own actions.\n- While upholding Kaiser Permanente, state, federal and local laws, Policies and Procedures and Principles of Responsibility, and all regulatory requirements, the RN leads the Health Care team; understanding scope of practice and utilizing communication skills to identify and solve problems, escalates when needed; Leads, directs, mentors and coaches others on the team, sharing responsibility for outcomes and ensuring completion of patient care activities.\n- In a timely manner, develops Plansof Care reflectingassessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of outcomes while ensuring that the Plan shows multidisciplinary input, consultation and education, that the plan is reflective of the Kaiser electronic Medical record database.\n- Initiates, monitors, changes and reassesses plan on ongoing basis with input of patient family and interdisciplinary team.\n- Documentation, within the computer system, is done effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care, and reflects the nursing process.\n- The RN has up-to-date, well practiced clinical skills needed for assessment and intervention/treatment of patients in the home setting, and can demonstrate these in the probationary period and ongoing through competency validation.\n- The RN discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with team members, making nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, clinical assessments and evaluation of treatments.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038202/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - San Diego - Hospice", "reqid": "130780", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28038202}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous clinical experience.\n- IV certification\n- Knowledge of injectable and oral medications given in Family Medicine, Pediatrics and OB/GYN.\n- Ability to accurately draw-up and deliver oral, IV and injectable medications.\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- May work holidays.\n- This is a temporary position for approximately five (5) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038184/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "128071", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 28038184}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Meaningful Use Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nMeaningful Use Consultant\nOakland, CA\n\n\nThe Meaningful Use (MU) Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for managing and driving the successful execution of Kaiser Permanente's Meaningful Use national program. The PMO is responsible for the development and implementation of business and information technology plans to ensure Kaiser Permanente's regions meet MU criteria as established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). \n\nThe Meaningful Use Consultant will provide project management and consulting support to ensure Kaiser Permanente's Meaningful Use qualification for its electronic health record technologies. In this role, the Consultant will support senior leaders in policy areas and external developments, program tracking and qualification activities. May assist Senior Consultants and/or manage mid-sized projects or key workstreams independently.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nProvides program support in areas of project management, stakeholder facilitation, implementation, tracking and reporting to ensure Meaningful Use qualification at Kaiser Permanente. Includes development of tools, documents, project plans, frameworks and\nimplementation plans.\nGains knowledge about and establishes positive working relationships with KP HealthConnect, operational and clinical partners, both national and regional.\nActively assists PMO leaders in creating materials and tools for meetings with regions and national departments to establish effective working relationships.\nTracks external policy developments and regulation changes.\nIdentifies and assists with facilitation of sharing of successful practices across the organization pertaining to value realization and clinical systems optimization.\nSupports audit-ready collection and archival of Meaningful Use documentation.\nProvides analytic support for other strategic projects as assigned.\nCommunicates effectively across multiple organizational levels and between business and information technology organizations.\nDemonstrates subject matter knowledge of KP HealthConnect or other electronic medical record systems.\nTransfers project team knowledge/tools to regions and national partners.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n4+ years of experience in project and program management, analysis and reporting of data, IT systems implementation, or financial analysis.\nBachelor's degree or 4 equivalent years of experience.\nBasic proficiency with tools including MS Office, Cognos, Visio, MS Project, Active Strategy.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with implementation of KP HealthConnect or other electronic medical records.\nKnowledge of KP operations, regional structures, IT, and program/project management.\nKnowledge of financial analysis, workflows, systems development life cycle, systems implementation, analysis and trending, quality assurance, and risk assessment.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038170/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Meaningful Use Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132375", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28038170}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Director of Finance National Medicare Finance Northwest Region\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe role of Finance Director in the Northwest region provides the financial leadership role for the Medicare Line of business in the Northwest region. The position is accountable for preparation, support, and influence of strategies, financial plans, operational improvements, and governmental regulatory filings that strongly contribute to the success of the Medicare line of business in the Northwest region. The Finance Director provides management responsibility for the team located in the Northwest region and supports National Medicare Finance initiatives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Provides financial leadership for the Medicare line of business in the NW region.\n- Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of National Medicare Finance (NMF) and KP objectives that strongly contribute to long-term success of the Medicare Line of Business in the NW region.\n- Oversees development of Medicare revenue budgets and forecasts to include all components of Medicare reimbursement.\n- Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers to support development of strategy and direction for the Medicare line of business consistent with overall strategic direction.\n- Provides leadership and influence with the development and execution of risk adjustment related initiatives in cooperation with key business partners including KP medical group, coding, information systems, and national risk adjustment teams.\n- Directs budget to actual reporting and variance analyses on a monthly basis; accountable for management and support of preparation, analytic support, and monitoring of CMS contracts (e.g., Medicare bid) in coordination with other regional and national partners.\n- Maintains current knowledge of changes in Federal Medicare and regulations and requirements.\n- Develops awareness and accountability within NMF, NMF's key business partners on all aspects of Medicare Advantage Reimbursement to ensure that reimbursement revenue is accurately recorded and reported, and in compliance with CMS regulations.\n-Responsible for participating in audits and audit coordination at the regional level for external, internal, and regulatory financial audits and remediation of audit findings.\n- Leads, directs, and participates cross regional/national work teams as necessary.\n- Promotes sharing and implementation of best practices both regionally and nationally. - Manages the resolution of diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of multiple functions and KP objectives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to eight (8) years of management experience and ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Requires expert knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and advanced knowledge of multiple related functions.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Leadership skills and experience in managing goals through collaboration and teamwork.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead financial reporting, financial variance analysis, product line analytics, and product development analyses.\n- Demonstrated ability to coordinate with regional and national peers/stakeholders and manage multiple projects, and manage to metrics.\n- Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving and decision making skills.\n- Excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Experience with staff development.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:40:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038173/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director of Finance National Medicare Finance Northwest Region", "reqid": "132483", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28038173}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Acute Patient Care Coordinator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nAcute Care Patient Coordinators are Registered Nurses who independently assure patients are admitted to the correct level of care for accurate billing and reimbursement, provide quality, cost effective clinical coordination/care management in the acute care and emergency care settings, manage patients with routine and complex discharge planning needs by: independently assessing needs, developing and implementing plans of care for transitions across care settings. Acute Care Patient Coordinators also serve as expert resource consultants and educators for physicians and other health care team members in discharge transition of care, coordination of internal and community resources, and support the evaluation and improvement of systems of care to support the optimal utilization of health care resources, while maintaining quality of patient care.\nThe Acute Care Patient Coordinator assumes primary accountability for anticipating, assessing, developing, implementing, documenting, advising, and communicating a safe discharge plan of care for patients with complex care needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides education and program development functions, including:\n- Ensures systematic and ongoing contact with hospital staff/other Kaiser departments (CCS, LTC, Expanded Care, DME, HH, Hospice) to share information regarding care coordination roleongoing responsibility for acute care/ED patients\n- Provides and facilitates educational support to assure health care employees providing direct care of patients with complex discharge needs have the knowledge and skills required to provide age and culturally appropriate care to patients and families\n- Provides education to staff regarding transition of patients across care settings.\n- Provides leadership in discharge planning with hospital personnel to develop and implement policies and procedures related to patient transfers across care settings.\n- Ensures appropriate and timely care to patients through collaboration with inpatient staff (RNs, CNAs, MSWs, dieticians, therapists, respiratory therapists, inpatient palliative care staff, pharmacists, ancillary staff), CCS and outside resource staff\n- Participates in professional committees/task forces as needed/requested.\n- Ensures that regulatory and compliance standards are met in collaboration with others in the interdisciplinary health care team.\n- Participates in quality and utilization management activities.\n- Participates in continuing education to incorporate and maintain up to date knowledge and best practices in leading and case managing the discharge planning process.\n- Incorporates Principles of Responsibility into duties, communications and interactions.\n- Performs other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or Bachelor's in a health care related field.\n- Demonstrated ability to interrelate with physicians, nurses, support staff, and patients in interdisciplinary approach.\n- Basic physical, psychosocial, functional assessment skills.\n- Familiar with care processes and systems in settings internal and external to Kaiser Permanente.\n- Familiar with and able to collaborate with Kaiser Permanente and community resources.\n- Thorough knowledge of principles of teaching and delegation, physical assessment and care planning and appropriate utilization of acute hospital, long-term care and home care resources.\n- Able to document concise yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessment and care needs.\n- Highly effective problem solving, written and verbal communication, organizational and time management skills.\n- Familiarity with and ability to use computers.\n- Minimum of 2 years of acute hospital experience with progressive levels of responsibility.Prefer Medical/Surgical or Critical Care Nursing.\n- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and work as a constant patient advocate.\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington. Requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within 6 weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within 6 months of hire.\n- Valid driver's license.\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider. Valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within 2 weeks of hire.\n- Current BLS with AED certification within 30 days of hire.\n- Manual dexterity\n- Good visual acuity\n- Ability to act quickly\n- Ability to physically visit multiple patients for a majority of shift\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MSN\n- Current Certification as a Certified Case Manager (CCM) or Accredited Case Manager (ACM).\n- Demonstrated ability to interrelate with physicians, nurses and patients.\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.\n- Good clinical judgment to assess the needs of patients as they relate to next level of care.\n- Knowledge of the principles of patient teaching, disease prevention measures, physical assessment and appropriate utilization of acute hospital resources.\n- Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations related to eligibility requirements: hospital, nursing facilities, home health and hospice eligibility requirements.\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente resources.\n- Able to type 30 WPM with accuracy.\n- Recent experience in Home Health Agency or role responsibility for inpatient discharge planning.\n- Documented 3 years of recent experience in one or more of the following areas: Hospital Inpatient Discharge Planning, Community Health, Home Health and/or Utilization Management.\n\nSalary Range: $35.19 - $59.90", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038162/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Acute Patient Care Coordinator", "reqid": "132380", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28038162}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Service Unit Department Manager RN (12-018P)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position is responsible for managing the Orthopedics, Podiatry, and Minor Injury departments in the Diablo Service Area and across the contiuum of care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Past experience within Orthopedics, Podiatry, and Minor Injury departments.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038146/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Department Manager RN (12-018P)", "reqid": "131969", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28038146}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Group Leader Contracting and Development\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLeads MSC participation in certain process redesign/improvement efforts designed to facilitate attainment of key organizational objectives. Makes significant contributions and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects of strategic importance. Projects may be focused internally to the Department or more broadly within the KP organization or toward external providers, at the points where these interact with the work done by MSC. The incumbent creates structure for resolving undefined issues, researches issues, summarizes information and works with relevant stakeholders. Incumbent is able to analyze issues in the context of business objectives, develop and execute strategies and/or development of programs and processes for MSC.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, designs and implements strategies for processes within the department, such as enhancing quality or meeting compliance standards.\n- Formulates the department's approach to new products or systems (i.e., claims system) which impact interactions and relationships with external providers and clients and the organization at-large, at the points where these interact with the work done by MSC.\n- Provides leadership and expert consultation to other Leaders; in addition seeks their input on business needs and preferences.\n- Leads multi-disciplinary teams with staff from across units within MSC.\n- Coaches and develops employees according to their strengths; creates a structure that will promote self-directed work.\n- Ensures that client and organizational needs are met consistently.\n- Collaborates with other Leaders to provide support to MSC, regional, and KP Service Area leadership in the pursuit and attainment of organizational goals.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with peers and others, both internal and external to KP.\n- Fosters a client oriented work environment with emphasis on dedication to helping clients, respect for individuals, highest standards of quality, innovation, empowerment, and teamwork by developing and implementing policies and practices that reflect the vision of Kaiser Permanente.\n- Designs and manages MSC related projects and initiatives, including those relating to infrastructure development, establishing processes supporting strategic contracting focus at service area level and meeting the needs of other MSC clients including those which focus on clinical care, systems, regulatory and provider relations.\n- Examines trends, conducts statistical review, conducts follow-up, troubleshoots issues and develops action plans and tools for line staff to use in their duties.\n- At times, responsible for negotiating provider arrangements, communicating results, maintaining positive relationships with vendors.\n- Ensures project outcomes are timely, of the highest quality, are service oriented and contribute to unit, departmental and enterprise objectives.\n- Assists as needed, in planning and coordinating with others on projects.\n- Participates and contributes to unit and departmental leadership/management.\n- Requires a broad, high-level understanding of healthcare, provider contracts, contracting methodologies and payment mechanisms, applicable regulatory/compliance standards, heatlhcare billing and claims payment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) to seven (7) years of progressive work experience in contracting for healthcare services, health care operations, consulting and/or project management.\n- Experience in complex, multi-faceted health plan and health care organizations managing through influence and collaboration.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care/hospital, public health, business/public administration or related advanced degree.\n- Masters' degree preferred.\n- Demonstrated performance in operational and strategic analysis and planning, analytical techniques, contract analysis and negotiations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the intricacies of hospital/HMO/medical offices operations and practices.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Superior communication, consulting, facilitation, negotiation, problem resolution, change management skills and consensus building skills.\n- Ability to communicate persuasively and effectively to a wide range of internal and external customers.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with peers and others both internal and external to KP.\n- Superior leadership and project management skills.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.\n- Ability to successfully lead others in accomplishing work projects and meeting designated goals.\n- Demonstrated ability to bring projects/initiatives to completion.\n- Ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities.\n- Demonstrated ability to uphold highly sensitive and confidential information and to exercise good judgment in all settings.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Advanced computer skills and knowledge of data systems.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038148/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Group Leader Contracting and Development", "reqid": "132120", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28038148}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders. \n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132141", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28038147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nPrepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management. Responsibilities include compiling and generating reports, providing supporting data for budget purposes, providing consultative and advisory recommendations to managers on data analysis and performance reporting, and working with various financial leadership to develop departmental operational and financial reports. Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts variance analysis process as defined. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews. Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates and facilitates investigation variances trends, cost trends and utilization patterns and performs analysis.\n- Coordinates process as defined. Ensures analyses are conducted in accordance with administrative objectives.\n- Designs analytical reports and prepares complex financial trend and data analysis reports.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation, and verification of analytic interpretation of financial reports and analyses.\n- Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs to support management and performance monitoring requirements.\n- Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion and high level reviews.\n- Performs special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed.\n- Develops work plans independently.\n- Completes structured projects with targeted analytical outcomes, defined clients and project teams.\n- Works autonomously and collaboratively with project teams and clients.\n- Identifies operational impact of analytical findings.\n- Manages projects of moderate to complex scope with general supervision.\n- Conducts ongoing user education and provides management consultation on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data and systems.\n- Develop spreadsheet and database analyses for presentation and analysis of financial reports.\n- Coordinates and interacts with any of the following: Finance Team, Revenue Cycle, Admin, Dept. Administrators & Chiefs, and other organizational department leadership (as appropriate) in providing analytical assistance within defined parameters.\n- Facilitates data analysis for and gives presentations.\n- Monitors compliance with policies and procedures related to financial management and budget systems and related automated systems.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles.\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations.\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Ability to facilitate design and requirements definitions meetings with a wide variety of managerial leaders.\n- Demonstrate experience in both detailed financial and operational data analysis and consultative skills.\n- Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.\n- Works under limited guidance and accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide functional direction to junior finance staff.\n- Skilled in various applications including MS Excel, Access, VBA, SQL and KP Health Connect preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038149/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "132147", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28038149}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Services Supervisor [SRO-201868]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nDirects and supervises operations in outpatient or inpatient pharmacies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Monitor & maintain pharmacy workflows to ensure service delivery within expected parameters of satisfaction, quality & compliance.\n- Depending on the operational setting (outpatient or inpatient), customers served can include members, patients, physicians, nurses & ancillary departments.\n- Oversee & direct the work of subordinate employees according to departmental policies, procedures & standards.\n- Subordinates include pharmacy techs, pharmacy clerks & identified administrative staff.\n- Maintain & adjust work schedules.\n- Understand & apply relevant provisions of the UHW & Local 29 Collective Bargaining Agreements.\n- Identify & resolve problems & complaints from members, patients, client departments, &/or customers.\n- Develop & implement solutions using sound problem-solving & decision-making methods.\n- Respond to immediate service interruptions &/or concerns to ensure satisfactory service recovery.\n- Identify service concern trends & develops corrective plans of action.\n- Serve as liaison between pharmacy & other departments on operational & service matters.\n- Maintain & adjust resources to meet operational needs, within budget allocation.\n- Perform, direct & supervise ongoing training of staff including assessment of training needs & /or deficiencies relative to policy, best practices &/or established standards.\n- Serve as train-the-trainer for the department.\n- Reinforce, & hold direct reports accountable to Service Expectations, including Standards of Expected Behavior.\n- Promote a team environment through modeling of collaborative behaviors; hold direct reports accountable to team oriented behaviors & ensure any necessary team building training is completed.\n- Ensure compliance w/ organizational, departmental, Joint Commission, CMS, SOX, State Board of Pharmacy & other governing laws, regulations, standards, & policies & procedures, including the Principles of Responsibility.\n- Ensure effective utilization of pharmaceutical inventory & maintenance of required record keeping.\n- Oversee cash control process according to policies & procedures, including ordering money for cash drawers & management of over/short process.\n- Advise supervisors of identified discrepancies & make recommendations to resolve issues.\n- Assist the pharmacist manager w/ the development of departmental goals for Service, Quality, Finance, People & Compliance.\n- Utilize tools & reports to formulate departmental goals, develop operational plans, educate staff & monitor performance.\n- Actively participate in local & regional manager Peer Group meetings to learn & share best practices relative to goal attainment.\n- Interview applicants & hire employees into Tech, Clerk & Cashier positions & provide department orientation for new hires.\n- Provide coaching & counseling to direct reports.\n- In conjunction w/ pharmacist manager, prepare & administer performance evaluations (30/60/90 day & annual); administer formal discipline; respond to union (UHW & Local 29) grievances.\n- Conduct monthly/quarterly attendance reviews.\n- Conduct quarterly reviews on over/short reports.\n- Perform TIME keeping functions.\n- Facilitate at department staff meetings including assisting pharmacy manager w/ agenda planning.\n- Analyze individual & team performance & develop operational/correction plans.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1-2 years experience supervising non-exempt staff across various job classifications, including technical and union employees.\n- Pharmacy experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration and/or healthcare services.\n- Pharmacy Technician certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of procedures and laws/regulations in pharmacy settings.\n- Working knowledge of budget development and management.\n- Demonstrated skills and ability to directly supervise front-line employees in a complex and high volume pharmacy environment.\n- Ability to assess operational workflow and make adjustments using sound decision-making and problem solving skills.\n- Working knowledge of computer systems and/or software applications, including the PIMS system and Health Connect systems.\n- Completion of all KP Pharmacy required management training programs.\n- Ability to manage in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Must complete all KP required training for managing in a union environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri: 8:30AM - 5:00PM, may vary due to operational need.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038151/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Services Supervisor [SRO-201868]", "reqid": "132197", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 28038151}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Services Supervisor [CPP-400050]\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nDirects and supervises operations in outpatient or inpatient pharmacies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Monitor & maintain pharmacy workflows to ensure service delivery within expected parameters of satisfaction, quality & compliance.\n- Depending on the operational setting (outpatient or inpatient), customers served can include members, patients, physicians, nurses & ancillary departments.\n- Oversee & direct the work of subordinate employees according to departmental policies, procedures & standards.\n- Subordinates include pharmacy techs, pharmacy clerks & identified administrative staff.\n- Maintain & adjust work schedules.\n- Understand & apply relevant provisions of the UHW & Local 29 Collective Bargaining Agreements.\n- Identify & resolve problems & complaints from members, patients, client departments, &/or customers.\n- Develop & implement solutions using sound problem-solving & decision-making methods.\n- Respond to immediate service interruptions &/or concerns to ensure satisfactory service recovery.\n- Identify service concern trends & develops corrective plans of action.\n- Serve as liaison between pharmacy & other departments on operational & service matters.\n- Maintain & adjust resources to meet operational needs, within budget allocation.\n- Perform, direct & supervise ongoing training of staff including assessment of training needs & /or deficiencies relative to policy, best practices &/or established standards.\n- Serve as train-the-trainer for the department.\n- Reinforce, & hold direct reports accountable to Service Expectations, including Standards of Expected Behavior.\n- Promote a team environment through modeling of collaborative behaviors; hold direct reports accountable to team oriented behaviors & ensure any necessary team building training is completed.\n- Ensure compliance w/ organizational, departmental, Joint Commission, CMS, SOX, State Board of Pharmacy & other governing laws, regulations, standards, & policies & procedures, including the Principles of Responsibility.\n- Ensure effective utilization of pharmaceutical inventory & maintenance of required record keeping.\n- Oversee cash control process according to policies & procedures, including ordering money for cash drawers & management of over/short process.\n- Advise supervisors of identified discrepancies & make recommendations to resolve issues.\n- Assist the pharmacist manager w/ the development of departmental goals for Service, Quality, Finance, People & Compliance.\n- Utilize tools & reports to formulate departmental goals, develop operational plans, educate staff & monitor performance.\n- Actively participate in local & regional manager Peer Group meetings to learn & share best practices relative to goal attainment.\n- Interview applicants & hire employees into Tech, Clerk & Cashier positions & provide department orientation for new hires.\n- Provide coaching & counseling to direct reports.\n- In conjunction w/ pharmacist manager, prepare & administer performance evaluations (30/60/90 day & annual); administer formal discipline; respond to union (UHW & Local 29) grievances.\n- Conduct monthly/quarterly attendance reviews.\n- Conduct quarterly reviews on over/short reports.\n- Perform TIME keeping functions.\n- Facilitate at department staff meetings including assisting pharmacy manager w/ agenda planning.\n- Analyze individual & team performance & develop operational/correction plans.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1-2 years experience supervising non-exempt staff across various job classifications, including technical and union employees.\n- Pharmacy experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration and/or healthcare services.\n- Pharmacy Technician certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of procedures and laws/regulations in pharmacy settings.\n- Working knowledge of budget development and management.\n- Demonstrated skills and ability to directly supervise front-line employees in a complex and high volume pharmacy environment.\n- Ability to assess operational workflow and make adjustments using sound decision-making and problem solving skills.\n- Working knowledge of computer systems and/or software applications, including the PIMS system and Health Connect systems.\n- Completion of all KP Pharmacy required management training programs.\n- Ability to manage in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Must complete all KP required training for managing in a union environment.\n\nSchedule: Mon - Fri: 4:00PM - 12:30AM. This position works every 3rd weekend.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038152/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Services Supervisor [CPP-400050]", "reqid": "132225", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 28038152}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (OR DAYS 1)\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- Main Operating Room - Two years recent (within the last 3 years) experience circulating and/or scrubbing surgical procedures in an acute care hospital operating room. Available for call back within 30 minutes of the facility.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (OR DAYS 1)", "reqid": "131006", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 28038142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT (56)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Participates in staff conferences to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.\n- Prepares reports, intakes,treatment plans, and case summaries and maintains ongoing confidential records.\n- Refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patents for psychotropic medications.\n- Provides case management, including the development of relationships with community resources and services in order to make appropriate referrals.\n- Develops, implements, and evaluates behavioral medicine program.\n- Provides psycho-educational classes and groups.\n- Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem.\n- Develops, implements, and evaluates treatment approaches for patients and affected family members. This may include individual, marital, family group and intensive therapeutic modalities.\n- Maintains confidential individual case summaries.\n- Confers and consults with staff physicians regarding patient's progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans.\n- Provides appropriate support to member's family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the member's treatment to include referral of the member and/or member's family to external resources.\n- Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs.\n- Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.\n- LCSW/LMFT may supervise assistants and trainees.\n- Evening, weekend, and holiday work is required; however, exact days and times may vary according to department needs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR MFT:\n- Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required.\n- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California. - Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years).\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nSchedule: Sun 8:30am - 12:30pm, Tues 11:30am - 8:00pm, Wed 3:30pm - 8:00pm, Thurs 4:00pm - 8:00pm", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW or MFT (56)", "reqid": "131027", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 28038143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Home Health Nurse II\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides age-appropriate skilled nursing care to patients in their place of residence in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations. Teaches the patient/family disease process and self-care needs. Monitors physiological state to determine an appropriate level of safety and comfort. Provides services requiring nursing skills in accordance with the plan of care. Develops and coordinates the plan of care and provides case management. Performs duties consistent with the nursing practice act that includes the standards of competent performance including Title 16, Chapter 14, Section 144.3 of the California Code of Regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides the initial all system nursing assessment prior to the provision of care.\n- Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions including obtaining written physician orders for changes.\n- Provides care and services in accordance with the plan of care.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Provides ongoing periodic all system assessment of the patient and the patient's equipment needs.\n- Initiates preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedure (Home Health).\n- Initiates timely discharges based on goals.\n- Educates and instructs the patient, patient's family or other staff as required.\n- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.\n- Supervises and teaches LVN's and HHA's as required for patient care.\n- Provides nursing care through all phases of care taking into consideration age and developmental needs.\n- Documents all care, interventions and care coordination per law, regulation and agency policy.\n- Notifies the patient's attending MD, Podiatrist and other professional persons and responsible staff of significant changes in the patient's condition in a timely manner.\n- Assists in coordinating all services provided.\n- Consults with other health professionals when needed.\n- Effectively plans and organizes work assignment, manages and sets competitive priorities, and completes work assignments with a minimum of direct supervision per agency policy and within established time frames.\n- Adheres to the services policy and principles of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program.\n- Supervises Home Health aides and LVN5 according to law, regulation and agency policy.\n- Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professionals and maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Acts as a patient advocate in utilizing Medicare, MediCal, Health Plan and community resources.\n- Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.\n- Selects and attends education programs to keep current in area of practice.\n- Utilizes new knowledge and skills.\n- Participates in in-service programs.\n- Annually prepares realistic professional goals and reviews their progress with Supervisor.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- The job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of applicable registered nurse experience within the last five (5) years, as determined by the Employer, of which at least six (6) months must be home health experience within a hospital-based or community based home health agency.\n- Experience in automated clinical information systems preferred.\n- Oncology, hospice or care of terminally ill experience preferred if working within the Hospice Department.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate from an approved school of professional nursing (AA, Diploma, or BSN).\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Valid Driver's license.\n- Computer literate preferred.\n- Knowledge of the nursing process.\n- Commitment to Service Orientation.\n- Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038139/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health Nurse II", "reqid": "130743", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28038139}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Sterile Processing Technician Certified - Grade 455 [5301-01]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision, follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies & procedures. The position is also responsible to train, direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate & reports the work performance of one or more other Central Service Technicians or Sterile Processing Technicians. In addition, will process inpatient operating room instruments and will assist in departmental in-services & training. Finally, must hold current CS/SPD Certification w/ the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing & Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\nEssential Functions:\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies\n- Documents & maintains daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, in-services&training, & employee evaluation & competency programs, maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification, and attends internal & external classes for growth & development\n- Wears personal protective equipment\n- Inspects, disassembles, sorts, clean, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment and selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies and as designated reprocesses Endoscopes\n- Trains personnel on personal protective equipment, inspecting, disassembling, sorting, cleaning, & processing reusable instrumentation & equipment, selecting & operating specialized cleaning equipment, following manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents, following device manufactures cleaning guidelines, maintaining adequate cleaning supplies, reprocessing & documenting Endoscopes & general and specialty instruments, various power equipment\n- Selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation\n- Trains personnel to select appropriate method of sterilization, maintain accurate sterilization records, properly load & unload sterilization cart items, verify that sterilization parameters meets before distribution of load\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment\n- Orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates supplies & stocks general & surgical carts\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety all times\n- Complies w/ all facility safety policies & procedures, including those for blood borne pathogens & communicable diseases\n- Takes prompt corrective action when hazard identified (reporting or removing, as appropriate) and attend required safety training\n- Effective written & oral communication skills\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace\n- Rotates through daily work assignments to assist & review the work of other technicians\n- Demonstrates responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules\n- Assists w/ in-service & training\n- May assume interdepartmental liaison responsibilities\n- Motivates & provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, terminate, & conduct performance evaluations or discipline\n- Performs other duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two (2) years of current Sterile Processing experience\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Current CS/SPD Certification w/ either the Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution (CBSPD) or the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management\n- Must meet all the requirements of Certified Sterile Processing Technician II\n- Ability to train & report on the work performance of other employees as required\n- Must be capable of performing all duties within the area of responsibility\n- Ability to check all sterilization monitoring, record keeping & quality assurance practices\n- Effective oral & written communication skills w/ co-workers, internal, & external customers\n- Must have departmental related computer skills\n- Ability to read & comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, & memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one & small group situations to customers, clients, & other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:39:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038125/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Sterile Processing Technician Certified - Grade 455 [5301-01]", "reqid": "126064", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 28038125}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Advice Nurse\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nResponsible for medical triage of members using established protocols, note taking via online ANS (Advice Note System) & providing specified diagnostic results to members. Responsible to collaborate w/ on-site physicians, on-call physicians, HCT, pharmacists, & /or Nurse Practitioner as necessary to facilitate member care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives & processes telephone calls from Health Plan members requiring medical advice or general information by:\n- Assesses the patient's problem utilizing established protocols & interaction w/ provider on-site or on-call.\n- Makes appropriate recommendations to include advice, appointments per protocol, or direction from physician.\n- Appropriately documents calls received w/ adherence to inter-regional documentation.\n- Acts as an extension of the health care team to meet member needs.\n- Assists members in empathetic, efficient manner to determine best course of action to resolve issue.\n- Meets regional standards set by call center management to achieve optimal member satisfaction such as phone access & service standards. Be receptive to constructive feedback by supervisors &/or QI to better serve members.\n- Contributes to the development of protocols, procedures, patient education, & training, as assigned. Participates in peer review, quality assurance, & other committees' functions.\n- Demonstrates ability to make quick decisions, based on sound base of critical thinking skills/guidelines by protocols.\n- Demonstrate ability to interact w/ a variety of levels of staff to provide good customer service to internal customers.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPreferred Skills: Shift: Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri & Sat8:30a - 5:00p\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 full year of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting w/ relevancy required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction assigned to include alternative site as dictated by unit needs required.\n- Pass basic windows test at interview.\n- Pass basic typing test required.\n- Pass a standard medication test & a standard medical advice test/Performance Based Developmental Systems (PBDS) test required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\n- Ability to type 30 WPM required.\n- Must have effective interpersonal & communications skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual ability preferred.\n- BSN preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:38:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038098/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Advice Nurse", "reqid": "107330", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 28038098}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Java Programming Analysis Technical Lead Production Support\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente Health Plan Membership team develops, deploys, and maintains national membership application systems. The membership team implements and supports membership accounting functions across Kaiser. Our strategic goal is to develop an infrastructure which allows the upgrade of our existing membership systems with a single system. One of the major strategies to do this is to move us from our traditional point to point methodology to SOA.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nAs a Technical Lead you be will expected to lead and participate in the production support of our SOA services and manage some development work. The projects may include requirements gathering, design, solutions alignment with Kaiser's Enterprise Architecture strategies, development, test methodology and process, deployment, and all aspects of production support. The expectation is that the ideal candidate will be able to support all aspects of a solutions development lifecycle. For production support the position would entail tracking issues regardless of the responsible party, and driving to resolution.\n\nThe Ideal candidate would have experience supporting a system as well as development. They would be able to create and understand Business and technical Requirements; support the creation of Solution alternatives regarding possible application or interface designs. They would have experience coordinating other groups to a common goal. Has experience supporting comprehensive documentation and is proactive with identification of opportunities regarding solutions. Job requirements include participating in code reviews of Java and SQL code, designing and writing services, training others to build and write services, providing overall technical direction to peers, and supporting services in production.\nExperience working with HealthCare business clients helpful. You will be required to work with several organizations within Kaiser to coordinate the delivery of program changes within a planned release schedule.Responsibilities will also include working with user groups, analyzing reported problems, performing root cause analysis and presenting alternatives to correct the problem.\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications:\n\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science or academic background of equivalent discipline.\n6-7 years experience with architecture and development of Enterprise Java applications (J2EE)\n5 years experience with Java web development skills and excellent understanding of object-oriented analysis, design and programming.\nAdvanced knowledge of J2EE technologies including Javascript, XML, XSL, Web services, EJB and Servlets\n2 years experience with RAD 7.0, Eclipse, TKO/Lisa and SOAP UI.\nExcellent communication skills in both verbal and written form\nAbility to work independently with minimal guidance and as a member of a team\nSystem design and/or Analysis/Vendor product integration\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (listed in order of importance):\nAdministration of Java Application Servers and Portals (IBM WebSphere Application Developer 6.1 or higher, JBoss, WebLogic 5.0); IBM Websphere Application Server, IBM Websphere Portal Process Server.\nPreferred Languages: Java, J2EE, UNIX shell scripts, XML, XPath, UML and HTML\nMinimum 2 years of experience in the tools and utilities: RAD 7.0, JUnit, Log4J, Maven\nVersion Control: Starteam, CVS, SVN\nPlatforms: Windows2000/XP and UNIX\nExposure to various technologies including Web services (SOAP, WSDL, XML Schema); XML technologies including Sax, Dom; Java EE frameworks including Spring, and Hibernate; and databases technologies including DB2, Oracle, PL/SQL, and stored procedures.\nMust demonstrate knowledge of underlying concepts for web servers, database & application servers and enterprise applications.\nMaintain/enhance the code to meet changing requirements customer/industry needs\nExperience promoting best practices for service based architecture and implementation.\nExperience performing functional testing of web applications to ensure usability\nUser experience with Remedy and incident lifecyle via Remedy.\nExperience as a Production Support technician and/or Lead.\nKnowledge of Kaiser Methodology.\nJOB RESPONSIBILITIES (listed in order of importance):\nLead the Production Support team through triage, problem resolution and bug fixes\nDesign and develop web services\nAbility to mentor and guide less experienced developers\nWork with other service oriented groups\nWork in a matrixed environment and simultaneously work on multiple projects", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038095/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Java Programming Analysis Technical Lead Production Support", "reqid": "132361", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28038095}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Intermediate Web Developer\nLocation: Portland, OR\nIntermediate Web Developer\n\nThis position belongs to the Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KPIT) division reporting directly to the Lead of NW Intranet Services within the Regional Applications Delivery (RAD) department in the Northwest Region.\n\nThe Intermediate Web Developer will assist in Web Application development and support of NW Intranet web applications and the NW Intranet web servers. This position will equally be responsible in helping to ensure that all Intranet projects adhere to Web code standards, site architecture, and functional requirements in a form that supports both national and regional goals.\n\nResponsibilities::\n\n - .Assists in the preparation of detailed design specifications for websites and databases, performs testing/debugging of code to support business processes\n - .Designs, develops and implements user interfaces to web applications using AJAX, DHTML, Flash, ColdFusion 9, ColdBox, Subversion, and SQL 2005/2008, all within an MS Server 2003 environment\n - .Provides ongoing support of all existing web applications which utilize various ColdFusion frameworks and methodologies\n - .Provides all levels of assessments working within the constructs of a defined project management methodology\n - Communicates risks and helps to ensure understanding of these risks by assisting in the development of risk assessment plans with the client and the Senior Web Developer\n - .Assists in the preparation of documentation including design specifications and user documentation as well as providing training, guidance, assistance and knowledge transfer to staff and clients\n - .Helps monitor and ensure the health of the web servers, providing off-hours production support as needed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n - 2 years in a fast paced ColdFusion application development environment.\nExperience developing dynamic applications using ColdFusion 9, ColdBox, DHTML, AJAX, CSS, JavaScript, Subversion, SQL Server, Oracle, and ActionScript. A well qualified candidate must be able to assess and resolve technical problems and review or evaluate the work of others in a Partner-like manner within a team setting.\nBachelors Degree in a related Field or equivalent work experience\nThe successful candidate will also be a highly motivated, an assertive self-starter who is goal-driven, detail-oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity.\nThey will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, will be able to work well across functional groups to meet aggressive schedules and be able to quickly adapt to new situations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience with Adobe Flash, Flash Remoting, DreamWeaver and DreamWeaver templates.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:38:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038096/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intermediate Web Developer", "reqid": "132495", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 28038096}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Wailuku", "description": "Title: Account Manager\nLocation: Wailuku, HI\nContinuously improves business relationships with customers to optimize growth potential in each account. Achieves and sustains optimal business position in a group. Optimizes potential for sustainable growth and achieving margin requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Analyzes and improves risk position in a group\n- Renews group at the right rate. Renews group with the right product and benefit mix\n- Expands opportunities for strategic growth with all Kaiser Permanente products and services\n- Uses pricing and products to create opportunities for growth. Contributes to competitive positioning of Kaiser Permanente in the marketplace\n- Engages purchasers and channels to demonstrate value and build commitment to Kaiser Permanente. Develops and fosters a consultative relationship with decision makers in Health Plan and Worker's Compensation programs\n- Manages own book-of-business to achieve organizational objectives\n- Develops and executes account plans to ensure attainment of group-specific goals. Analyzes and prioritizes data for developing purchaser strategy\n- Designs, coordinates, and educates partnership activities with purchasers\n- Contributes to team's success by sharing learnings and specialty expertise. Provides feedback to other team members\n- Seeks to improve integrity of process and better align to meet process performance measures.\n- Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement. Participates in assessing and evaluating ideas. Implements enhancements or modifications as appropriate\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of marketing, business development, and/or managing business to business relationships experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within six months of hire)\n- Valid driver's license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill analytical thinking, business ethics, commitment to learning, initiative, interpersonal communication, results driven, decision making, business systems, change adaptability, influence, Kaiser Permanente labor partnerships, and marketplace acumen\n- Demonstrated job specific knowledge of and skill in building customer partnerships, competitive intelligence, consultative selling, devises sales approaches and solutions, financial management, Kaiser Permanente organization/values/legacy, Kaiser Permanente business channels, Kaiser Permanente pricing, Kaiser Permanente products, Negotiation, presentation, sales opportunity analysis, strategic management, and teamwork\n- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet applications and mainframe operations relating to collections\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in marketing, public health, business administration, or related field", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:38:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038091/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Manager", "reqid": "130389", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Wailuku, HI", "uid": 28038091}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kennesaw", "description": "Title: LPN - Pulmonary - Town Park / Varies FT(40)\nLocation: Kennesaw, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:37:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038088/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Pulmonary - Town Park / Varies FT(40)", "reqid": "132152", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Kennesaw, GA", "uid": 28038088}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Data Governance and Architecture, KPIT\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nKaiser Permanente Information Technology (KPIT) seeks an Executive Director within its Architecture, Information Management & Innovation (AIMI) Group to create a strategy for data governance and to socialize that strategy with all appropriate stakeholders and create a strategy to create an AS-IS state assessment for all KP data warehouses and data marts.\nData governance includes all components of data usage, access, transmission and exchange, storage, retention, archiving, and sharing. It includes all data associated with applications, databases, data warehouses, data marts located on servers, desktop computers, laptops, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, and all mobile devices. Data governance includes people, process, and technology. It also will transcend IT, Health Plan, and Care delivery business organizations, and the Permanente Medical Groups.\nThis is a position that will require leadership and guidance for executives, technologists, and users. This position will require significant strategic and tactical expertise in the technology, processes, and methods to define and design data warehouses and data marts that will take advantage of new emerging technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, and mobilization. It will require dialogue and engagement of database vendors, competitors, and research firms within the health care industry as well as defense, intelligence, financial, and retail sectors. In addition, this position will require knowledge of open source technologies, and the use of open standards.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Create a data governance strategy, socialize that strategy within IT and KP and ensure that strategy is implemented within regions and portfolios.\n- Create data governance oversight processes, coordination teams, and performance metrics to measure success.\n- Conduct monthly assessments of data quality, prepare monthly data quality reports, and create data quality remediation action plans.\n- Represent AIMI by participating in BIO business strategy sessions, represent AIMI in discussions with BIO business partners reference data warehouse needs.\n- Coordinate data warehouse needs across regions and portfolios, and maintain knowledge in changing data warehouse vendor technology.\n- Create enterprise, solution, and project specific data warehouse architectures based on defined business needs.\n- Create data warehouse governance teams and prepare metrics to measure data warehouse effectiveness.\n- Create a strategy to consolidate data warehouses, socialize that strategy with BIOs and business users, and implement that strategy.\n- Prepare PAC/RAC initiatives to begin implementing the data warehouse and data mart consolidation initiatives.\n- Use data obtained from the data governance forums to create new architectures to enable consolidation and virtualization of data warehouses and data marts within existing and planned investment opportunities for new applications and service development.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Management or Business Information Systems.\n-Minimum of 15years of experience in IT dealing with complex data environments, including data security, data administration, data modeling and governance.\n- Minimum of 5years of experience delivering data governance strategy.\n- Minimum of 5 years of experience leading large-scale multi-million-dollar programs/projects.\n- Deep knowledge of data warehouses and data marts, mainframe and client/server infrastructure.\n- Proven experience translating complex technologies and database architectures into terms relevant to business partners.\n- Proven negotiation skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience leading a large IT organization to SOA governance.\n- Experience designing data governance in a cloud environment.\n- Experience writing publications or delivering lectures on the topic of data governance trends.", "date_new": "2012-04-20 19:37:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28038084/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Data Governance and Architecture, KPIT", "reqid": "132369", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 28038084}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Ed Coord Diag Imag Svcs\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPlans, coordinates & directs the activities of the Radiologic Technology Clinical Education Program. May also assist in planning, coordinating & directing assigned operations of a diagnostic imaging department or outlying medical office location; insuring that all procedures & examinations are expeditiously processed & meet requisite standards of patient care, quality & safety. May direct Mammography and/or diagnostic Quality Assurance Program in accordance w/ local, state & national legislation & regulatory requirements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs a competency based clinical education program for radiologic technology students in conjunction w/ an accredited community college or four (4) year college/university.\n- Provides comprehensive continuing/in-service education for the Diagnostic Imaging Department.\n- May coordinate mandatory, annual review of the department safety program.\n- Assists in providing the on-going training, review and continuing education/professional development of diagnostic imaging staff.\n- May coordinate the mammography quality control program or other assigned quality assurance/control program(s).\n- Assists in the evaluation, development & implementation of departmental policies & procedures.\n- Assists in reviewing & evaluating diagnostic & mammography films periodically for image & radiographic quality; makes suggestions or recommends alternate techniques/procedures/positioning.\n- Serves as a representative to the community & technical expert/resource to the Medical Center for radiologic education.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Five (5) years postgraduate experience as a staff technologist in a full service/modality imaging department & in an acute care medical center.\n- Associate Degree in Radiologic Technology from a program accredited by the committee on Allied Health Education of the American Medical Association.\n- Certification in Radiologic Technology (CRT), Fluoroscopy & Mammography by the State of California.\n- Certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply professional development & educational practices, theories & techniques.\n- Qualified through academic preparation, clinical experience & performance to teach all phases of clinical radiologic technology.\n- May require comprehensive knowledge of Mammography Quality Standards as specified by local, state and/or national legislation, as well as clinical protocols/standards.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations & human relations skills.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state & local regulatory & radiation protection standards required.\n- Computer skills (standard software) required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS\n- High School Diploma\n- Two (2) years experience working in a fast pace high volume hospital setting\n- Computer knowledge of tracking systems: RIS and PACs (Stentor)\n- Basic programs: Excel, Word, and Powerpoint\n\n\nNotes:\n- 5% travel", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009412/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ed Coord Diag Imag Svcs", "reqid": "131929", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28009412}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychosocial Clinician II / Couns II\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\nEssential Functions:\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Social Work required\n- LCSW or LMFT license required\n- LMFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist)\n- Two (2) years post Masters experience required.\n- Experience inworkingwith adults / children / adolescents.\n-Knowledge ofPsycho-pathology, DSM IV, and addiction issues.\n- Ability to define appropriate course of treatment and treatment modality.\n- Ability to work independently as a member of a multi-disciplinary health care team\n- Medical social work experience, preferred\n- Experience with chronically ill, End of Life issues, catastrophic illness, family violence, psychiatric/substance abuse issues, federal and community benefits and resources, preferred\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n\n\nNotes:\n- This position is 1/2 Autism Case Manager and 1/2 Therapist for young children\n- This position serves both our Point Loma and Vista clinics and will require travel between these two locations\n- Will be required to be in rotation for Saturday Clinic\n-Other work location is 780 Shadowridge Dr. Vista CA 92083", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009406/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychosocial Clinician II / Couns II", "reqid": "130814", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28009406}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: LVN II (Spanish Bilingual) Fam Med ELA\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician provides nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Mission, Vision and Strategic Plan of the organization. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treats co-workers, patients, families and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Representative Duties: Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Performs patient care functions, within the scope of competency, considering age related needs of the patient as prescribed by physician/health care professional(s) following established protocols, policies and procedures.\n- Assist medical personnel with special procedures, minor surgical procedures and/or diagnostic exams.\n- Assess and monitor patients' condition and notify physician/health care professional for disposition.\n- Prepare and administer medications as directed by physician order following established protocols.\n- Maintain equipment and supplies.\n- Identify and arrange for equipment needing repair.\n- Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control Manual.\n- Monitor patient flow and assign/direct other ancillary personnel as needed.\n- Provide medical information and education to patients, following established protocols and guidelines.\n- Document pertinent patient information, assessment and nursing procedures following established protocols.\n- Maintain patient confidentiality.\n- Perform other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 25\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.\n- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse.\n- Current Basic Life Support card.\n- One (1) year of recent (within the last three (3) years) experience as a LVN in an acute/outpatient setting.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Required to work every other Saturday.\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009407/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN II (Spanish Bilingual) Fam Med ELA", "reqid": "130939", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28009407}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full time equivalent experience in GI/Endoscopy or a minimum of two (2) years recent (within the last three [3] years) full-time equivalent adult experience in either PACU, ED, DOU, Critical Care or procedural sedation.\n-Performing procedural sedation, current ACLS card and basic arrhythmia course required.\n- PALS card required.\n\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Knowledge of Health Connect, E-Referral and RIS system.\n\n\nNotes:\n- If ten (10) houroption chosen, shift will be 8:00am to 6:45 pm.\n- Start times may vary based on department needs.\n- Will include rotating weekends.\n- Will be required to take call and rotate assignments to the Downey Hospital and Garden MOB GI labs.\n- Must pass the Bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009408/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic (Bilingual)", "reqid": "130946", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 28009408}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Harbor City - Part Time\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 125440.\n\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) -year recent (within past three 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- MSN\n- PHN\n- Graduate from an accredited NLN school.\n- Home Care case management experience.\n- Knowledge of Title 22 for Home Health.\n- Knowledge of Home Health Care philosophy.\n- One (1) year of Pediatric Experience.\n\nNotes:\n- Able to travel to member's homes.\n- Dependable car required for home visits.\n- On-call responsibilities.\n- Will rotate weekends and holidays.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009409/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Harbor City - Part Time", "reqid": "130951", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 28009409}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - (Spanish Bilingual) Radiation Oncology PT\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II.\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PACU, ED or Critical Care.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- Procedural Sedation experience required including knowledge of medications specific to the management of the adult patient requiring\n- Procedural sedation, moderate analgesia and reversal agents required.\n-Current PALS card required.\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- ONS Provider Card required.\n- Proficient in I.V. therapy.\n- May rotate through MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, CT, Angiography, Interventional Radiology and other diagnostic areas.\n- The ability to take call with a 30 minute response time.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Strong leadership skills.\n- Demonstrates effective communication with all members of the healthcare/interdisciplinary team.\n- Demonstrates effective communication with patients both verbally and written.\n- Ability to perform independent nursing knowledge utilizing the nursing process.\n- Interpersonal relationships with internal physicians, external physicians and other patient care and non patient care staff.\n- Ability to troubleshoot and or manage clinic/patient related issues, and able to assist licensed and non-licensed employees in solving work related issues.\n- Excellent customer service skills, team-oriented, able to work in a fast pace environment with minimal difficulty while maintaining a compassionate approach when dealing with the patients.\n- Radiation Oncology and or Medical Oncology experience\n- Minimum two (2) years Charge nurse experience in an outpatient clinic setting.\n- Preferred medical/surgical nursing experience.\n- Nurse telephone/triage advice experience.\n- Knowledge of Health Connect, Tapestry, external e-referral system, Lotus Notes program.\n- Knowledge of Basic PC applications\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009404/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - (Spanish Bilingual) Radiation Oncology PT", "reqid": "130790", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28009404}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "El Cajon", "description": "Title: Psychosocial Clinician II / Couns II\nLocation: El Cajon, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\nEssential Functions:\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Social Work required\n- LCSW or LMFT license required\n- LMFT (Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist)\n- Two (2) years post Masters experience required.\n- Experience inworkingwith adults / children / adolescents.\n-Knowledge ofPsycho-pathology, DSM IV, and addiction issues.\n- Ability to define appropriate course of treatment and treatment modality.\n- Ability to work independently as a member of a multi-disciplinary health care team\n- Medical social work experience, preferred\n- Experience with chronically ill, End of Life issues, catastrophic illness, family violence, psychiatric/substance abuse issues, federal and community benefits and resources, preferred\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n\n\nNotes:\n- This position is 1/2 Autism Case Manager and 1/2 Therapist for young children\n- This position serves both our Bostonia and Otay Mesa clinics and will require travel between these two locations\n- Will be required to be in rotation for Saturday Clinic\n-Other work location is 4650 Palm Ave San Diego, CA 92154", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009405/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychosocial Clinician II / Couns II", "reqid": "130796", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "El Cajon, CA", "uid": 28009405}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL LEAD - San Diego\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nSupervision of assigned IT staff & the leadership of other team members in the development & maintenance of application system, including integrated software & hardware applications configurations. Accountable for organizing, directing, & monitoring staff work assignments, training & coaching, & the completion of administrative requirements. Responsible for determination of scope of work, definition of deliverables, staff & task schedules, & delivery of quality results. Works under general direction, submitting recommendations, & escalating issues & concerns as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans & organizes the work of immediate staff & may direct the work of other associated application systems teams members such as business analysts, applications consultants, contractors, etc\n- Assigns work, set individual incentive objectives, & monitors & controls progress through continuous assessment & feedback\n- Ensures the effective coordination of work activities & objectives w/ other internal departments & client entities as required\n- Responsible for recruitment of employees & contractors, coaching & performance evaluation, essential employee skills development, & compliance w/ KPMCP HR policies & procedures\n- Works w/ clients to develop partnerships, identify IT solutions which support business processes & business objectives, & to contract for IT services\n- May work w/ Vendors as needed in a variety of different roles from contract manager to joint development partner\n- May direct the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective application solutions which support client business processes & functional requirements\n- Works w/ internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for the successful completion of development & maintenance assignments (e.g., database development, job scheduling, CICS support, network support, help desk orientation, client implementation readiness, etc)\n- May perform or direct the analysis of client business processes & functional requirements & prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information\n- Ensures completion of administrative requirements in an accurate & timely manner (e.g., time reporting, status reporting, etc )\n- Ensures appropriate on call support for defined mission critical systems\nQualifications:\nThis is a Temporary Full-Time Position fora duration of 2 years (24 months).\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous in a leadership, supervisory, or management capacity required\n- Substantial (usually seven (7) plus years) experience in all phases of application software development/maintenance life cycles in a large mainframe or client server environment required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required in computer science or related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Knowledge about software development alternatives among mainframe, distributed, or client server programming development and computing environments required\n- Strong skills required in leadership, critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.)\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Extensive experience contributing to the development of a National Language Processing (NLP) engine applied in Healthcare field.\n- Extensive experience in the integration and application of terminology based systems as ontologies for NLP engines and application.\n- Extensive experience in developing and writing NLP applications in healthcare field, including coding and data mining.\n- Published research papers on NLP, terminology-based knowledge systems, their application in healthcare, or their integration as ontologies for NLP engines and application.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009398/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL LEAD - San Diego", "reqid": "129586", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 28009398}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: LEARNING CONSULTANT - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\nAssesses and identifies training needs and interventions, then delivers programs, and measures learning transfer for training programs to enhance individual and team effectiveness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops and/or coordinates training programs, which include orientation, job content, technology and customer service for management and area personnel\n- May collaborate with training vendor\n- Works with central training area to identify training resource materials and personnel\n- Maintains training schedule for team members\n- Conducts training and/or arranges for guest lecturers/trainers covering technical issues, new products/services, individual on-the-job training, and new-hire orientation\n- Produces periodic reports outlining training needs accompanied with recommendations and implications, such as changes in operations, budget or quality\n- Assesses the effectiveness of training programs\n- Makes recommendations for improvements\n- Establishes a project plan and conducts cost/benefit analysis for any recommendations made to area management\n- May organize multi-disciplinary project teams\n- Follows established training procedures to identify, deliver, and track training programs\n- Creates partnerships with other KP and HR departments to ensure consistency of policies and procedures\n- Maintains current knowledge of area functions, customer service and quality improvement literature, research and projects\nQualifications:\nPosition offered will be based on qualifications. This is a full-time temporary position with benefits for duration of 24 months (2 years). May be required to work outside normal working hours and rotating weekends. Will be required to travel throughout SCAL Region to local medical centers. Employment will be based upon established conditions that are written in the Employment Agreement. Employee will be required to sign the Employment Agreement.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually four (4) or more years) developing and conducting training programs on a variety of subjects\n- Experience in training needs assessment and gap analysis\n- Experience in curriculum development and instructional design required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in education, psychology or other relevant field\n- Master's preferred\n- Must have exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills\n- Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative analysis\n- User knowledge of desktop and word processing software required\n- May require some traveling throughout the state\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Experience in a healthcare setting.\n- PC Training experience.\n- Computer training via classroom & E-Learning.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009399/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LEARNING CONSULTANT - Pasadena", "reqid": "129609", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009399}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: SSD HC SITE SPECIALIST - Los Angeles\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nThe Site Specialist is the primary KP HealthConnect expert at the Medical Centers & provides system expertise, consultation, coaching, mentoring, problem solving & issue resolution to system users. The Site Specialist facilitates & promotes the introduction, acceptance, integration, & effective use of KP HealthConnect & related new system functionality & workflows. The Site Specialist collects & analyzes data to enhance user efficiency & effectiveness w/ KP HealthConnect. The Site Specialist works independently to resolve system issues and, if necessary, escalates issues to other KP HealthConnect project teams & collaborates w/ them to resolve the issue. The Site Specialist is accountable to serve end users in various geographic locations within a Medical Center area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Achieves & maintains proficiency in multiple KP HealthConnect (HC) applications\n- Accountable to resolve end user issues, including escalating issue to higher levels of support, when appropriate, & tracking to ensure issue is resolved\n- Uses the Remedy system to document all system issues\n- Partners w/ Physician Champs, Department Managers, & Regional Project Team members to plan & implement new KP HC products or workflows\n- Makes presentations to various audiences, including developing & delivering PowerPoint presentations, system demos, in-services, etc\n- Participates in training new system users, enhancing the skills of existing users & communicating application enhancements or new functionality via coaching, providing system demos, developing job aides, delivering 1:1 training and/or assisting in classroom training\n- Prepares agendas & meeting materials, takes minutes & provides other organizational support, as needed\n- Learns & understands the workflows of departments for which the individual provides primary support & how these workflows integrate w/ KP HC\n- Understands workflows related to ancillary departments & impact of changes in HC to these departments\n- Consults w/ departments on the impact of department workflow changes on KP HC & the impact of changes in KP HC on department workflows.\n- Facilitates workflow meetings in order to ensure workflows are in alignment w/ application functionality & promotes smooth transition to new processes\n- Develops & maintains positive working relationships w/ Department Managers, Chiefs of Service, physicians & staff\n- Identifies key issues related to KP HC & participates in the design of assessments & evaluations of identified key issues\n- Actively participates or may take the lead in analyzing data & developing recommendations & action plans which are reasonably complex & require an understanding of how the changes will affect multiple areas/departments\n- Works w/ Department Managers, ITFS & members of the SCAL KP HC application teams in planning for new or moving modules, departments or units\n- Provides system & process knowledge during scheduled & unscheduled KP HC downtimes to ensure downtime & recovery workflows are followed & the system is working as designed after the downtime\n- Assists in the development & implementation of optimization plans which identify key issues w/ system usage, approaches to improve user's effectiveness w/ the application, performance metrics & tools to continuously improve end-user ability\n- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Prior experience in clinical operations, management, project management or systems implementation and/or support with progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities\n- Previous experience in meeting facilitation, making presentations and providing consultation\n- Project Management or management experience in health care preferred\n- Previous computer application support, analytical and/or consulting experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration or other related field, or equivalent work experience\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, and PowerPoint/presentation software\n- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills (e.g. partnering, conflict management, etc.)\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, interpersonal, customer service and presentation skills\n- Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans\n- Must be able to work successfully in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nNotes: May travel within SCAL Region; Implementation schedule and rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009392/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD HC SITE SPECIALIST - Los Angeles", "reqid": "128345", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 28009392}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Tech Support Rep - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nCollects data, provides analyses, & maintains plans & support materials for the purpose of deploying the system across many clinical departments carries out detailed tasks as assigned. May work independently or as a part of a project team. Contributes to problem solving, process design & analytical support. Consults frequently w/ appropriate managers on progress.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supports managers, clients, & team members on system deployments projects related to a vast number of imaging modalities, across multiply clinical departments\n- Develops & maintains project support materials such as: work plans, meeting agendas, minutes, issue logs, & other support documentation\n- Coordinates & supports meetings w/ regional/local clients, other functional business units, & vendors as needed\n- Collects data & runs reports from multiple systems for clients at various levels in the organization\n- Trains & supports system end users through the pre-deployment, go-live, & maintenance phases of the system life cycle\n- Collect data from physician leadership such as chiefs & physicians in-charge to determine business rules that need to be applied to the MDS system configuration build\n- Independently interpret collected data to determine application of business rules within the system\n- Determine system configuration for individual departments, & apply the business rules for medical center, department or individual use\n- Revise workflows according to best use of the system & department needs\n- Autonomously deliver training curriculum to varied audiences such as physicians, chiefs, DAs, & schedulers\n- Manage work sessions to facilitate timely completion of curriculum content\n- Adjust curriculum as needed based on department workflow knowledge & needs of attendees\n- Various positions are under review w/ a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status & this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future\n- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement\nQualifications:\nThis is a Full-Time Temporary position for a duartion of 24 months (2 years).\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous related analytical and/or consulting experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Demonstrates solid analytical skills, self initiative & innovation\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, & presentation\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, & graphics packages\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n-Seeking a candidate with strong analytical and problem solving skills, with a background in coaching and training in a technical environment.\n- Should be a strong and effective communicator, with knowledge in supporting technical implementations.\n-Beneficial to have experience working with clinicians, collaborating with other members as part of a project team, and supporting a scheduling or payroll application.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009394/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Tech Support Rep - Pasadena", "reqid": "128820", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009394}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: SSD HC SITE LEADER - Bakersfield\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nThe SSD Site Leader entails direct line management, strategic planning, consultative leadership & project management responsibilities. Serves as the single point of contact & coordination for KP HealthConnect, a multi-faceted Electronic Medical Record system, at assigned Medical Center or other geographic area. Directly & through subordinates, assists in planning, organizing, directing & controlling the operation of the KP HealthConnect site team in the assigned geographic area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Site Team Management: Staff supervised includes, hourly site specialists responsible for end user mentoring/support & exempt staff (including SR Learning Consultants responsible for training physicians & staff & Senior System Administrators responsible for provisioning users w/ correct KPHC access)\n- Some SIMs also manages the CPM System Administrator\n- Hires, fires, coaches, counsels & develops staff & prepares & delivers annual performance evaluations\n- Establishes & maintains operational & performance standards\n- Monitors & evaluates the overall service delivery for KPHC\n- Utilizes data to monitor work of their department & analyzes trends\n- Develops short & long term plans to improve service level & department efficiency\n- Develop support schedule for LTS team, which is a master schedule for team's activities, including demos, dept meetings, 1:1 support, rounding, activities related to opening new MOBs or Hospital units, support for Medical Center initiatives, on call schedule for after hours coverage, etc\n- Engages staff in problem solving\n- TIME & PHRS system approval, ETO request approval\n- Leads Staff meetings\n- Monitors & controls payroll, non-payroll & expenditures for assigned areas\n- Space management for KPHC site teams, regional teams & special project teams\n- Work w/ facility management to plan for site team space, training rooms, allocation of space for regional & local staff on projects overseen by SSD Department\n- Oversee 24/7 coverage provided by members of their teams\n- Available to assist w/ complex problems requiring escalation\n- Medical Center Leadership: Participates with & provides leadership to the Medical Center Leadership team in execution of SCAL & Medical Center strategy for all areas related to KPHC\n- Develops & maintains strategic relationships w/ service area executive leadership\n- Consult to & collaborate w/ KFH & SCPMG Medical Center leadership teams, managers & physician leaders on medical center initiatives, strategies, ongoing KPHC optimization, new KPHC product rollout, new KPHC functionality implementation & any operational initiatives that have potential KPHC impact & workflow changes where there is a KPHC impact\n- Functions as an expert authority on KPHC issues to physicians & other staff regarding KPHC strategies, operations & solutions\n- Participate in or co-lead Medical Center committees, for example, local AGCS Committee, QA Committees, Compliance Meetings, Inpatient & Ambulatory Oversight Committee Meetings, Construction Meetings. Liaison between regional team(s) & Medical Center to solve issues, be ambassador for KPHC\n- Provide status updates to leadership teams - Med Center Administrative Team (MCAT), Chiefs, Das\n- New Building/Hospital/Units/Depts: Provides leadership & project management for all KPHC-related activities involved in opening new MOBs, Services, departments or hospitals/hospital units, to ensure KPHC set up is accurate & activities of other teams (e.g., CPM, ITFS, etc.) are completed on time\n- Coordinate all activation plan activities & conduct touch point meetings w/ all departments & application teams involved\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in management or project management\n- Experience in health care preferred\n- Experience with Epic or other similar electronic medical record system preferred\n- Experience in implementing, providing or managing user support functions for a complex computer system preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health, administration or other related field\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses strongly preferred\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues & develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives\n- Excellent leadership, consulting & project management skills\n- Ability to work with all organizational levels\n- Excellent verbal & written communication skills & interpersonal skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nNote: May travel throughout SCAL Region.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009393/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD HC SITE LEADER - Bakersfield", "reqid": "128804", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 28009393}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Systems Administrator - CPM - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nDevelops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Reports may influence outcome of management decisions. Evaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external). Serves as technical resource on data availability, structure, security, and system interfaces for multiple programs/systems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.\n- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.\n- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.\n- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.\n- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.\n- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.\n- Coordinates systems support.\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.\n- Performs master file maintenance.\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles.\n- Monitors data quality and integrity.\n- Participates in business improvement project teams.\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.\n- Delivers training for end users on system.\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.\n- May perform user system training.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.\n- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes: May travel within SCAL Region; Implementation Schedule and Rotating Weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009390/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Systems Administrator - CPM - Pasadena", "reqid": "127903", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009390}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Group Leader - CPM - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvide leadership for the delivery high of quality & cost-effective consulting services/products to issues of key organizational importance. Recognized content expert for technical areas. Assumes the role as the manager of a technical unit.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads a group of consultants & analysts focused on the delivery of service/ products within the responsible technical unit\n- Manages the budget allocated to the unit; reviewing & approving all expenses within the unit\n- Ensures that appropriate actions are taken to correct the budget variances & the budget is balanced at year-end\n- Provides leadership & direction for the technical unit in accordance w/ the overall strategic direction of the group\n- Develops standards, procedures, & policies to ensure that the responsible unit is maintained according to the acceptable level of quality from clients\n- Ensures that reports & information disseminated from the unit are accurate, timely & consistent, & that they satisfy the clients' needs\n- Serves as the content expert of the responsible technical area & provides technical assistance & advice\n- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of programs related to the expertise area\nQualifications:\nNotes: Travel will be required; Schedule Varies and Implementation schedule; Rotating Weekends.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically six (6) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Must demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009388/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Group Leader - CPM - Pasadena", "reqid": "126155", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009388}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Group Leader - KPHC Security - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvide leadership for the delivery high of quality & cost-effective consulting services/products to issues of key organizational importance. Recognized content expert for technical areas. Assumes the role as the manager of a technical unit.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads a group of consultants & analysts focused on the delivery of service/ products within the responsible technical unit\n- Manages the budget allocated to the unit; reviewing & approving all expenses within the unit\n- Ensures that appropriate actions are taken to correct the budget variances & the budget is balanced at year-end\n- Provides leadership & direction for the technical unit in accordance w/ the overall strategic direction of the group\n- Develops standards, procedures, & policies to ensure that the responsible unit is maintained according to the acceptable level of quality from clients\n- Ensures that reports & information disseminated from the unit are accurate, timely & consistent, & that they satisfy the clients' needs\n- Serves as the content expert of the responsible technical area & provides technical assistance & advice\n- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of programs related to the expertise area\nQualifications:\nNotes: Travel will be required; Schedule Varies and Implementation schedule; Rotating Weekends.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically six (6) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Must demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009387/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Group Leader  - KPHC Security - Pasadena", "reqid": "126166", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009387}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Staff Writer - B2B Healthcare\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nStaff Writer - B2B Healthcare\nBurbank, CA\n\nAnalyze, create, and produce high-quality, business-to-business marketing communications and web copy for KP's broker and employer-facing Web sites. This person will also work closely with other team members to ensure optimal Brand standards are maintained and innovative creative solutions are successfully delivered on time and on budget. Strong B2B and web writing experience preferredand ability to make complex information accessible.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supports projects with high-quality copywriting and speed-to-market, error-free execution\n- Executes successful concepts for projects in a timely and cost-effective manner\n- Prioritizes assignments and ensures deadlines are met to deliver all projects in accordance with project timelines and overall initiative strategy\n- Researches statistics and data as relevant to support arguments in copy\n- Analysis of situations or Data requires a review of a variety of factors\n- Work requires moderate planning and scheduling\n- Works closely with team members to execute against developed strategies, creative briefs, product and program plans, expectations and goals to ensure that deliverables achieve the desired results\n- Ensures the proper application of the Kaiser Permanente style guides, brand standards, design patterns and interaction designs across the enterprises' properties\n- Balances data, logic and intuition in decision making\n- Balances creative and technical considerations in developing solutions for the Web space\n- Makes timely decisions\n- Generates pragmatic, sensible and simple solutions to complex problems\n- Moves quickly to eliminate roadblocks\n- Medium Job complexity\n- Requires judgment to select from apparent alternatives\n- Able to make business judgments within scope of projects\n- Demonstrates solid analytic problem-solving skills\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using judgment within defined practices and procedures\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives\n- Provides routine fact-based information\n- Open to suggestions and input from team members\n- Actively participates and provides meaningful contributions\n- Actively takes responsibility for involvement when opportunities arise for participation\n- Participate in project meetings and report on the status of analytical tasks and project work\n- Takes responsibility for aspects of projects as assigned\n- Implements specified analytical methods and achieve task and project objectives\n- Has discretion on defining of request process\n- Has no formal leadership/ supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum: Bachelor's and one (1) - two (2) years of work experience\n- Preferred: Bachelor's and 1 or more years of work experience\n- Substantial experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Publisher applications\n- Four (4) year degree in related field Or equivalent experience\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems\n- Limited use and/or application of basic principles, theories, and concepts\n- Limited knowledge of industry practices and standards\n- Clearly documents work and code\n- Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare system preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009372/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Writer - B2B Healthcare", "reqid": "132101", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28009372}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Sales/Acct Mgmt Suppport Specialist I (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSales/Account Management Support Specialist\nBurbank, CA\n\nThe Sales/Account Management Support Specialist is responsible for performing all administrative duties that support the sales or marketing teams, as specified by the department's standard office routine, practices, procedures, and instructions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide clerical support for the sales and account management team.\n- Respond to incoming phone calls and e-mail inquiries from various channels; screen and route calls appropriately; provide inquiry resolution.\n- Schedule meetings and maintain calendars as requested.\n- Arrange conference rooms, conference calls and other meeting events. Distribute meeting agendas and materials in advance of meeting.\n- Coordinate some administrative and logistical arrangements for team. Review and distribute department mail. Independently handle travel arrangements. Arrange for audio-visual and teleconference equipment. Track and compile expense receipts and prepare monthly expense reports. Order office supplies, process purchase orders and invoice requests. Photocopy, fax and file.\n- May prepare and format multiple interoffice communications, e-mail, letters, reports, and confidential documents.\n- Screen e-mail and prepare appropriate basic correspondence on behalf of account managers and sales executives. Drafts standard/ recurring correspondence for account manager and sales executive approval. Prepare and distribute meeting agendas.\n- May maintain databases, information systems and process requirements for the sales and account management team. Establish and maintain databases specific to the sales and account management team. Complete data entry; format and produce standard reports. Perform system activities in relation to packet orders, contract changes, and other activities not supported by the customer account team (CAT). Track, monitor and reconcile data, collaborating with other dept staff. Follow-up on action items to meet deadlines.\n- May serve as sales and account management liaison between the customer account team (CAT) and other internal departments. Meet regularly with team to discuss and keep manager apprised of important issues and dept matters. Effectively communicate to all levels of management, peers, and purchasers. Communicate critical issues between customer account team and sales and account management team. Assess urgency of situation and determine and executive appropriate course of action. Work with internal KP departments to achieve a high level of purchaser satisfaction.\n- Manage the initial review of the requests for proposals that are received by our department.\n- Support the Sales Associates throughout the proposal process.\n- May coordinate new member orientation.\n- Refer to the specific working description for more specific responsibilities.\n- Minimal impact.\n- Works under close supervision.\n- Work tasks are fully defined.\n- Refers more complex issues to supervisor or to others.\n- Effectively uses verbal and written communications skills.\n- Works under close supervision.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically one (1) - three (3) plus years of administrative experience, preferably in sales and marketing.\n- High School diploma or GED required.\n- Good Customer Service Skills are required.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009376/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sales/Acct Mgmt Suppport Specialist I (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "132157", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 28009376}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Product Manager (Healthworks Product Operations)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Kaiser Permanente product development and management work within HealthWorks and Product Innovation requires staffing that functions to ensure the daily product operations work is completed, and managed to high quality standards. This person must possess skills that allow him/her to adequately:\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Focus on problem-solving, versus problem identification, in the daily operations of HealthWorks product.\n - Partner with the product manager to understand product direction and needs.\n - Manage and ensure vendor compliance with contract and service level agreement (SLA) standards.\n - Administer one or more products to product requirement specifications, including managing to product metrics and completing product scorecard updates as needed.\n - Manage daily operations of one or more products.\n - Accurately report on risks, dependencies and progress in the product.\n - Effectively communicate projects, process and product performance.\n - Ensure product metrics and SLAs are the correct measures for identifying defects early.\n - Help evaluate and ensure vendor adherence business process and policy and procedure.\n - Partner with the product manager to ensure operational fixes and/or administrative issues are handled when defects are identified.\n - Provide implementation oversight and support when the product is sold to new accounts.\n - Assist in development of product training content.\n - Participate in change management, business requirement development, or refinement of product performance tools and functionality\n.\n - Analyze the scope and impact of requirements for new process, new product functionality, onboarding new vendors etc..\n - Participate in the development of process maps for new or changed processes.\n - Support business case development by helping to develop resource inputs for new or changed operational process.\n - Evaluate operations and product changes for efficiency, cost effectiveness and the ability to meet requirements, as well as customer stated needs.\n - Project manage small to mid-scale efforts.\n - Assist in developing and executing effective test plans.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum: Five (5) - eight (8) years of related experience.\n- Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience of assessing key customer requirements within a given market segment.\n- Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience in a product development capacity.\n- Preferred: Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience in health care industry.\n- Five (5) - eight (8) years of years Health Insurance, Health Plan Administration, Healthcare, Benefit Administration, or Benefit Policy Experience a plus.\n- Strong foundational understanding and experience navigating IT processes, org charts and accountabilities, preferred.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field OR equivalent experience.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Complete understanding and broad application of principles, theories, concepts, practices, and standards in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Full knowledge of industry/insurance practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Thorough knowledge of benefits, benefits administration and health care delivery from either or both a provider and payor perspective along with insurance industry policies, practices and systems.\n- Deep knowledge of online design principles, work trends, competition, technical limitations in order to design products and relationships between suites of related products appropriately.\n- A detailed knowledge of web development process (a requisite in order to be able to parse down the work properly, frame/phase the work so that it can be implemented and rolled out effectively, to meet expectations, deadlines and budgets).", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009379/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Product Manager (Healthworks Product Operations)", "reqid": "132234", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009379}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Business Consulting Lead Buy to Pay\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nBusiness Consulting: Includes analysis/evaluation of business and/or system process and functional requirements, development of business cases, client support during system development and implementation, development and maintenance of service level agreements. Develops relationships with upstream and downstream business partners. Develops/maintains and changes business processes, and understands the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to our functional areas. Develops and recommends changes to business processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.\n\n- Demonstrates expertise in functional area business processes and understands assigned and cross functional areas.\n\n- Independently initiates, identifies and coordinates the analysis of complex client needs in project areas such as: new/existing business operating models, innovative approaches to solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n\n- Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems.\n\n- Coordinates and/or develops comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n\n- Accountable for tracking and/or monitor and report for senior management the results of actualization of benefits.\n\n- Plans, coordinates and conducts analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n\n- Develops cross-initiative integration plans.\n\n- Supports a variety of applications. Maintains/updates documented processes of managed applications. May document requirements and develop solution alternatives for new applications.\n\n- Develops test plans.\n\n- May design, develop and test applications to enhance organization effectiveness.\n\n- Consults on the integration of application systems into the work environment, regarding their operational and training implications.\n\n- Acts as project lead in the coordination of solution development and the implementation of the final product/service.\n\n- Acts as liaison between business clients and technical staff and/or development staff throughout the development lifecycle.\n\n- May develop project plans. Identifies and coordinates within other project managers and implements schedule deadlines as appropriate. Provides on-going project management status reporting at all levels.\n\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes and data capture.\n\n- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.\n\n- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.\n\n- Works with vendors to resolve operational issues with vendor supported applications.\n\n- Analyzes/resolves operational issues by performing analysis of applications and recommends resolutions to operational issues and implements as appropriate following established change management processes/policies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of five (5) to seven (7) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline\n- May establish cross-functional task forces.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area and multi-area functionality based on assignment.\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.\n- May support a variety of applications/process.\n- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.\n- Maintains current knowledge on health care industry, regulations, and KP business strategies.\n- Develops test plans.\n- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/process.\n- May provide specialized support to a specific business area.\n- Serves as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues.\n- Thinks of ways to improve results, communicates these to supervisor, peers and team members.\n- Drives excellence through continued learning and strengthening of expertise.\n- Makes needed changes to address performance problems or take advantage of opportunities.\n- Seeks ways to reduce variation in systems and processes to improve consistency and reliability, directly impacting performance and member/customer service.\n- Keeps individuals and team focused on specific and measurable performance goals and monitors performance publicly against clear standards.\n- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.\n- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs\n- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.\n- Continually monitors quality of service across functions and systems.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009380/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consulting Lead Buy to Pay", "reqid": "132266", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009380}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Actuarial Associate\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nProvide actuarial services to develop best-practice actuarial models and promote implementation Program-wide. Accountable for the development of the organization's rate structure, maintenance of adequate reserves, and development of new products. Provide data/analytic expertise to support actuarial services including financial reporting, trend analysis, utilization studies, rate development and claims liability estimates. \nEssential Functions:\n - Develops insurance rates, rating systems, and rating structures for groups.\n - Acts as Project lead on actuarial studies, pricing strategies and policies.\n - Projects require complex planning and direction setting with actuarial team members.\n - Provides guidance and support to in answering questions about the marketplace.\n - Utilizes advanced actuarial concepts to develop procedures, conduct research, and make recommendations to management.\n - Defines scope, coordinates, and assures completion of major projects.\n - Initiates contact with management and alerts them to critical issues.\n - Communicates, interprets, and presents key findings and implications / recommendations to Actuarial leadership.\n - Reviews work of others for actuarial soundness.\n - Provides actuarial information to produce revenue forecasts and financial reports.\n - Stays aware of emerging issues affecting product lines.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science; Or Masters and 2+ years experience.\n - Minimum 3 years experience.\n - Advanced knowledge of actuarial statistics assumptions used for ratemaking, loss reserving and forecasting, as well as company operations.\n - Belongs to the Society of Actuaries with the designation of ASA (Associate).\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Has a strong understanding of the application of research to major business and strategy questions\n - Knowledge of health care industry dynamics and trends\n - Ability to manage large projects and to oversee multiple projects at the same time\n - Thorough knowledge of actuarial methodologies and their applications to business problems.\n - Regularly contributes to the development of new actuarial techniques and work standards.\n - Strong understanding of and ability to think through causal relationships\n - Very familiar with the internal and external statistical plans and sources of data, and the use of spreadsheet applications.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009382/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Actuarial Associate", "reqid": "132281", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 28009382}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Business Analyst-Senior Buy To Pay Info Systems\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nResponsible for identifying and documenting business processes through interviewing clients and reviewing and analyzing existing systems and processes. Articulates interrelationships and recasts business flow into system specifications. Conducts gap analyses to document discrepancies between business requirements and system capabilities. May develop project plans and ensure plan adherence. As system development progresses, may have input into reporting requirements/report development, user interfaces, and coordinates or conducts UAT and the final evaluation of the system solution. Serves as liaison between line business (client) and the IT organization.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collects and researches specific client requirements for projects, identifies requirements, and gathers workflow data and basic system and reporting specifications.\n- Develops, implements, and supports common business processes and tools.\n- Recommends basic alternatives to address problems.\n- Project planning and execution: participates in project management process, including participating in project meetings.\n- May document issues, action items, user requirements, or deliverables from project meetings.\n- Performs a variety of project related activities, including analysis or preparation of documentation and presentations.\n- Accomplishes all work within established methodologies and standards.\n- Provides 2nd and 3rd tier application support for assigned application(s).\n- Monitors production batch and ad hoc jobs as required to ensure proper functioning and completion of business operations.\n- Researches and resolves technical and functional issues according to defined prioritization/severity scheme.\n- Influences client and gains commitment to changes required.\n- Account Management: Manages relationships with assigned customers/internal clients.\n- Identifies opportunities for business or process improvement.\n- Makes associated recommendations and implements as appropriate.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives, including project deliverables and project timelines at the team level.\n- May impact at the departmental level.\n- Influences the development of functional objectives.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises independent judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and develops methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to complex problems.\n- May refer to established precedents and policies.\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Maintains customer focus and positive client relationships.\n- Drafts and prepares a variety of communications documents, including customer presentations; may assist in or deliver presentations to customers.\n- Interacts with departmental managers (senior managers) internally and externally.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Participates in determining objectives of assignment.\n- Works under limited direction.\n- Plans/schedules job activities to work toward accomplishing set objectives.\n- Work is reviewed by management at key intervals for advice and guidance prior to completion.\n- Provides periodic, informal work guidance/direction to, and training of, team members with less experience.\n- Assume other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of five (5) to eight (8) years of related professional experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Complete understanding and application of concepts, techniques and standards in general business analysis, as well as IT principles and practices.\n- Skills required: Analysis/documentation of processes, methods, solutions, etc.\n- Interpretive - translates business processes and requirements into system specifications.\n- Broad-based knowledge of information technology and applications.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009378/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Analyst-Senior Buy To Pay Info Systems", "reqid": "132270", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 28009378}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Chief Estimator - Kaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nChief Estimator\nKaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a Chief Estimator who will provide professional estimating, cost engineering, and project control activities for Kaiser Permanente construction and/or refurbishment projects for hospitals, medical offices, regional buildings and other medical facilities. Responsible for all phases of estimating, cost engineering and project control functions to include but not limited to: budget/feasibility, conceptual, preliminary, and final construction estimates; contractor bid reviews; change order reviews, analyses and negotiations; alternative analyses evaluation; productivity analyses; and use of cost estimating computer technology where applicable. Develops and implements project cost engineering standards and procedures. Establishes the project work breakdown structure.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- First level supervisory position which includes responsibility for technical direction over a group of Estimating Engineers, and/or performs as a technical specialist formulating and developing advanced estimating engineering concepts.\n- Responsible for a full range of professional estimating/cost engineering and project control duties of diverse and complex scope.\n- Coordinates the performance of pricing structure development and application to takeoffs, derived quantities, quantity assumption, and cost allowances within a discipline or other specialty. (10%)\n- Develops and prepares conceptual construction cost and budget estimates for all phases of construction.\n- Includes development of unit hour/pricing data (and data analysis) estimating material cost, man-hours and revisions to existing buildings' mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. (10%)\n- Completes budget estimates for construction documents that are 75% completed.\n- Includes material cost, man-hours and subcontracted services. (10%)\n- Evaluates 100% construction documents to ensure the design is free of errors and omissions for subcontract bidding. (10%)\n- Performs itemized blueprint take-off for general conditions and items in CSI Divisions 2 through 16. (10%)\n- Analyzes scope of construction and prepares preliminary construction schedules in consultation with construction operations.\n- Resolves any conflict with construction design and/or construction scheduling with appropriate personnel. (15%)\n- Obtains and verifies construction quotations for facilitation of construction projects, change order documents, addenda and contract change authorizations.\n- Evaluates subcontract drawings and material submittals for conformance with contract documents and regulatory agencies.\n- Obtains and verifies subcontract questions for construction projects and ensures compliance with construction documents. (15%)\n- Provides professional guidance and support to Facilities Design and Construction project team members to determine the preliminary cost and feasibility of maintenance and renovation projects. (10%)\n- Provides value engineering and construction auditing services to Facilities Design and Construction major expansion projects completed by outside general contractors. (10%)\n- Responsible for hiring, training and supervising estimating and related staff which may include union personnel.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- At least ten (10) years of applicable experience estimating for commercial construction sites typically in excess of $10M.\n- Experience with ground-up builds, seismic retrofits, and/or tenant improvements on commercial construction projects such as office buildings, hospitals, etc.\n- Substantial construction estimating experience.\n- Public works or federal experience a plus.\n- Bachelor's degree in a field that provides a strong background in cost estimating, such as Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent experience.\n- Certification through AACE International and/or ASPE preferred.\n\nAn individual should have the following core behaviors:\n\nChampions Innovation and Change\nCollaborates\nCommunicates Effectively\nDevelops Self/Others\nDrives for Results\nFocuses on the Customer\nTakes Accountability\nDemonstrates Business Acumen\nExerts Influence\nEmotional Intelligence*", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009370/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chief Estimator - Kaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "127138", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009370}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Government Relations Attorney - Counsel III\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nGovernment Relations Attorney - Counsel III\nKaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA\nEssential Functions:\n - Assisting Kaiser Permanente Regions with their government relations efforts, including strategic and policy support and coordination with Programwide objectives.\n - Analyzing the impact of state and federal legislative proposals on Kaiser Permanente.\n - Assisting in the formulation of KP's public policy positions.\n - Drafting proposed legislation, regulations and amendments thereto.\n - Preparing arguments and testimony and other materials regarding legislation, regulations and public policy issues.\n - Representing the Program in government and industry meetings and other public forums.\n - Providing counsel to management regarding federal and statute statues, regulations, court options, administrative procedures and legal proposals.\nQualifications:\nMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:\n - Juris Doctorate required.\n - 3+ years legislative or government relations experience required either federal or with a state in which Kaiser has a presence.\n - In depth knowledge of legislative process required.\n - Knowledge of healthcare industry required.\n - Experience analyzing and drafting legislation/amendments required.\n - Excellent written and verbal advocacy skills.\n - Excellent analytical and interpretive skills.\n - Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively provide strategic and tactical counsel to KP leadership.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Expertise in managed care regulation/healthcare policy strongly preferred.\n - Medicare expertise a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009369/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Government Relations Attorney - Counsel III", "reqid": "123115", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009369}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- AMBULATORY CARE, GENERALIST - 1 year acute care experience. 6 months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in ambulatory care preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- At least 2 years of recent experience in Interventional Radiology performing Vascular/Arterial procedures.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009355/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "130822", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 28009355}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fremont", "description": "Title: Registered Dietitian II, Grade 40\nLocation: Fremont, CA\nResponsible for providing comprehensive clinical nutrition care & services to patients/clients in response to protocol & physicians orders\nEssential Functions:\n- Assessment of Patient's nutritional risk/status\n- Development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients\n- Counseling of patients & family members in the hospital or medical office setting\nEducation of patients, family members & caregivers in the hospital or medical office setting in person, via telephone or in groups\n- Hospital based dietitians work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, & work to establish quality standards w/ the staff\n- Provides medical nutrition therapy, which is customer focused & cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards\n- Provides nutritional screening & assessment & education of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention\n- Develops individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's laboratory data, food/medication interactions, age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, & religious practices in accordance w/ physician orders\n- Provides medical nutrition therapy & encourages physical activity for total risk reduction in members w/ or at risk for chronic disease states, in the medical office setting\n- Conducts audits &/or menu reviews, & ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements & physician's orders for individual patients\n- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle\n- Documents in the medial records as appropriate (If seeing hospitalized patients, coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality & accuracy of the food serviced to the patients)\n- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, & follows the care & progress of the patient per protocol\n- Monitors the accuracy of food trays related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual\n- Checks for quality of product & is responsible for corrections & quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor\n- Participates in the design, development & implementation of high quality, cost effective food & clinical nutrition programs, policies & practices\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements\n- Assists in development, implementation & maintenance of nutrition care, & service standards\n- Participates in the development & implementation of quality, service & performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services\n- Contributes to the overall cost structure & service improvement goals of the Service Area\n- Conducts quality assurance audits & participates in committees & meetings to receive & report information\n- Assists in compiling audit information & standard setting\n- Provides feedback to Division Food & Clinical Nutrition Services staff on menu modifications & revision\n- Provides input to the budget process\n- May provide in-service training to staff\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- RDIII: A RDII is eligible to become a RDIII must meet requirements and set forth in collective bargaining agreement\n- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets & goals\n- Performs quality audits, reviews work, & assists others to improve performance\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration as a dietitian w/ Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing\n- A registered Dietitian, as defined by the California Business & Professions Code, w/ at least three (3) years experience in an appropriate clinical setting & one or more of the following:\n1. Masters Degree in a related field\n2. Fellowship w/ the American Dietetic Association (ADA)\n3. CDR approved certifications for consecutive re-certification periods.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA) & American Society for Partenteral & Enteral Nutrition\n- Strong communication, interpersonal, & customer service skills\n- Group education skills in the medical office setting\n- Collaboration & problem solving skills\n- Knowledge of applicable federal, state & local regulations, & The Joint Commission requirements\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to position specifications outlines in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n\nSchedule: On-Call, 0 hours per week, Day shifts. Must be On-Call to cover hospital Inpatient and/or Bariatric Department as needed. Must be flexible as Bariatric schedule varies, and cover both Weekdays and Weekend days in both Inpatient Departments and Bariatric.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009356/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Dietitian II, Grade 40", "reqid": "130853", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fremont, CA", "uid": 28009356}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Pharmacist Resident PGY2 (PRP-201559)\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nReceive training in a specific pharmacy practice setting to meet the educational outcomes and goals set by the ASHP. To develop competence, skills, and application of drug therapy knowledge in providing the broad scope of pharmaceutical services needed in a practice setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Train in the required pharmacy practice settings for one (1) year as developed by the Program to meet the core objectives of the program.\n- Elective training in other pharmacy practice settings as offered by the Program.\n- Develop and implement a longitudinal residency project under the guidance of Residency Director and other Preceptors.\n- Present findings of project at the Western States Conference for Pharmacy Residents, Fellows and Preceptors.\n- Complete additional projects and activities as required.\n- Attend Professional and Educational Meetings/Conferences.\n- Perform recruitment activities, as needed.\n- Complete a 12 month training program to sufficiently meet the program goals, as well as, the educational outcomes set by ASHP and/or AMCP prior to receiving certificate of completion.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Possess previous experience in the specific pharmacy practice setting, exceptional leadership qualities and previous experience on interdisciplinary teams preferred.\n- Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) - Accredited Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program.\n- Must have successfully completed a first year (PGY 1 or similar) Pharmacy Residency Program.\n- Current CA Pharmacist licensure.\n- Must have current California Pharmacist licensure by the first day of the Residency Program.\n\nSpecial Requirements: This position will cover locations throughout Regional.\n\nNOTE: RESIDENCY PROGRAM -1 YEAR TEMPORARY, BENEFITED POSITION: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009357/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist Resident PGY2 (PRP-201559)", "reqid": "131826", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 28009357}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Pharmacist Resident PGY2 (PRP-201560)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nReceive training in a specific pharmacy practice setting to meet the educational outcomes and goals set by the ASHP. To develop competence, skills, and application of drug therapy knowledge in providing the broad scope of pharmaceutical services needed in a practice setting.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Train in the required pharmacy practice settings for one (1) year as developed by the Program to meet the core objectives of the program.\n- Elective training in other pharmacy practice settings as offered by the Program.\n- Develop and implement a longitudinal residency project under the guidance of Residency Director and other Preceptors.\n- Present findings of project at the Western States Conference for Pharmacy Residents, Fellows and Preceptors.\n- Complete additional projects and activities as required.\n- Attend Professional and Educational Meetings/Conferences.\n- Perform recruitment activities, as needed.\n- Complete a 12 month training program to sufficiently meet the program goals, as well as, the educational outcomes set by ASHP and/or AMCP prior to receiving certificate of completion.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Possess previous experience in the specific pharmacy practice setting, exceptional leadership qualities and previous experience on interdisciplinary teams preferred.\n- Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) - Accredited Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program.\n- Must have successfully completed a first year (PGY 1 or similar) Pharmacy Residency Program.\n- Current CA Pharmacist licensure.\n- Must have current California Pharmacist licensure by the first day of the Residency Program.\n\nSpecial Requirements: This position will cover locations throughout Regional.\n\nNOTE: RESIDENCY PROGRAM -1 YEAR TEMPORARY, BENEFITED POSITION: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009358/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacist Resident PGY2 (PRP-201560)", "reqid": "131827", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009358}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hayward", "description": "Title: Workplace Safety Specialist, (No. 4620)\nLocation: Hayward, CA\nUnder general supervision in a team environment, works under Labor Management Partnership (LMP) guidelines to determine methods and processes for the reduction/elimination of workplace injuries and illnesses. Provides systems of safety consultation, training, risk analysis, and risk reduction/elimination recommendations to all levels of staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as a professional/technical liaison between workplace safety committees & related work groups in support of Kaiser's initiatives\n- Responsible for the successful creation & maintenance of new & existing injury reduction plans & interventions\n- Leads the design, development, & implementation of training programs, including train-the-trainer programs for targeted workplace safety work groups\n- Provides training to Health Care staff on the proper utilization of patient handling equipment, including equipment for unique or unconventional patient transfer situations\n- Conducts ergonomic worksite &/or task evaluations in cooperation w/ Occupational Medicine & Employee Health\n- Recommends corrective action while demonstrating sensitivity to time & budgetary constraints\n- Ensures & implements evaluation recommendations & employees who are given training required for any new equipment or procedure changes\n- Oversees & completes projects that vary in scope & scale while ensuring compliance w/ regulatory standards & financial allocations\n- Attends & facilitates meetings\n- Conducts follow-up analysis of evaluations, recommendations, & training\n- Prepares & disseminates injury rate data, risk analysis, mitigation strategies, & related information to workplace safety work groups & management\n- Uses a variety of software applications to research, compose reports, analyze data, & present information using written & multi-media strategies\n- Performs other workplace safety duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of three (3) - five (5) years progressive experience in worker safety, injury prevention, disability management, and/or ergonomics required\n- Experience conducting training classes and workshops, facilitating meetings, and coordinating projects in complex organizational environments\n- Previous experience, three (3) + years, performing ergonomic work site assessments, preferably in a health care environment\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration, health care administration, environmental health and safety, or other related field\n- Certification or formal training in OSHA worker safety, accident investigation, and disability management highly desirable\n- Knowledge of California laws and regulations as they apply to workplace safety, worker's compensation, and disability management\n- Must be proficient with PC applications, including word, spreadsheet, database, and presentation graphics\n- Consulting, collaboration, and team development skills required\n- Strong customer service and communication skills, with ability to compose reports and other communications that are free from grammatical, spelling and syntax errors\n- Ability to travel frequently to different Kaiser Locations\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009359/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Workplace Safety Specialist, (No. 4620)", "reqid": "131862", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Hayward, CA", "uid": 28009359}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Stationary Engineer\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction of the Chief or Assistant Chief Engineer, performs activities concerned w/ design, construction, modification, & maintenance of equipment & machinery in medical center facility. Under limited supervision, ensures efficient & reliable operation of all machinery, including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, heating, & air conditioning systems within the Medical Center.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under general supervision, performs tasks in support of physical plant, equipment/systems & operations, including life support & life safety equipment.\n- May be required to work in emergencies during off hours & on weekend shifts.\n- Performs inspection & adjustment of equipment.\n- Reads & interprets blueprints, specifications, operation & maintenance manuals, & other documents to determine proper operation.\n- Troubleshoots & problem solves under normal & abnormal situations.\n- Operates, adjusts, & analyzes various pieces of physical plant equipment through use of computers & microprocessor-based devices.\n- Tests newly installed machines & equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications.\n- Performs other duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3+ years of related experience &/or training.\n- Journeyman level field service experience in industrial electrical &/or refrigeration.\n- Engineering background in acute care hospital preferred.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- CFC Certificate preferred (required for HVAC and Refrigeration only).\n- Working knowledge & ability to perform duties of all trade classifications including electrical, plumbing, carpentry & HVAC.\n- Must possess a working knowledge of medical gas distribution & alarm systems, water treatment, steam systems, refrigeration, compressors, pumps, electric motors, & variable frequency drives.\n- Understanding of preventive maintenance & work order system, preferably MP2.\n- Competency to operate microprocessor based devices.\n- Capable of performing maintenance, troubleshooting, & repair of HVAC equipment (including chillers & boilers), electrical distribution, & operating room equipment.\n- Ability to read & comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, & memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one & small group situations to customers, clients, & other incumbents of the organization.\n- Ability to regularly lift & /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift &/or move up to 100 pounds.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009347/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Stationary Engineer", "reqid": "130489", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 28009347}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 55), Grade 390, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to h& washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing. - High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009349/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 55), Grade 390, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130516", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009349}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 56), Grade 390, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to h& washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing. - High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009348/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 56), Grade 390, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130521", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009348}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 57), Grade 390, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to h& washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing. - High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 4:30pm. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009350/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 57), Grade 390, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130524", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009350}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 58), Grade 390, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to h& washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing. - High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Evening shifts. Monday through Friday: 4:00pm to 12:30am. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009351/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 58), Grade 390, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130528", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009351}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 59), Grade 390, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures. Collects, cleans, decontaminates, disinfects and/or sterilizes surgical instruments, trays and packs, reusable medical devices and patient care equipment for inpatient Nursing and Medical Office departments. Inventories, restocks and distributes instruments, reusable medical equipment and medical supplies to Medical Center. Works a majority of time in a Sterile Processing Department cleaning, preparing, assembling, sterilizing, prepare packs, instruments, and trays for the medical center and/or medical office building. Will process inpatient operating room instruments. May assist in departmental in services and training.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to h& washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, & dress code.\n- Validates & maintains: event-related protocols, disinfection &/or sterilization load parameters & records, inventory check sheet(s), & equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, & employee competencies.\n- Accurately document & maintain daily records of all QA & sterilization functions according to regulatory agency & Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational & departmental policies & procedures.\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, & employee evaluation & competency programs.\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification.\n- May assists in departmental in-services & training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment.\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, & processes reusable instrumentation & equipment.\n- Selects & operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents.\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies.\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes.\n- Identifies, inspects, & assembles all general & specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser & endoscopes instruments per specifications & manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects & prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records.\n- Properly loads & unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load.\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, & tracks patient care equipment.\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, & rotates stock appropriately & stocks general & surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department.\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal & work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies & procedures, including those for bloodborne pathogens & communicable diseases.\n- Take prompt corrective actions when hazard identified.\n- Demonstrates effective written & oral communication skills.\n- Actively supports & contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Takes responsibility & is accountable for own professional work ethics.\n- Demonstrate responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules.\n- Assist in in-service & training.\n- Supports departmental related computer programs.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in instrument processing. - High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule.\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation.\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer).\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols.\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers.\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred.\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions.\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Evening shifts. Monday through Friday: 4:00pm to 12:30am. Expected length of employment: up to three (3) months.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:10:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009352/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified, (No. 59), Grade 390, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130531", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009352}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant, Grade 180\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or Designee\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department\n- Records information in patients' medical record\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- Customer Service:\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment:\n- Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance\n- Takes accountability for own actions\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six months experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship\n- High School Diploma or GED\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California\n- BLS certification\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience\n- Ability to use personal computer\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:09:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009335/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant, Grade 180", "reqid": "125081", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009335}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year (within the past three (3) years) experience as a NP providing care for adults (>18 years of age), including preventive care and follow-up for patients with chronic health care problems. Completion of a Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Geriatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.\n\n\nPERIOPERATIVE/SURGICAL SERVICES\n- 1 year (within the past 3 years) experience as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- Completion of Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n\nSchedule: Full-time, Regular; 40hrs week\nClinic = Mon thur Fri, 8:30am to 5:00pm or Mon thru Fri, 7:15am to 3:45pm\nCall Svc = Sun thru Sat, 7:00am to 3:30pm or 11:00am to 7:30pm", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:09:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009332/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II", "reqid": "123349", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28009332}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year (within the past three (3) years) experience as a NP providing care for adults (>18 years of age), including preventive care and follow-up for patients with chronic health care problems. Completion of a Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Geriatric NP required.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.\n\n\nPERIOPERATIVE/SURGICAL SERVICES\n- 1 year (within the past 3 years) experience as a NP providing care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or those who have undergone surgical/invasive procedures.\n- Completion of Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP, Acute Care NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult, Family or Acute NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.\n- RN First Assist experience required if assisting with surgical procedures. If only caring for specific patient population of adult or pediatrics then Acute Adult NP or Acute Pediatric NP required.\n\nSchedule: Full-time, Regular; 40hrs week\nClinic = Mon thur Fri, 8:30am to 5:00pm or Mon thru Fri, 7:15am to 3:45pm\nCall Svc = Sun thru Sat, 7:00am to 3:30pm or 11:00am to 7:30pm", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:09:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009333/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II", "reqid": "123350", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 28009333}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Bone Densitometry Technologist - FT\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nPerforms bone densitometry scans for a defined population, delivering high quality care & service that meets specific standards & clinical guidelines, optimizing operational excellence.Demonstrates clinical competency by consistently performing accurate examinations to be interpreted by the physicians.In collaboration w/ Bone Health management, identifies learning needs, opportunities to improve systems & processes, develops solutions & assists w/ implementation & monitoring.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs bone densitometry scans for a defined population according to established procedures.\n- Obtains appropriate patient clinical history prior to performing the procedure.\n- Defines osteoporosis for members & instructs them in preventative measures.Refers appropriate clinical questions to the nursing staff &/or physicians.\n- Maintains appropriate quality control on all procedures & technical equipment involved in the diagnostic process at designated intervals.Maintains required reports.\n- Demonstrates excellent knowledge of bone densitometry scans & maintains clinical competence.\n- Confirms members' preparedness for exam based on patient instruction sheet.\n- Enter correct patient identification information into radiology system.\n- Positions member correctly & accurately for the exam.\n- Archive exams onto a disc on a daily basis.\n- Print & distribute scans & questionnaires to Bone Health Physicians for interpretation, according to the schedule provided by the physicians.\n- Give patients appropriate discharge information & literature.\n- Attends & participates in team meetings.\n- Maintains department office supplies.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends and holidays.\n- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:30am - 5:00pm.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience in related registered/licensed field.\n- High School diploma or equivalent required.\n- Graduation from approved school of radiology.\n- CPR certification required, or must obtain w/in 90 days of employment.\n- ARRT & certification w/ ISCD (International Society for Clinical Densitometry) as a Certified Densitometry Technician (CDT) or Bone Density modality registered by the ARRT.Bone densitometry certification must be obtained w/in 90 days of employment.\n- All applicable state licenses.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Ability to work well w/in a team environment.\n- Ability to work various schedules & locations.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:09:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009325/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Bone Densitometry Technologist - FT", "reqid": "132209", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 28009325}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "White Marsh", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - FT\nLocation: White Marsh, MD\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- Monday - Friday 8:00am - 7:30pm, Saturday 8:00am - 5:30pm. \nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:09:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009326/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - FT", "reqid": "132217", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "White Marsh, MD", "uid": 28009326}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct and indirect supervision with technical direction from cardiologist, performs variety of technical, patient-attending, and clerical duties pertaining to echocardiography.\nEssential Functions:\n- After proper preparation of patient and equipment, and according to physician's orders, obtains, measures, calculates, and records echocardiogram study. Through review of patient's medical history, clinical findings, and indication for test, positions patient in manner that will facilitate optimum diagnostic results\n- Surveys area being studied to obtain preliminary sonographic information with respect to acoustical properties of patient as well as anatomical and pathological relationships. Based on sonographic information, selects appropriate transducer angulation and gain setting that will best demonstrate anatomy and/or pathology being studied. Operates equipment in m-mode, 2d, and spectral doppler and color doppler techniques\n- Searches for cardiac pathology by moving transducer over heart at varying angles to record chamber dimensions, cardiac wall thickness and motion, ejection fractions and ratios. By way of real time imaging, visualizes various anatomical areas of heart. By way of doppler, evaluates direction and speed of intracardiac blood flow. Assesses cardiac valves for pathology. Makes permanent record of significant functional and/or anatomical and pathological data obtained\n- Reviews, screens, and measures echocardiography data notifying cardiologist of critical abnormalities when apparent. Compiles, records, and collates data for cardiologist to interpret and sign for patient's record\n- Performs echocardiography studies on outpatients and inpatients according to level of expertise/experience of sonographer; performs adult transthoracic echocardiogram, transesophageal echocardiogram (machine set up: operation), adult contract studies, pediatric transthoracic echocardiogram, adult stress echocardiogram (pharmacological and exercise), and intraoperative echo (machine operation)\n- Maintains cardio-pulmonary resuscitation certification and functions effectively as performer, recorder, or circulator in code 500 situations\n- Examines and regularly cleans and maintains ultrasound equipment to assure proper operation. Refers significant problems to biomedical department and alerts supervisor of equipment malfunction\n- Additional functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of experience in adult or pediatric echocardiography, including experience or successful completion of training program (pre-hire, post-hire, or on-the-job) in area of specialty, if applicable\n- Successful completion of accredited (CAAHEP/CMA approved or equivalent) ultrasound/vascular technology education program specializing in echocardiography\n- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) in Adult Echocardiography by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS) by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone.\n- Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:08:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009315/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer Senior", "reqid": "129496", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 28009315}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Chief Actuary\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManage actuarial expertise to support underwriting, pricing, marketing, sales, and finance functions in Shared Services and Kaiser Permanente Regions. Principal areas of responsibility are actuarial support for all Regions, development of actuarial staff across the Program, actuarial governance and oversight, and development and implementation of best pricing practices.\n\nThis position plays a key role in support of the Pricing and Product Development department mission and goals.\n\nThe Pricing and Product Development department mission is to provide strategic, management and technical support to the organization in the achievement of financially sound sustainable growth in a manner consistent with Kaiser Permanente's business model and the KP promise of quality you can trust, convenient and easy service, caring with a personal touch, and affordability.\n\nRelevant department goals include:\n- High quality management control systems\n- Products and benefits that meet the needs of the market\n- Actuarial and Population Risk assessment activities that support strategic management decisions as well as underwriting activities\n- Cross functional coordination and integration among all the regions nationally processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Promote the development of actuarial staff and expertise and manage Shared Service actuaries and actuarial support staff.\n- Manage Actuarial support across a comprehensive range of market segments (commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and charitable care programs), products (HMO, dHMO, POS, PPO), coverages (medical, pharmacy, behavioral health, dental), and financial arrangements (insured, flex funding, self-funding).\n- Manage actuarial support to Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company (KPIC), which provides insurance coverage and is the legal entity offering self-funding for Kaiser Permanente.\n- Provide leadership and analytic support for Fee Schedule Oversight Team (FSOT), a senior leadership team that is cross-functional, cross-regional, and cross health plan/medical group.\n- Evaluate and monitor changes in the capture and coding of services.\n- Provide direction in the analysis of the Kaiser Permanente total value demonstrations - showing how KP delivers high quality care at below market total costs.\n- Develop trend analyses that both give insight into changes in historical utilization and cost and support projections of future resource demands.\n- Work in partnership with Finance, Market Strategy and Rate Setting teams to develop accurate forecasts of revenue and costs.Provide leadership in the development of rate actions that will best achieve organizational goals.\n- Support the negotiations of the Medical Services Agreement and Memorandums of Understanding between the health plan and the Permanente Medical Groups.\n- Develop and maintain rating factors, building rational variation in any regionally determined factors.Develop rating factors, pooling charges, and experience rating trends that generate dues/premium rates that are aligned with the organizations revenue needs.\n- Develop pricing policies that achieve the organization's membership and contribution margin goals.Partner with Underwriting in the development and implementation of rate strategies that address group specific needs.\n- Provide leadership, tools, and training to support self-funding across the organization.\n- Provide leadership in the development of Medicare and retiree strategies\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Bachelor's degree in mathematics, actuarial science, business, finance, economics, or equivalent.\n-Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA) is required.\n-Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) is required.\n- Minimum of 15 years of actuarial health plan experience with a demonstrated and successful leadership track record in large complex organizations.\n- Minimum of 5 years as VP or Chief Actuary in medium to large sized health insurance companies.\n- Experience implementing controls and reporting systems to improve management capabilities and results for local markets and nationally.\n- Demonstrated ability to negotiate 'win-win' situations as it relates to business decisions.\n- Ability to assess market conditions and recommend necessary pricing and rate setting improvements or revenue growth opportunities.\n- Ability to build partnerships and influence other leaders is essential.In addition, the Chief Actuary must consistently demonstrate integrity, prudence, high energy, initiative to act, and self-confidence.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MBA or related graduate degree highly preferred.\n- Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:08:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009312/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chief Actuary", "reqid": "132139", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 28009312}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse\nLocation: Denver, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103) Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment of health data CRS 12-38-103 (10)\n- Executing delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority\n- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications\n- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others\n- Referring to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance\n- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly\n- Specialty Responsibilities Provide quality professional nursing care to patients undergoing surgical procedures in an ambulatory setting\n- Implement proper operating room procedures & assist members of surgical team in the correct protocols for safe, proficient patient care\n- Circulating & scrubbing on variety of surgical procedures\n- Evaluate & anticipate needs of surgical team & respond appropriately following established protocols, policies & procedures\n- Assurance of surgical instrumentation & availability & proper functionality for usage in O.R.\n- Position requires working w/ interruptions; w/ hazardous waste; w/ hands in water; & around moving equipment such as wheelchairs\n- May be required to lift patients using proper lifting techniques\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year current operating room experience\n- Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program & completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience & guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible\n- ACLS certification & procedural sedation competency required within 90 days of hire\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- Familiarity w/ personal & mainframe computers & their applications\n- Adequate knowledge of surgical instrumentation & supplies, and\n- Knowledge of sterile techniques & intra-operative medications\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n\nPreferred Skills: 1 year Operating Room experience. Pre op and post op experience a plus.A positive attitude, good computer skills and work ethic, ACLS/BLS will be required.\n\nSalary Range: $31.84 - $37.46 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:08:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009310/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse", "reqid": "131760", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28009310}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Desk Top Medicine Clerk\nLocation: Denver, CO\nUnder direct supervision, performs a variety of clerical duties to include handling physicians in and/or out boxes, as well as setting up appointments. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Processes desktop medicine through the HealthConnect and/or paper system, such as orders, lab, radiology, & pharmacy refill requests\n- Manages the provider in and/or out baskets handling requests on a continuous basis\n- Collects all pertinent patient data for forms processing such as medical records, informed consents, appropriately documents data on forms in accordance w/ department policies\n- Answers incoming teleph1 calls; ascertains the nature of calls by asking pertinent questions, answers routine inquires, takes complete messages, makes the necessary referrals to appropriate departments/personnel\n- Accesses & utilized KP's on-line appointment system\n- Schedules appointments for the facility/department\n- This may involve consulting w/ the provider on type of length of appointment needed\n- Retrieves all messages from appropriate sources (Patient Care or Call Center)\n- Prioritizes & distributes messages to the team\n- Will be expected to consult w/ appropriate nursing or provider personnel if deemed necessary\n- Processes messages, referrals & faxed that arrive in the departments\n- Primary contact for on-line ph1 messages & printed messages\n- May prepare lab mailers for notification to patients, ensuring that all labs have been appropriately approved prior to sending to patients\n- May send certified letters to patients who have not responded to follow-up appointments\n- Other duties as assigned such as ordering of supplies, medical receptionist duties\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience is an outpatient medical facility, which included back office, laboratory, pharmacy or ancillary service experience\n- Previous experience w/ word-processing applications & basic keyboard skills\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Successful completion of a medical terminology course or experience using medical terminology\n- Effective verbal & written communication skills, including legible handwriting to work w/ physicians & patients\n- Previous experience in prioritizing & organizing multiple tasks\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n\nPreferred Skills:\nExcellence in customer service, knowledgeable in medical and anatomical terminology, great attendance record, productive team member, professional, used to working in a loud environment, and handles change well. \nRotate schedule. Float between departments/facilities/locations. \nSalary: $15.66 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-04-19 19:08:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/28009311/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Desk Top Medicine Clerk", "reqid": "131806", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 28009311}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Drug Education Coordinator - (PD-6312)\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nIn conjunction with the COM, the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Chief, coordinates and manages pharmaceutical education for identified locations for clinic, hospital, and contracted providers. In conjunction with the Pharmacy Services Manager, coordinates on-going pharmaceutical education and training for pharmacy personnel. Provides performance feedback to providers and personnel regarding clinical outcomes, cost effectiveness, and member service in the delivery of pharmaceutical care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works collaboratively with the P&T Chief and the medical staff to coordinate pharmaceutical education for providers and staff.\n- Attends inpatient and outpatient P&T committee meetings.\n- Assists in the development and implementation of identified CSA initiatives.\n- Provides training, analytical support, and on-going performance feedback to providers and staff regarding those initiative outcomes.\n- Analyzes prescribing practices for identified locations and/or the CSA to identify, develop, implement, and evaluate effective techniques to favorably influence such prescribing practices.\n- Provides on-going communication to providers and staff regarding recent innovations in pharmaceutical practice, drug cost issues, clinical outcomes issues, etc., via presentations, newsletter information, formal utilization review, and one-on-one conversations.\n- May supervise staff pharmacists with responsibility for managing cost containment/ conversion programs, to include annual evaluation of performance.\n- Ensures that region-wide drug conversion and cost containment programs are implemented.\n- Serves as a staff resource person/trainer for the pharmacist clinical role expansion.\n- Assists CSA pharmacy management in on-going improvement of the delivery of pharmaceutical care to members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in pharmacy.\n- Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Current Licensure as a pharmacist in California.\n- Two (2) - three (3) years of previous clinical experience in a comparable pharmaceutical setting.\n- Pharmaceutical and medical knowledge necessary to effectively discuss drug therapy issues with physicians and pharmacists required.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review preferred.\n- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills required.\n- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others.\n- Demonstrated self-initiative and innovation.\n- Working knowledge of applicable state and federal pharmacy regulations.\n- Outstanding analytical skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# PD-6312\n- Work schedule to vary as required\n- Travel within the Service Area, Region and State.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983227/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Drug Education Coordinator - (PD-6312)", "reqid": "131799", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 27983227}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Sr. Financial Project Manager (MT-1361)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nProvides leadership and consulting services for complex multi-faceted projects across disciplines and functional areas. Identifies feasible project options and presents recommendations to Decision Support Hub Manager and senior management, as appropriate. Works directly with clients to provide project leadership for financial projects such as Hospital Alliances, business process improvements, and capital investment decisions. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for pursuing projects and resolving problems. Contributes to the development of the department and leads projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads teams in conducting financial analysis and feasibility studies of complex multi-faceted projects.\n- Key topic areas include medical service delivery, hospital contracting, benefit design, capital investment decisions, departmental financial management, and other projects within the scope of Decision Support.\n- Conducts very complicated analysis.\n- Reviews and makes recommendations for the design of financial models.\n- Oversees preparation of preliminary interpretations of analyses for project teams, clients and/or department management.\n- Recommends suggested action steps based on analytic findings.\n- Finalizes reports of recommendations.\n- Delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to Department Management and Senior Management.\n- Supervises other analytical resources on a project basis.\n- Provides guidance to more junior analysts and develops their skillsets, where appropriate.\n- Leads projects involving multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data to managers.\n- Participates as a member of divisional task forces or committees, as assigned.\n- Develops positive working relationships with peers in Divisional Offices, Services Areas, and Medical Groups to ensure accomplishment of key Finance Department objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, six (6) or more years of experience demonstrated financial and/or analytical experience with a variety of complex, multi-faceted projects.\n- Experience in large-scale business planning, feasibility studies, and/or project management required.\n- Health care experience highly preferred.\n- Analytical supervisory experience strongly preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting, Finance, or related field.\n- Master's degree highly preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following: general finance theories and methodologies, Net Present Value, Cost/Benefit analysis, Feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling, and project management.\n- Ability to develop these skills in team members.\n- Proficient with a variety of software applications (spreadsheet, word-processing, graphics etc.) and mainframe systems.\n- Proven leadership skills in finance, project management, and consulting required.\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, presentation, analytical and writing skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n-PR# MT-1361\n-Work schedule to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983229/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Financial Project Manager (MT-1361)", "reqid": "131874", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27983229}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Project Manager II (MT-1362)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1362.\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983230/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II (MT-1362)", "reqid": "131879", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27983230}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reseda", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker - Bilingual (Reseda)\nLocation: Reseda, CA\nThe psychiatric social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The psychiatric social worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. A major time of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem.\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal & external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents, & children.\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, and friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group, family, & child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 116361\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II\n- Master's degree in a Social Work required\n- Valid & current CA LCSW orLMFTlicense required\n-Two (2) years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required\n- Knowledge of & ability to utilize current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) nomenclature required\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- High-level cognitive behavioral therapy and/or solid experience in solution-focused therapy.\n- Experienced in individual and group therapy.\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the bilingual assessment test.\n- If license is MFT, then job code is 65336.\n- Will provide psychological evaluation and modern treatment for all categories of patients.\n- Engage in any professional activities required by the Department that falls within the scope of licensure.\n- Must be prepared to study and learn treatment approaches as needed by the Department.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983203/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker - Bilingual (Reseda)", "reqid": "130500", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Reseda, CA", "uid": 27983203}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: SSD HC SITE SPECIALIST - Orange County\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nThe Site Specialist is the primary KP HealthConnect expert at the Medical Centers & provides system expertise, consultation, coaching, mentoring, problem solving & issue resolution to system users. The Site Specialist facilitates & promotes the introduction, acceptance, integration, & effective use of KP HealthConnect & related new system functionality & workflows. The Site Specialist collects & analyzes data to enhance user efficiency & effectiveness w/ KP HealthConnect. The Site Specialist works independently to resolve system issues and, if necessary, escalates issues to other KP HealthConnect project teams & collaborates w/ them to resolve the issue. The Site Specialist is accountable to serve end users in various geographic locations within a Medical Center area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Achieves & maintains proficiency in multiple KP HealthConnect (HC) applications\n- Accountable to resolve end user issues, including escalating issue to higher levels of support, when appropriate, & tracking to ensure issue is resolved\n- Uses the Remedy system to document all system issues\n- Partners w/ Physician Champs, Department Managers, & Regional Project Team members to plan & implement new KP HC products or workflows\n- Makes presentations to various audiences, including developing & delivering PowerPoint presentations, system demos, in-services, etc\n- Participates in training new system users, enhancing the skills of existing users & communicating application enhancements or new functionality via coaching, providing system demos, developing job aides, delivering 1:1 training and/or assisting in classroom training\n- Prepares agendas & meeting materials, takes minutes & provides other organizational support, as needed\n- Learns & understands the workflows of departments for which the individual provides primary support & how these workflows integrate w/ KP HC\n- Understands workflows related to ancillary departments & impact of changes in HC to these departments\n- Consults w/ departments on the impact of department workflow changes on KP HC & the impact of changes in KP HC on department workflows.\n- Facilitates workflow meetings in order to ensure workflows are in alignment w/ application functionality & promotes smooth transition to new processes\n- Develops & maintains positive working relationships w/ Department Managers, Chiefs of Service, physicians & staff\n- Identifies key issues related to KP HC & participates in the design of assessments & evaluations of identified key issues\n- Actively participates or may take the lead in analyzing data & developing recommendations & action plans which are reasonably complex & require an understanding of how the changes will affect multiple areas/departments\n- Works w/ Department Managers, ITFS & members of the SCAL KP HC application teams in planning for new or moving modules, departments or units\n- Provides system & process knowledge during scheduled & unscheduled KP HC downtimes to ensure downtime & recovery workflows are followed & the system is working as designed after the downtime\n- Assists in the development & implementation of optimization plans which identify key issues w/ system usage, approaches to improve user's effectiveness w/ the application, performance metrics & tools to continuously improve end-user ability\n- Should this position be determined to be union, it will be returned to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Prior experience in clinical operations, management, project management or systems implementation and/or support with progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities\n- Previous experience in meeting facilitation, making presentations and providing consultation\n- Project Management or management experience in health care preferred\n- Previous computer application support, analytical and/or consulting experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Operations Research, Public Health Administration or other related field, or equivalent work experience\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, and PowerPoint/presentation software\n- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills (e.g. partnering, conflict management, etc.)\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, interpersonal, customer service and presentation skills\n- Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans\n- Must be able to work successfully in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nNotes: Schedule Varies: Implementation Schedule, Rotating Weekends, and May travel within SCAL Region.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983205/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD HC SITE SPECIALIST - Orange County", "reqid": "130567", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27983205}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Staff Business Specialist - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides high quality and cost effective analytical and project support services and operational expertise for a broad array of SSD project initiatives. Works on projects of low to medium complexity where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within defined parameters to determine appropriate action. Works under general supervision.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides consultative and business direction on SSD projects of low to medium complexity and/or provides analytical support to projects of high complexity.\n- Under supervision, develops project proposals, recommendations, implementation plans, communication packages, performance measurement tools, and/or training materials related to the assigned projects.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Motivates team members.\n- Identifies key healthcare redesign business issues.\n- Designs and recommends analytic approaches and design processes to address identified problems.\n- Develops and utilizes data gathering tools, such as surveys/questionnaires, work sampling, financial modeling, and/or interview questions, to ensure that appropriate quantitative and qualitative data is gathered for the analyses.\n- Actively participates in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Independently conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses on a broad array of issues across disciplines, projects and functional areas.\n- Prepares project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- May make formal presentations to various levels of management.\n- Under supervision, may establish team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years analytical, project management or consulting experience required in a specified technical area preferably in a healthcare environment or master's degree in computer science, health care operations or other related field with one (1) year experience.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in health care operations, clinical or other related field.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Vehicle and California driver's license required.\n- Able to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Able to conduct, apply and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis.\n- Good project management, consulting, verbal and written communication skills.\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and reporting software and graphics packages.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983208/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Staff Business Specialist - Pasadena", "reqid": "130645", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983208}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Sr Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nWorks independently with various levels of clients within the organization and with outside parties to identify operational business requirements with sufficient detail and clarity to allow IT solution proposal development. Integrates clinical systems into business operations. Proposes and identifies workflow/gap analysis solutions between business and systems functionality. Leads independent initiatives from information gathering and analysis, documentation, and the presentation of findings, into implementation and support.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assist with application technical and operational knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing and product acceptance, gap analysis, development of new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support and available product functionality, operational readiness assessment, and others.\n- Assesses training modality & content for upcoming new functionality releases.\n- Assist & facilitate in cross functional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.\n- Conducts analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and prepares appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n- Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\n- Assist in the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at various levels for funding and scope decisions.\n- Supports the implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Serve as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues and acts as a liaison between business clients and IT technical staff.\n- Perform systems configuration work.\n- Perform predetermined work in system as defined by policy and procedure/protocol.\n- Formal presentation to audiences of various levels.\n- Evaluate existing application products which could address client requirements and develop recommendations where appropriate.\n- Develops test & activation support plans and works with client to perform risk assessment.\n- Leads the coordination of solution development and supports implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Functions as a subject matter expert and can offer guidance and lend expertise to management and other team members.\n- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate and timely manner (e.g. time reporting, status reporting, etc.).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4)plus years experience in information systems analysis or implementation or healthcare operations (master's degree in related field can be used in lieu of one (1) year of experience).\n- Bachelor's or master's degree in health care, information systems, computer science, engineering or related fields or experience required.\n- Certification of Epic Proficiency or Epic Certification within six (6) months of hire.\n- Vehicle and valid driver's license required.\n- Prior progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.\n- Knowledge in health care, clinical systems, information systems, or other related field preferred.\n- Strong skills in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.).\n- Proficient with PC applications including database, spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software and graphics packages.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Recruitment for Epic AC for Inpatient Clinical Charge Capture.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983211/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Sr Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena", "reqid": "130660", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983211}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Sr Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nWorks independently with various levels of clients within the organization and with outside parties to identify operational business requirements with sufficient detail and clarity to allow IT solution proposal development. Integrates clinical systems into business operations. Proposes and identifies workflow/gap analysis solutions between business and systems functionality. Leads independent initiatives from information gathering and analysis, documentation, and the presentation of findings, into implementation and support.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assist with application technical and operational knowledge in the analysis of client requirements in project areas such as: IT testing and product acceptance, gap analysis, development of new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support and available product functionality, operational readiness assessment, and others.\n- Assesses training modality & content for upcoming new functionality releases.\n- Assist & facilitate in cross functional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.\n- Conducts analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and prepares appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n- Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\n- Assist in the development of comprehensive business cases with cost, service, and benefit dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at various levels for funding and scope decisions.\n- Supports the implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Serve as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues and acts as a liaison between business clients and IT technical staff.\n- Perform systems configuration work.\n- Perform predetermined work in system as defined by policy and procedure/protocol.\n- Formal presentation to audiences of various levels.\n- Evaluate existing application products which could address client requirements and develop recommendations where appropriate.\n- Develops test & activation support plans and works with client to perform risk assessment.\n- Leads the coordination of solution development and supports implementation of initiatives into deployment using project management methodologies.\n- Functions as a subject matter expert and can offer guidance and lend expertise to management and other team members.\n- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate and timely manner (e.g. time reporting, status reporting, etc.).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4)plus years experience in information systems analysis or implementation or healthcare operations (master's degree in related field can be used in lieu of one (1) year of experience).\n- Bachelor's or master's degree in health care, information systems, computer science, engineering or related fields or experience required.\n- Certification of Epic Proficiency or Epic Certification within six (6) months of hire.\n- Vehicle and valid driver's license required.\n- Prior progressively more complex responsibilities and accountabilities in a large mainframe or client server environment preferred.\n- Knowledge in health care, clinical systems, information systems, or other related field preferred.\n- Strong skills in critical thinking and analysis, meeting facilitation, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.).\n- Proficient with PC applications including database, spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software and graphics packages.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Recruitment for Epic AC for Hospital Billing Support.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983212/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Sr Health Care Systems Specialist - Pasadena", "reqid": "130662", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983212}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - Couplet Care RN - FCC\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in mother/baby care.\n- NRP completion required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 am - 8:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm - 12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983214/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - Couplet Care RN - FCC", "reqid": "130686", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 27983214}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital - Couplet Care RN - FCC\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in mother/baby care.\n- NRP completion required.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 8:00 pm - 8:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 4:00 pm - 12:00 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983215/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital - Couplet Care RN - FCC", "reqid": "130703", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 27983215}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Systems Administrator - KPHC (Pasadena)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nDevelops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Reports may influence outcome of management decisions. Evaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external). Serves as technical resource on data availability, structure, security, and system interfaces for multiple programs/systems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.\n- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.\n- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.\n- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.\n- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.\n- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.\n- Coordinates systems support.\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.\n- Performs master file maintenance.\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles.\n- Monitors data quality and integrity.\n- Participates in business improvement project teams.\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.\n- Delivers training for end users on system.\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.\n- May perform user system training.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.\n- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes: May travel within the SCAL Region.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983199/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Systems Administrator - KPHC (Pasadena)", "reqid": "129956", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983199}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Systems Administrator - KPHC (Pasadena)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nDevelops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Reports may influence outcome of management decisions. Evaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external). Serves as technical resource on data availability, structure, security, and system interfaces for multiple programs/systems.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations.\n- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation.\n- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs.\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports.\n- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes.\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs.\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports.\n- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures.\n- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology.\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users.\n- Coordinates systems support.\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance.\n- Performs master file maintenance.\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles.\n- Monitors data quality and integrity.\n- Participates in business improvement project teams.\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems.\n- Delivers training for end users on system.\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation.\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports.\n- May perform user system training.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically five (5) or more years, in business systems analysis and administration OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in computer science or user-specific area.\n- Ability to use complex data resources and specialized and sophisticated PC and MIS programming languages.\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes: May travel within the SCAL Region.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983200/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Systems Administrator - KPHC (Pasadena)", "reqid": "129958", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983200}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Physician Comp Analyst\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nConducts data collection & analysis involved in making recommendations regarding physician base salary program. Works w/ Asst. Dir., Permanente Compensation to ensure physicians are paid in a timely & accurate manner. Recommends program & system solutions to address changing needs of the department. Provides compensation support through survey participation & analysis, assembling compensation packages, conducting analyses requested by the Board of Directors (BOD) & Medical Directors.\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers & implements pay practices approved by the Medical Group BOD\n- Ensures appropriate interpretation of pay practices & BOD rules\n- Assists w/ the operation & enhancement of the physician personnel systems\n- Works w/ area payroll coordinator(s) to ensure personnel actions are documented & entered correctly\n- Maintains the physician HR/payroll database\n- Monitors integrity of data\n- Reviews audit/kick-out/exception reports for accuracy\n- Makes necessary corrections on system\n- May produce management reports\n- Researches issues, questions using historical files & makes recommendations based on analysis\n- Responds to physician inquiries regarding salaries, deductions, overtime pay, etc\n- Researches & reconciles discrepancies on physician paychecks & direct deposits\n- Participates in the development & implementation of new systems & databases relating to physician compensation\n- Resolves data processing problems; works w/ IT for programming support\n- Interprets, documents, & communicates physician payroll policies to physicians & management\n- Recommends clarification of policy problems\n- Performs compensation functions such as: implementing/administration of physician compensation programs, assembling of compensation packages, participating in salary surveys & analyzing survey data, providing analytic support on compensation projects\n- Applies knowledge of BOD rules in making recommendations on salary determination issues such as starting salaries, promotional increases, transfers, & other base pay-related issues\n- Acts as an expert resource to area payroll coordinators & compensation support staff regarding Board approved policies, pay practices, & system issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) - five (5) years of progressive experience in compensation/ personnel/ payroll areas\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, in Business Administration or related field\n- Knowledge of compensation, payroll tax and related government regulations preferred\n- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and internal control concepts preferred\n- Proficiency with in-house mainframe or PC payroll system and a variety of software applications\n- Effective communication skills", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983196/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Comp Analyst", "reqid": "129568", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 27983196}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Nurse Clinical Systems Project - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides project management analysis, recommendations, & decision support for a broad array of complex clinical nursing & patient care issues. Provides subject-matter expertise to teams chartered to address & develop recommendations for current/future operations & clinical processes/services. Promotes internal & external communications. Manages the project team, timelines, & budget.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership in redesign projects related to the coordination, design/redesign, delivery, & management of nursing & patient care services\n- Identifies methods & approaches to reduce cost structures & maintain high quality of patient care\n- Provides expertise on subject-matter addressed by project team\n- Works w/ leadership & staff to implement programs\n- Recommends project strategy, identifies best methods & processes, develops project planning, group process facilitation, training, & appropriate application of IT\n- Collaborates w/ stakeholders & sponsors to define project charter, framework, vision, & deliverables\n- Ensures quality & effectiveness of research\n- Monitors & maintains timelines & budget\n- Contracts w/ & manages work of internal/external consultants\n- Coordinates all internal & external communication, represents the project to internal & external group\n- Ensures the development of an effective implementation plan & facilitates the execution of this plan\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, usually three (3) - five (5) years in management and/or project management/operational planning\n- Previous experience with Kaiser Permanente preferred\n- BSN or BA/BS in related field such as management, organization development, health services administration required\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing\n- Current California nursing license required\n- Specific subject-matter expertise in health care operations, care delivery and clinical processes\n- Demonstrated ability to conceive, plan and manage team-based projects; knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, with an understanding of KP, it's operations, social and legal environment; knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, and federal regulations\n- Health Connect: Broad understanding of ICD9 and CPT4\n- Use of EPIC EMR, Certification in EPIC AMB or INPT.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983197/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Clinical Systems Project - Pasadena", "reqid": "129613", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983197}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SSD Sr. Business Specialist - Pasadena\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProvides high quality and cost effective project support services and operational expertise for a broad array of SSD project initiatives. Works on projects of medium to high complexity where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Provides expert technical leadership to clients and department staff in areas such as scheduling, work flow, data flow, KP organization and/or telephony. Works under limited supervision.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides consultative and business direction on SSD projects of medium to high complexity\n- Develops project proposals, recommendations, implementation plans, communication packages, performance measurement tools and training materials related to the assigned projects\n- Plans and facilitates meetings\n- Motivates team members\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms and behaviors\n- Develops and recommends design processes to address identified problems\n- Initiates the design and development of research plans for data gathering and analysis\n- Develops project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices\n- Makes presentations to audiences at various levels\n- Tracks project status and follows up on outstanding items\n- Provides guidance and expert technical leadership to department staff and team members\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans\n- May provide guidance to team on performance and productivity issues\n- May develop training programs for different levels of audiences\n- May set strategic direction of projects\n- May prepare preliminary project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required\n- May establish team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation\n- Performs troubleshooting and issue resolution\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years analytical, project management or consulting experience required in a specified technical area preferably in a healthcare environment or master's degree in computer science, health care operations or other related field with three (3) years experience\n- Project management experience in health care preferred\n- Clinical systems experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in health care operations, clinical or other related field\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred\n- Vehicle and California driver's license required\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct, apply and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis\n- Good project management and consulting skills\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills\n- Proficient with PC applications including spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and reporting software and graphics packages\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Certification through American Health Information Management as Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Administration (RHIA).\n- KPHC IP/AMB experience.\n- Medical Terminology.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983186/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SSD Sr. Business Specialist - Pasadena", "reqid": "128897", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27983186}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Manager, Northern California Accounts Payable (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Manager, Northern California Accounts Payable\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Manager to oversee the Northern California Accounts Payable team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes operational objectives and work plans, and delegates assignments to subordinate managers.\n- Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.\n- Participates in the long-term strategic planning and direction setting of the function.\n- Develops and establishes operational policies within area managed.\n- Involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have KP-wide effect.\n- Participates in the development of overall functional objectives and KP goals.\n- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more departments or functions, through subordinates.\n- Accomplishes results through subordinates, who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments.\n- Develops performance requirements.\n- Determines and establishes organizational structures.\n- May have budget responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 8+ years of accounting experience to include extensive work in high volume Accounts Payable\n - 3+ years of management experience\n - Strong knowledge of : AP processing, P-Card processing, EDI, Electronic Commerce, Automated Workflow, Purchasing, and the matching process associated with Accounts Payable processing\n - Advanced knowledge of dues revenue, financial reporting, and business performance and working knowledge of other areas in Accounting function\n - Bachelor's degree in related field or 4 years of additional equivalent experience\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Master's degree, CPA, MBA or Management Accountant\n - Six Sigma experience\n - Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment\n - Involvement in system implementation and/or integration\n - Peoplesoft experience\n - 3+ years of experience in managing a large operations team", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983160/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager, Northern California Accounts Payable (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "132025", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27983160}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Procurement Specialist II - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nCoordinates the activities of less experienced staff in providing customer service to CA Service Area (CSA's) regional customers and suppliers to purchase and contract for products not covered by National Purchase Agreements.Identifies opportunities and supports compliance for regional and national standard products.Participates in determining department objectives and schedules work to accomplish objectives.Initiates regional contracting activities to support regional, national and SOX goals & objectives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Initiates Blanket Purchase Orders to support the ordering & payment processes of regional/national negotiated contracts\n- Negotiates and/or coordinates the negotiation of purchase contracts for all products and services not contracted by Broadlane and/or a Procurement & Supply Sourcing Manager/Director\n- Ensures optimization of supplier relationship supports business diversity and local business development; monitors compliance with product standards in the Region\n- Provides expertise in the interpretation and application of contracts and standards\n- Provides purchasing support and customer service to all medical centers, California Service Area regional customers and suppliers by managing timely interventions to assure contracts and pricing advantages are realized and customers receive products on time\n- Monitors external environment and internal trends, practices and utilization to identify sourcing opportunities.Identifies opportunities across product, equipment and service lines\n- Helps direct workload distribution and workflow analysis of the Procurement Specialist I\n- Responsibilities impact the Approved Purchase Channel SOX project goals to move non-compliant spend through designated/approved purchasing methods (e.g. Purchase Orders, pcard, etc.)\n- Contributes to the organizational savings goals through individual contract negotiations of regional contracts.\n- Enforces contract compliance with national standards by directing requestors to appropriate products provided by nationally contracted suppliers.\n- Coordinates system cross referencing (Corporate Item Master-CIM & BPO's) to national standards which enhance the product sourcing process for Materials Management.\n- Requires extensive knowledge of contracting terms & conditions to ensure proper organizational protection under contractual agreements with suppliers of products/services.\n- Negotiates Regional contracts (as needed) to support organizational policies & procedures and regulatory requirements (e.g. SOX, etc.).Supports Contract Managers with RFP/RFQ information and provides functional expertise to support BPO set up process.\n- Coordinates contract approvals with CA Contracting Manager and Sourcing Directors.Ensures required documentation is completed and included in finalized agreements.\n- Analyzes regional spend and determines viability of contracting efforts.Coordinates with appropriate requestors, P&S staff and Material Directors/Managers.\n- Responsible for the routing of all regional contracts assigned under category to obtain proper approvals from Finance, Legal, NPC, NMLT, and P&S approving parties. Ensures approved documents are available in contract database.\n- Determines best practice payment method(s) for negotiated contracts and implements BPO's meeting defined business requirements.\n- Resolves ordering/payment issues associated with BPO's assigned to suppliers.Requests appropriate documentation authorizing Contract extensions and associated payments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience in combination of purchasing, contracting, material management, finance or other related area, with a significant portion in the health care industry.\n- Extensive knowledge of contracts and contracting methods including RFP development, proposal evaluation, bidding practices, and negotiating Terms & Conditions.\n- Proficient in a variety of word-processing and spreadsheet applications.Material management software experience preferred.\n- Ability to effectively communicate with customers and build alliances with suppliers.\n- Materials Management System-MMS and/or Total Inventory Management System-TIMS knowledge preferred.\n- Analytical skills required.Knowledge of Excel spreadsheets and experience with macros to complete data analysis.Microsoft Access is an acceptable alternative.\n- Knowledge or products/services and their market environment within the scope of the Region's procurement and logistics program.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, material management, economics or related field, or equivalent experience.\n- Excellent communication and leadership skills.\n- Ability to work within a complex organization and act as a dynamic change agent.\n- Ability to act as a horizontal integrator across bureaucratic organizations.\n- Work effectively with all levels of management.\n- Strong business knowledge of warehousing, distribution and logistics analysis.\n- Able to effectively use project management and change management leadership skills to direct teams and individuals toward common goals.\n- Ability to influence peers and others where position has no direct authority.\n- Strong communications, presentation, project management, analytical, negotiation and sales skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment to develop alliances\n- Good understanding of contract Terms & Conditions with the ability to independently Negotiate acceptable Terms & Conditions for both parties.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Professional certification such as a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) preferred or education to achieve certification in-process.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:28:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983162/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Procurement Specialist II - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "132070", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27983162}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Legal - Administrative Assistant III\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLegal Administrative Assistant III\nKaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA\n\nSummary:\n\nThis position exists to provide administrative support for the Legal Department in its relations with internal and external customers. This includes dealing with sensitive, confidential information, drafting routine correspondence and complex editing of documents, creating an efficient automated and manual information system (i.e. filing system), scheduling appointments, heavy calendaring of meetings, vendor invoice management and processing, and making travel arrangements to ensure day-to-day operations run smoothly and effectively. This position will initially support the Deputy General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel and Practice Group Manager. \nEssential Functions:\n - Process sensitive and confidential information with the utmost judgment and tact, recognizing any time constraints and political implications and asking clarifying questions as appropriate.\n - Type documents quickly and accurately from attorney notes and other forms of communication, applying proofreading and grammar skills.\n - Check documents for ease of understanding.\n - Prepare materials for presentations using current standard software programs.\n - Prepare and edit complex Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents.\n - Proficient in Microsoft Office 2007.\n - Draft routine correspondence from brief notes or verbal requests.\n - Process the paper flow, including copying and distributing memos and reports.\n - Organize and assemble complex legal and other documents.\n - Check mailings to ensure that all relevant parties are included.\n - Coordinate supervisor(s)' calendars by scheduling/confirming hearings, meetings and appointments; schedule meetings with numerous individuals; make travel arrangements and process all necessary paperwork, including expense reports.\n - Stay well organized, establishing files (both manually and electronic).\n - Create and maintain computer indices of relevant information.\n - Maintain distribution lists.\n - Retrieve information in a timely manner.\n - Process invoices from external vendors who provide legal services and track/monitor work performed.\n - Answers telephones pursuant to department policy.\n - Use excellent telephone etiquette, representing the Legal Department and Kaiser Permanente in general to clients at all levels of the Program and to the public.\n - Demonstrate effectiveness and commitment to work product of each team (i.e., attorneys, other secretaries), and function as an integral part of that team.\n - Participates in department cross-training efforts with other members of the support staff.\n - Assists co-workers as needed to accomplish projects.\n - Perform tasks as required to ensure coverage for absent staff members.\n - Ability to assist other staff members during peak work demand periods.\n - Participates, provides input, and contributes to department projects and to the continuous improvement of the department as a whole.\n - Ability to interact with senior Executives, Board Members and staff or officials at Regulatory agencies, as necessary.\n - Able to prepare sensitive documents for presentation to such individuals or bodies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5 + years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the manager/director level, or related experience, in a fast paced, complex organization, executive level preferred.\nCustomer & Industry Knowledge\n - Inputs and edits complex or lengthy legal documents.\nFunctional/Technical Knowledge & Skills\nWord Processing:\n - Inputs and edits standard text for routine correspondence and reports.\n - Performs sorts and merges, prints mass mailings, selects font attributes and changes.\n - Inputs scientific, legal, or bilingual text or develops routine macros; multiple columns; routine tables; automatic footnotes, endnotes, or tables of contents.\n - Develops complex tables and charts (e.g. mathematical formulas, headers, font changes, highlighting, split cells). Imports and exports data and graphics files.\n - Develops complex macros.\n - Typing speed: 60 -70 wpm with a high level of accuracy.\n - High School Diploma, GED or related experience.\n - Substantial understanding of the job, and applies knowledge and skills to complete a wide range of tasks.\n - Ability to learn and apply a thorough understanding of the organization and its functional policies and processes.\n - Strong writing skills to create difficult and more detailed correspondence.\n - Basic to intermediate knowledge of two (2) or more of Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and/or Access, depending upon department or business needs.\n - Spreadsheets:\n - Inputs and updates data to established spreadsheets.\n - Designs routine spreadsheets, sets up routine formulas, prints desired selections.\n - Creates graphs and charts.\n - Designs complex spreadsheets, with multiple-functions formulas, and prints desired sections.\n - Links spreadsheets. Imports or exports spreadsheets to data or word processing files.\n - Creates graphics files and exports to word processing.\n - Develops complex spreadsheets involving statistical formulas or construction of look-up tables. Develops complex macros.\n - Proficiency in E Mail\n - Database:\n - Enters or edits data to existing database files.\n - Sets up new database files.\n - Runs pre-established reports and develops routine data lists through the report writer.\n - Designs and implements program modifications and improvements. Imports and exports data.\n - Develops complex management or scientific reports, using multiple databases.\n - Working knowledge of email and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.).\n - Ability to coordinate multiple and difficult calendars and arrange meetings.\n - Requires ability to learn and apply thorough understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - 3+ years legal experience\n - BA/BS\n - Paralegal Certificate desirable\n - Microsoft Excel 2007.\n - Lotus Notes.\n - Experience in preparing presentation materials with PowerPoint 2007.\n - Microsoft Word for Windows 2007.\n - Use of Legal Matter Management and Document Management applications a plus.\n - Familiarity with Access, Filemaker Pro and Docs Open/Hummingbird.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983154/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Legal - Administrative Assistant III", "reqid": "131578", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27983154}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Business Consulting Spec (Quality/Six Sigma)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nBusiness Cons/Analyst Spec\nOakland, CA\n\nReporting to the Site Quality Leader, this position gives direction and provides leadership, mentoring, evaluation and development of the Quality Analysts and Quality Auditors.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Develop, implement and monitor performance against short and long-range plans to achieve a total quality control.\n - Implement short and long-range plans relative to quality assurance.\n - Identify needs, and develop the quality inspection and supplier quality function.\n - Develop or modify quality procedures, metrics and processes to achieve quality and on time delivery goals.\n - Provide direction to ensure compliance with all applicable operational requirements, SOX and government regulations involving quality.\n - Select and develop competent supplier quality consultants, analysts and auditors to ensure quality goals are achieved.\n - Provide reports as required and drive corrective action and preventive action for timely and effective completion.\n - Assist as required in all qualify assurance functions as necessary.\n - Assure effective communication and reporting to Leadership.\n - Assure compliance with quality systems and initiatives such as internal auditing, statistical process control and testing.\n - Support the development and utilization of quality feedback tools to maintain and implement 'lessons learned'.\n - Support the achievement of Business Operating System Quality Goals and Objectives, as identified by the Leadership.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of ten (10) years, to include three (3) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline (such as AHIP or HIAA).\n- Preference for certification by professional society or industry group such as AHIP or HIAA.\n- Influences multiple cross-functional and/or multiple cross divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and system/process specifications.\n- May establish cross-functional task forces.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional areas and multiple cross functionally based on assignment.\n- Promulgates test plans.\n- Provides subject mater expertise to cross-divisional, common business areas.\n- Make recommendations regarding business strategy and policy development.\n- Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organization unit.\n- Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.\n- Makes fact-based decisions, sets priorities or chooses goals on the basis of calculated inputs and outputs (i.e., potential profit, return-on investment, EVA, or cost-benefit analysis).\n- Measures and tracks key business results and processes against external best practices and assess improvement in these terms.\n- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.\n- Defines and articulates strategies and changes based on their impact on customer/member satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates primary commitment to member/customer needs (before other requirements), intervening and taking dramatic action as needed.\n- Eliminates duplication and aligns systems across a market or service area to balance resources and ensure the delivery of quality member/customer service and care.\n- Maintains a view of multiple complex internal and external variables and interrelationships that impact Kaiser Permanente.\n- Uses organizational strategy as a framework for developing strategy for a particular market, service area or function.\n- Consistently makes decisions recommendations and takes actions which fully support targeted strategic changes, thinking three (3) or more years out.\n- Comment: Consultants make recommendations, operational managers make decisions.\n\nPreferred Qulifications:\n- Experience in the Healthcare industry\n- Experience in a quality function related to Factory Inspection and/or Calibration or closely related\n- Experience with Supplier Quality, Process Controls, Receiving inspection, In-process inspection, and Final inspection\n- Experience working with continuous improvement and problem solving tools including root cause corrective action, failure analysis, 8D charts and process flow diagrams.\n- Experience with Total Quality Management (TQM), CQI, or similar quality improvement systems\n- Minimum of 2 years managing people\n- 3 years minimum in a Total Quality Management function\n- Bachelor's degree in Engineering: Technical field.\n- Solid understanding of quality assurance testing tools and methodologies", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983153/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consulting Spec (Quality/Six Sigma)", "reqid": "131026", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27983153}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Senior Physical Therapist\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- The therapist in this position will see individuals with varied neurologic diagnosis, including; CVA, TBI, MS, Parkinson's, Balance, and Vestibular disorders.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge and skills in the examination, evaluation and treatment of individuals with neurological dysfunction.\n\nSchedule: Tues & Thurs 8:30am - 5:00pm, Fri 8:30am - 12:30pm", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983127/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Physical Therapist", "reqid": "131623", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 27983127}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Project Analyst ***Temporary***\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThis position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations and presenting results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for providing analytical support to a project or department.\n- This position handles a full range of project components in an independent and autonomous manner.\n- Organizes project tasks, structures information collection activities, and sets time lines for completion of required tasks.\n- Develops reports on analysis conducted, provides recommendations and makes formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.\n- Develops new approaches for finding additional needed information.\n- Demonstrates initiative in identifying alternative solutions to issues in the project or department which are reasonably complex and require an understanding of how the outcome will affect multiple areas/ departments.\n- Helps develop project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project.\n- Assists in assessing workforce needs resulting from project implementation.\n- Assists in identifying and developing performance management and training tools.\n- Develops mechanism by which to track project best practices in order to ensure these are leveraged into comparable future projects.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- At the direction of the department directors and Chiefs, analyze patient access strategies, design new workflow's, and evaluate changes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) to three (3) years of related experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in area specific to the position or project.\n- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, and critical thinking.\n- Strong project organizational skills\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nTemporary:\nExpected Length of Employment: Up to 9 weeks.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983126/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Analyst ***Temporary***", "reqid": "131640", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27983126}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Health Education Manager Nutrition Services\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThis position is responsible for management of HED clinical nutrition care services & programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulations & The Joint Commission requirements\n- Supervises staff engaged in clinical nutrition services to include HED Registered Dietitians & HED Staff, Health Educators, HED Assistants, & Cashier/Receptionist\n- Assists in developing, implementing, & maintaining Clinical Nutrition Care Standards\n- Provides input into budget process\n- Implements & monitors budget plans for areas of responsibility\n- Directs & conducts quality assurance audits\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Hire, train and supervise outpatient dietitians in Health Education and other outpatient clinical departments.\n- Clinical nutrition patient care.\n- Plan, develop, oversee and teach nutrition, diabetes, heart health and other chronic conditions patient education programs.\n- Participate as active member of Health Education leadership team and actively partner with regional or community workgroups to promote healthy nutrition and nutrition education.\n- Interact and collaborate with physicians and other managers in the development and implementation of high quality nutrition and chronic conditions programs and services.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years of recent food service or clinical experience in healthcare setting\n- Supervisory/management experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in Food and/or Nutrition Science\n- Registered Dietitian required\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date\n- Knowledge of the American Dietetic Association and American Society for Parental and Enteral Nutrition standards\n- Demonstrated communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills required\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2-3 years of supervisory/ management experience in clinical nutrition services preferred.\n- Masters Degree in Nutrition or related field.\n- Certified Diabetes Educator.\n\nSchedule: Part time position willwork 4-5 days per week.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983128/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Manager Nutrition Services", "reqid": "131650", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27983128}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Manger Team [Evening TSR Team Manager]\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nSupervises the a single shift of telephone representatives. Ensures high productivity.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Hires, trains, & supervises competent, productive, motivated staff to provide high quality telephone service to Kaiser members.\n- Coordinates & directs daily shift operations in collaboration w/ other supervisors.\n- Ensures cost effective operations while remaining within budgetary guidelines on daily basis.\n- Participates in establishment of group budget.\n- Collaborates w/ management team to plan & achieve center goals & objectives.\n- Ensures all are answered on a timely basis.\n- Assists staff w/ resolving the more complex questions &/or calls.\n- Troubleshoots minor problems w/ computers & phones.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications: - Previous experience (usually 1-2 years) in a supervisory or operations role required, preferably in a healthcare setting.\n- Experience in medical office/ambulatory care preferred.\n- Experience in staffing/scheduling preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience preferred.\n- Equipment knowledge (i.e., ACD, VRU, LAN) about basis operation & purpose required.\n- Basic knowledge of PCs & related software required.\n- Must have ability to perform multiple tasks in a heavy workload environment.\n- Bilingual skills in Spanish or Cantonese preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983132/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manger Team [Evening TSR Team Manager]", "reqid": "131829", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27983132}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Certified Occupational Health Technician - Grade 215\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Answers patient calls and obtains intake information.\n- May schedule appointments based on clinic protocol.\n- Responds to employer inquires regarding Occupational Health and Safety Services.\n- Coordinates the provision of OH&S services and maintains appropriate records.\n- May administer intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal injections, and medication by inhalation under authorization and supervision of a physician.\n- Expected to perform audiometry, spirometry, urine drug collection and breath alcohol testing.\n- May perform other duties as required, including wound dressing changes, faxing reports, scanning and filing documents, pulling patient records and computer data entry.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma\n- Two years of clinical experience within the last five years.\nMA certificate; plus evidence of certification in spirometry screening, audiometry screening (CAOHC Certified), Breath Alcohol Testing (DOT Approved), and urine drug collection (DOT Approved). Candidate will be considered with minimum of two certifications but must have all four certifications completed within 180 days of hire.\n- One year of recent occupational health clinical experience.\n- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel preferred.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983121/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Occupational Health Technician - Grade 215", "reqid": "130556", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27983121}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nResponsible for providing clinical nutrition care & services to patients/clients in response to protocol & physician's orders to include the following: assessment of Patient's nutritional risks/status, development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients, counseling of patients & family members, and education of patients, family members & caregivers. In addition, hospital Based RD work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, & work to establish quality standard w/ staff and services provided may be on medical center wide basis, in specialty area (e.g. ambulatory, maternal/child health, home health, hospice, etc.) &/or across the continuum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides comprehensive nutritional care, which is customer focused & cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards, to our members.\n- Provides nutritional screening & assessment of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention.\n- In accordance with physician orders, develop individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, & religious practices.\n- Conducts audits &/or menu reviews, & ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements & physician's orders for individual patients to include size, age, gender, cultural backgrounds, preferences, diagnosis, pain level, & religious practices.\n- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle.\n- Documents in the medical records as appropriate.\n- Coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality & accuracy of the food served to the patients.\n- Monitors the accuracy of the tray related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual.\n- Checks for quality of product & is responsible for corrections & quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor.\n- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, & follows the care & progress of the patients per protocol.\n- Participate in the design, development & implementation of high quality, cost effective food & clinical nutrition programs, policies & practices in the medical center, & ensure compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements.\n- Assists in the development, implementation & maintenance of nutrition care, & service standards.\n- Participates in the development & implementation of quality, service & performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services.\n- Contributes to the overall cost structure & service improvement goals of the Service Area.\n- Conducts quality assurance audits & participates in committees & meetings to receive & report information.\n- Assists in compiling audit information & standard setting.\n- Provide feedback to Division Food & Clinical Nutrition Services staff or menu modifications & revision.\n- Provides input to the budget process.\n- May provide in-service training to staff.\n- Participates in the organizations quality program.\n- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets & goals.\n- Performs quality audits, reviews work, & assists others to improve performance.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- May mentor, assist, review, assign, correct, organize and/or coordinate the work of new employees, students, Nutrition Aides, Nutrition Clerks, Nutrition Assistants and Diet Technician Registered but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian. If working in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), must have at least one (1) year of experience in clinical nutrition as a registered dietitian.\n- Bachelor's degree in Food &/or Nutritional Science.\n- Current registration w/ the Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA), & American Society for Partenteral & Enteral Nutrition.\n- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, & local regulations, & The Joint Commission requirements.\n- Strong communication, interpersonal, & customer service skills required.\n- Collaboration & problem solving skills required.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to position specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: On-Call, 0hrs. Scheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983124/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Dietitian I - Grade 30", "reqid": "130676", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 27983124}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Senior Licensed Vocational Nurse - Outpatient Nursing (W12-28)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nProvides nursing care, under the direct supervision of a RN or physician, in accordance w/ the legal scope of practice & w/in established standards of care, policies, & procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent w/ the Medical Center Vision, Mission, & Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality & effectiveness in work habits & clinical practice; & treats co-workers, patients, families, & all members of the health care team w/ dignity & respect.\nThe classification shall only apply to:\n1. LVN's working in an outpatient area who are specifically & regularly assigned by the Employer to direct the work of other employees in a work area for the major portion of a shift; or\n2. LVN's working in an outpatient clinical area who are specifically & regularly assigned by the Employer to be in charge of a unit/dept.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Licensed Vocational Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, & behaviors:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibility, & applicable state, federal & local laws.\n- Utilizes effective communication strategies, including chain of command & issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes.\n- Mentors & orients others in skill & behavioral learning.\n- Demonstrates ability to problem solve w/ other departments in order to assist member problem resolution.\n- Prioritizes & delegates work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities.\n- Complies w/ regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, & standards of practice.\n- Performs patient care activities, w/in the scope of competency, considering age-related needs of the patient as assigned.\n- Reports unusual findings to the physician &/or RN & contributes recommendations for revision to the plan of care.\n- Adheres to medical center standards, which customize care for age-related needs of the population served.\n- Keeps health care team members informed regarding patients' responses to interventions.\n- Collaborates w/ physician &/or RN to develop individualized plan of care that reflects clinical findings, planning, implementing, & evaluating the outcomes of that plan.\n- Monitors patients' progress based on the plan.\n- Collaborates w/ physician &/or RN to assure patient/family education.\n- Charting is legible, dated, & timed.\n- Documentation reflects thorough data collection & care provided.\n- Complies w/ Patient Safety Standards.\n- Discusses patient findings & progress toward outcomes w/ physicians, RN, & other members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period & ongoing by completion of departmental competency validation.\n- Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, & measuring/monitoring, assessing & improving.\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center & specified dept.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening & taking responsibility w/in scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms & patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively & seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Perform other duties as specified in full job description.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year acute care experience (within past four years).\n- One year acute care experience (within past four years) if working in a Home Health/Hospice Department.\n- Experience requirements may be waived or modified when an appropriate program or course is available and successfully completed for New Graduate LVNs or for area of specialization.\n- UROLOGY - 1-year full or part-time (within the last 3 years) equivalent experience in acute adult care on a Med/Surg Unit. Current ACLS card may be required.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Current California Vocational Nurse License.\n- BLS certification.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983117/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Licensed Vocational Nurse - Outpatient Nursing (W12-28)", "reqid": "129438", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27983117}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Chronic Conditions Management Program Assistant - Grade 400 (1401)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThe Program Assistant works under the direction of the CCM Manager &/or care/case managers to support the delivery & daily operations of CCM Population & care/case management programs. Support includes, but is not limited to, clerical duties, managing office logistics; facilitating communication w/ members, primary care team staff, & other departments & services, processing & maintaining databases, & maintaining program resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides logistical support for classes, group visits, & clinics\n- Confirms schedule w/ providers & presenters & provides reminder calls/letters to patients\n- Assists in preparing charts & supplies & assists patients in completing program questionnaire or log as needed\n- Checks blood pressure, pulse, respiration's, height, weight, peak flows, & spirometry or downloads glucose meters as needed\n- Conducts visit registration & scheduling of telephone & clinic visits\n- Coordinates or provides resources for patient-specific prevention activities\n- Registers members for visits & generates OSCR forms per medical facility policy\n- Processes referrals, schedule classes, & follow-up appointments as directed by care/case managers\n- Contacts overdue patients by phone or letter at direction of care/case managers\n- Maintains computer databases, adds, & deletes patients into the Patient Alert System using program guidelines\n- Manipulates & utilizes data in current patient population, management report system.\n- Enters patients in care/case management software programs & maintains data as appropriate, e.g., AmCare, Lotus Notes Case Management System, Cholesterol Management Program, MULTIFIT Program, etc.\n- Maintains Access or Excel patient logs if used in conjunction w/ care/case management software applications\n- Manipulates & utilizes data to generate reports & queries as needed.\n- Maintains daily program operations & prepares, maintains, & provides member packets for enrollment, group visits, classes, &/or clinics\n- Sends letters to patients and patients' providers & makes copies of program materials, send faxes as needed\n- Establishes & maintains a department filing system\n- Answers phone & voice mail, routes messages to appropriate person, & provides call backs to patients relaying responses from care/case manager\n- Sorts & routes department mail & orders & transfers charts at the direction of care/case managers\n- Sends memos & progress notes to patient's MD/NPs\n- Contacts patients by phone or by letter at direction of care/case managers for follow-up\n- Upon program completion, places patients on booking list for routine follow-up appointment w/ their primary care MD/NP per medical center policy\n- Orders office & program supplies & works w/ care/case managers & other staff to maintain patient education resources, including inventory, ordering, & distribution\n- Communicates w/ Schedule Maintenance Department regarding care/case manager schedules\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one-year secretarial and/or medical setting/front office experience required.\n- High School Diploma/GED .\n- MA certificate preferred and may be required in certain circumstances.\n- BLS may be required per medical center policy\n- Skills and knowledge of Medical Assistant preferred and may be required for a specific program per medical center policy.\n- Proficient and legible advanced writing, reading, and arithmetic skills required.\n- A minimum of intermediate tested proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel required, and ability to learn complex software programs, including databases, required.\n- Keyboarding at least 40 wpm required.\n- A service orientation and openness to creative and innovative approaches to providing service characterized by cultural sensitivity, respect, and polite communication with patients, staff members, and visitors required.\n- Strong organization and task management skills required, multi-tasking skills in a busy environment required.\n- Ability to be self-motivated, to work independently, and to work as a team member required.\n- The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to be self motivated, to work independently, and to work in a busy environment.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA in Business or Health related field strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of KP systems (e.g., PARRS, RegPlus, CIPS) strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of ordering materials and monitoring inventory strongly preferred.\n- Good attendance strongly preferred.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (40 WPM), Intermeditate testing in Microsoft Word and Excel", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983108/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chronic Conditions Management Program Assistant - Grade 400 (1401)", "reqid": "128887", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27983108}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:27:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983109/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4", "reqid": "129001", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27983109}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Radiology Technologist - OC\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nTakes x-ray exposures of patients as requested by referring physicians. Explains x-ray procedure to pa-tients, assures safety of patients, reviews films to assure appropriate images, & prepares files & reports.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient, confirms image to be taken, & explains x-ray procedure to patient.\n- Reviews patient's medical history prior to performing x-ray procedure & confirms that patient has signed a contrast media consent form if needed.\n- Takes x-ray exposures of patient following protocol for position of body, intensity of radiation, & time of exposure.\n- Processes film & inspects images to determine that images meet the requirements of radiologist.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient information files showing patient's name, date of x-ray, referring physician, & number of exposures.\n- Prepares & submits reports showing the number & type of x-rays.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma / GED.\n- Completion of formal training in radiologic technology.\n- RT certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology required.\n- Licensed in appropriate jurisdiction required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a radiologic technologist preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983069/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiology Technologist - OC", "reqid": "132033", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 27983069}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist - FT\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nUnder the supervision of the Radiology Supervisor, performs a variety of MRI procedures & departmental support functions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs MRI examinations of the brain, body, spine & extremities on patients of all ages effectively adjusting scanning parameters for different patient body habitus. Se-lects & modifies technical factors to enhance images; uses flare & SAT imaging tech-niques. Determines appropriate equipment for scanning up to but not limited to body coils.\n- Identifies gross pathology in the human body & adjusts T1 & T2 scanning parameters to provide pertinent information for interpretation. Adjusts parameters of equipment to minimize risk factors to self & patient.\n- Effectively performs Diffusion studies, MR Angiograms, reformats & MIP imaging. Per-forms specialized exams i.e. MRA runoffs & post arthrogram work ups.\n- Effectively uses magnetic resonance & adjusts parameters to minimize exposure to patient & self. Follows established protocols & effectively uses scanning techniques to include, window & contrast levels, scanning time sequences, scanning delays, scan-ning thickness, FOV, scout images, reformatting, image reconstruct & 3-D image re-construct. Photographs, archives & retrieves images.\n- Is certified to start & remove IV lines for contrast studies per established departmental policy & procedure. Identifies & responds to IV contrast reactions up to & including calling emergency personnel. Proficient in the use of an IV Contrast Power Injector.\n- Identifies each patient, reviews each patient's requisition & previous studies for consis-tency (examination ordered/clinical diagnosis), & records pertinent data on MRI requi-sition at all times. Responsible for performing comprehensive screening of patients & other individuals before allowing them to enter the MR system room.\n- Effectively explains, knows, & informs anyone entering the MR system room the dan-ger associated w/ implants & devices, in addition to pacemakers, implantable cardio-verter defibrillators (ICDs), & loose objects.\n- Reviews each examination for technical accuracy, presents completed examination to radiologist, & communicates pertinent data to persons responsible for the care of the patient following the procedure.\n- Identifies anatomical orientation on all required images & ensures proper film identifi-cation on all images.\n- Maintains daily patient MRI 'log' documenting correctly & accurately patient informa-tion to ensure the quality of patient care.\no patient's full name\no patient's member number\no patient's physician\no type & amount of contrast used\no examination performed\n- Demonstrates ability to organize patient care & set priorities by providing critical care first & by implementing the physician's orders.\n- Performs proper computer skills & shows working knowledge of patient orders, status changes, patient charges & profiles.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include weekends.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year experience as a MRI technologist or ARRT advanced certification registry eligible w/ 2 years recent experience as a Radiologic technologist w/ ARRT required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Graduate of an accredited radiology technology program or MRI Accredited Certificate Program required.\n- ARRT advanced certification registry eligible required.\n- Current in ARRT or ARMRIT CEU requirements required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- 'Venipuncture competency check off' required w/in 3 months of hire.\n- Registered w/ the ARRT & MRI certified w/in 12 months of employment or have current ARMRIT Certification required.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983068/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist - FT", "reqid": "132029", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 27983068}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Optometrist-OC\nLocation: Largo, MD\n*On Call rotating schedule. Hours are between Mon - Fri 8:00amor 8:30am to 4:30pmor 5:00pm including 6 Saturdays/per year.\n** Willing to float within centers in DC/SM.\n\nTo examine patients having full range of visual problems, diagnose visual diseases, disorders, & deficiencies, & prescribe treatment as licensed & credited. To refer patients to other appropriate KP providers as needed for further evaluation & treatment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Examines patients having a full range of visual problems by using a full field of optometry instruments & techniques.\n- Diagnoses visual diseases, disorders, & deficiencies & prescribes treatment according to the laws of the State of Maryland, District, or Commonwealth.\n- Prescribes & fits contact lenses.\n- Determines visual requirements of the partially sighted. Prescribes low-vision aids such as telescopic & microscopic lenses, magnifiers, & other optical devices to aid low-vision patients.\n- In the state or jurisdiction in which licensed or under the standing orders of a physician, uses diagnostic pharmaceutical agents to detect & diagnose ocular pathology. Uses examination techniques to determine ocular signs of systemic diseases and medications.\n- Refers patients to other appropriate Kaiser Permanente providers as needed for further evaluation & treatment.\n- Participates in departmental & educational meetings including peer review activities within the department and medical facility.\n- Consults regularly w/ internal medicine, pediatrics, & ophthalmology on patient care issues.\n- Assists in implementing eye care in-service education programs for medical center staff & at patient education seminars.\n- Under the standing orders of a physician & in co-management w/ an ophthalmologist, evaluates & manages stated anterior segment disorders.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year of experience required.\n- Graduation from an accredited school of Optometry required.\n- License in good standing in State of Maryland, District of Columbia, or Virginia required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 or more years of experience in an interdisciplinary health care environment preferred.\n- Accredited residency in Optometry preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983066/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optometrist-OC", "reqid": "131992", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 27983066}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Product Manager\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nThe Product Manager develops overall product vision and strategy for the ClaimsConnect application. Responsibility for strategy includes product definition and development cycle, implementation and maintenance, as well as demonstrating the benefit derived from the product. This is accomplished by designing/evolving the ClaimsConnect System and associated products which balance user needs against organizational capabilities. Job requires enlisting stakeholder input and support, leading user-centered design and development of cost benefit models.\n\nThe Product Manager role is responsible for the successful delivery of all ClaimsConnect releases. This position will be responsible for developing, executing and maintaining the application roadmap for ClaimsConnect. The Product Manager is the day-to-day contact with business partners to plan and deliver application investment projects, and to monitor and improve production system performance. Key deliverables in this role include product roadmaps, program work plans and budgets, request assessments (LOE), SBARs as well as standard project deliverables such as Concept, Requirements, and Logical Solution Designs.\n\nThe individual in this high profile and strategic position will work closely with business partners and information technology professionals by:\n- Overseeing all projects for the ClaimsConnect application.\n- Day-to-day contact with business partners and participation in committees and leadership of program and project teams.\n- Planning and delivering enhancements and defects in both planned and out of cycle application releases\n- Managing cross-functional design and project implementation teams\n- Providing financial, schedule, and resource management\n- Understanding current systems and their functional capabilities\n- Provides integrated systems planning and recommends alternative technologies that will enhance current or anticipated information systems that support overall business goals\n- Leads the review and design concepts for new system changes and develops and documents the logical design for the integration and implementation of the software\n- Ensures the development of plans for integration of new systems architecture into current infrastructure\n- Directs the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions\n- Communicates benefits and risks to ensure understanding by all stakeholders. Jointly develops risk assessment of plan with business partners.\n- Maintain strong linkage and communications with business and KPIT functions are essential.\n- Complete understanding of KPIT's processes and development methodologies.\n- Contributing to the annual planning and budgeting process for the supported applications\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop and sustain customer service/IT consulting relationships with ClaimsConnect Program Management and KP business partners as well as cross functional areas including architecture, design, development, testing and release management.\n- Exhibit leadership ability to motivate, set achievable objectives, maintain a positive outlook, take responsibility, make decisions and provide constructive feedback.\n- Standardize and monitor multiple projects using KP-IT project management methodologies.\n- Ensure program and project data is accurate and available for review by the ClaimsConnect Program Management, business partners and KP-IT management on a consistent and frequent basis.\n- Use negotiation skills to achieve successful project outcomes around issues, scope, schedule, costs/budget and resources.\n- Manage resources as well as matrix manage project managers and teams from other KP-IT groups who supply resources and services for successful delivery. Indirect oversight will include all technical services functions supporting life-cycle product delivery\n- Understand National and State requirements specific to impact of Claims processing and include in short and long term application road map.\n- Responsible for coordinating work across the national and regional teams to ensure applications are delivered and perform effectively for all stakeholders.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- 10 years experience in solutions consulting including defining requirements, developing solution alternatives and estimates and translating client's business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs for large complex IT solutions.\n- 5 years experience in client relationship management, vendor or consulting firm relationship management. This includes the following: Must be decisive and have the ability to influence others with project teams and all levels of management, direct, mentor or coach others, and effectively address issues and handle conflicts.\n- Demonstrated success in design and implementation of software in a large-scale environment and includes a broad understanding of IT application projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n- The candidate must have experience working in a matrix team environment for a large organization\n- 5 years of experience in a senior solutions design, integration architect role using system development life cycle methodologies, or as a program/project manager managing projects of all sizes, including multi-million dollars).\n- Proven expertise in leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects\n- Minimum 5 years Application Design experience\n- Excellent customer relationship management and customer service skills\n- Ability to understand a customer's business and how IT contributes to the delivery of their product or service\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into understandable terms and is able to tailor communication to audience, mediate and facilitate communications between others, and communicate product roadmap to all levels of management and customers\n- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills\n- Strong collaboration, documentation and presentation skills\n- In -depth knowledge of associated technology areas that could impact area of responsibility is expected\n- Ability to synthesize and abstract complex data/information, and lead complex decision processes to produce strategic solutions that enhance KP's competitiveness in the product area.\n- Ability to gain buy-in from stakeholders to resolve significant architecture issues\n- Proven leadership skills\n- Experience performing business analysis, software design, and project management\n- Experience using structured software life cycle & development methodologies (RUP, RM-ODP, RAD, etc.)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Healthcare or insurance industry experience is preferred.\n - Demonstrated leadership with a deep technology and business acumen.\n - Consulting experience with an emphasis on delivery of complex enterprise solutions\n - Significant experience in implementing software packages,\n - Significant experience working with application vendors and system integrator\n - Diamond, Xcelys or other claims processing software experience is highly desired", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983053/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Product Manager", "reqid": "132071", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27983053}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Principal Application Architect\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nThe ClaimsConnect Architect is responsible for technology planning and architecture for our highly complex claims system for the largest health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. This position will be responsible for creating the reference architectures, architecture roadmaps, evaluates and manages technology standards for the application architecture domain as well as providing application architecture/solution architecture consulting services to the various mega-programs and projects across the enterprise. This individual will need to be adept at Agile architecture, design and development methodologies and be able to bridge and lead with emerging technology, concepts, and approaches. It's the perfect setting for an outgoing architect with a desire to partner with our business and IT. We're the visionaries driving the business to see the possibilities found within technology.\n\nEssentialFunctions:\n- To function as an application architect on initiatives and provide end-to-end architecture for the ClaimsConnect application.\n- Apply architectural principles, guidelines, standards, reference architecture, patterns & frameworks to deliver consistent and cost effective frameworks for re-use as well as solution architecture consulting.\n- Influence technology decisions & directions for the ClaimsConnect application. Must have good business acumen, broad knowledge of technologies & tools and be a subject matter expert in certain areas.\n- Establish and maintain close working relationships with senior management and key business stakeholders to understand goals & requirements.\n- Develop research on emerging technologies with key benefits and risks for proposals on changes to technology.\n- Hands-on experience is a must in Proof of Technologies and prototypes, with proven track record.\n- Participate in and/or conduct architectural, design and code reviews.\n- Articulate the architecture/design in various UML/non-UML diagrams and guide the development team and/or other architects to leverage and implement the solution.\n- Be able to quickly understand and synthesize the business requirements and help the various stakeholders in visualizing the solution.\n- Able to connect technology and concepts to financial impacts resulting in Total Cost of Operations (TCO) estimates and projections.\n- Continuously looks for ways to reduce cost and increase speed to market.\n- Strong leadership skills to bring all the stakeholders together; consensus builder and thought leader.\n- Highly skilled at creating executive level summaries from ground level work up to high level abstract strategies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nBachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n15 years of experience in solutions consulting including defining requirements, developing solution alternatives and estimates and translating client's business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs for large complex IT solutions.\n10 years of experience with application architecture\n5 years experience in enterprise architecture practices (with large companies) with solid understanding and utilization of different architectural frameworks in addressing enterprise, business, and IT problems\n5 years experience with SOA and system modernization technologies\nCapable of identifying emerging information technologies that may improve the claims solution- this would entail knowing current and emerging technologies in and out of healthcare\nCapable of defining future architecture strategies based on technology trends and KP business needs\nCapable of providing guidance to programs and projects on the use of technologies with hands-on approaches, if needed\nExperience working in large organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments\nThe ability to use UML and architecture patterns to convey core architecture concepts as part of an oral presentation to the both technical and non-technical executive leadership is required. (A review of architecture artifacts which contain models that the architect has composed will be required as a part of the interview process)\nStrong customer focus with a demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with business sponsors and technologists\nMust have experience in leading full life-cycle end to end software development solutions in the past to ensure architectures are applicable and relevant to solutioning.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - Knowledge and experience with Healthcare industry (business processes and functions), standards, and regulations\n - Experience with IT Strategy Planning in developing 3-5 year IT strategic roadmaps (IT Strategy Plan) integrated with business strategies\n - Proven track record in leading and managing strategy execution of $100 million+ business transformation program.\n - Experience with Healthcare reference terminology and HL7 standards groups,\n - Understanding of healthcare system design and business models for healthcare including care delivery, health plan, and compliance.\n - Strong healthcare knowledge around standards, informatics, and data management.\n - Experienced with developing and enforcing metrics and KPIs\n - Well-balanced and adaptable in different leadership and communications styles\n - Preferable for candidates to have published research or articles", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983054/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Principal Application Architect", "reqid": "132072", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27983054}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Lead Technical Business Analyst\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nThis position is responsible for refining requirements and developing solutions and driving process improvement for the ClaimsConnect application. In this role, you will work as a subject matter expert documenting and standardize existing processes and to develop recommendations for implementing system solutions for change requests and complex defect resolution.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.\n - Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.\n - Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs)\n - Utilize your experience in using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems and methodologies required.\n - Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously\n - Work independently with users to define concepts and under direction of project managers\n - Drive and challenge business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans\n - Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.\n - Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.\n - Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.\n - Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.\n - Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.\n - Lead process change requests within the ClaimsConnect application by identifying and documenting existing requests and workflows, identifying process improvement opportunities and developing recommendations for implementation (short and long-term)\n - Drive cross-functional, cross-departmental delivery of services through improved, end-user focused processes\n - Identify process efficiencies leading to potential cost reductions, increased capacity and improvements in quality and service delivery\n - Provide process leadership and influence direction of SME teams to drive standardization\n - Coordinate with other teams to identify cross-program dependencies\n - Deliver comprehensive process documentation for use in platform model; create and maintain appropriate process artifacts\n - Identify defects, standardize and improve processes\n - Enhance individual and team performance by creating a climate of consistent and continuous learning (promote new ideas, conduct knowledge sharing)\n - Facilitate and lead the process documentation, standardization, optimization, and design of key processes and systems related to claims processing and workflow\n - Identify and document the value add for all proposed changes (financial results, defect reduction, improved cycle time, etc.)\n - Actively participate in the analysis of data and development of recommendations and action plans\n - Actively seek out new knowledge on industry standards and process management methodologies and apply to application\n - Provide input to change management activities\n - Engage leadership and stakeholders to obtain support and buy in for changes\n - Develop actionable and targeted change management plans, which may include communication plan, training plan, change readiness plan and deployment plans\n - Champion improvement efforts and a continual process improvement culture\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 8 years of experience in documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and developing business cases to support IT solutions.\n - 8 or more years of technical business analysis with strong competency in critical thinking and data analysis\n - Excellent communication (oral and written) and personal interaction skills\n - Detail-oriented with extensive experience in documenting technical system requirements and process; demonstrated excellence in analysis, documentation, and presentation tools\n - Strong meeting facilitation skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Advanced Degree such as MBA highly desired\n - Degree (undergraduate or graduate) in Healthcare Information Systems\n - A minimum of 9 years of process improvement, consulting, or related business experience\n - Previous health care or health insurance experience.\n - Highly proficient in the use of Project and Process Management tools such as MS Project and Visio", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983052/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Lead Technical Business Analyst", "reqid": "132078", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27983052}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Lead Java Developer\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Lead Java Developer to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nTheDeveloper position will be part of a development team that is enhancing the ClaimsConnect application. The developer will be required to design, develop and unit test components. In addition to solid development skills, the candidate filling the position must have experience with service oriented architecture, system integration techniques and have the demeanor and communication skills required for working closely with other business and IT partners in a highly collaborative environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Works with Information Technology architects to ensure application integration.\n- Participates in evaluations of new tools and techniques needed for ClaimsConnect infrastructure.\n- Participates in evaluations of new development technology and tools.\n- Evaluates and/or proposes application architecture and design, development and maintenance programming deliverables, technology tools, standards and associated technology processes for application/software systems.\n- Provides consultation to the project team on application development components, work structures and types of resources.\n- Contributes to task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules.\n- Support the creation and maintain comprehensive documentation and is proactive to identify new possible solutions.\n- Participates in code reviews of Java and SQL code; design and write web services, train others to build and write services and provide overall technical direction to peers.\n- Matrixed organizational background needed to coordinate the delivery of program changes within a planned release schedule.\n- Detailed product support root cause analysis techniques and resolution analysis capabilities\n- Reviews, evaluates and contributes to project plans.\n- May perform as 'Lead' on a project.\n- Provides recommendations and guidelines for gathering client requirements.\n- Recommends methodologies, tools, best practices, and alternative methods to support business requirements.\n- Performs in consulting role on internal and industry Information Technology technical and business process capabilities, including leadership in the identification and recommendation of new Information Technology opportunities.\n- Recommends solutions to non-standard or exception-based issues for projects.\n- Provides expert advice and guidance in the selection of applications technologies, applying risk analysis techniques.\n- Recommends methodologies, tools, best practices, and alternative methods to support business requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 6 years of experience in development of new programs/application or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n - Proficient in designing using all/any available development methodologies.\n - 5 years experience with Java/J2EE development skills and excellent understanding of object-oriented analysis, design and programming.\n - Experience with Powerbuilder\n - Development experience with PL/SQL and experience with Oracle database products and database design.\n - Development experience with Websphere Portal Experience\n - Development experience with .NET framework\n - Development experience with open source development tools, e.g. Subversion, Maven, CruiseControl, ANT\n - Experience with SOA and Enterprise Service Bus\n - Development experience using Rational Application Developer or Eclipse development environments; Borland Together or other Design tools\n - Knowledge of Agile Methodologies\n - VSS, CVS Change Control\n - C++, C#\n - VB\n - ECMAP\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - MBA or MS degree is a plus\n - Healthcare, Health Plan or Pharmacy experience\n - Eight or more years of experience with large-scale Claims or other Healthcare/Health plan implementations\n - Experience with Diamond or Xcelys Claims Systems", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:26:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983055/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Lead Java Developer", "reqid": "132079", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27983055}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: ClaimsConnect Design and Development Manager\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan claims processing. These capabilities are supported by large complex multi-year IT projects. The KPIT HP Claims Sub-Portfolio seeks a Development Manager to build a strong development unit to work with our business clients and application vendor to ensure the successful delivery of these IT solutions. You will be joining a high performing motivated team of business and IT professionals eager to deliver outstanding solutions against aggressive timetables.\n\nThe position has primary Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) responsibility for ensuring the successful development, installation and implementation of a claims technology (ClaimsConnect) platform that supports all insurance products in the following geographic areas: Northern CA, Southern CA, CO, HI, OR, WA, OH and Mid Atlantic States. The end-state technology will receive and adjudicate all referrals, authorizations, hospital, and professional claims, and all internal encounters. The technological suite must be in full compliance with all regulations, accreditation and SOX standards related to the management of Claims implementation.\n\nThe Application Development Manager's role is to plan, coordinate, and manage all activities related to the design, development, and implementation of ClaimsConnect, the enterprise claims application. The manager is also responsible for maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing applications. This individual will apply their excellent communication skills, problem-solving abilities, technical skills and knowledge of industry best practices to guide and develop their team while improving the company's efficiency and effectiveness.\n\nThe manager will have responsibility for the continued development of the ClaimsConnect application and will build and manage a team of 15+ architects, development engineers and potentially on/off shore contractors.Due to the complexity and interdependencies of our systems, strong system integration knowledge is necessary including SOA, Web Services and ETL functions. Kaiser Permanente has a very large, structured IT organization that requires compliance to technical and procedural standards. Goals are accomplished via collaboration with other IT and business organizations, requiring excellent planning, coordination, and communication skills.\n\nThe ClaimsConnect Development Manager reports to the Director of the Health Plan BIO Claims Sub Portfolio. The Health Plan - Claims Subportfolio is a blend of developers, business/solution consultants, architects and release management. The manager is responsible and accountable for the delivery of projects and production applications for the ClaimsConnect application. The Manager has day-to-day contact with application vendor, project management teams, HP Sub-Portfolio Directors, and business partners to plan and deliver application investment projects, and to monitor and improve production system performance.\n\nThe preferred location for this position is Lake Oswego, OR.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Hire, train and retain top quality development staff. This role is expected to ensure high quality staff are available and allocated to Project Managers to meet multiple project demands.\n - Establish departmental strategy and tactics, and support the external business customer's.\n - Manage team leads and professional/technical employees and ensure deliverables are met or exceeded. Establish objectives and assignments and delegates to team leads and technical/professional employees.\n - Manage contractors, offshore resources and/or matrixed employees and Vendor managed teams.\n - Work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives. Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.\n - Assure adherence to budgets, schedules work plans, and performance requirements.\n - Manage, create and assure adherence for vendor deliverable SOWs and SLAs\n - Manages a team of developers, data management analysts, and solution consultants, who may be geographically dispersed in Pleasanton, Portland, Pasadena, Silver Springs.\n - Daily contact with HP BIO Managers, Product Managers, Vendor managers and business partners and participation in committees and leadership of program and project teams in the functional domain area.\n - Manage teams to plan and manage the IT portion of business initiatives, including application analytics, development, testing and implementation.\n - Annual planning and budgeting process for the supported applications. Develop multi-year plans to support the ClaimsConnect Platform. Establishes and ensures budgets and schedules meet KP-IT requirements.This includes all quarterly/annual planning and multi-year planning.\n - Manage solution architects who deliver physical design documents which realize the logical design documents and the business requirements which deliver the product to the business.\n - Manage the technology migrations required for the ClaimsConnect Platform\n - HR responsibilities to include, development, evaluation, training, and recognition programs. Makes decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures operation's effective achievement of objectives\n - Manages staff in such a manner that they maintain strong linkages and communications with business partners and other KPIT functional areas.\n - Establishes strategy and tactics within area of responsibility, and may contribute to KP-IT strategy formulation.\n - Participate in design reviews and lead code reviews across multiple project teams. Review estimates for the development work. Implement rigorous unit testing methods and practices, ensure developers follow documented processes including test results for unit testing. Monitor and aggressively manage development code defects in testing.\n - Collaborate with other teams within the ClaimsConnect program: Testing, Solution, Performance and Deployment to improve quality of development and implementation of all code objects.\n - Participate in the planning for ClaimsConnect program and upgrades and estimates for the implementation of new functionality.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - 10 years of combined application development, project management, and management work experience, the majority with large enterprise systems\n - 10 years of technical skills to include Web development, object-oriented and multi-tier implementations, database technologies, object oriented concepts, and service oriented architecture (SOA)\n - 10 years of working knowledge of Java, J2EE, SOA, RDBMS and other modern IT standards and technologies.\n - 10 years experience using software development methodologies\n - 5 years experience managing a team of 15+ technical resources in a large, complex organization and in hiring and building high performance technical teams. This includes technical leadership to project teams and clients to meet deadlines and ensure that project objectives are met as well as planning, budget/financial management, staffing, performance reviews, etc\n - 5 years experience reviewing project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established standards. Ability to review ongoing and proposed projects to identify opportunities for reuse and process improvement\n - 5 years experience documenting and communicating the status of progress against plans, taking corrective action as necessary; creating integrated business and IT project plans, milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource plans, resource loading, risk management plans, program management and quality control.\n - 5 years experience identifying, clarifying, and resolving system development and maintenance activity issues and risks, escalating as needed\n - 5 years experience reviewing technical documentation to verify compliance with client requirements and established architectural standards and guidelines\n - Strong experience in evaluating and proposing technical alternatives to the project team and clients for resolving business and technology issues.\n - Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical subordinates, peers, clients and senior management.\n - Extensive experience influencing senior management/executives within a functional area or across an organization in the use of technologies process improvements.\n - Health Care industry, large scale financial and/or insurance industry experience\n - Experience managing software development in a SOX compliant environment\n - Extensive experience gaining buy-in from high level stakeholders to resolve significant architecture and or process issues.\n - Experience working across complex organizational initiatives involving national and regional stakeholders.\n - Must have a positive attitude and the ability to collaborate and communicate with all levels of management, internal and external vendors/partners, system integrators, etc.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - MBA or MS degree is a plus\n - Strong Leadership, collaboration, and negotiation skills.\n - Experience in directing project teams consisting of Solutions Consultants, Program Analysts/Developers, Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, Infrastructure Engineers/Consultants, Quality Assurance Resources, Vendors, etc.\n - Experience working for a consulting firm.\n - Healthcare, Health Plan or Pharmacy experience\n - Eight or more years of experience with large-scale Claims or other Healthcare/Health plan implementations\n - Fifteen or more years of overall IT experience with last 5 years in a leadership role\n - Experience with Diamond or Xcelys Claims Systems", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983051/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ClaimsConnect Design and Development Manager", "reqid": "129695", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27983051}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Coord, Application Benefit Sys\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nTheBenefits Systems Applications Coordinator is responsible for providing analytical and process support to the Epic and CM end users. The AC evaluates functional user requirements and provides recommendations to build modify and enhance the Epic and CM systems accordingly. The AC is also responsible for developing and supporting task level components of the project work plan. He/She will also be required to assist management in determining appropriate reporting requirements and enhancing the overall utilization of the Epic and CM systems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Lead team in defining system policies and procedures.\n- Leads team setting priorities and managing customer expectations in conjunction with Benefits Systems Manager.\n- Responsible for managing system concerns for the assigned system project team and end users.\n- Consults with downstream stakeholders on issues pertinent to assigned application (Product Development, Sales/AM, PBO, EOC, Medicare, etc.).\n- Responsible for ensuring all desk commitments and service level agreements are met in a timely and accurate manner.\n- Responsible for identifying and managing application errors and system enhancement requests along with Analyst II.\n- Prepare for and participates in design, build and implementation sessions for assigned applications.\n- Responsible for coordinating testing of assigned system, including any configurations, customizations, and new releases, prior to production implementation in conjunction with Analyst II.\n- Monitor issue logs for assigned system and working with Integration and Quality Analyst for opportunities to create efficiency or to increase training.\n- Perform other duties as assigned. Will be required to be on call or on site during periods of system cutover (including weekends and off hours).\n- Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance to the Principles of Responsibility; adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty; show consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience.\n- Certification in or working toward certification in system assigned (where certification programs exist).\n- Minimum of 4 years of experience in managed health care, self funding, health insurance or related field.\n-Minimum of 2years of claims, medical terminology or coding experience.\n- Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines.\n- Demonstrate interpersonal, team development and collaboration work skills .\n- Demonstrates sound judgment, organizational, planning and controlling skills .\n- Displays proficiency in MS Word and Excel intermediate level mandatory. MS PowerPoint and Access, Paradox, or other database tool desirable.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prior team lead, supervisory or management background.\n- Prior project management experience desirable.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983034/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coord, Application Benefit Sys", "reqid": "128334", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27983034}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Tech, Health Information Correspondence\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates and processes release of medical information for all incoming requests for release of information.\n- Analysis of incoming release of information requests determining if Authorization to release medical information is complete and HIPAA compliant.\n- Analysis of incoming release of information requests, determining type of request for processing according to current ROI workflows, Policies and Procedures and State of Georgia State Statute Codes.\n- Processes Production of Documents, Certifications and Subpoenas and any other legal requests.\n- Recapitulate medical information for FMLA, Disability, OB Disability and Non Disability requests.\n- Maintains record of correspondence requests in a standard format in the ROI Log/Request.\n- Coordinates activities with outside vendor copier service.\n- Completes special projects and assignments for Supervisor and/or HIMS Manager.\n- Participates in regular quality assurance activities by providing technical support, such as data collection, report compilation, etc as requested.\n- Other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Associates degree in health services discipline with an RHIT credential or a formal HIT program or related discipline governed AHIMA program or currently in an AHIMA accredited HIT program and obtain degree and certification (RHIT or RHIA) within 6 months of hire.\n- Two years or more ROI experience.\n- Ability to operate a computer and typing skills of 35 WPM required; passing score of 70% or greater for Basic Microsoft Word and Excel.\n- Knowledge of CPT & ICD-9 coding guidelines\n- Demonstrated technical knowledge in State and Federal legislation and Kaiser Permanente Policies and Procedures regarding release of information and confidentiality required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelors degree program in an AHIMA accredited program.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983037/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Tech, Health Information Correspondence", "reqid": "129645", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27983037}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Charge Nurse - Glenlake - General Surgery - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Charge Nurse coordinates patient care, patient flow, communication, and departmental organization of assigned clinical areas daily by providing leadership and direction to a single team, including up to 15 non-physician clinical staff in assigned clinical areas under the direction of the Clinical Manager. The Charge Nurse monitors competency of staff and identifies educational / training needs. This role will provide direct nursing care as needed and demonstrate clinical knowledge and competency.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides daily oversight of staff performance and assures efficient patient flow. Prepares and coordinates daily work assignments for staff ensuring appropriate staffing coverage at all times.\n- Provides direct patient care, as needed, modeling and teaching standards for highest quality care to other staff members. Partners with manager and /or practitioner to provide leadership in emergency situations.\n- Reports significant operational issues that arise in the clinical area to the clinical manager. Ensures team members are aware of any changes that affect daily patient care processes.\n- Assists in developing and coordinating in-service programs for patient care staff in collaboration with clinical educators and other resources. Collaborates with physicians, clinical manager, clinical educator, and others to evaluate staff education / training needs. Engages in opportunities to develop or enhance personal leadership skills.\n- Values diversity, fostering respect, appreciation, and inclusion of diversity within the team and in the delivery of culturally sensitive care.\n- May assume designated supervisory functions and tasks in absence of clinical manager.\n- Assists the clinical manager in the process of interviewing, hiring, orienting, and evaluating of all assigned staff. Assists in planning, scheduling, and implementing staff orientation to assigned clinical area.\n- Evaluates the system by which patient care is delivered and implements and/or recommends appropriate changes and innovations in nursing practice.\n- Provides feedback and assists clinical manager in evaluation of staff performance on a regular basis.\n- Provides leadership to ensure the team meets or exceeds regional patient satisfaction targets and promotes on-going improvement.\n- Addresses member concerns or needs and attempts to resolve while the member is in the office or on the phone.\n- Monitors competency of all staff members and addresses any issues to ensure safe, effective patient care and service.\n- Ensures staff support and compliance with team processes designed to meet or exceed regional and HEDIS quality targets. Implements any needed changes to ensure continuous improvement.\n- Assists with QI monitoring and collection of data in collaboration with clinical manager.\n- Ensures staff knowledge and monitors compliance with universal precautions, infection control, quality assurance, regulatory standards, and quality of service standards and policies for assigned clinical area. Responsible for ensuring exam rooms, treatment rooms, and waiting area are maintained in conformance with regional, facility, and regulatory standards.\n- Ensures proper inventory levels of clinical and pharmaceutical supplies are maintained and that security and storage precautions are observed.\n- Provides input during the development cycle of team budget. Assists clinical manager in monitoring of team budget. Promotes financial and budget understanding and ownership among team members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current Georgia RN License\n- Current BLS certification\n- Three years of nursing experience, preferably in the specialty of the assigned area\n- Two years of demonstrated strong leadership and organizational skills\n- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and communication skills\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Supervisory experience\n- Ambulatory Care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983039/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Charge Nurse - Glenlake - General Surgery - FT (40)", "reqid": "130329", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27983039}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Sr Anly, CodingCompandRevCycle\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThis position is responsible for coordinating and leading the core functions of the Coding and Revenue Cycle Compliance program. The core functions include but are not limited to health care claims fraud and overpayments identification, Medicare risk adjustment data validation and hierarchical condition category (HCC) coding, Incident-To Billing (I2B), Internalization of Services, TSPMG practitioner and coder audits. The targeted groups will include internal practitioners, external practitioners, claims, QA, appeals, member services, provider contracting, coders and contracted facilities. This position will oversee and guide audits and provide coaching on key medical coding and revenue cycle compliance activities. This position will be required to work independently with minimal supervision and provide analyses and reports that are complete, meaningful and actionable. Additionally, he or she serves as a liaison across several functional areas and act as a subject matter expert (SME) related to coding and revenue cycle compliance concerns.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinate, lead, and monitor the core functions of the Regional Audit Program for coding and revenue cycle compliance to include ensuring that the day-to-day work functions are appropriately allocated and addressed. Participate in the implementation of Incident-To billing services and facilitate the coding and revenue compliance functions such as documentation and coding guideline verification, training program development and go-live support fro both clinical and non-clinical medical office staff.\n- Lead new initiatives related to internalization of services to ensure that all compliance requirements are met and that the appropriate technical support is provided for each implementation.\n- Organize and facilitate the distribution of Regional Audit Program audits, collate results, analyze findings, assist in the preparation of written audit reports complete with findings and recommendations. Communicate reports to the Coding and Revenue Cycle Compliance Manager and others as appropriate/requested.\n- Address any identified trends, patterns, or system issues that may contribute to claims, coding, provider contracting, and revenue cycle deficiencies. Update and present recommendations to Coding and Revenue Cycle Compliance Manager and other affected functional areas as appropriated/requested.\n- Developing, implementing and completing corrective action plans for all noted deficiencies\n- Ensure that all reviews and audits are based on the most current federal regulatory requirements and coding and documentation guidelines\n- Regularly collaborate with peers within regional HIMS, Claims, Appeals, Member Services, National Medicare Finance (NMF), Medicare Operations, Medicare Compliance, Clinical Affairs, Professional Development and Provider Contracting departments to assure integration of the coding and revenue compliance program into operations as well as communication of findings, report on trends and patterns, and avoid redundancy of the work effort\n- Conduct education and training of staff members and other functional areas related to the core functions of the Coding and Revenue Cycle program or as identified by the Coding and Revenue Cycle Compliance Manager\n- Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for coding, documentation and revenue cycle concerns within the region\n- Lead the coordination of both internal and external audit work as necessary\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or a combination of equivalent related education and work experience\n- Five or more years experience in the coding field including or in addition to experience as a coding auditor. Additional experience in reimbursement and/or compliance functions will be valuable\n- Three to five (3-5) years of reimbursement and/or revenue cycle experience\n- A minimum of five years coding and/or auditing experience at all coding levels including facility inpatient, outpatient, and professional services as well as three years of project management or related experience\n- Experience must include work opportunities that have allowed for the evolution of a strong coding and/or auditing background relating to core functional area of the Coding and Revenue Cycle Program outlined above.\n- Demonstrated ability to provide effective statistical analysis and analytical problem solving\n- Strong working knowledge of the critical elements of the auditing process\n- Very strong computer skills including use of Microsoft Office Suite of Products and other software programs to manage audit data\n- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of individuals at all levels of the organization\n- Well-developed oral and written communication skills for representation of clear, concise results of completed audit/monitor\n- Knowledge of health insurance laws and regulations required\n- Requires in-depth knowledge of ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 Coding systems and knowledge of HCPCS Level II coding system and APC/ASC coding systems\n- Working knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes, and pharmacology\n- Ability to adapt to different work environments and to communicate effectively with verbally and in writing with a wide range of health care professionals including clinicians, managers, and coders\n- Some travel required\n- Credential as a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist-Physician and/or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) is required\n- Credential as a Certified Healthcare Compliance (CHC) professional (or within two years of hire)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management Systems or a related field\n- Certification through the American Health Information Management Association as a Certified Coding Specialist; CCS or RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) or RHIA (Registered Health Information Administrator)", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983040/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Anly, CodingCompandRevCycle", "reqid": "131186", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27983040}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Analyst I, Benefits Systems\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThis position is primarily responsible for the day-to-day administrative functions for one or more applications within the department. This includes, but is not limited to, daily entry of data into primary and supporting applications, production and distribution or reports, monitoring of compliance for internal and external service level agreements related to contract builds and/or work queues, and working with sales and account management to resolve issues and/or discrepancies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and years of experience\n- A minimum of 1 year of direct experience in managed health care, marketing, insurance or related field\n- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities working in a fast paced environment under intense deadlines\n- Strong customer service skills required to communicate effectively with internal customers and managers\n- Intermediate level MS Word and Excel mandatory\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and years of experience.\n-A minimum of 1year of direct experience in managed health care, marketing, insurance or related field.\n- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities working in a fast paced environment under intense deadlines.\n- Strong customer service skills required to communicate effectively with internal customers and managers.\n- Intermediate level MS Word and Excel mandatory.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 1 year of medical terminology or coding experience\n- A minimum of 1year ofdata entry experience\n- Previous experience with database management, writing reports/data queries.", "date_new": "2012-04-18 20:25:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27983043/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Analyst I, Benefits Systems", "reqid": "131840", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27983043}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Dietn I/II\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nProvides nutrition education & clinical services within established guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities\n- Assesses member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements & evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written & audiovisual), protocols, procedures & standards for health/nutrition education\n- Plans, participates & evaluates community events & coordinates use of community resources as appropriate\n- Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up & referrals to government, community and/or other KP facilities for continuity of nutrition care\n- Educates/counsels members, family & caregivers regarding health & nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes)\n- Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet member's lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis & religious affiliation\n- Consults & educates physicians & other health care providers regarding member & population specific nutrition/health related issues\n- Participates in multidisciplinary care teams & committees\n- Collects data, plans, prepares & implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits\n- Develops grants & proposals for health/nutrition programs\n- Plans, conducts & evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team & physicians\n- Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)\n- Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning & education for appropriate nutrition intervention\n- Develops, implements & monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening & assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education & based on the patient's age, nutrition & psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background & religious affiliation\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year) and/or hospital experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.\n- Must be a current Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.\n- Pre-RDs may be considered if candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND not more than six (6)months have passed since completing the SPP, AND candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within six (6) months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems.\n- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment\n\n\nNotes:\n- Collaborates with physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social medicine practitioners, and other care team members in the provision of Medical Nutritional Therapy (MNT) across the continuum of inpatient to outpatient care & Home Health.\n- Conducts clinical assessment of patient's nutritional status, including age, ethnic, cultural, and psychosocial parameters as pertinent to the patient's condition.\n- Plans and manages the patient's nutritional therapeutic regimen.\n- Plans and provides nutritional education for the individual patient and/or patient's family or caregiver, and in the classroom setting.\n- Develops / implements nutrition care standards, protocols, practice guidelines and quality improvement programs with the health care team and divisional staff.\n- Documents clinical care provided in the Medical Record in compliance with TJC, Federal, State and Local regulations.\n- Hours of work vary according to need.\n- Works rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:24:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947905/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dietn I/II", "reqid": "130764", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 27947905}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nUnder the direction of the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager or Outpatient Pharmacy Director, is responsible for the management of all aspects of Pharmacy services at identified Outpatient Pharmacy location(s). Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies, and procedures. Responsible for day-to-day operations of assigned work area(s)/ functions(s)/services(s). Provides supervision and direction to subordinate Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - Hourly, Pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees. Manages a pharmacy location(s). Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director w/ the development & implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director by providing supervision & direction of the pharmacy services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development & multi-disciplinary team development.\n- Manages departmental personnel & operational practices to ensure compliance w/ Federal & State laws & regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide & Departmental policies & procedures.\n- Collaborates w/ the Inpatient Pharmacy Mgmt & Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care & compliance w/ applicable Federal & State laws & regulations governing hospitals.\n- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Other Members of the Pharmacy Mgmt Team, Providers, Department Administrators, Physician-In-Charge.\n- Provides personnel mgmt activities (e.g. recruits, hires, trains & evaluates, &/or terminates subordinate hourly personnel).\n- Completes/administers performance evaluations & ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.\n- Develops/oversees processes to ensure the department meets HR compliance expectations for evaluations.\n- Works w/ HR in handling employee grievances.\n- Responsible for the preparation & assignment of department staff's work schedules & assignments.\n- Prepares &/or approves the biweekly payroll.\n- Provides regular communication & feedback to the staff.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director to monitor personnel utilization in accordance w/ operating budget & adheres to the personnel justification process for the department.\n- Develops departmental budget in conjunction w/ Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr &/or Outpatient Pharmacy Director.\n- May work w/ local BS&F on departmental budget.\n- Responsible for all financial performance targets in pharmacy.\n- Participates in designing, implementing & evaluating systems, processes & methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, & enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Responsible for all service measures in department.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Mgr or Outpatient Pharmacy Director to collaborate w/ providers, department heads, & the Outpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate & improve quality mgmt programs.\n- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, & employees.\n- Administers organizational & department policies & procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees & other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred.\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required, Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Demonstrated abilities and skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership and supervision.\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.\n- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Must possess self-initiative, innovative and collaborative skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written English-speaking communication skills.\n- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Must pass background check.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Typing speed: 30wpm.\n\nNotes:\n- OCP-4131.\n- Position requires occassional travel to KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc.\n- Work schedule to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:24:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947911/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly", "reqid": "131625", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27947911}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Manager Medical Staff Services\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPromotes quality patient care by managing the activities of the Professional Staff office in the areas of credentialing, re-credentialing, privileging, & proctoring competency for Licensed Independent Practitioners (e.g., MDs, D.O.s) & Allied Health Professionals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages credentialing, proctoring, privileging, & reappointment process for Licensed Independent Practitioners (LIPs) & Allied Health Professionals\n- Creates operations & communications processes that support organizational strategies & business objectives\n- Supervises Medical Staff Services office include budget management, hiring, training, & counseling staff, equipment management, & quality of service\n- Acts as a liaison, technical advisor, & resource person for the professional & allied staff, administration within each site\n- Provides consulting services regarding regulatory, legal, accreditation, Program, & Regional credentialing standards throughout the region\n- Hires, trains, counsels, & supervises all medical staff services office personnel\n- Develops & implements mechanisms to ensure compliance to all regulatory agencies & the Professional Staff By-laws, Rules & Regulations\n- Assists in the development of policies, procedures, protocols, & privileges to support the credentialing process & makes recommendations for bylaws revision\n- Interprets requirements & disseminates information to all involved parties to assure necessary compliance, compatibility, & continuous quality improvement of the credentialing process\n- Partners w/ appropriate Program, Regional, Service Area, Medical Group individuals & groups, accrediting bodies, & external consultants to develop & implement systems & processes that meet requirements & adhere to Regional Credentialing Policies & Procedures\n- Collaborates w/ inter-regional peers to identify & implement best practices\n- Supports committees as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of supervisory experience preferred\n- Minimum five (5) years of experience in health care in an administrative or managerial position related to credentialing and/or accreditation\n- Relevant bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience required\n- Certification in the area of Medical Staff Services, or Quality arena, preferred\n- Significant working knowledge of federal and state regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (e.g., JCAHO, NCQA, DOC, DHS, Titles 22 and 16)", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:24:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947913/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Medical Staff Services", "reqid": "131693", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27947913}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Step Down Unit RN-L2\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a Critical Care, DOU or SDU setting, or must have successfully completed a KP or\nequivalent Critical Care, DOU or SDU course (as unit appropriate) within prior twelve (12) months.\n- Basic Arrhythmia course required.\n- Ventilator training required.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN preferred\n- PCCN preferred\n- EKG proficient\n\n\nNotes:\n- Works rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:24:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947900/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Step Down Unit RN-L2", "reqid": "130529", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27947900}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lancaster", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Lancaster, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Cetification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in the ED, Critical Care, PACU, Step Down, DOU, Ambulatory Cardiology or as an RN performing treadmills.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- Knowledge of the various types of implantable cardiac devices and demonstrated ability to perform 12-lead EKG interpretation required.\n- Knowledge of procedural sedation agents and reversal agents required.\n- Basic arrhythmia course required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced arrhythmia course preferred.\n- PALS preferred.\n\nNotes:\n- Will work in team environment within scope of practice to ensure workflow efficiency including but not limited to treadmill, ICD/Pacemaker clinics, message management, appointment scheduling, proactive office encounter.\n- Will float to multiple departments when need arises.\n- Physical Work Location Address: 44132 N 15th Street West Lancaster, CA 93534", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:24:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947878/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "128091", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lancaster, CA", "uid": 27947878}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Business Consultant Intermediate\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nBusiness Consulting: Includes analysis/evaluation of business and/or system process and functional requirements, development of business cases, client support during system development and implementation, development and maintenance of service level agreements. Develops relationships with upstream and downstream business partners. Develops/maintains and changes business processes, and understands the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to our functional areas. Recommends changes to business processes. May assist in the development of project plans. May use the associated project planning tools. Uses professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways.\n\nThe Medicare Risk Mitigation Team was developed to understand the end-to-end regulatory expectations for Kaiser's Medicare enrollment and disenrollment functions, study compliance requirements and incorporate into daily operations, perform root cause analysis where patterns of noncompliance are discovered, and begin to achieve process and compliance improvement through creative problem-solving, partnership and learning.\n\nThe team reviews large samples of the processing work every month and provides real-time quality feedback both before submission to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and afterward in the form of self-monitoring audits that are reviewed with executive leaders at KP.\n\nThere is also an evolving need to establish more reporting and analysis both within MRMT and directly supporting the Medicare operations management team and directors. This work will include identifying and assigning monthly audit samples, mainlining audit results and trending in ActiveStrategy, building and maintaining audit databases, developing desktop tools for Medicare operations, and developing control reports, productivity reports, operational dashboard reports, and other required or ad hoc reporting as needed.\n\nRole & Responsibilities\n\nInterview the business and technical communities to identify functional, data, and reporting requirements\nAssist teams to document business and technical requirements\nMake recommendations and solutions aimed at improving business processes\nParticipates in workflows, process diagrams and gap analysis.\nDevelops, maintains and changes business processes\nSupports Business Case Development.\nIs assigned to investigate, document, and analyze client requirements in project areas such as: new/existing business operating models with innovative approaches to applicable department solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n\nEssential Skill Sets\n\nIntermediate knowledge of MS Access, Visio, Excel, and Word are required\nKnowledge in Common Membership, Foundations System and TMS.\nAnalyze and validate data\n\nDesirable Skill Sets\n\nExcellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills\nExperience in process improvement\nKnowledge of platforms assigned to the functional area.\nBusiness analysis or project analysis experience.\nIdentifies and documents functional and/or divisional, requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One (1) plus years of relevant experience.\n- Business analysis or project analysis experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline or equivalent experience.\n- Knowledge of platforms assigned to the functional area.\n- Identifies and documents functional and/or divisional, requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications.\n- Assists in developing test plans.\n- Measures outcomes against an internal standard of excellence.\n- Thinks of ways to improve results, communicates these to supervisor, peers and team members.\n- Drives excellence through continued learning and strengthening of expertise.\n- Listens actively and demonstrates sensitivity to patients/customers, encouraging them to discuss concerns, interests, needs, and difficult issues.\n- Displays or expresses a genuine desire to help or serve others and meet their needs.\n- Consistently monitors own work and seek further experiences to ensure continual quality patient/customer service and delivery.\n- Sees connection within the group/unit of others' roles with own; understands how own actions impact these relationships and the patient/customer.\n- Seeks to understand group/unit level strategy and how own role fits into the bigger picture.\n- Consistently asks clarifying questions in order to understand the importance of assignments/projects in relation to operational unit goals.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947794/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consultant Intermediate", "reqid": "131757", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27947794}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sr Business Consultant\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nBusiness Consulting: Includes analysis/evaluation of business and/or system process and functional requirements, development of business cases, client support during system development and implementation, development and maintenance of service level agreements. Interpret guidance, and create new requirements working in collaboration with Medicare Operations and other Medicare line of businesses. Develops/maintains and changes business processes, and understands the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to our functional areas. Recommends changes to business processes. Assist in the development of project plans. Uses professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways.\n\nThe Medicare Risk Mitigation Team was developed to understand the end-to-end regulatory expectations for Kaiser's Medicare enrollment and disenrollment functions, study compliance requirements and incorporate into daily operations, perform root cause analysis where patterns of noncompliance are discovered, and begin to achieve process and compliance improvement through creative problem-solving, partnership and learning.\n\nThe team reviews large samples of the processing work every month and provides real-time quality feedback both before submission to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and afterward in the form of self-monitoring audits that are reviewed with executive leaders at KP.\n\nThere is also an evolving need to establish more reporting and analysis both within MRMT and directly supporting the Medicare operations management team and directors. This work will include identifying and assigning monthly audit samples, mainlining audit results and trending in ActiveStrategy, building and maintaining audit databases, developing desktop tools for Medicare operations, and developing control reports, productivity reports, operational dashboard reports, and other required or ad hoc reporting as needed.\n\nRole & Responsibilities\n\nInterview the business and technical communities to identify functional, data, and reporting requirements\nAssist teams to document business and technical requirements.\nMake recommendations and solutions aimed at improving business processes.\nParticipates in workflows, process diagrams and gap analysis.\nDevelops, maintains and changes business processes\nSupports Business Case Development.\nAssesses scope and impact of business needs.\nLeads/facilitates meetings as needed\nAssists in developing test plans.\nProvide support to projects for Medicare Operations as well as the projects team.\nIndependently initiates, investigates, documents, and analyzes client requirements in project areas such as: new/existing business operating models with innovative approaches to solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n\nEssential Skill Sets\n\nIntermediate knowledge of MS Access, Visio, Excel, and Word are required\nKnowledge in Common Membership, Foundations System and TMS.\nAnalyze and validate data\n\nDesirable Skill Sets\n\nExcellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills\nExperience in process improvement\nKnowledge of platforms assigned to the functional area.\nBusiness analysis or project analysis experience.\nIdentifies and documents functional and/or divisional, requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3)years analytical experience, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline or equivalent work experience.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline preferred.\n- Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional, functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area.\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.\n- Assists in developing test plans.\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.\n- Measures outcomes against an internal standard of excellence.\n- Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organizational unit.\n- Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.\n- Listens actively and demonstrates sensitivity to patients/customers, encouraging them to discuss concerns, interests, needs, and difficult issues.\n- Consistently monitors own work and seek further experiences to ensure continual quality patient/customer service and delivery.\n- Monitors others' work to ensure quality and alignment in meeting member/customer needs; takes action to maintain standards.\n- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.\n- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs.\n- Consistently asks clarifying questions in order to understand the importance of assignments/projects in relation to operational unit goals.\n- Prioritizes work in alignment with project objectives or goals.\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and the member/customer.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947798/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Business Consultant", "reqid": "131767", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27947798}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Consultant\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nBusiness Consulting: Provide day-to-day communication and operational support to the Monitoring Team by setting work flow priorities and ensure adequate monthly samples are reached. Resolve daily operational issues (work re-assignments, ensuring deadlines are met, allocation of resources as needed, re-balancing of audit volumes and evenly distributing audits over time). Daily monitoring of work input/output to ensure that goals and deadlines are met. Provide on the job training and follow up training as needed. Perform monthly quality review audit. Attend/facilitate meetings as needed or directed by management. Participates in internal development teams for active & Medicare monitoring to ensure administrative and business processes are functional and effective. Assist in the monitoring of work output to ensure production, accuracy and goals are met. Participate in team-based projects and contribute to customer service and operational improvement initiatives. Prepare special reports on an as-needed basis. May perform other duties as assigned. Approximately 3 years of experience in leadership, motivated and dedicated leader with great sense of responsibility. A work ethic of dependability through punctuality, flexibility and adaptability to perform as an efficient, detailed-oriented team player. Demonstrated experience with current systems analysis and principles, methods, procedures, practices, tools and techniques. Proven ability to communicate effectively with displayed levels of knowledge, skills and responsibilities.\n\n\nThe Medicare Risk Mitigation Team was developed to understand the end-to-end regulatory expectations for Kaiser's Medicare enrollment and disenrollment functions, study compliance requirements and incorporate into daily operations, perform root cause analysis where patterns of noncompliance are discovered, and begin to achieve process and compliance improvement through creative problem-solving, partnership and learning.\n\n\nThe team reviews large samples of the processing work every month and provides real-time quality feedback both before submission to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and afterward in the form of self-monitoring audits that are reviewed with executive leaders at KP.\n\n\nRole & Responsibilities\n\nPrioritizes work in alignment with team's objectives or goals\nConsistently monitor other's work to ensure quality and alignment in meeting deliverables; takes action to maintain standards\nPerform monthly quality review\nTakes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific goals\nProvides knowledge transfers as appropriate\nMake recommendations and solutions aimed at improving business processes\nProvides guidance, on-going communication and coordination in determining objectives of work assignments\nDevelops relationships with upstream and downstream business partners\nConducts and/or participates in the analysis of business processes and functional requirements and prepare appropriate documentations to communicate and validate information\nAbility to prioritize independently, multiple request and operational requirements to meet organizational goals\nWorks under limited direction\n\n\nEssential Skill Sets\n\nIntermediate knowledge of MS Access, Excel, Power point and Word are required\nKnowledge in Common Membership, Foundations System and TMS.\nAnalyze and validate data\n\nDesirable Skill Sets\n\nAchievement-oriented\nExcellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills\nExperience in process improvement\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum ofthree (3)years analytical, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline or equivalent work experience\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline preferred.\n- Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional, functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system/process specifications.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area.\n- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/processes.\n- Assists in developing test plans.\n- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.\n- Measures outcomes against an internal standard of excellence.\n- Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organizational unit.\n- Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.\n- Listens actively and demonstrates sensitivity to patients/customers, encouraging them to discuss concerns, interests, needs, and difficult issues.\n- Consistently monitors own work and seek further experiences to ensure continual quality patient/customer service and delivery.\n- Monitors others' work to ensure quality and alignment in meeting member/customer needs; takes action to maintain standards.\n- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.\n- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs.\n- Consistently asks clarifying questions in order to understand the importance of assignments/projects in relation to operational unit goals.\n- Prioritizes work in alignment with project objectives or goals.\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and the member/customer.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947797/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Consultant", "reqid": "131777", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27947797}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Investigation Specialist II (Walnut Creek, CA)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nInvestigations Specialist II\nKaiser Permanente\nWalnutCreek,CA\n\nIn support to Human Resources, investigates workplace complaints of violation of policy or law received through the Kaiser Permanente National Compliance Hotline, outside agencies or through other internal channels.. Nature of investigations will vary in scope and seriousness, such that failure to investigate might subject the organization to serious legal and financial risk. Complaints to be investigated will primarily include Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) discrimination, harassment and retaliation complaints. Assesses, analyzes and draws conclusions from investigative evidence. Develops and presents investigative findings to HR Partners. Provides consultative services to investigation specialist HRCs. Serves as Human Resources subject matter expert on EEO investigative practices. Travel (within NCAL region or throughout Program) is required.\n\nThe Investigations Specialist II handles moderately complex to complex and difficult investigations. Conducts investigations, prepares investigation reports and develops draft responses for external agencies for EEO discrimination charges for review by legal counsel. Activities may include, but are not limited to:\n\nConduct of investigations\nInvestigates moderately complex to complex/serious EEO discrimination, harassment, retaliation and workplace complaints of violation of policy or law within the National Business Units received through the Kaiser Permanente National Compliance Hotline, internal channels or outside agencies. Independently and with discretion, formulates plan, processes, and timetables to conduct accurate, complete and thorough investigations within specified timeframes and according to specified quality standards.\n\nAssessment of evidence\nIdentifies, gathers & preserves relevant hard-copy & electronic documents & other evidence for the investigation Reviews, interprets, analyzes and evaluates statements, documents and physical evidence collected during theinvestigation. Assesses credibility of witnesses and makes determinations regarding violations of law or KP policy. Develops & applies knowledge of employment discrimination laws, rules of evidence (e.g., hearsay, legal privilege) & other laws to investigation plan, investigation & report/response. Assesses credibility of witnesses & makes determinations regarding violations of law or KP policy\n\nDevelopment and presentation of investigative findings\nPrepares comprehensive and accurate factual and analytical investigative reports to management, human resources, and/or legal counsel. Prepares develops draft responses for external agencies for EEO discrimination charges for review by legal counsel.\n\nSystemic corrective action\nIdentifies and monitors trends of investigative activity by business unit and other parameters, to be determined.\n\nSubject matter expertise and education\nEvaluates & identifies KP training needs on an ongoing basis & partners w/ HR Consulting & Legal to develop & provide training to supervisors, managers & employees on sexual harassment and other employment law training as necessary. Assume other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nMINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS\n\nFive to eight years experience, with progressive responsibility in Human Resources, to include a minimum of three years direct responsibility conducting employment-related investigations, and other relevant case management and investigation experience. Three years experience conducting EEO internal and agency charges is highly preferred.\nStrong working knowledge of applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations.\nDemonstrated experience and skill in developing and conducting training programs.\nDemonstrated experience and skill in conducting complex employment-related investigations, preparing comprehensive and quality internal reports and drafting agency charges for legal.\nEstablished ability to identify, analyze and differentiate investigation issues and processes in employee complaints.\nAbility to work independently and compile analytical data and trend analysis.\nExcellent interpersonal skills (i.e., verbal and written communication).\nMust be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Candidate will possess the following:\nStrong working knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)\nExperience conducting EEO complaints (internal and agency complaints)\nExcellent written skills. Case reports are written and can be lengthy.\nExcellent time management and organizational skills (multiple cases are being handled at once, with specific, non negotiable deadlines)\nExperience working in a union environment\nTravel within NCAL region or throughout Program is required\nFormer law enforcement a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947790/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Investigation Specialist II (Walnut Creek, CA)", "reqid": "131172", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27947790}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Knowledge Management Web Administrator (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nKnowledge Management Web Administrator\nKaiser Permanente Oakland, CA\n\nExecutes the orderly production of intranet-based performance support, communication and learning content, including writing, editing, content layout, information architecture, non-linear navigation, programming, and testing in the production environment. Interacts with functional organizations' SME's (subject-matter experts) to develop specifications for performance support content. Serves as expert resource in publishing tools, processes and procedures, and coach to publishers in designing, developing, deploying and testing solutions which support customer business requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n-Maintain the content and library of resources posted on the department intranet site.\n-Maintain relationships with the content owners and actively seek new content to keep the site updated.\n-Train a backup team to post content and maintain the site functionality.\n-Troubleshoot the site, including content and links and make corrections directly or delegate the task to other members of the department.\n-Review statistics and provide analysis of the site's activity to improve user experience and drive future Web traffic.\n-Plan for future changes to the website, including restructure of the site to reflect changes in the organization.\n-Stay current with software and hardware that can improve the success of the site.\n-Strong background in knowledge management strategies and implementation. Build processes for content development.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in business, communication, English or related field or equivalent experience.\n- 5+ years of Web content development experience.\n- Excellent oral communication, interpersonal, teamwork/ collaborative, leadership, and project management skills.\n- Excellent consulting skills.\n- Advanced proficiency in Macromedia Dreamweaver or other HTML coding software.\n- Proficient in Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).\n- Excellent writing and editing skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proficient in Fireworks or Photoshop.\n- Lead web development and consulting experience.\n- Instructional Design certification.\n- Instructional Design experience.\n-Experience with Flash, video and WebEx. Also, InDesign suite.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947791/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Knowledge Management Web Administrator (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "131646", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27947791}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Director Security Services\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nDirects and manages the security and transportation programs for the Area(s), ensuring the personal safety and security of members, employees, visitors, and the protection of property and assets. Develops, implements, evaluates policies and procedures, and ensures compliance with all legal requirements. Manages staff and contract personnel. May be accountable for multiple Areas.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, implements, and manages a comprehensive and effective security, parking, and transportation services program (TSM) in accordance with professional standards, The Joint Commission, federal, state, local laws, and regulations.\n- Manages the Area(s) security and TSM staff.\n- Ensures staff is fully trained and follows established policies and procedures.\n- Monitors the performance of the contract staff.\n- Develops, implements, and manages service agreements for multi-site security support.\n- Performs security assessments identifying liability, seeks solutions to reduce risk and promotes asset protection of property.\n- Designs and develops a security management plan and manages all operational and contingency planning.\n- Develops and presents security awareness training programs.\n- Coordinates and integrates new program development, policies, procedures, and systems technology to achieve economy of effort and scale, as well as maximum efficiency and productivity in security services throughout the Area(s).\n- Consults with management for all security services, parking, and transportation issues.\n- Serves as liaison with local law enforcement authorities, emergency preparedness and transportation management agencies.\n- Conducts and/or manages Area investigations in conjunction with Regional Security Investigations.\n- Tracks, trends, analyzes, and reports on security incidents and recommends improvements to Leader.\n- Serves as security program manager and consultant on new construction/renovation project proposals.\n- Designs the application and utilization of electronic systems at all Area locations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial middle to senior management experience in security management, hospital security, or law enforcement management (usually seven (7) years).\n- Demonstrated experience in federal and state compliance requirements in governing security, safety, risk management, and transportation systems.\n- BA/BS or ten (10) years of security management experience required.\n- Advanced degree preferred.\n- Certification as Healthcare Protection Admin (CHPA) or Protection Profession (CPP) certification preferred.\n- Member of American Society of Industrial Security and/or International Association of Health, Safety & Security preferred.\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission requirements, and federal, state, and local regulations.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947694/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Security Services", "reqid": "130970", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 27947694}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Lead Sr Financial Analyst\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nProvides project, service line or product line management, management consulting, analytical decision support services or technical expertise for a broad array of financial and operational issues. Responsible for more complex multi-faceted projects and analyses across disciplines and functional areas. Assists in developing performance monitoring process and coordinating compilation, interpretation and presentation of monitoring information. Participates in the planning and development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets. May be responsible for budget system completion, high level reviews and conducting area wide analyses for target development. Conducts or participates in the most complex projects where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of factors. Dual track position: Can be either a sole contributor or a position that supervises staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates performance monitoring process with junior staff and participates in the development of forecasts.\n- Conducts financial analyses independently or leads a team, participating in the most complex projects.\n- Designs and builds financial models based on diverse financial sources, in order to inform strategic decisions.\n- May direct the production of ad hoc and periodic reports for department, facility, and/or regional management.\n- Works to improve data quality processes and report design to meet diverse and changing needs for management reporting.\n- Participates in the planning and development of department and non-department budgets, budget system completion, high level reviews and conducts area wide analyses for target development.\n- Prepares understandable and defensible financial analyses of decision alternatives by utilizing spreadsheets and accessing various databases.\n- Oversees preparation of analyses for project teams, regional, departmental, and/or functional management and staff analysts.\n- Writes reports of recommendations and delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to management and senior leaders.\n- Facilitates and participates in meetings and presentations.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies and source data to managers/leaders. \n- Develops feasibility studies and business plans to support new lines of products and services.\n- Supports executive staff and committees in the development, analysis a communication of cost saving strategies and budgets and in the research of financial, operation and variance issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) plus years of related experience in financial analysis and budgeting.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.\n- CPA or master's degree preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following.\n- General finance theories and methodologies, discounted cash flow analysis, cost/benefit analysis, feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling and project management.\n- Expert proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management.\n- Strong oral and written communication, presentation and facilitation skills.\n- Strong consulting skills.\n- Works independently, accountable to complete work assignments.\n- May provide project supervision to junior staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947700/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Sr Financial Analyst", "reqid": "131753", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27947700}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947666/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4", "reqid": "128814", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27947666}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Livermore", "description": "Title: Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (12-006L)\nLocation: Livermore, CA\nAssists in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Physician and/or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.\n- Records information in patients' medical record.\n- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.\n- Assists clinician with care of the patient.\n- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.\n- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.\n- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.\n- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.\n- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.\n- Performs data entry.\n- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.\n- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.\n- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.\n- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.\n- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.\n- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.\n- Takes accountability for own actions.\n- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.\n- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.\n- Adheres to Attendance Policy.\n- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.\n- No supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.\n- BLS certification.\n- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.\n- Ability to use personal computer.\n- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.\n- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:23:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947655/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Assistant - Grade 180 (12-006L)", "reqid": "127728", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Livermore, CA", "uid": 27947655}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Springfield", "description": "Title: Clinical Operations Manager - Surgical Specialties\nLocation: Springfield, VA\nCoordinate the delivery of quality patient care to facilitate member satisfaction with the care experience.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages clinical operations, including staffing schedules, phone access to the health care team, and patient flow.\n- Responsible for all appropriate documentation and reporting requirements, such as QA reports, performance evaluations, time sheets, and budget variance reports.\n- Ensures the appropriate level and mix of staff and effective staff utilization to meet staffing and workload requirements and support the delivery of quality patient care and services, within budgetary guidelines.\n- Develops staffing plans; works with Human Resources staff to recruit and hire staff; and coordinates comprehensive orientation of new staff.\n- Establishes accountabilities and performance goals and provides counseling, coaching, feedback, recognition, training and development to staff.\n- Develops and manages quality improvement initiatives for areas of responsibility and ensures compliance with HEDIS indicators and other mandated standards.\n- Collaborates with physician managers and providers to coordinate day-to-day patient care, ensure balanced provider panels within the health care team, and facilitate appointment access for members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 year of current clinical experience plus 2 years supervisory experience required.\n- BSN or bachelor's degree in health care administration, other health related field, or equivalent years of related experience required.\n- Current RN license.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Demonstrated clinical and managerial competence appropriate to area(s) of responsibility; familiarity with all pertinent laws, regulations, and standards of nursing practice; demonstrated competence with financial management principles and standard software applications in a Windows environment required.\n\n- This position will be located in Springfield MOB supporting Orthopedic, Podiatry and General Surgery.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:22:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947505/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Operations Manager - Surgical Specialties", "reqid": "131815", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Springfield, VA", "uid": 27947505}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Sr. Financial Planning Manager\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo manage the financial planning & analytical processes for the region. This includes preparation of the short & long range financial plans & budgets as well as fact-based financial analysis that supports decision making & attainment of the Region's strategic objectives.To direct the preparation of all Medicare Cost Reports & Budgets.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates in the development of the Region's business plan & supports the preparation of the financial components.These include strategic financial planning for rates, capital, & operating expenses.\n- Coordinates & directs the preparation of the Rate-making, Operating, & Long Range Financial (Operating & Capital) Forecasts assuring consistency w/ the Region's strategic business plan.This responsibility includes coordination of a multi-year process as well as putting together schedules & due dates & making sure all components are included. Monitors progress of forecasts & assures that decisions are made by Regional Management in order to complete them in a timely & accurate manner.\n- Manages a first-class financial decision support capability that enables managers to make effective financial decisions.\n- Develops financial recommendations such as resource allocation, cost structure changes & dues increases; reviews recommendations w/ the Manager of Financial Systems & Analysis & Senior Staff including Regional Controller, Medical Group Business Administrator, Health Plan Manager, & service area management teams & service chiefs.\n- Provides efficient, on-going operation of the Financial Planning Department through effective organization, selection, development, appraisal, motivation & retention of competent staff.Hires, trains, & exercises overall responsibility for personnel under supervision.\n- Provides a competent analytical staff to support the service area management teams & other accountable 'budget' owners in the development & day-by-day management of their financial responsibilities.\n- Acts as a financial consultant to the Region.Responds to questions from all customers ranging from the Regional Manager & Medical Director to the supervisory level throughout the Region.Conducts financial management training.Produces routines & ad hoc reports for management that are used to monitor operations & make management decisions.\n- Directs the preparation of financial feasibility studies & any special financial analysis required by the Region.Recommends course of actions.\n- Directs the preparation & analysis of financial results, including variances from forecast, on a monthly & annual basis.Identifies trends & produces revised forecasts.\n- Provides competent administration of the Medical & Hospital Service Agreements including preparation of the annual addendum.\n- Directs the Region's capital Budget process.\n- Directs the development of all financial reporting & analysis required by the Region's participation w/ a Medicare Cost Contract.This includes submission to HCFA of the annual budgets & cost reports, & special studies which determine the financial viability of participation in this program.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Broad business background w/ at least 5 years of financial planning experience is required.\n- A minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience is required.\n- BS Degree in business, finance, or accounting required.\n- Ability to analyze, understand & communicate complex issues or trends is required.\n- Extensive knowledge of PC & its applications is required.\n- Familiarity w/ main frame systems is required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- MBA in general finance or health care finance or a CPA preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:22:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947503/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Financial Planning Manager", "reqid": "131744", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27947503}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fairfax", "description": "Title: Advice Nurse\nLocation: Fairfax, VA\nResponsible for medical triage of members using established protocols, note taking via online ANS (Advice Note System) & providing specified diagnostic results to members. Responsible to collaborate w/ on-site physicians, on-call physicians, HCT, pharmacists, & /or Nurse Practitioner as necessary to facilitate member care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives & processes telephone calls from Health Plan members requiring medical advice or general information by:\n- Assesses the patient's problem utilizing established protocols & interaction w/ provider on-site or on-call.\n- Makes appropriate recommendations to include advice, appointments per protocol, or direction from physician.\n- Appropriately documents calls received w/ adherence to inter-regional documentation.\n- Acts as an extension of the health care team to meet member needs.\n- Assists members in empathetic, efficient manner to determine best course of action to resolve issue.\n- Meets regional standards set by call center management to achieve optimal member satisfaction such as phone access & service standards. Be receptive to constructive feedback by supervisors &/or QI to better serve members.\n- Contributes to the development of protocols, procedures, patient education, & training, as assigned. Participates in peer review, quality assurance, & other committees' functions.\n- Demonstrates ability to make quick decisions, based on sound base of critical thinking skills/guidelines by protocols.\n- Demonstrate ability to interact w/ a variety of levels of staff to provide good customer service to internal customers.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nPreferred Skills:\n\nShift: 10:30p - 7a Th, Fri, Sat = 24hrs;\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 full year of current experience as a RN in a clinical setting w/ relevancy required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction assigned to include alternative site as dictated by unit needs required.\n- Pass basic windows test at interview.\n- Pass basic typing test required.\n- Pass a standard medication test & a standard medical advice test/Performance Based Developmental Systems (PBDS) test required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\n- Ability to type 30 WPM required.\n- Must have effective interpersonal & communications skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual ability preferred.\n- BSN preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:21:52", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947473/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Advice Nurse", "reqid": "113981", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "uid": 27947473}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Regional Supply Chain Management, Southern California\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Executive Director, Regional Supply Chain will have the responsibility for carrying out a major Kaiser Permanente-wide improvement initiative - the supply chain transformation strategy - to KP's supply chains, initially concentrating within each of the two California regions. The incumbents will be initiating a three to five year journey to transform KP's supply chain from fragmented multiple supply operators to a world-class high performing supply chain. This position will be responsible for implementing standardized best practices & influencing their development across the total supply spectrum from demand forecasting to purchasing, to replenishment, inventory management, warehousing, distribution & transportation/logistics for internal &/or from third party providers.\nThis position will ensure the integration of supply chain activities across the region leading to optimal customer service, product supply, inventory investment & cost. It will be responsible to develop & manage a materials planning function for goods & materials, create integrated processes among Operations, Purchasing, Logistics, & outside suppliers to execute the planning/replenishment process. It will also work in collaboration with the VP of Supply Chain & others to identify standard tools needed to implement planning & forecasting, as well as lead reengineering efforts as it relates to those supply chain processes & systems across the region.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assurance of Supply - working with the suppliers, vendors, Procurement and Supply and the medical centers, assure that supplies are always available when needed for clinicians, patients/members.\n- Strategy Alignment - provide input to the help create, gain approval, and ultimately deploy a three-year strategy to transform KP's supply chain across the region, working in conjunction with the VP of Supply Chain and the National Supply Chain Leadership Team to create one single world-class supply chain for KP. Lead the regional Supply Chain Leadership Team to ensure alignment with the strategy and to drive implementation and monitoring of progress/results.\n- Business Requirements - to define, agree, and then improve AQSCI business requirements by 50%+ over three years for the region.\n- Organizational Development - to provide input, then install and develop a world-class supply chain organization leading and managing KP's supply chain for that region.\n- Process Transformation - to progressively transform KP's current highly fragmented multiple supply chain processes in the region into a seamless, end-to-end, transparent way of working.\n- Systems - provide input into the creation and implementation of KP-wide supply chain systems strategy that links and integrates all aspects of the supply chain to create transparency, seamless material flow and information accuracy as well as creating the platform for sustainable improvement.\n- Change Management - based on proven experience, install and manage the mechanisms for managing the transformation in an effective way within the region.\n- Continuous Improvement - develop and install ways of working which create year-on-year continuous improvements across the total supply chain for the region.\n- Risk Management & Mitigation - proactively install the disciplines that reduce the current high-risk profile of KP's supply chain within the region.\n- Advocacy and Leadership - through personal experience and stature/gravitas sensitively lead the region on a major journey of change which impacts approximately 150-200+ direct supply chain employees, 500-600 dotted line supply chain employees within the region and 50,000+ users and customers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, computer science, business, finance, operations research, economics or related field.\n- A minimum of 10 years ofbusiness improvement and supply chain leadership including transformative experience with a background that includes complex organizational change and management.\n- Experience leading and managing a workforce of 200-400+ employees.\n- Proven ability to help create an integrated supply chain strategy and vision and then mobilize a support organization to progressively implement the strategy.\n- Demonstrated ability of managing cost performance, supply/demand forecasting and distribution execution across a variety of product lines from multiple sources.\n- Ability to transform the current business model to a supply chain machine, building an end-to-end supply chain.\n- In-depth knowledge of key supply chain processes and current best practices.\n- Solid judgment to know what is appropriate for the region size and scope. Must have the 'right size' solutions.\n- Ability to quickly establish credibility across the organization in general, and the region in particular, as well as engaging others to ensure the most effective logistics solutions for the varied business units.\n- Experience in supply chain technology and processes such as demand-triggered replenishment, advanced planning/forecasting systems, JIT, ERP, six sigma, lean manufacturing, etc.\n- Understanding of regulatory compliance including SOX with an ability to balance risk vs cost to ensure optimal adherence.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree preferred. Professional certification(s) such as CPIM, CRM, APICS, Six Sigma etc preferred.\n- Experience working in a unionized environment is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-17 18:21:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27947406/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Regional Supply Chain Management, Southern California", "reqid": "131786", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27947406}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Business Consulting - Consultant/Specialist - Claims\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nLocated in Pleasanton, CA, Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) is looking for a Consultant Specialist level Business Analyst to work in the Health Plan Business Information Office (HP BIO) Claims Sub-Portfolio to provide analytical support and data reporting. The position reports directly to the Vice President of Health Plan Claims who is responsible for teams and projects in the sub-portfolio, Claims encompasses a number of applications and delivery of a large program to replace current technology. The Business Analyst will develop and manage programs that include: reporting and performance reporting metrics, financial and operational analysis/reporting, people processes, process improvement, and standardized compliance reporting.\n\nJob Responsibilities\n - Manage and develop standardize reporting structure on resource tracking and allocation.\n - Assist project managers and managers in all project management tracking and reporting requirements.\n - Assist the VP of Claims with the day-to-day support in processes and workflows that will improve project assessment efficiency and the integrity of management metrics.\n - Work closely with the Executive Directors on developing a standardized report and metrics to manage their core and investment projects and budgets. Makes recommendation for standards and consolidates data for Claims sub portfolio.\n - Propose and implement alternative solutions to identified gaps and obstacles in the current processes. Suggest improvements and create new value-added data/metrics and/or eliminate non-essential items.\n - Develop and maintain SharePoint. This role will be the department coordinator for this team's data repositories.\n - Provide analysis needed by management to know specifically what requires their attention.\n - Support management in understanding the success rate of their goals through objective metric analysis and reporting - includes dashboard reporting.\n - Plan and execute communication strategies and materials.\n - Monitor progress of cross-team deliverables.\n - Coordinate forums like project reviews, architecture reviews, labor forecasting reviews, etc.\n - Monitors and ensures people processes are consistently met. Recommend process improvements.\n - Working relationships outside of Claims organization include Human Resources, Finance and other IT functional organizations.\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - 12 years of experience in documenting functional requirements, analyzes business process, and develops business cases to support IT solutions.\n - 5 as a project analyst providing analysis and metrics reporting on ITprojects/programs.\n - 5 years of financial, planning, budget and forecasting and analysis, and decision support experience.\n - 5 years experience developing and implementing IT project reporting and metrics.\n - 3 years experience driving standardization and refinement of processes and procedures.\n - Must have strong detailed, analytical thinking, problem solving, financial analysis, and results oriented skills.\n - Must have strong consulting and verbal and written communication skills.\n - Proficient in customer and client relations including team focus, influence, partnership and collaboration.\n - Must have excellent Microsoft skills using SharePoint, Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.\n - Demonstrated experience in successfully influencing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple IT units.\n - Ability to work within high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixes organization.\n - Must be a self starter and can operate independently with minimal supervision.\n - Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment and meet tight deadlines.\n - Identify and escalate situations requiring urgent attention.\n - Ability to work with ambiguity and drive results.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious experience working in the Healthcare Insurance Industry, with information technology a plus.", "date_new": "2012-04-16 21:42:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27931377/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consulting - Consultant/Specialist - Claims", "reqid": "131710", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27931377}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Sales System Application Manager (SPAS)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nSales System Application Manager (SPAS)\n\nDescription\nThe Application Manager will manage all aspects of the application lifecycle for the Sales Process Automation System (SPAS) which supports Kaiser Permanente's health plan large business sales processes in California. This role will ensure that application governance processes are met and that development and operations meet business needs cost effectively.\n\nResponsibilities\nCreate application roadmap and ensure alignment with overall Sales and Marketing roadmap and architecture. Partner with business clients to define application's future direction and develop action plans.\nEnsure customer focus by building relationship as trusted partner with Sales and Account Management executives, regional leadership, and front line staff. As application owner, represent business partners across cross-functional areas which impact business processes and application.\nEnsure application quality to meet business needs and expectations of clients.\nCoordinate all phases of system development and implementation, including analysis, design, development, testing and on-going support.\nProvide input to cost benefit analyses and business cases.\nConsult with business partners on business requirements and prepare/support the development of necessary documentation. Partner with KP Information Technology on functional requirements and design. \nDevelop project plans for development schedule, budget and staffing. Obtain and schedule necessary resources. Report on development status and manage project schedule, budget, milestones, issues, and risks, including mitigation plans.\nParticipate as a team member on initiatives which impact SPAS functionality. Coordinate work with other application managers based on application touch points and interfaces.\nManage defect remediation and facilitate prioritization with business partners. Lead incident and defect triage.\nAct as application subject matter expert to development and testing teams.\nWork with Release Manager to plan and schedule releases. Manage release deployment activities (production shakedown).\nCo-ordinate with systems administration team to ensure system availability, efficient operation, and resolve client issues.\nTrain clients and help desk team on system enhancements.\nMonitor application to ensure SOX compliance and required documentation is completed on timely basis.\nResearch and share best practices for development and deployment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience\n - Minimum of 5 years experience in project managing technology projects for complex applications\n - Experience in systems analysis and application management or technical product management\n - Extensive knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including production support\n - Excellent analytical, problem solving and facilitation skills\n - Strong communication skills, including business presentation skills. Ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.\n - Experience delivering documentation of business and technical requirements\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Minimum 3 years experience in health care industry\n - Experience with CRM and Sales and Account Management systems and projects\n - Minimum of 3 years experience data analysis and data management", "date_new": "2012-04-16 03:03:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27908472/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sales System Application Manager (SPAS)", "reqid": "131708", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27908472}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Sales System Application Manager (BPSOR)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nSales System Application Manager (BPSOR)\n\nDescription\nThe Application Manager will manage all aspects of the application lifecycle for the Business Partner System of Record application (BPSOR) which provides broker administrative capabilities for Kaiser Permanente's Sales and Account Management organization. This role will ensure that application governance processes are met and that development and operations meet business needs cost effectively.\n\n\nResponsibilities\nCreate application roadmap and ensure alignment with overall Sales and Marketing roadmap and architecture. Partner with business clients to define application's future direction and develop action plans.\nEnsure customer focus by building relationship as trusted partner with Sales and Account Management executives, regional leadership, and front line staff. As application owner, represent business partners across cross-functional areas which impact business processes and application.\nEnsure application quality to meet business needs and expectations of clients.\nCoordinate all phases of system development and implementation, including analysis, design, development, testing and on-going support.\nProvide input to cost benefit analyses and business cases.\nConsult with business partners on business requirements and prepare/support the development of necessary documentation. Partner with KP Information Technology on functional requirements and design.\nDevelop project plans for development schedule, budget and staffing. Obtain and schedule necessary resources. Report on development status and manage project schedule, budget, milestones, issues, and risks, including mitigation plans.\nParticipate as a team member on initiatives which impact BPSOR functionality. Coordinate work with other application managers based on application touch points and interfaces.\nManage defect remediation and facilitate prioritization with business partners. Lead incident and defect triage.\nAct as application subject matter expert to development and testing teams.\nWork with Release Manager to plan and schedule releases. Manage release deployment activities (production shakedown).\nCo-ordinate with systems administration team to ensure system availability, efficient operation, and resolve client issues.\nTrain clients and help desk team on system enhancements.\nMonitor application to ensure SOX compliance and required documentation is completed on timely basis.\nResearch and share best practices for development and deployment.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience\n - Minimum of 8 years experience project managing technology projects for highly integrated applications.\n - Experience in systems analysis and application management or technical product management\n - Extensive knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including production support\n - Excellent analytical, problem solving and facilitation skills\n - Strong communication skills, including business presentation skills. Ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.\n - Experience delivering documentation of business and technical requirements\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Minimum 3 years experience in health care industry\n - Experience with CRM, Sales and Account Management and multi-channel systems and projects\n - 6 or more years of experience in database analysis, development and data management.\n - Working knowledge of business process management software and/orPEGA applications", "date_new": "2012-04-16 03:03:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27908473/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sales System Application Manager (BPSOR)", "reqid": "131709", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27908473}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Kofax Technical Engineer\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nKaiser Permanente IT is seeking a highly experienced individual to fill the role of Kofax Technical Engineer as part of the Document Repository Management (DRM) team, in our Shared Application Services organization. The DRM team provides expertise in enterprise document management platform and solutions for Kaiser Permanente, currently supporting the document capture and storage needs for major areas such as KP HealthConnect across multiple regions, Health Plan applications, and for business functions such as Workers' Compensation. This is a rapidly growing environment with hundreds of millions of documents already stored, and hundreds of thousands of documents searched, retrieved, and viewed each month.\n\nThe Kofax Technical Engineer will play a key role in leading efforts to plan, design, implement and sustain the Kofax shared infrastructure for use by multiple business and application areas. The Kofax shared infrastructure will capture millions of documents annually, and include a highly complex, high volume architecture that must be closely monitored 24x7x365. The successful candidate will also be responsible for establishing sustaining production support operations for the Kofax shared infrastructure, ensuring that excellent service is delivered to our business units in an effective and efficient manner.\n\nThis position is located at Kaiser Permanente's Technology Campus in Pleasanton, CA.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Be the primary technical team member to plan, design, install, configure, monitor, support, and enhance the Kofax shared infrastructure.\n - Function as a hands-on technical engineer performing test and production implementation off-hours and on weekends, when needed, as well as participating on production application support and incident resolution.\n - Work with fellow IT team members to design and implement continous process improvements for preventing and auditing production application incidents.\n - Plan and manage assigned projects or tasks, including progress reporting and issue/risk management.\n - Coordinate and manage the work assigned to other IT production support resources, as and when needed.\n - Plan, coordinate, and perform scheduled software and hardware patches, upgrades, or enhancements.\n - Engage end-users to triage issues and gather the necessary data to hand-off to technical resources for further analysis.\n - Communicate, on a regular basis, with senior management and IT and non-IT stakeholders to report status, address issues/risks, obtain approvals/support, or share information.\n - Be a thought leader for creating improved production support, system monitoring and diagnostics processes.\n - Monitor, on a regular basis, the health of the Kofax shared infrastructure, as well as the existing Vignette infrastructure, e.g., disk space usage, system uptime, software/hardware maintenance patches, license consumption.\n - Prepare, review and maintain application support documentation.\n - Maintain adherence to KP IT Incident, Problem, and Change Management standards and guidelines.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Ten or more years of work experience in IT in a technical or production support role in a medium to large-sized organization.\n - Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience installing, configuring, managing and supporting Kofax Capture modules in a mid-sized or large distributed enterprise environment.\n - Ability to work effectively as part of a team or independently without close supervision.\n - Ability to effectively plan, multi-task and handle multiple projects or assignments concurrently.\n - Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with experience triaging and resolving technical issues/problems.\n - Excellent oral and written communication skills.\n - Strong customer service orientation and motivated self-starter.\n - Ability to work off hours or on weekends as required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable discipline.\n - Hand-on experience working as a Kofax technical engineer using various modules and tools that include Kofax Transformation Modules, Network Services, Export Connectors, Import Connectors and Communication Services.\n - Deep expertise of the Kofax Capture product, its functionality, configuration, integration and customization.\n - Kofax Capture 10 Technical Solutions Specialist Certification.\n - Hands-on experience designing, implementing and supporting advanced component-based document imaging and forms processing solution using Kofax Transformation Modules.\n - Hands-on experience with the installation and configuration of Kofax servers and clients; assignment of licenses and volume to remote locations.\n - Hands-on experience implementing enterprise functions such as enhanced reporting and monitoring for automated problem isolation and notification.\n - Good understanding of TCP/IP, Windows environment and its GUI conventions (Server 2008).\n - Experience using standard IT tools such as: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Remedy for Incident, Problem and Change Management, RPM, Lotus Notes.\n - Experience with defining methods to optimize efficiency and accuracy in classification, separation and extraction of data; defining a reference set for testing using the Extraction Benchmark Tool.\n - Experience with reviewing and creating detailed level technical design and architectural documents.\n - Experience facilitating meetings and conference calls with a large technical and non-technical audience, both in-person and remote.\n - Experience installing and configuring Windows server-based software.\n - Experience installing software patches or performing upgrades on server-side Kofax software.\n - Experience working in a matrixed organizational environment with cross-functional teams.\n - Additional pluses: extensive Unix and Linux system administration experience with scripting and database skills; software development using Java, .Net or VBscript, experience with OpenText/Vignette document management platform; experience as a Technical Project Manager; Healthcare industry experience; experience with document publishing, document archival, or document distribution and fulfillment.", "date_new": "2012-04-16 03:02:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27908471/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Kofax Technical Engineer", "reqid": "131707", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27908471}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baldwin Park", "description": "Title: Occupational Therrapist-PD\nLocation: Baldwin Park, CA\nResponsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services. \nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.\n- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.\n- Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelors or Masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Pediatric OT experience\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position, schedule may vary according to departmental needs", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902125/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therrapist-PD", "reqid": "131167", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Baldwin Park, CA", "uid": 27902125}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Speech Pathologist CFY\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAdministers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects. Advises physicians of test results and subsequently recommends and implements appropriate treatments. Monitors status of results and collaborates with physicians when altering treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- All professional activities will be provided under the supervision of the RPE/ CFY Clinical Supervisor as outlined by the State of California Speech Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board and the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment and neurological defects.\n- Advises physicians of test results and subsequently recommends and implements appropriate treatments.\n- Monitors status of results and collaborates with physicians when altering treatment program.\n- Ensures compliance with JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- May participate in the development of department policies and procedures.\n- Develops protocols and treatment programs within specialized areas.\n- Develops and presents in service programs in area of specialty.\n- Performs diagnostic clinical swallowing evaluations on a diversified patient population, including adults and children with a wide variety of neurologic and medical diagnosis and surgical histories.\n- Interpret and report the results of evaluations/tests to referring physicians, therapists and other medical staff.\n- Participates in the design and implementation of therapy programs addressing speech/language voice and swallowing problems for a diversified patient population.\n- Documents patient's progress and maintains accurate records.\n- Adjusts program to improve effectiveness; meets client needs and determines further courses of treatment or intervention that may be necessary.\n- Performs diagnostic voice evaluations on a diversified patient population.\n- Interprets and reports results and provides recommendations regarding the need for further evaluation or services in the area of speech and pathology when appropriate.\n- Administers and analyzes test results to determine patient's communicative abilities; examines patient's medical history, neurological and psychological test results in order to determine necessary therapy.\n- Treats speech and language impairments such as functional articulatory disorders, stuttering, voice problems, delayed speech, and organic disorder including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, and impaired hearing.\n- Interprets findings and treatment to patient's families, teachers or other concerned parties; provides guidance and counseling.\n- Plans and conducts remedial programs designed to improve or restore communicative facility; administers treatment in individual or group sessions with patients; may refer patients to specialists in medicine, dentistry, psychology education or related areas.\n- Writes report on diagnostic findings, therapy used and progress made.\n- Keeps abreast of developments in the field of speech therapy by attending professional seminars and workshops.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology.\n- Completion of an accredited speech pathologist educational program with a Master's degree or PHD degree.\n- RPE(Required Professional Experience) temporary license is required.\n- Basic Cardiac Life Support certification.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS certification.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of federal, state and local regulatory requirements.\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and to utilize theories, principles, practices, techniques and methods of Speech Therapy.\n\nNotes:\n- Will be required to work two weekends per month", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902121/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Pathologist CFY", "reqid": "130294", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 27902121}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Granada Hills", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Panorama City - Per Diem\nLocation: Granada Hills, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n-One (1) year recent (within past three 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's license and a clear driving record for the past two (2) years. Proof of automobile insurance as required by law\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- PHN Certificate\n\n\nNotes:\n- 100% travel\n- Rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902124/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Panorama City - Per Diem", "reqid": "130518", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Granada Hills, CA", "uid": 27902124}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Audit Director, Internal Audit Services (Oakland or Denver)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nAudit Director, Internal Audit Services\nOakland or Denver\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Audit Director.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n - Develops the strategy and sets priorities for multiple practice areas and regions, leveraging and engaging other members of the team as necessary. Takes the lead role in driving practice area/regional development based on risk assessment activities, client interactions, and industry knowledge. Directs the on-going risk assessment process.\n - Identifies and leads continuous improvement efforts within IAS.\n - Plays a lead role in the coordination of audit projects with other audit and compliance functions to maximize efficiency and coverage of key risk areas.\n - Hires, develops, and manages an effective and diverse workforce.\n - Plans, schedules and supervises assigned audit projects and staff in accordance with the audit plan, project budgets, and milestones. Reviews and approves project level risk assessments, develops audit plan programs, reviews work papers, and approves/prepares reports. Adheres to professional and IAS standards.\n - Uses professional judgment to identify content, stakeholder groups, and timing for effective communication of ideas, areas of improvement, and audit conclusions. Professionally communicates both verbally and in writing. Communication is conveyed in a timely manner.\n - Develops and builds client relationships. Ensures coordination with peers to accomplish the annual audit plan and department goals.\n - Cultivate productive internal and external relationships that inform and guide the internal audit function toward effective and appropriate engagement, reporting, communications, and management decision making. Seeks to be a catalyst.\n - As the lead Audit representative, interacts regularly with various Regional management, Internal Audit management and staff, and external auditors and consultants.\n - Plans, schedules, and manages multiple various and diverse audit projects independently with minimal after-the-fact direction.\n - Up to 35% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n - 7+ years of professional auditing or comparable experience\n - Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or information systems or related field or4 additional years of equivalent work experience\n - Demonstrated experience integrating various priorities, internal issues, and situation analyses into a cohesive strategic approach to department management\n - Understands key industry knowledge, including industry value drivers, and risks\n - One of following certifications is required:\n- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)\n- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)\n- Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Work experience within Internal Audit Services\n - 5+ years supervisory experience\n - Increasing levels of internal audit and project management experience", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902105/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Audit Director, Internal Audit Services (Oakland or Denver)", "reqid": "131658", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27902105}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Program Manager/Facilities Services - Kaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services - Pleasanton, CA\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nProgram Manager/Facilities Services\nKaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services\nPleasanton, CA\n\nThe Program Manager is responsible for leadership of facility operations serving the KP-IT portfolio of space and the occupants, primarily IT employees. The incumbent is a key member of the National Functions Facilities Services leadership team and will be directly managing employees and operations for approximately 1.5M - 2M square feet of administrative located in multiple campuses (in various KP locations in NCAL, SCAL and NW areas). S/he is responsible for facility operations of IT's owned and leased sites, client relations, capital maintenance driven projects, operational components of tenant improvements, minor construction projects, purchasing, procurement and installation, safety and security and office services including maintenance, mail and conference services. Regular travel will be required. This position interfaces with Facility Operations business line leaders in NFS to ensure consistent practices, standards, tools and processes are implemented and delivered to the client, IT.\nSome travel will be required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Plans, develops, implements and monitors facility service activities for PO or KP-IT which support the business goals and objectives of the PO populations. This includes: lease management, space allocation, safety and security, and office services. Lead a team of Facility Coordinators, staff and external consultants in the execution of these activities. Contributes to the achievement of National Functions Facilities Services objectives including ensuing the high quality, cost-effective and efficient delivery of services to internal and external customers.\n - Hire, train, develop, and manage staff of 10-15 Facilities Coordinators and various positions that may include maintenance, materials, procurement and administrative staff. Monitor performance and develop action plans to ensure high levels of staff accountability and performance.\n - Participate in the development of high level space strategies for administrative space in Northern and Southern California and in the Northwest. These strategies include space planning, occupancy planning and increasing density in the current space and provide the necessary information to senior leadership to increase, decrease, or change Kaiser Permanente's real estate portfolio.\n - Ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations relating to real estate management, safety and security, et.al.; ensure compliance with enterprise policies and procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years experience in corporate real estate management\n- Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations related to real estate construction and contracting, environmental services, hazardous waste management and safety.\n- Proficient in customer relations, team building, conflict resolution, group dynamics, project management and budgeting\n- Knowledge of corporate and technology company administrative business needs and local real estate markets in multiple markets.\n- Understanding of Kaiser Permanente business and strategic plans\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration related field or equivalent experience (4 years).\n\nAn individual should have the following core behaviors:\n\nChampions Innovation and Change\nCollaborates\nCommunicates Effectively\nDevelops Self/Others\nDrives for Results\nFocuses on the Customer\nTakes Accountability\nDemonstrates Business Acumen\nExerts Influence\nEmotional Intelligence*\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 to 5 years facility supervisory or management experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902106/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Program Manager/Facilities Services - Kaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services - Pleasanton, CA", "reqid": "131662", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27902106}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Consultant Marketing Finance\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Senior Financial Consultant for Marketing Finance leads and initiates analysis and presentations for Senior Leadership's to maximize resources and increase efficiencies while achieving critical business goals. This position leads and executes ad hoc projects in FP&A, Internal Controls and Procurement, in addition to larger initiatives for the Marketing and ISG.\n\nThis leadership role consolidates monthly financial results and forecasts into actionable powerpoint presentations for the Senior Vice President and Vice Presidents of the Marketing and Internet Services Group, prepares consolidated budget scenarios with recommendations for reallocation of resources to meet business objectives, assists managers in review of staff deliverables and ad hoc analysis, consults and partners with Marketing leadership to further business objection by providing actionable analysis. \nEssential Functions:\n- Reviews and analyzes submitted budget/forecast data for completeness, changes in trend, and drivers of change.\n- Designs effective processes to track financial performance against expectations, including early 'red flags' to identify potential shortfalls.\n- Oversees analysis of planned financial objectives and identifies corrective actions.\n- Partners with key leaders to shift (or maintain) direction.\n- Acts as a proactive partner to insure business objectives are achieved in a financially efficient manner.\n- Reviews and presents the financial information to key KP leaders - identifying key messages, risks, and opportunities. Continuously forecasts the progress and momentum in key operations against planned objectives.\n- Handle all phases of projects assigned including client meetings, analysis, presentations.\n- Lead the process to streamline, refine and improve the budget/forecast/reporting processes.\n- Works cross-functionally to help insure planning processes are consistent, and properly support the development of national functions organizations individually and as an organization.\n- Ensures integrity of measurement and control processes and all financial and reporting statements.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and company objectives.\n- Influences the development of the functional and company objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional and company objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources.\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure or inconclusive data.\n- Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues.\n- Requires significantly complex decision-making.\n- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to develop and implement unprecedented solutions for more complex problems.\n- Requires the exchange of complex information.\n- Must gain cooperation and acceptance/approval in resolving problems, and/or negotiating with other parties to arrive at an agreement.\n- Assignments are often self-initiated and virtually self-supervisory.\n- Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.\n- Review and analysis of key events by senior management are critical to the completion and attainment of objectives and goals.\n- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.\n- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Twelve (12) plus years financial analysis or related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.\n- Develops advanced concepts, techniques and standards.\n- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\n- Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.\n- Applies advanced principles, theories and concepts.\n- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902107/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Consultant Marketing Finance", "reqid": "131692", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27902107}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: MSW Medication Management Team\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvides comprehensive assessment, counseling, and case management to members engaged with the multi-disciplinary STORM team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide assessment, education, coaching, and case management to members who are engaged with the STORM team\n- Provide consultation to STORM team members and other clinicians as needed\n- Participate in planning and program development\n- Plan and facilitate care conferences as needed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year of direct clinical experience working with patients/families with chronic pain, addiction, or mental health diagnoses\n- Master's degree in social work or closely related field\n- Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) or Certified Social Worker Associate (CSWA); Washington Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within 6 weeks of start date. License in both states required within 6 months of hire\n- American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR with AED certification within 90 days of hire\n- NPI\n- Strong motivational interviewing skills\n- Rapidly establish rapport with a diverse population of patients presenting with a wide range of psychiatric, social and emotional difficulties\n- Proven expertise with telephonic assessment and interventions\n- Expertise with a variety of short term counseling interventions.\n- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team\n- Case management experience\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree and a minimum of 3 years of post masters experience in outpatient mental health or addiction treatment\n- Thorough knowledge of current best practice treatment for members with chronic pain, and their family members needing addiction and/or mental health intervention\n- Working knowledge of KPNW services and benefits\n- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team\n- Working knowledge of pain management techniques\n- Knowledge of co-occurring mental health and chemical dependency disorders\nSalary Range- $30.35 - $42.04 per hour", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902089/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MSW Medication Management Team", "reqid": "131157", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27902089}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Tualatin", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - In-House Agency\nLocation: Tualatin, OR\nUpon referral and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, the PT/OT uses clinical judgment skills to treat patients with actual or potential health problems. The PT / OT is responsible for implementing PT / OT programs to prevent disability from immobilization, surgery, following disease, injury, or loss of body part; to restore function and return patient to maximum potential. The PT / OT will coordinate therapy activities with other health care disciplines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Delivers quality treatment programs to patients ranging in age from pediatric to geriatric in compliance w/competency checklists.\n-Evaluates the physical status, functional abilities, & age-specific needs of patients to determine the current level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence, & quality of life.\n-Develops & implements a treatment plan which involves the patient, family & social support systems: identifies interventions to reach reasonable goals; coordinate & collaborates on treatment options; advocates to enhance patient's social support systems, facilitates environmental modifications, & creates new support systems\n-Integrates discharge planning early in treatment based on continuing assessments & stated expectations for achieving treatment goals & objectives\n-Provides treatments based on established departmental guidelines & protocols; demonstrates competency in managing patients based on competency checklists.\n-Utilizes all equipment appropriately & safely per established protocols, manufacturer's guidelines, & competency checklists.\n- Completes all chart documentation according to the criteria of the record review checklist.\n- Provides written documentation, departmental & interdepartmental, that is legible, complete, & timely.\n- Provides patient handouts that are effective & appropriate for patient understanding.\n- Maintains professional competency by attending continuing education applicable to the specific patient population treated.\n- Presents one in-service per year to PT / OT staff.\n- Supports organizational mission statement & goals.\n- Complies w/departmental safety precautions/procedures.\n- Demonstrates time mgmt skills by meeting productivity standards, using patient treatment time effectively, & utilizing time between patient treatments efficiently.\n- Coordinates therapy activities w/other health care disciplines when appropriate.\n- Participates in maintaining a clean, safe, & organized dept.\n- Performs duties in a professional manner demonstrating dependability, flexibility, & teamwork.\n- Provides quality customer service\n- Demonstrates problem solving by taking ownership of patient & organizational problems & working to resolve them when they occur.\n- Demonstrates initiative by independently beginning new projects &/or resolving departmental issues.\n- Demonstrates leadership by volunteering & completing new projects &/or resolving departmental issues when needed.\n- Demonstrates decision making by evaluating, establishing & adapting treatment plans & making recommendations to providers as needed to provide effective therapy.\n- Communicates orally w/patients/families/caregivers, peers & supervisors in an appropriate & effective manner.\n- Demonstrates professional interpersonal relationships w/fellow therapists, providers, & supervisors.\n- Accepts supervision in an open & professional manner, & implements recommendations/suggestions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited program in Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy\n- Licensed Physical or Occupational Therapy within the States of Oregon and Washington upon hire\n- BLS with AED Certification within 60 days of hire\n- Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology\n- Equipment operation\n- Basic to moderate computer skills to complete documentation.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced degree in specialty\n- Knowledge of patient assessment and treatment specific to patient load.\n- Orthopedic skills\n- Group dynamics\n\nSalary Range:\n$38.49 - $51.01", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902093/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - In-House Agency", "reqid": "131256", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Tualatin, OR", "uid": 27902093}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Epic - Application Coordinator II\nLocation: Portland, OR\nKP HealthConnect is a $3 billion integrated clinical and administrative information system that is being deployed across all KP regions. KP HealthConnect will enable us to leverage the power of our integrated delivery system to be the solution in heath care that is patient-centered, safe equitable, accessible, and affordable. In order to achieve this vision, every region must fully optimize the use of this system.\nThe mission of the KP HealthConnect Operations Department is to optimize the use of the system across the Region in order to achieve high priority goals in clinical care and business outcomes. The department does this through diligent and conscientious attention to user needs, through partnerships with National and Epic Systems in the continued development and enhancement of the system, through partnerships in the Region with NWP, IT, and the Labor Management Partnership, and by applying medical systems to meet problem-oriented and opportunity-driven objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Configure and build complex features and new modules for integration with installed Epic applications. Plan and Lead in relevant workflow sessions and manage resulting workflow changes.\n- Direct configuration activities in Epic system to resolve problems escalated to the KP HealthConnect Operations department.\n- Set up and test configuration to resolve complex patient safety problems modifications and enhancement. Build, maintain and update application master files and category lists to ensure data integrity and maintain synchronization with Enterprise CB (Collaborative Build) updates.\n- Responsible for solving critical and high incident support/ patient safety issues under stressful outage situations.\n- Application and Interface Enhancements/Development: Assess customer needs, research options, support analysis, design, and test and implement application solutions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BA or equivalent work experience required in health care administration, information systems, business, a health care profession, library science, or information resource management\n- Epic Certification required\n- Certified/Proficient in 2 Epic modules or application sup-components\n- Experience on at least 1 major system implementation\n- Demonstrated skills in complex project management\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage large multidisciplinary teams through influence and collaboration\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of computer applications in business settings\n- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation\n- Demonstrated working knowledge of medical terminology\n- Ability to Scope and estimate small enhancements\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years' experience at Kaiser Permanente\n- 3 years experience using at least one of the Epic suite of application products or completion of Epic certification in an application(s)\n- Advanced degree in medical informatics, computer science or a related health care field\n- Direct experience implementing business information systems in the Northwest region\n- Knowledge of functional areas and/ or systems analysis\n- Knowledge of research and analyses /design\n- Demonstrated experience leading a large multidisciplinary project to successful completion\n- Demonstrated skills in conflict resolution\n- Public speaking skills\n- Demonstrated experience with office software, e.g., Power Point, Excel, Word and/or MS Project, Visio\n\nSalary Range:\n$72,080 - $98,720", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902094/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Epic - Application Coordinator II", "reqid": "131272", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27902094}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Chemical Dependency Counselor\nLocation: Portland, OR\nProvide high quality clinical services to Kaiser Permanente members accessing the Department of Addiction Medicine\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide high quality clinical services (individual, group, and family) to our members through direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan in outpatient or residential settings.\n- Provide all care in accordance with accepted best practice standards and department protocols (including supervision).\n- Conducts hospital consults as requested by clinical services manager, Clinical Director or Chief of Addiction Medicine department.\n- Provide case management through appropriate triaging and referrals, consultation with other providers, contact with members and their families, and reporting to outside agencies\n- Document all member care in the electronic medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards\n- Provide other member or department services, such as program development, in-service training, crisis intervention and supervision of members during residential activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nMinimum Required Experience, License, Registration, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities\n- Master's level degree in counseling, social work, or closely related field (M.S.W., M.S., M.A., and M.Ed.), postmaster's experience not required, if completed 1-year departmental internship.\n- Certified alcohol and drug counselor; or licensed professional counselor - LPC; or licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT; or licensed clinical social worker - LCSW\n- Current license to practice without restriction and/or A/D Certification in practicing state\n- Thorough and working knowledge of current best practice treatment for; members and their family members needing Addiction intervention and/or treatment services; including treatment principles for individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse and maintaining confidentiality\n- Thorough and working knowledge of accepted best practice protocols and ethical guidelines and behaviors for counselors\n- Ability to assess, diagnoses, and treat members affected by substance use/dependence\n- Ability to recognize, assesses, and initiates treatment for members with co-occurring issues.\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment and tools\n- Ability to carry a large caseload\n- Ability to interface with large multidisciplinary systems - both internal and external\n- Basic electronic mail communication skills\n- Basic computer skills in windows applications\n- Basic computer skills including ability to access and utilize web-based resources, and communicate in writing using electronic mail\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPreferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities\n- Master's level degree and two years post-masters experience\n- Training and experience related to counseling/treatment principles for; individual, family and group counseling; adolescent development; family systems theory, and treatment/intervention options for sexual/physical and other trauma survivors.\n- Thorough and working knowledge of current best practice treatment for members and their family members needing addiction intervention and/or treatment services;\n- Thorough and working knowledge of legal requirements for reporting abuse and maintaining confidentiality\n- Thorough and working knowledge of accepted best practice protocols and ethical guidelines and behaviors for counselors, as identified by licensing and /or Certifying Boards\n- Ability to assess, diagnoses, and treat members affected by substance use/dependence\n- Ability to diagnose and treat members with co-occurring issues\n- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment and tools\n- Ability to carry a large caseload\n- Ability to interface with large multidisciplinary systems - both internal and external\n- Proficient electronic mail communication skills\n- Proficient computer skills in windows applications\n- Provides clinical services with emphasis on addiction treatment utilizing knowledge of current best practices in field of substance use disorders\n- Considers cultural nuances and health care beliefs in the provision of care to a diverse member base\n- Provides substance abuse consultation to other professionals, members and referents\n- Proficient in computer skills including Windows applications, access/utilization of web-based resources, keyboarding\n\nSalary Range:\n$30.35 - $42.04", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902096/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chemical Dependency Counselor", "reqid": "131432", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27902096}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: OR RN - Outpatient\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nJob purpose:\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/She works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\nA. Professional Competencies\n- Demonstrates personal commitment to service and to socially relevant practice\n- Demonstrates ethical and legal behavior in all professional activities\n- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions.\n- Understands and provides competent care to a diverse population.\n- Practices health care team building and leadership skills.\n- Participates in population-based care activities\n- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems.\n- Participates in ongoing continuing education activities and shares knowledge with other health care team members\nB. Clinical Competencies\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner.\n- Applies effective oral and written communication skills in interacting with patients, families and members of the health care team, this includes effective negotiation and conflict management skills\n- Participates in nursing Quality Assurance Programs.\n- Complies with shift, unit, and organizational policies and procedures including reliability and attendance standards. Returns promptly from breaks and schedules them to provide adequate coverage. Restricts personal business to non-patient care areas during breaks.\nC. Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, committed to team environment\n- Utilizes professional communication techniques\n- Maintains current knowledge and skill base with personal commitment to continuous learning and professional development\n- Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the communication notebook\n- Participates in an equitable rotation of voluntary overtime to cover possible late cases and discharges\n- Variable start times\nD. Organizational Competencies\n- Recognizes the impact of systems on health care delivery\n- Acts as an advocate for individuals and groups with unmet health needs\n- Applies the knowledge and tools of continuous improvement in clinical practice and the delivery of health care\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\n-2 years of experience circulating ininpatient or ambulatorysurgery setting within the past 3 years\n- Current state RN licensure\n- Current BLS with AED training\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\n- Pre-op area skills\n- IV start skill\n-3- 5years of O.R. circulating and scrubbing experience\n- CNOR\n- ACLS\nSalary Range: $32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902100/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "OR RN - Outpatient", "reqid": "131633", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27902100}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Perioperative Nurse Consultant\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Peri-Operative Nurse Consultant is accountable to the Nursing Director for coordinating & integrating educational, consultative, evidence-based practice, & research functions into ongoing nursing practice.\nEssential Functions:\n- Improves clinical practice through implementation of standards, evidence-based practice, systems assessment, consultation\n- Assures that employees providing service have the knowledge & skills required to provide age & culturally appropriate care to patients & families through education, training, & experience.\n- Provides the leadership in strategic planning to achieve departmental & clinical specialty goals & objectives. Collaborates w/ nurse manager & healthcare team to ensure the regulatory compliance standards are met\n- Monitors & evaluates the quality & effectiveness of care delivered to members in the acute care setting\n- Performs other duties as requested\n- Autonomy of practice is maintained through self-evaluation, continuing education, peer reviewing, & the pursuit of scholarly activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year previous experience leading a Surgical Services Education Team\n- BSN or BA/BS in related field\n- Current license of Registered Nurse in Oregon\n- Knowledge of current regulations/standards of practice\n- Customer-focused service skills\n- Group process skills\n- Project management experience\n- Principle of adult learning\n- Excellent verbal and written communication\n- Research methodology\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 1 year management experience\n- 5 years education experience\n- 5 years clinical experience in specialty\n- Masters in Nursing or Education\n- Clinical Nurse Specialist\n- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills\nSalary Range: $38.22 - $68.70", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902081/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Perioperative Nurse Consultant", "reqid": "130974", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27902081}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager [Assistant Nurse Manager] ER 40/hr\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5 years Emergency Department experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902071/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager [Assistant Nurse Manager] ER 40/hr", "reqid": "131263", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27902071}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Executive Consultant I\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nThis position exists to provide project consultation, problem analysis, and resolution on issues of limited scope under general supervision of a senior executive. The incumbent works with the executive to stage meetings, priorities, and activities. The incumbent represents and acts on behalf of executive when directed. May manage support staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides consultation and analysis to a senior executive\n- Identifies, structures and scopes issues, identifying component parts and root causes\n- Recommends the most effective means of solving the issues\n- Facilitates committees and task forces\n- Delivers high quality results on time\n- Acts as a communication liaison between the office and direct reports\n- Represents the executive's point of view and makes decisions on behalf when directed\n- Prepares presentations for the executive as well as papersand public statements\n- Develops and monitors the office budget\n- Administers human resources initiatives, including compensation and executive or employee searches, and works with HR Consultants to facilitate resolution of any problems\n- May manage support staff\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years consulting, operations, or project management experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience\n- Master's preferred, in finance, business, health care, or public administration\n- Ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses\n- Effective communication\n- Consulting, interpersonal, presentation and project management skills\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry trends or hospital/HMO/Medical offices operations\n- Effective collaborator with KP leaders\n- Ability to exercise good judgment and political astuteness\n- Ability to adapt to changing priorities in managing a range of projects\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902072/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Consultant I", "reqid": "131283", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27902072}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Data Consultant\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. This position functions both as consultant and as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Designs and enhances databases.\n- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.\n- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.\n- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.\n- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.\n- Builds and maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.\n- Tests and maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL).\n- Builds sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.\n- Defines and frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- Works closely with IT and outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments).\n- May coordinate team/project activities and schedules.\n- May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- May provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams.\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- Typically three (3) or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.\n- Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, OR equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred. Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Very strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902074/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Consultant", "reqid": "131505", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 27902074}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Clinical Health Educator II\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThis position is to serve as a member of a multidisciplinary Primary Care Team in a clinical setting providing group and one-to-one counseling and education, in conjunction with the facility Health Education Department.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses patient's educational needs on an individual and/or group basis in consultation with members of the PCT and to apply this assessment to designing educational interventions\n- Conducts brief disease management, lifestyle and health risk counseling with patients and family members one-to one\n- Promotes prevention and self-care strategies\n- Coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates group visits for disease management and prevention and self-care education\n- Identifies health education needs of the (PCT) Primary Care Team and provides consultation to team members on education and behavior change skills and strategies\n- Selects and recommends appropriate educational materials in conjunction with the Facility Health Education Department\n- Provides linkage to and from the Facility Health Education Department\n- Arranges referrals to appropriate Kaiser Permanente and Community services\n- Provides and promotes culturally appropriate interventions\n- Collects, prepares reports, and documentation as needed for planning and quality assurance\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of two (2) five (5) years experience in counseling or health education, preferably in a clinical setting\n- Master's degree in public health, clinical psychology/health psychology, health science, counseling, or social work OR master's degree in a health related field that is applicable to the clinical environment, (i.e., Gerontology for Geriatrics department, Childhood Development in Pediatrics)\n- For specialization - content expertise or certification required\n- Knowledge of behavior change, adult learning, group process theory, and application\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred\n\nSchedule:\n\nTues: 8:45 AM - 5:15 PM, Wed: 11:45 AM - 8:15 PM, Thurs, Fri: 8:45 AM - 5:15 PM\n\nNote: Incumbent will be assigned to the Redwood City facility (or vice versa) but will be expected to spend some time working out of the San Mateo facility. Incumbent will work at least one evening shift per week to teach classes.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:24:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902062/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Health Educator II", "reqid": "129889", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27902062}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1150)\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PALLIATIVE CARE - Two years recent (within the last 5 years) experience in case management, and recent experience in palliative care (such as oncology, home health, hospice, etc.) to include experience in initiating and participating in end of life discussions with patients and families, facilitating family conferences and advanced care planning. Palliative Care RN duties do not include discharge planning or UM functions. May be required to make visits to patient's home, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), clinic or other sites. Palliative Care services may be provided telephonically or face to face in a variety of settings: inpatient, clinic, home, SNF. Current valid California driver's license and proof of automobile insurance required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902056/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1150)", "reqid": "124477", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 27902056}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Sterile Processing Technician II Certified - Grade 390 [PJ348]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nUnder direct/indirect supervision, follows approved infection control, quality assurance and departmental policies and procedures and may assist in departmental in-services and training. In addition, must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management.\nEssential Functions:\n- Adherence to hand washing requirements, workflow patterns, standard precautions, sterility assurance, biological monitoring, and dress code.\n- Validates and maintains: event-related protocols; disinfection and/or sterilization load parameters and records; inventory check sheet(s); and equipment monitoring.\n- Meets regulatory requirements for sterilization, high-level disinfection, biological monitoring, and employee competencies\n- Accurately document and maintain daily records of all QA and sterilization functions according to regulatory agency and Infection Control standards.\n- Adheres to organizational and departmental policies and procedures\n- Participates in department employee orientation (DEO), meetings, and employee evaluation and competency programs\n- Maintains current Sterile Processing Technician Certification\n- May assists in departmental in-services and training.\n- Wears personal protective equipment\n- Inspects, disassembles sorts, cleans, and processes reusable instrumentation and equipment.\n- Selects and operates specialized cleaning equipment.\n- Follows manufacturer recommendations for use of cleaning agents\n- Follows device manufactures cleaning guidelines.\n- Maintains adequate cleaning supplies\n- As designated reprocesses endoscopes\n- Identifies, inspects, and assembles all general and specialty instruments, various power equipment, laser and endoscopes instruments per specifications and manufacturer recommendations.\n- According to manufacturer guidelines, selects and prepares packaging materials for the sterilization of reusable instrumentation.\n- Selects appropriate method of sterilization.\n- Maintains accurate sterilization records\n- Properly loads and unloads sterilization cart items.\n- Verifies that sterilization parameters meet before distribution of load\n- Collects, cleans, checks, distributes, and tracks patient care equipment\n- As designated, orders patient care equipment, inventory assigned supply areas for replenishment, and rotates stock appropriately and stocks general and surgical carts.\n- Reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate department\n- Demonstrates awareness of personal and work area safety at all times.\n- Complies with facility safety policies and procedures, including those for blood borne pathogens and communicable diseases\n- Takes prompt corrective actions when hazard identified (reporting or removing, as appropriate)\n- Attends required safety training.\n- Demonstrates effective written and oral communication skills and actively supports and contributes teamwork in the workplace.\n- Demonstrates responsibility in adhering to posted work schedules\n- Assists in in-service and training and supports departmental related computer programs.\n- May assume interdepartmental liaison responsibilities.\n- In the absence of the Senior Technician, may assume interdepartmental liaison responsibilities.\n- Performs duties as assigned\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year experience in instrument processing\n- High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Must hold current CS/SPD Certification with the Certification Board for either Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) or The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materials Management\n- Must know Medical Terminology to understand instrumentation, surgical procedures, and surgical schedule\n- Must know various types of reusable surgical instrumentation, including power equipment and micro surgical instrumentation\n- Must know how to operate Sterile Processing departmental equipment (i.e. washers, ultrasonic, steam, gas, and chemical sterilizer)\n- Must know cleaning of patient care equipment i.e. I.V. pumps, feeding pumps, pneumatic pumps, CPM machines, PCA, and hypo/hyperthermia units, etc.\n- Must know sterilization monitoring, record keeping, and quality assurance protocols\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills with co-workers, internal, and external customers\n- Departmental related computer skills preferred\n- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions\n- Must be able to read, comprehend, and follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902054/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sterile Processing Technician II Certified - Grade 390 [PJ348]", "reqid": "121978", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27902054}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Psychology Post Doctoral Resident - Child - South Bay Consortium - Temporary - San Jose\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nPosition is designed to provide 2000 hours of supervised clinical postdoctoral training. Completion of this program will satisfy one of the requirements to sit for the psychology licensing exam. Residencies are based in departments of Psychiatry, Chemical Dependency, Chronic Pain, or Behavioral Medicine. Position provides 2 hours per week in each of the following: individual supervision; group supervision; and didactic training. Supervision is provided by licensed psychologists. Opportunities may include providing short-term individual therapy, family therapy, crisis intervention, chemical dependency evaluation, adult and adolescent group therapy, psycho-educational groups, and psychological assessment.\nPosition is 40 hours per week, one-year, temporary with benefits. This position ONLY pertains to the Northern California Mental Health Training Programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide assessment and psychotherapy of adults, adolescents, children and/or families in a brief therapy model\n- Conduct intake evaluations\n- Provide crisis intervention as needed\n- Co-facilitate psychoeducational groups\n- Conduct program evaluation and/or research project\n- Administer and interpret psychological tests, and write reports\n- Participate in regional, consortial, and departmental training activities\n- Participate in departmental administrative and educational meetings\n- Maintain confidential patient files/records and information in a timely manner\n- Comply with regional and local policies and procedures\n- Comply with APA's Code of Ethics and state laws pertaining to the delivery of mental health services\n- Other duties as assigned\n- Team-specific duties provided by residents under the direct supervision of licensed psychologists:\n- Adult Team: Provide assessment and individual and group treatment to adults in a brief therapy model\n- Child/Family Team: Perform psychological evaluations of children, adolescents and families. Provide psychotherapeutic services to child and family populations\n- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): Provide services to patients needing more intensive treatment for stabilization, in a stepped-down treatment program for patients recently discharged from inpatient psychiatric unit\n- Behavioral Medicine: Provide services to patients whose presenting problem is related to the treatment of a physical problem or psychological issues arising from a medical condition\n- Provide services to patients who are experiencing emotional or stress-related problems concurrent to receiving treatment for a medical diagnosis or physical symptom\n- Chronic Pain Management: Provide services to patients who experience chronic pain, including teaching them pain management skills such as pacing, medication management, staying active, relaxation techniques and positive thinking\n- Chemical Dependency: Provide services to patients who are in the contemplation phase, the early stages of their recovery, and patients with longer-term sobriety\n- Provide separate and conjoint treatments for family members\n- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Provide services, including developing extensive evaluation and treatment plans, to specialized population of infants, children and teens with ASD and other developmental disabilities\n- Eating Disorders: Provide services to adults, children, teens, and families who have a diagnosis of an eating disorder\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated experience in psychological evaluations of adults, children, adolescents, and families, including administering and writing up psychological testing and assessment batteries, preferred\n- Ph.D., Psy.D. or Ed.D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology\n- Doctoral degree from an APA-accredited doctoral program\n- Must have completed of all requirements for doctoral degree by residency start date in September\n- Must have received pre-doctoral training at an APA-accredited or APPIC-member internship program\n- Must submit three letters of reference: one letter must be from most recent primary supervisor\n- Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice and psychotherapy research methods, preferred\n- Knowledge of the bio-psycho-social functions that contribute to mental health, preferred\n- Accuracy in diagnosing patients and developing effective treatment plans, preferred\n- Competence in individual, family and group psychotherapy, preferred\n- Demonstrated professional maturity and ethical integrity necessary for assuming professional responsibilities, preferred\n- Demonstrated commitment to quality of service, teamwork, and participation in a highly interactive multidisciplinary clinic, preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to complete multiple tasks/objectives in a timely manner, preferred\n\n***NOTE: This is a 1 year temporary benefitedposition***", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902051/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychology Post Doctoral Resident - Child - South Bay Consortium - Temporary - San Jose", "reqid": "115513", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 27902051}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Associate Web Developer - Pega Trainee\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nHealth care is undergoing tremendous change and transition and Kaiser Permanente is set to meet these challenges. Within Kaiser Permanente, Information Technology is moving to a model that brings our focus and methods closer to those of our business partners and common system across the Enterprise. The implementation of our new Chrysalis application (built with Pega's Business Process Management software) will provide the tools to enable our associates to deliver outstanding customer services to the millions of members that rely upon Kaiser Permanente for their healthcare needs. The Sales Systems sub-portfolio within the Health Plan Business Information Office (HP BIO) of Kaiser Permanente's Information Technology (KPIT) is seeking an exceptional Java/web developer who is willing to learn new Pega technology.\n\nKaiser Permanente IT is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented recent college graduation with school experience designing and developing enterprise web services/SOA and web-based applications. The candidate must familiar with building applications with some of the popular frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, and Struts or Spring MVC) as well as providing and consuming web services using JAX-RPC/JAX-WS. The candidate must also have experience or be familiar with interfacing with Oracle databases from Java using JDBC, Hibernate or Spring DAO. The Associate Web Developer will be a member of a larger team of developers responsible for designing and developing new components, as well as adding enhancements to existing applications. The ideal candidate will work well coding all layers within an N-tier architecture (front-end, middle tier, and backend). A successful candidate will be able to interact with our business clients and other technical resources and must possess excellent communication skills.\n\nAlso, the Associate Web Developer / Pega trainee will contribute to the development of new Pega-based applications within the Health Plan portfolio. KP will invest in the training and career development of the candidate.\n\nThis position is for a full-time position and is located at our offices in Old Town Pasadena, CA.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDesign, develop, and assist in testing of custom Java code and web services\nWork cooperatively with other functional teams that perform quality testing and performance testing\nAssist the Sr. and Lead Developers on translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents\nFollowing best practices related to software development\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications:\nA Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience\nGraduated with a GPA of 3.3 or above\nWorked on school projects/applications or maintain and/or supporting existing projects/systems using C, Java, Unix , and XML.\nCompleted classes and/or school projects by applying Object Oriented techniques.\nGood written and verbal communication skills, team player, ability to work under constantly moving requirements.\nMust be a quick and eager learner and pick up on new technologies and tools\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's degree is preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902045/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Associate Web Developer - Pega Trainee", "reqid": "131630", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27902045}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: Sarbanes Oxley Business Consulting Senior\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nLocated in Pasadena, CA, Kaiser Permanente IT group is looking for a seasoned Sr. SOX Analyst to ensure the accurate and timely compliance of SOX controls for the Health Plan portfolio. This position will be working in collaboration with a team of Business Analysts creating and monitoring all SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) controls. Key activities will include tracking and monitoring compliance and tracking and reporting progress against metrics. Candidate will work with other team members, Business partners and HP SOX Program Management office (PMO) to achieve goals. Expectation of 100% SOX compliance is very high. \nEssential Functions:\n- Provide and ensure that in scope HP applications comply with all SOX controls for Security and Change Management.\n- Perform day to day SOX control reconciliation and identify and resolve issues (early in the process) on a timely and accurate basis.\n- Support new system implementations and ensure compliance with existing policies.\n- Track, report and monitor SOX application remediation efforts.\n- Support and participate in all Audits and Audit processes as required.\n- Create and or maintain SOX documents as required.\n- Create and maintain desk level procedures.\n- Create and provide SOX Metrics reporting.\n- As required, perform analysis.\n- Maintain SOX and Compliance knowledge.\n- Provide guidance and facilitate understanding ofSOX and Compliance controls.\n- Prepare and maintain all SOX documentation for releases: SR, content document, content SR approvals, system test plan, system test plan summary, UAT test plan, UAT test plan summary, go-live document, approvals, post-live approvals and review meetings.\n- Ensure approvals are accurate and meet compliance standards.\n- Monitor access control processes including IT staff privileges (adds, changes, and terms). Ensure adoption of CARMA access tracking system. Ensure alignment with processes for changing business application owners (BAO's).\n- Ensure appropriate segregation of duties within IT and consult with business partners on appropriate roles; provide reports that monitor violations.\n- Work with HP BIO SOX team to plan audits. Manage and communicate schedule with application development teams.\n- Prepare all audit materials (support determination of the population of a change, pull material for test cases chosen, etc.).\n- Manage corrective actions and other actions resulting from findings.\n- Lead internal and mock audits for the application development teams.\n- Provide SOX audit reports in support of Regional SOX audits and other units.\n- Document responses to findings and comments.\n- Prepare documentation, analysis, and reports/metrics for management review.\n- Contribute to process and automation improvements (e.g., Remedy enhancements).\n- Maintain ownership of the SOX desk-level procedures. Ensure alignment with SOX controls.Manage changes to procedures to ensure accuracy and consistency.\n- Implement new SOX requirements working closely with the HP BIO SOX staff.\n- Conduct SOX training on desk-level procedures for application development and others involved in the control (national and regional testing organizations, business partners, etc.).\n- Provide SOX and compliance expertise and consulting to the application development staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of experience documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and developing business cases to support IT solutions.\n- 5 years of experience working with SOX as an auditor or maintaining the SOX controls.\n- 2 years of experience in managing client relationships.\n- 1 year of experience with SOX controls in a large IT organization (1000+ person).\n- Expert in the use of Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Word software.\n- Proficient in IT Project Life Cycle Management.\n- Able to work independently and with little direction.\n- Ability to work under pressure in a challenging setting.\n- Demonstrated ability in the delivery of time sensitive objectives.\n- Strong consulting, written and verbal communication skills.\n- Attention to detail required.\n- Well organized and detail oriented.\n- 10% travel may be required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in Healthcare and/or insurance industry and/or implementation of HealthCare insurance systems.\n- Audit experience (CISA preferred).\n- Excellent responsiveness and reliability.\n- Computer technical abilities considered a plus.\n- Experience conducting, or providing evidence for audits.\n- Familiarity with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.\n- Knowledge of Remedy or other change and/or service management tool.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902041/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sarbanes Oxley Business Consulting Senior", "reqid": "130909", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27902041}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Information Security Consultant - Security Consulting and Assessment Services\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe ideal candidate will have a security mindset and the ability to think outside the box, contributing to a team of highly motivated and skilled information security practitioners. As a Security Consultant, the main goal is to balance both security and business imperatives using a risk based approach. This individual will conduct information security assessments and provide security consulting and advisory in one or more of the following fields: application, network and platform security. Main responsibilities include assessing the security posture of existing environments, identifying risks, recommend remediation plans and ensure internal projects are deployed in a secure fashion. Candidate should be well-rounded and have knowledge in all information security domains.\nThe candidate will represent Information Security in the assessment as well as research, development and implementation of technologies, techniques, and process improvements pertaining to initiatives that require information security guidance. The role, therefore, requires the ability to strategize and architect security solutions to help remediate deficiencies. Our clients are Kaiser Permanente's various portfolios such as Health Plan, Care Delivery, and Corporate Services, just to name a few. The candidate will also have close working relationship with both IT and the Business. This means that the candidate will be working directly with project personnel as well as business management teams. Therefore, the ability to speak in both technical and business terms is crucial; meaning as subject matter expert, the candidate should be able to articulate information security requirements and risks in business language.\nGeneral Requirements\n\n-Excellent analytical skills to compliment strong written and verbal communication skills.\n-Excellent interpersonal, motivational, organizational, persuasive and project management skills.\n-Team player and ability to multitask given different types of initiatives.\n-Proven ability to work effectively with management, staff, vendors, and external consultants\n- Proven ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical business area representatives.\n- Understanding of security risk assessment methodologies. Ability to assess both technical and business risks as it pertains to information security. Be able to articulate risk in a manner that can be understood by non-technical audience.\n-Good understanding of regulatory climate and industry standards such as SOX, HIPAA and PCI respectively.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or additional 4 years of equivalent work experience\n-10 or more years of experience working in Information Technology field\n-8 or moreyears of hands on experience in two or more of the following: application security or platform/OS security in engineering, architecture or consulting capacity.\n- Formal training and general certification in the security field, both vendor agnostic and vendor specific (such as CCIE, CISA, CISSP, GIAC)\n\nApplication Security\n- In-depth knowledge of web application security and industry best practices (i.e, OWASP, WASC, etc), as well as SDLC.\n- Ability to program and script in various languages (i.e., Python/Perl, Ruby, Java, shell scripting, .Net).\n- Ability to conduct secure code analysis manually or using SCA software.\n- Capable of conducting various levels of application penetration testing using industry accepted frameworks.\n- Working knowledge of web application firewalls and vulnerability assessment technologies.\n- Experience analyzing malicious code in the form of malicious binaries and web-based scripting (e.g. malicious JavaScript).\n\nPlatform/OS Security\n- Knowledge of hardening Unix, Linux, Windows and other enterprise level platforms.\n- Capable of conducting various levels of host penetration testing using industry accepted frameworks.\n- Good understanding of sound security practices\n- Working knowledge of enterprise vulnerability assessment and remediation technologies.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Prefer consulting background.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902043/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Information Security Consultant - Security Consulting and Assessment Services", "reqid": "131607", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27902043}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Intermediate Web Developer - Pega Trainee\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nHealth care is undergoing tremendous change and transition and Kaiser Permanente is set to meet these challenges. Within Kaiser Permanente, Information Technology is moving to a model that brings our focus and methods closer to those of our business partners and common system across the Enterprise. The implementation of our new Chrysalis application (built with Pega's Business Process Management software) will provide the tools to enable our associates to deliver outstanding customer services to the millions of members that rely upon Kaiser Permanente for their healthcare needs. The Sales Systems sub-portfolio within the Health Plan Business Information Office (HP BIO) of Kaiser Permanente's Information Technology (KPIT) is seeking an exceptional Java/web developer who is willing to learn new Pega technology.\n\nKaiser Permanente IT is looking for a highly-motivated and detail-oriented Java resource who is familiar with designing and developing enterprise web services/SOA and web-based applications. The candidate must have hands-on experience building applications with some of the popular frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, and Struts or Spring MVC) as well as providing and consuming web services using JAX-RPC/JAX-WS. The candidate must also be familiar with interfacing with Oracle databases from Java using JDBC, Hibernate or Spring DAO. The Intermediate Web Developer will be a member of a larger team of developers responsible for designing and developing new components, as well as adding enhancements to existing applications. The ideal candidate will work well coding all layers within an N-tier architecture (front-end, middle tier, and backend). A successful candidate will be able to interact with our business clients and other technical resources and must possess excellent communication skills.\n\nAlso, the Intermediate Web Developer / Pega trainee will contribute to the development of new Pega-based applications within the Health Plan portfolio. KP will invest in the training and career development of the candidate.\n\nThis position is for a full-time position and is located at our offices in Old Town Pasadena, CA.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDesign, develop, and assist in testing of custom Java code and web services\nWork cooperatively with other functional teams that perform quality testing and performance testing\nAssist the Sr. and Lead Developers on translating functional requirements into technical architecture and solution design documents\nFollowing best practices related to software development\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications:\n\nBachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\nExcellent communication and problem-solving skills\n2 years of Java/J2EE development experience as a developer with extensive experience in Object Oriented Design and Development\n2 years experience with the following: Servlets, JDBC, Ant, JUnit, XML, SQL, stored procedures, database design\n1year of exxpeirence developing J2EE web services using WSDL, SOAP, and W3C XML Schema\nExposure with both Spring and Hibernate (annotations or hbm.xml config)\nExcellent communication and problem-solving skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nJava certifications a plus\nStrong hands-on knowledge of WSDL development, including defining messages, operations, services, and fault handling\nExperience with front-end web frameworks like Adobe Flex, Dojo Toolkit, jQuery, or any other AJAX-based framework\nExperience with XML/XSLT\nExperience with Struts (1 or 2) or Spring MVC\nHealthcare industry experience is a plus\nCustomer service and results-oriented while maintaining a team focus\nAbility to work in a dynamic environment with cross-functional teams\nExperience with CRM/ERP or BPM systems is a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902044/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intermediate Web Developer - Pega Trainee", "reqid": "131629", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27902044}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Radiologic Tech/CT and MRI\nLocation: Denver, CO\nOperates computed tomography & magnetic resonance imaging scanners & related equipment to produce images of specified areas of the body, in accordance w/ the Radiologist's instructions, using knowledge of CT/MRI techniques & procedures, sterile techniques, basic nursing procedures, patient care & monitoring, anatomical relationships & the contour & composition of body tissues. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Instructs patient in preparing for examinations; explains, in a courteous manner, all procedures to be performed\n- Administers contrast media under direction of physician\n- Positions patient to obtain desired images in accordance w/ physician's instruction & using knowledge of human anatomy\n- Operates CT/MRI equipment to produce images of specified areas of the body, using knowledge of physiology & cross-sectional anatomy\n- Monitors images & makes necessary adjustments to obtain optimal images\n- Confers w/ Radiologist to establish requirements for non-standard examinations\n- Operates & maintain image recording equipment, including computer, disk drives, laser camera, image storage equipment & other devices\n- Develops films & processes images as required\n- Consistently operates Radiology Information System to ensure accurate patient information by tracking patient in/out of procedure room, tracking supplies/films used, identifying patient films, & tracking repeated films\n- Monitors patient during sedation under direction of a physician\n- Maintains quality control of all CT/MRI procedures & related equipment by monitoring the operating condition of the equipment, & evaluating image quality\n- Prepares & maintains CT/MRI records & files\n- Maintains daily log & enters statistics into computer\n- Compiles data & prepares reports in accordance w/ established guidelines\n- Monitors & maintains inventory of supplies used in providing CT/MRI services according to established guidelines\n- Monitors & maintains inventory of supplies used in providing CT/MRI services according to established levels\n- Maintains equipment & work area in a clean & orderly condition\n- Communicates clearly, effectively & appropriately at all times\n- Communicates verbally in a clear & concise manner\n- Demonstrates courteous & appropriate teleph1 skills\n- Communicates in writing accurately, completely & legibly, & routes such communication appropriately & in a timely manner\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients in the age group served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, & provides the care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Exercises clinical judgment within scope of practice\n- Performs other duties as required\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months of recent computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging experience\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Successful completion of an approved training program in radiologic technology plus currently registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)\n- Ability to operate CT and/or MRI equipment & perform related technical procedures\n- Working knowledge of CT and/or MRI techniques & procedures, anatomical relationships & the contour & composition of body tissues\n- Ability to communicate effectively in a caring & courteous manner\n- Must be able to lift & carry up to 44 pounds throughout the workday\n- May require heavy lifting\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Skills:\nMust have a minimum of 1 year MR experience and be able to work independently. This job requires weekend and evening availability. Must have excellent customer service and communication skills. Rotate schedule. Work holidays/nights/weekends. Float between departments/locations/facilities.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902030/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiologic Tech/CT and MRI", "reqid": "129839", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27902030}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lone Tree", "description": "Title: Orthopedic Technician\nLocation: Lone Tree, CO\nPerforms a variety of routine technical procedures associated w/ orthopedics, including applying, adjusting & removing casts & splints, to assist the Physician/Physician Assistant in the care & treatment of orthopedic patients, according to practice, routine or established procedures. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Applies, adjusts & removes casts & splints, long leg casts & splints, cylinder casts & forearm splints, for patients as directed by Physician/Physician Assistant\n- Reviews Physician/Physician Assistant orders; positions affected area of patient's body; covers injured area w/ specified protective material; prepares & wraps casting/splinting material around affected area; trims, remodels & bivalves casts; & cuts windows in casts\n- Consults w/ Physician/Physician Assistant regarding unusual or complex casting or splinting\n- Assists Physician/Physician Assistant w/ special orthopedic procedures, preparation of treatment rooms requiring sterile field, fracture manipulation & pin removal; maintains patient in correct position ad prepares injured area of patient\n-Removes dressing, clean wounds/surgical incisions, remove staples and/or sutures, & apply dressing materials used to cover a wound or surgical incision within established protocol\n- Repairs, trims, adjust, remove, & reapply casts and/or splints based on written or verbal Physician/Physician Assistant instructions\n- Maintains & prepares the cast room for specific procedures as well as the cleanup duties that follow in accordance w/ infection control guidelines\n- Measures, fits & adjusts crutches & canes\n- Teaches basic gait training\n- Documents all procedures on patient progress sheet or CIS & sends to Physician/Physician Assistant to co-sign\n- May be required to order standard & nonstandard orthopedic supplies to maintain an adequate inventory used in the care & treatment of orthopedic patients\n- Performs the duties of a Medical Assistant II or Medical Receptionist as directed\n- Looks for appropriate opportunities to assist where needed\n- Assists members who are upset or anxious about their visit to the Orthopedics Department\n- Acts as a contact for Customer Services\n- Schedules appointments for orthopedic clinic visits\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 6 months of experience as an orthopedic technician\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Ability to perform a variety of technical orthopedic procedures, including applying, adjusting & removing casts & splint, to assist the physician/physician assistant in the care & treatment of orthopedic patients\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Skills: Flexible and a team player. Rotate schedule. Work holidays/nights/weekends. Float between departments/locations/facilities.\nSalary: $", "date_new": "2012-04-14 22:23:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27902032/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Orthopedic Technician", "reqid": "130198", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lone Tree, CO", "uid": 27902032}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two-three (2-3) years of critical care experience preferred.\n- Graduate of NLN accredited school of nursing\n- BSNto Masters\n- CM\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, Powerpoint\n\nNotes:\n- Variable Days and Hours with rotating weekends.\n- Current Derivers License\n- Will be cross-trained to provide case management in the inpatient and ED setting at 9961 Sierra Ave, Fontana.\n- May also be cross-trained to provide coverage for Outside Utilization.\n- Will be trained to assist with Medi-Cal TARs and Utilization quality review.\n- May be required to travel to offsite locations for trainings or meetings.\n- A minimum of five (5) shifts per month, eight (8) hours each.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890849/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131173", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890849}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two-three (2-3) years of critical care experience preferred.\n- Graduate of NLN accredited school of nursing\n- BSNto Masters\n- CM\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, Powerpoint\n\nNotes:\n- Variable Days and Hours with rotating weekends.\n- Current Derivers License\n- Will be cross-trained to provide case management in the inpatient and ED setting at 9961 Sierra Ave, Fontana.\n- May also be cross-trained to provide coverage for Outside Utilization.\n- Will be trained to assist with Medi-Cal TARs and Utilization quality review.\n- May be required to travel to offsite locations for trainings or meetings.\n- A minimum of five (5) shifts per month, eight (8)hours each.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890851/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131175", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890851}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 5:00 pm - 3:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890847/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131163", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890847}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 11:00 am - 5:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890845/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131161", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890845}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 5:00 pm - 3:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890846/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131168", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890846}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Emergency Room Experience\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 9:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890842/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131152", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 27890842}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Emergency Room Experience\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 9:00 pm - 7:30 am.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890843/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131154", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890843}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Utilization RN\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWorks collaboratively w/ an MD to coordinate & screen for the appropriateness of admissions and continued stays. Makes recommendations to the physicians for alternate levels of care when the patient does not meet the medical necessity for Inpt hospitalization. Interacts with the family, patient & other disciplines to coordinate a safe & acceptable discharge plan. Functions as an indirect caregiver, patient advocate & manages patients in the most cost effective way without compromising quality. Transfers stable non-members to planned Health care facilities.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses & evaluates care provided to members.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team & patient/family in the development, implementation & documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality & appropriate resource use.\n- Assesses high risk patients in need of post-hospital care planning.\n- Develops & coordinates the implementation of a discharge plan to meet patient's identified needs; communicates the plan to physicians, patient, family/caregivers, staff & appropriate community agencies.\n- Reviews, monitors, evaluates & coordinates the patient's hospital stay to assure that all appropriate & essential svcs are delivered timely & efficiently.\n- Participates in the Bed Huddles & carries out recommendations congruent w/ the patient's needs.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization mgmt, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside svcs for patients/ families.\n- Conducts daily clinical reviews for utilization/quality mgmt activities based on guidelines/standards for patients in a variety of settings, including outpt, ER, inpt & non-KFH facilities.\n- Acts as a liaison between inpt facility & referral facilities/agencies & provides case mgmt to patients referred.\n- Refers patients to community resources to meet post-hospital needs.\n- Coordinates transfer of patients to appropriate facilities; maintains & provides required documentation.\n- Adheres to internal & external regulatory & accreditation requirements & compliance guidelines including but not limited to: JCAHO, DHS, HCFA, CMS, DMHC, NCQA & DOL.\n- Educates members of the healthcare team concerning their roles & responsibilities in the discharge planning process & appropriate use of resources.\n- Provides patients w/ education to assist w/ their discharge & help them cope w/ psychological problems related to acute & chronic illness.\n- Reviews, analyses & identifies utilization patterns & trends, problems or inappropriate utilization of resources & participates in the collection & analysis of data for special studies, projects, planning, or for routine utilization monitoring activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred or current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS / CPR certified.\n- Previous Clinical Experience (minimum two [2] - three [3] years) in an acute medical center.\n- Previous experience in UM, Discharge Planning and or Case Management.\n- Demonstrate ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem solving skills.\n- Collaborates with and provides direction to the physician, other members of the multidisciplinary health care team and patient / family in the development, implementation and documentation of appropriate, individualized plans of care to ensure continuity, quality and appropriate resource use.\n- Per established protocols, reports any incidence of unusual occurrences related to quality, risk and / or patient safety which are identified during case review or other activities.\n- Independently identifies and assesses high-risk patients in need of post-hospital care and follow-up, using UM criteria, guidelines, high risk screens, clinical judgments, etc as appropriate.\n- Able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position; schedule / days / hours may vary.\n- Work hours will vary between 11:00 am - 5:30 pm.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890844/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Utilization RN", "reqid": "131158", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27890844}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Irvine", "description": "Title: Staff Educator RN\nLocation: Irvine, CA\nCollaborates with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients' departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs. Participates in competency assessments and evaluations of new and existing staff. Contributes to ongoing employee performance appraisals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, coordinates, and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental, and discipline-specific needs.\n- Designs, develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.\n- Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development, and learning.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality, and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.\n- Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.\n- Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.\n- Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.\n- Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience (within last 3 years) in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5) years).\n- Bachelor's degree required; BSN preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- AHA BLS instructor preferred\n- Adult learning knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent inpatient and RN Educator experience preferred.\n- BLS & ACLS instructor preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Hours and days may need to be adjusted to meet the needs of the department.\n- Some evenings and weekends may be required.\n- Frequent travel required to other Kaiser Permanente facilities.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890837/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Educator RN", "reqid": "130998", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Irvine, CA", "uid": 27890837}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Manager, RN\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nThrough department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Through department assistant managers and staff, manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care.\n- Manages and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within assigned department and across the continuum of care.\n- Ensures staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO, federal, state, and local requirements; establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors department's budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources. Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety and risk management issues.\n- Patient Safety: Accountable to promote an organizational culture of safety and ensure appropriate patient safety standards and guidelines are implemented consistently in the delivery of health care to our patients, including but not limited to: JCAHO, National Quality Forum, and Leapfrog.\n- See Patient Safety Management Accountabilities Addendum for job specific accountabilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually five (5) to six (6) years), including management experience (usually three (3) to four (4) years).\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- BSN or BA/BS in health care or closely related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certificate required.\n- **BSN and National Health/Nursing Administration Certification or MSN are required for Pediatric and NICU Departments for facilities that are CCS certified or desire CCS certification. This requirement applies to Bellflower, LAMC, San Diego, Fontana and Orange County.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated interpersonal and management skills.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Labor and Delivery experience\n-Manager experience\n\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies, rotating weekends", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890835/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Manager, RN", "reqid": "130957", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27890835}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Manager Utilization Management\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nManages the day-to-day operations of the Utilization Management Program in the Service Area or a Medical Center. Ensures cost effective & quality patient care by appropriate utilization of resources. Provides direction to staff which may include Outside Utilization, Extended Care, Bed Placement, Discharge Planning, Transportation, & others as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in developing & maintaining policies & procedures for the Service Area or Medical Center related to Utilization Management\n- Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary teams to plan & coordinate care across the continuum\n- Coordinates & manages members' care with non-KFH hospital facilities & providers\n- Identifies risk management & quality of care issues across the continuum\n- Surfaces issues & any suggestions to the appropriate multi-disciplinary team members\n- Manages transportation program to ensure appropriate utilization of resources which meet Health Plan guidelines & patient needs\n- Assures compliance with Federal, State, JCAHO, NCQA, other regulatory agencies, & internal standards & requirements\n- Provides direction to staff regarding utilization review, care coordination, discharge planning, & other services across the continuum of care\n- Assists in conducting statistical studies in utilization trends, patterns, & outcomes\n- Hires, trains coaches, disciplines professional & clerical support staff\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least three (3) - five (5) years of experience in utilization management and discharge planning in an acute care setting which also includes previous supervisory or management experience\n- BSN or BA or BS degree in healthcare related field such as management, health services administration\n- Current California RN license\n- Demonstrated knowledge of operations and healthcare management; JCAHO, Title XXII, Medicare, MediCal, and other local, state and federal regulations\n- Knowledge of managed care operations\n- Demonstrated interpersonal, negotiation, and management skills\n- Good oral and written communication skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master in Nursing with focus on administration, business or related health field; certification in Case Management;\n- Previous supervisory/management experience in a managed care setting.\n- Knowledge of health plan guidelines and other Utilization Management inpatient regulatory requirements, e.g., IM, Denial Letter process, AB 1203, core measures.\n- Experience working with data base and experience with statistical trends, patterns and outcomes.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890836/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Utilization Management", "reqid": "130959", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27890836}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Learning Consultant\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nAssesses and analyses training and development needs across a broad spectrum of positions and geographic areas, usually for a single large functional area or program-wide initiative. Develops strategic plans for development of training curricula, professional development and technical programs. Conducts and/or coordinates the programs. Works independently with significant latitude to make decisions.\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with leaders of major constituency groups within the organization to assess, trend and analyze the learning needs of employees across the region based on current and future strategic plans.\n- Develops, implements and coordinates management training programs.\n- Serves as a master trainer providing training and coaching to trainers and learning consultants.\n- Monitors, evaluates and makes leveraging recommendations about the cost effectiveness and quality of learning programs.\n- Plans, advocates for and implements the deployment of regionwide strategic learning systems.\n- Evaluates, selects, retains and brokers a pool of internal and external training consultants, with diverse expertise to provide leveraged training of a specialized and/or technical nature.\n- Evaluates, selects and deploys computer based training programs regionwide.\n- Stays abreast of learning, training and development research including theory, motivation theory and new materials, methods and techniques..\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Masters Degree, or six (6) years of equivalent work experience in Behavioral Sciences, Education or related field.\n- Extensive experience designing and administering education and training programs for a diverse client group with limited resources.\n- Previous experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.\n- Expertise in the principles of group dynamics, adult learning theory and training and development techniques.\n- Outstanding verbal communication and presentation skills.\n- User knowledge of word-processing and spreadsheet software.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Executive level engagement (influence and planning).\n- Learning strategy development.\n- Adult learning principle application.\n- Group facilitation.\n- Instructional design and development abilities.\n- Vendor contract negotiation.\n- Executive level communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills.\n- Blended learning capabilities.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Maytravel25% of the time.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890833/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Learning Consultant", "reqid": "130924", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27890833}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Fontana - Pall Care - PT 12p - 830p\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualification:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred.\n- Two (2) years Med/Surg experience in an acute inpatient facility and one (1) year full-time home health/hospice.\n- Experience within the last three (3) years with a licensed Home Health Agency.\n- Medicare regulations, JCAHO, Title 22 requirements, Home Health case management.\n- Effective communication skills (written and oral) in English. \n- Competent in care of infant, toddler, child, adolescent, adult,geriatric.\n- Ability to interact well with external and internal customers, high level of clinical skills.\n- Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly in a customer-focused professional manner.\n- Can demonstrate competency in generic and unit specific skills before completion of the probationary/trial period.\n- Computer skills\n\nNotes:\n- Rotating Weekends.\n- Reliable automobile.\n- Heavy travel in the Riverside/San Bernardino counties and heavy paperwork.\n- Patient home visits to large service area.\n- Hospice or Home Health experience in the last three (3) years in a licensed certified Home Health Agency meeting Title XXII regulations and JCAHO standards required.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890828/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Fontana - Pall Care - PT 12p - 830p", "reqid": "130418", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 27890828}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse First Assist\nLocation: Downey, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- Three (3) years recent (within the past 5 years) full-time equivalent experience in the operating room, including both the scrub and circulating roles.\n- Nationally certified operating room nurse through the Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) or an accredited program.\n- Successful completion of a structured RNFA course and completion of 20 hours or 10 cases of proctoring by the sponsoring surgeon.\n- Current ACLS card required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890827/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse First Assist", "reqid": "130311", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27890827}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Intern Pharmacist - (KK-1209)\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nUnder direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist dispenses, compounds, procures, stores & distributes pharmacy products. Consults w/ patients & medical personnel regarding medication therapy. Provides pharmaceutical care for hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned. Provides medical personnel & patients w/ medication information & product identification.\nEssential Functions:\n- Considers the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of all age groups served\n- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status & interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs & provides pharmaceutical care needed in accordance w/ department policy\n- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores, packages & distributes pharmacy products according to laws, regulations, standards, established policies & procedures & acceptable professional practices; documents responsibility by signing or initialing prescriptions, batch sheets or other forms according to established policies & procedures\n- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies & sensitivities; documents the information in the patient's medical record or pharmacy information system when appropriate; advises patients of directions for use, medication storage requirements, importance of compliance, precautions & warnings for medication therapy; advises the patients on the use of related devices & the coordination of medication therapy w/ diet, according to established policies & procedures\n- Substitutes for pharmacy personnel as necessary\n- Evaluates & resolves, according to established policies & procedures, potential medication therapy problems identifies through any & all available sources, including the patient & pharmacy information system\n- Confers w/ medical personnel concerning pharmaceutical care & treatment of patients, related clinical diagnosis, drug combinations & dosage forms, & other factors that might influence the course of treatment & the activity of medications; suggests changes in medication therapy &/or use as appropriate to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Participates in assigned education & training programs; conducts educational programs for pharmacy, other medical personnel & patients\n- Participates in quality management programs\n- Evaluates an manages the medication therapy of hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned to assure optimum therapeutic results & cost effective prescribing\n- Makes recommendations to management regarding systems or operational improvements to enhance services provided by the department\n- Checks equipment used to prepare & dispense medications for proper functioning; reports deficiencies to appropriate personnel\n- Maintains work area & equipment in an organized & clean condition; maintains a safe, secure & efficient work environment\n- Answers & makes telephone calls, consistent w/ assigned duties in accordance w/ telephone access standards\n- Exemplifies pharmacy's mission & the organizations vision by contributing to the health & satisfaction of members by providing appropriate medications, information & professional services in a helpful, caring, courteous, & efficient manner\n- Performs other duties as required\n- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on pharmacy location\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist by the State of California\n- Excellent verbal & written English-speaking communication skills\n- Knowledge of Federal & State laws, regulations & standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from the patient or other sources & relate it to the patient's medical management plan\n- Ability to learn & operate pharmacy computer systems & other equipment\n- Ability to either type medication labels or type/possess keyboard skill 30 WPM\n- Requires standing for long periods of time, read fine print, communicate with co-workers & patients, lift/transport 1-50lbs, light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking, frequent bending, stooping & reaching\n\n\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# KK-1209\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:51:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890823/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Pharmacist - (KK-1209)", "reqid": "129906", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 27890823}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6816)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nProvides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional. Includes managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesize a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Successful completion of a pharmacy practice residency or ambulatory care residency, or equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.\n- Current California Pharmacist license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Advanced residency, fellowship or board certification, preferred.\n- A doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree, preferred.\n\nKnowledge Required:\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review.\n- Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & chemotherapeutic agents, as required.\n- Emergency medication & drug monitoring, as required.\n- Sources of current drug information and medical literature.\n\nSkill/Abilities Required:\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.\n- Teaching ability and evaluation.\n- Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.\n- Learn & operate pharmacy computer system (s) & other equipment and software.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with others on the patient care team. \nNotes:\n- PR# JMV-6816\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:50:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890821/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6816)", "reqid": "129797", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27890821}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6815)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nProvides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services using approved protocols in collaboration with other health professional. Includes managing patient drug therapy, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Promotes high quality, evidence based, cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Performs these duties in the clinical areas assigned.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Conducts patient medication history inquiries upon referral from physicians and other medical personnel.\n- Given a diagnosis, synthesize a treatment plan, which may include drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, and transition within the continuum of care settings.\n- Identifies, resolves, and prevents potential and actual medication-related problems including: untreated indications, improper drug selection, sub-therapeutic dosage, overdose, failure to receive medication, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication without indication.\n- Under protocol, initiates, adjusts, monitors, and recommends changes in drug therapy based on information obtained through patient interviews, objective monitoring parameters, review of drug profiles and the patient medical record.\n- Coordinates and interprets laboratory monitoring of drug therapy, including serum drug levels, electrolytes, and other approved drug-related laboratory testing.\n- Provides patient monitoring for the purpose of evaluating and optimizing patient outcomes, drug utilization and patient compliance, detecting and/or minimizing ADRs, eliminating unnecessary drug use and duplication.\n- Provides patient education related to the individual's disease state, including predictable actions, side effects, reasons for proper compliance, and any special instruction.\n- Assure ongoing performance improvement of the pharmaceutical care services provided.\n- Provides education to providers and staff via presentations, newsletters, formal utilization reviews, and one-on-one interactions.\n- Performs other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Successful completion of a pharmacy practice residency or ambulatory care residency, or equivalent clinical experience in direct patient care delivery.\n- American Heart Association (AHA) approved Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within the probationary period.\n- Current California Pharmacist license required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Advanced residency, fellowship or board certification, preferred.\n- A doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree, preferred.\n\nKnowledge Required:\n- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease state management, age appropriate therapy, and other information as it pertains to medical or pharmaceutical care management plan.\n- Expertise in drug utilization review.\n- Federal/State laws/regulations regarding delivery of pharmacy services and the scope of practice of a pharmacist.\n- Working knowledge of aseptic techniques & preparation of sterile IV products & chemotherapeutic agents, as required.\n- Emergency medication & drug monitoring, as required.\n- Sources of current drug information and medical literature.\n\nSkill/Abilities Required:\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for a medical management plan.\n- Teaching ability and evaluation.\n- Effective verbal/written communication skills at appropriate level.\n- Learn & operate pharmacy computer system (s) & other equipment and software.\n- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with others on the patient care team. \nNotes:\n- PR# JMV-6815\n- Work schedule and scheduled hours to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:50:59", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890822/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ambulatory Care Pharmacist - (JMV-6815)", "reqid": "129798", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27890822}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Health Info Coder II\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder general supervision, is responsible for accurate coding of all inpatient & outpatient services, procedures, diagnoses & conditions, working from the appropriate documentation in the medical record. Classification systems include ICD-9-CM & CPT as well as other specialty systems as required by diagnostic category. All work is carried out in accordance w/ the rules, regulations & coding conventions of the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), ICD9, OSHPD, & KP Coding Guidelines.\nVerifies/corrects abstracted demographic & clinical data. As needed, Coder II's may be required to assist & be a resource for data integrity & the work of Coders I and/or other employees in the Health Information Management Department who need instruction & assistance in coding e.g., defining charts by diagnoses or procedures. May also be required to provide professional guidance, advice & instruction to Coders I.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Maintains timely coding & abstracting productivity & quality standards\n- Review medical records to identify diagnoses/procedures\n- Independently organizes & prioritizes all work to ensure that records are coded in time frames that will assure compliance w/ regulatory requirements\n- Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of all procedures concerning the sequencing of diagnoses, procedures such as but not limited to those outlined in ICD-9-CM, Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set & Medicare Guidelines\n- Demonstrates knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology to interpret general medical classifications for coding discharge data including the most complicated encounters/cases\n- Assigns Codes\n- Codes all diagnostic & operative information from the medical record using ICD-9-CM & CPT coding classification systems & independently quality checks own work\n- Selects the DRG for each inpatient case\n- Optimizes hospital payment legitimately & ethically by utilizing approved coding guidelines & conventions\n- Reviews DRG discrepancies from the fiscal intermediary to ensure the appropriate per case DRG assignment\n- Verifies & abstracts, all medical data from the record to complete a data abstract on each hospital encounter\n- Corrects data as appropriate\n- Ensures that all data abstracted is consistent w/ guidelines outlined by JCAHO, OSHPD & regional & local policies\n- Completion of Medical Records\n- Interacts w/ physicians to clarify & accurately document patient diagnostic & procedural information through a query process\n- Enters patient information into the computerized inpatient & outpatient medical record databases, ensuring the accuracy & integrity of the medical record abstract data prior to transmitting case to Government Reimbursement for billing\n- Ensures timely record availability by meeting established coding & abstracting productivity standards\n- Independently conducts medical record documentation auditing to monitor physician compliance w/ regulatory requirements i.e., Physician Review Project\n- Confidentiality/Security of Systems\n- Maintains & complies w/ policies & procedures for confidentiality of all patient records\n- Demonstrates knowledge of security of systems by not sharing computer logons\n- Other Duties\n- Answers the telephone promptly & identifies themselves & the department\n- Trains & instructs employees as appropriate\n- Acts as an expert resource person to other coders & personnel in other hospital departments regarding coding questions & issues\n- May perform other duties as assigned by supervisors\nQualifications:\nPay Grade:15\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires one (1) of the following current credentials: Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H) or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)\n- Completion of classes in Medical Terminology, Anatomy/ Physiology, ICD-9 and CPT coding conventions conforming to standards established by the American Hospital Association (Coding Clinic), American Medical Association, CMS or successful completion of an AAPC or AHIMA accredited coding certification program\n- Obtain a passing score on a KP HIM Coder II coding Assessment\n- Keyboarding skills\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:50:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890818/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Info Coder II", "reqid": "129711", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 27890818}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Business Consultant Spec (Software System Mgmt)\nLocation: \nBusiness Consulting/Analyst Specialist\nOakland, CA\n\n\nThis position is responsible for ongoing development, support and adoption of the Contract Symphony system. This includes supporting system implementation, training, enhancement development, defect and testing management, release management and vendor roadmap oversight. In addition, this position will coordinate training activities with the vendor and National Provider Contracting staff and will play a key role in budget development, reporting to the Executive Sponsor Committee, PAC updates, and vendor liaison.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.\n- Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.\n- This job is the fully-qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position.\n- Demonstrates functional area business processes and assigned and thoroughly understands cross functional areas.\n- Directs the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in project areas such as new/existing business operating models, innovative approaches to solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n- Directs the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n- Accountable for tracking and/or monitor and report for senior mgmt the results of actualization of benefits.\n- Directs/conducts the analysis of current business processes and functional requirements.\n- Prepares appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n- May develop project plans.\n- Identifies and coordinates within other project managers and implements schedule deadlines as appropriate.\n- Manages common resource demands.\n- Provides on-going project management and status reporting at all levels.\n- Provides advice and input into the project plan.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and company objectives.\n- Influences the development of the functional and company objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional and company objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources.\n- Chooses, recommends, creates and/or adopts techniques, standards and methodologies to apply.\n- Makes recommendations for improvements to KP standards/methodologies.\n- Establishes relationships with supervisors, peers and project member to obtain necessary resources and gain support in project delivery.\n- Intentionally builds relationships across the organization to gain buy-in and move initiatives forward.\n- Knows how and where to position an initiative or change effort in order to enhance its likelihood for success and calls upon others to use their relationships to drive initiatives forward.\n- Makes timely decisions based on knowledge and understanding of key business opportunities.\n- Ensures that all actions and decisions made (by self and staff and/or team) support established strategies and improved performance.\n- Makes decisions which reflect insight into key market and health care trends/issues, customer information and relevant internal data.\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure and inconclusive data.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Total of ten (10) years, to include three (3) or more years in a consulting role.\n- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care administration or related discipline.\n- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline (such as AHIP or HIAA).\n- Preference for certification by professional society or industry group such as AHIP or HIAA.\n- Influences multiple cross-functional and/or multiple cross divisional task forces to identify and document functional requirements, workflow, information sources and system/process specifications.\n- May establish cross-functional task forces.\n- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional areas and multiple cross functionally based on assignment.\n- Promulgates test plans.\n- Provides subject mater expertise to cross-divisional, common business areas.\n- Make recommendations regarding business strategy and policy development.\n- Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organization unit.\n- Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.\n- Makes fact-based decisions, sets priorities or chooses goals on the basis of calculated inputs and outputs (i.e., potential profit, return-on investment, EVA, or cost-benefit analysis).\n- Measures and tracks key business results and processes against external best practices and assess improvement in these terms.\n- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.\n- Defines and articulates strategies and changes based on their impact on customer/member satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates primary commitment to member/customer needs (before other requirements), intervening and taking dramatic action as needed.\n- Eliminates duplication and aligns systems across a market or service area to balance resources and ensure the delivery of quality member/customer service and care.\n- Maintains a view of multiple complex internal and external variables and interrelationships that impact Kaiser Permanente.\n- Uses organizational strategy as a framework for developing strategy for a particular market, service area or function.\n- Consistently makes decisions recommendations and takes actions which fully support targeted strategic changes, thinking three (3) or more years out.\n- Comment: Consultants make recommendations, operational managers make decisions.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:47:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890785/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consultant Spec (Software System Mgmt)", "reqid": "130761", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 27890785}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr. Strategy Consultant II - KPIF and SBU (Oakland, CA or any KP Region)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSr. Strategy Consultant II - KPIF and SBU\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA or any KP Region \nThis position is responsible for managing the development of LOB(line of business)strategies and for translating those strategies into cohesive annual business plans encompassing product and pricing, marketing and promotion, and distribution tactics. This position provides thought partnership to regional, national and shared services leaders on large-scale strategic issues.\n\nThought partner with business line leaders to identify large-scale market strategy issues.\nContributes to overall department objectives/goals based on 'global knowledge' of industry and organizational strategic issues.\nRepresents Team's work to Health Plan and PMG senior leadership (CA HPLT, JOG, NLT, etc.)\nAssists the Director and ROC (Regions outside of CA)LOB Leadership with development of LOB Strategy. Acts as SME for assigned regions on the External environment and Internal Performance. Combines this knowledge with strong. Understanding of industry to provide thought partnership on strategic matters. Influences the establishment of regional 3-year and 1-year performance goals.\nWorking directly with Regional teams for assigned regions and with appropriate National and Shared Services functions, manages development of annual tactical business plans and budgets.\nManages gathering and analysis of data to support product planning. Provides meaningful thought leadership on competitive and market trends that help craft effective product portfolio strategies and plans.\nWorks under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives\nInvolves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of complex and sometimes inconclusive data.\nExercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\nRequires high-level of judgment to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues.\nRequires significantly complex decision-making.\n\nKEY RELATIONSHIPS\nMaintains relationships with business line strategy teams across the Regions to support resolution of key strategic issues.\nDevelops and maintains positive relationships with and represents work to Regional and National/Shared Services Leadership to ensure that all efforts are aligned on behalf of assigned regions.\nPartners with Financial Planning, Actuarial, Pricing and other shared services to design and execute the annual planning cycle. Successful execution of responsibilities will require management of employees across several disciplines and regions who do not report into this position.\nInfluences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\nProvides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function. Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.\nProvides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews.\nThorough knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data.\nProven ability to contribute to the development of new market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\nConsidered functional expert in market strategy within KP.\nEmploys expertise as a generalist or specialist\nDevelops solutions to a diverse range of complex market strategy problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\nRequires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Minimum: Ten (10) or more years of related experience OR master's degree and six (6) or more years of experience.\n- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data.\n- Develops advanced market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\n- Viewed as market strategy expert in field within KP.\n- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.\n- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\n- Highly skilled in MS Excel, Access and other databases.\n- Must know how to manipulate databases such as MS Excel and/or Access, as well as manipulating reports and generating reports.\n- Thorough knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data.\n- Proven ability to contribute to the development of new market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex market strategy problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Master's degree preferred (Business, Public Health, etc.)\n-Considered functional expert in market strategy within KP.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:47:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890780/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Strategy Consultant II - KPIF and SBU (Oakland, CA or any KP Region)", "reqid": "129936", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27890780}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Strategy Consultant I-Market Strategy and Analysis (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nSenior Strategy Consultant I-Market Strategy & Analysis\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA or any KP Region\n\nDESCRIPTION\nMarket Strategy and Analysis supports senior leadership by addressing strategic issues, including determining the problem definition and structuring the problem solving approach, generally where no precedent currently exists. Issues span several topics and are not restricted to one functional area. Examples include strategy development, market assessments, policy issues, profitability assessments and major implementations. Senior Strategy Consultant I provides consulting, project management, analytic support services, and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. Has responsibility for large complex multi-dimensional analytical and strategy projects.\n\nMAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES\nLeads 1-2 major market strategy teams concurrently.\nProactively identifies key business line issues.\nManages multiple complex market strategy/business line issues.\nEstablishes accountabilities within business line strategy groups and facilitates decision making.\nLeads development of recommendations that determine course of further work and/or organizational change for marketing strategy.\nProvides professional/technical guidance on market, membership, rates, financial and competitive data to team members.\n\nPROBLEM SOLVING ACCOUNTABILITY\nInvolves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of complex and sometimes inconclusive data.\nExercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\nRequires complex decision-making.\nDevelops solutions to a diverse range of complex market strategy problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\nRequires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems\n\nKEY RELATIONSHIPS\nMaintains relationships with business line strategy teams across the Regions to support resolution of key strategic issues.\nPartners with Financial Planning, Actuarial, Pricing and other shared services to design and execute the strategic and annual planning cycle.\nInfluences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.\nEngages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.\n\nCOMPETENCIES\n\nThorough knowledge of strategic planning and marketing concepts and practices.\nThorough knowledge of market, membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data.\nProven ability to contribute to the development of new market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\nServes as subject matter/technical expert to Analysts and Market Strategy & Analysis Consultants.\nQualifications:\nMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS\nBachelor's Degree and 5-10 years related experience Or Master's degree and 2-4 years experience\nAdvanced knowledge of market strategy concepts, techniques, and standards.\nMust be proficient in Microsoft Office; PowerPoint, Word, Excel; Access and other databases.\nMust know how to manipulate databases such as MS Excel and/or Access, as well as manipulating reports and generating reports\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nAt least 8 years related experience\nHealth Care Industry experience\nMaster's degree preferred (Business, Public Hlth, etc.)", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:46:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890779/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Strategy Consultant I-Market Strategy and Analysis (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129929", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27890779}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Berkeley", "description": "Title: Dir Laboratory Services\nLocation: Berkeley, CA\nThis position is responsible for operational and Quality/Compliance oversight in Histology. This includes routine Histology, Special Stains and Immunochemistry sections, infrastructure/computer systems, and project management support in Anatomic Pathology.Under the administrative supervision of theRegional Laboratory Berkeley Site Administrator.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs and controls the efficient delivery of one or more of the support services (e.g. information processing, specimen management, and client services).\n- Prepares and monitors department budgets.\n- Negotiates contracts with vendors, internal support groups, and customers.\n- Develops pricing strategy for new business ventures and clients.\n- Recruits, hires, trains, and ensures competency of staff.\n- Oversees and directshistology staff to meet the rapid changes in services technology.\n- Directs and coordinates the evaluation of rapid technological advances, such as, in automation and the information technology area, to support business process improvements.\n- Develops new packages of service deliveries, to meet clients changing business needs.\n- Directs and implements departmental Total Quality Management.\n- Participates in the design and evolution of Regional Laboratory and Northern California Region integrated laboratory quality system.\n- Ensures compliance/regulatory and accreditation agencies' rules and regulations.\n- Designs, implements, and monitors effective risk control process. Initiates, develops, maintains, and improves system infrastructures such as information networks and courier systems, and client services.\n- Manages diverse projects in a matrix organizational structure that have regional and program-wide impact.\n- Develops strategic plans for the integrated laboratory system and the Regional Laboratory that reduces the overall cost of medical care.\n- Aligns plans with organizational vision and goals.\n- Develops marketing strategy for new products and new clients.\n- Provides consultation to regional groups such as sourcing and standard initiatives.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Plans, directs, oversees and coordinates operational and infrastructure-related services, including responsibility for personnel, workflow processes, systems architecture and applications that impact the department\n- Provides leadership and support for managers in responding to expanded service demands and best practices.\n- Participates in the design of and evolution of Regional Laboratory and Northern California Region integrated laboratory quality system.\n- Promotes continuously improvement, applying tools and methods used in lean/six-sigma and other established quality practices and strategies. Standardizes and enforces successful practices. Supports and implements ISO 15189 standards.\n- Directs and/or coleads process improvement projects for region-wide and inter-regional laboratories to ensure effective implementation of leading edge technology and best practices.\n- Works with Medical Laboratory Director in the development and implementation of Technology Plan.\n- Participates in the implementation and sustainability of unit-based teams in areas of responsibilities.\n- Reviews departmental budget and financial needs.\n- Must be able to work in a LMP and UBT environment.\n- Requires prolonged use of computer keyboard.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive experience in a high-volume clinical laboratory required (usually ten (10) years).\n- Five years (5) of experience in a supervisory/managerial position required.\n- Significant general experience in the service area e.g. anatomic pathology, histology, specimen management, client services, courier services (usually five (5) years).\n- Master's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science or related field, OR master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field, OR equivalent years of experience.\n- Valid current California Clinical Laboratory Scientist license required.\n- Certification in areas of Service Specialty, such as Telecommunication, CNA, CNE, and Client Services preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Proven strong leadership and human resource skills.\n- Demonstrable skills and experience in creating a collaborative work environment and labor management partnership.\n- Demonstrable experience in project management, quality system management, process mapping, and regulatory compliance.\n- Demonstrable experience in high level of initiative, good judgement, exemplary interpersonal skills, excellent written/verbal communication skills, excellent presentation, and supporting all levels of internal and external clients in a multi-faceted, culturally diverse, and complex operation.\n- Demonstrable knowledge and/or skills in budgeting, purchasing, staffing, scheduling, and employee coaching/mentoring.\n- Knowledge in bargaining union contract applications.\n- Proficient skills in using various computer applications in document creation, statistical analysis, graphic display, and flow-charting.\n- Must be flexible in schedules to meet deadlines or operational requirements as needed.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890732/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dir Laboratory Services", "reqid": "131103", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Berkeley, CA", "uid": 27890732}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Service Unit Asst Dept Mgr RN\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nAssists in managing a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuums, which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Implements & maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, & staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the operations of a single or multiple units.\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care & is in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Implements & maintains patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal client's expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Recommends & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care. Assists in developing & monitoring budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & recommends strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Assists in providing on going staff development. Implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensure they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ physician team leader, department chief, & nursing manager in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Assists in managing & resolving human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Supervisory accountability for Adult Primary Care Medicine clinics, including the after hours and flu clinic's.\n- Assistant Manager will supervise approximately 45-50 direct reports.\n- Participate on several committees, LMP work groups, Quality Goals initiative and special projects.\n- Collaborates with physicians and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care and quality service standards to meet members' and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets and resource allocations.\n-Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support the organization's goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years ofsupervisory experience required.\n- Previous nursing experience in outpatient care preferred.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience in nursing or health related field.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Significant management or clinical leadership experience in both patient care and healthcare operations (usually 2 - 5 years).\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Ability to build relationships with multiple departments and all levels of the operation.\n- Multitask, prioritize and delegate effectively.\n- Improve individual and team performance in all areas of department with particular focus on attendance, customer service, quality care and work place safety.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice and Project management experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890734/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Asst Dept Mgr RN", "reqid": "131135", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 27890734}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr E Learning Instrl Designer\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nDesigns and develops training curriculum, courseware and tools for web-based training for end-users and on-line resources. Identifies and implements improvements in training curriculum and courseware using standard testing methods, needs analysis, and methods of redesigning training programs. Maintains online training materials. Demonstrated competence in designing E-Learning and computer-based training courses is required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assess, plan, design, develop, and implement professional development training curriculum and courseware for end-users.\n- Apply advanced project management skills and methodologies to the instructional design process, including assessment, job analysis, course design and development.\n- Develops Web-based learning and executes web based learning strategies in conjunction with key stakeholders.\n- Design, conduct and evaluate post instruction outcomes using current learning evaluation methods.\n- Attend team meetings; track decisions and take ownership of action items that emerge from the discussions.\n- Author using web-based programs, MS Office suite and HMTL writing program.\n- Leads strategic efforts to design and script large, complex interactive projects.\n- Develop E-Learning objectives and assessments.\n- Develop storyboard/script with text, voice, sound, graphics, descriptions and instructions for production team.\n- Manage the review and revision cycles.\n- Report on task and deliverable completions.\n- Conduct quality assurance testing of produced content.\n- Ensure consistency with established course design strategies.\n- Lead, mentor and advise colleagues and peers within the department to achieve team goals.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) - ten (10) years of experience in planning and designing inter-active multimedia training tools, including instructional design, course development, and in project management.\n- Significant experience, seven (7) + years in using computer based tools in the development, management and the delivery of E-Learning products and in managing knowledge management projects.\n- BA or equivalent required in instructional design, education, business, communication.\n- MA preferred.\n- Proficiency in HTML and applications on the internet required.\n- Ability to work in a collaborative environment, to multitask, and to work within aggressive time frames.\n- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.\n- Have effective interpersonal and teamwork skills.\n- Have sound judgment; excellent organizational and client consulting skills.\n- Must be organized, able to act independently, have an eye for detail and can put ideas into a tangible form.\n- Able to work with and train people with a wide variety of technical and non-technical skills and backgrounds.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890733/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr E Learning Instrl Designer", "reqid": "130986", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27890733}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Union City", "description": "Title: QA Utilization Coordinator, (No. 03052012-SNF)\nLocation: Union City, CA\nCoordinates quality, utilization and risk management activities for the medical center; provides technical, educational, consultative, and coordinating support to assigned areas.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in the coordination of the quality management/utilization management department activities with other medical center departments.\n- Acts as a consultant for appropriate departments on quality management, utilization management and risk management activities.\n- Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.\n- Provides objective assessment of important aspects of patient care through ongoing chart review with pre-established criteria.\n- Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.\n- Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for development of patient care paths.\n- Reviews hospital admissions and extended stays for specific hospital departments.\n- Serves as a member of the QM and/or UM Committees as needed.\n- Attends and/or participates in committee meetings as needed.\n- Assists in orientation and training of peers; in formulating and evaluating policies and procedures.\n- Performs special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.\n- Assists the director of quality and utilization management for QM and UM in the formulation of department goals and objectives.\n\nSecondary functions:\n- Collaborate in the coordination of the SNF quality management/utilization of EB/GSAA, with the SNF Team, at contracted and non-contracted SNFs (skilled, sub-acute, custodial) for Kaiser Members.\n- Credentialing/Re-credentialing audits per region, f/u member complaints, quality issues, respond to member case resolution, education and training to SNFs, interface with medical center Quality Dept and Peer Review Committees, present quarterly reports to committees, data entry into MIDAS system of cases for reports to Leadership, stay current on all state and federal legislation, and participate in all service area and regional goals and special projects, per directors/leaderships request.\n- Collaborate with Skilled Nursing Department in the improvement process for SNF buildings.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of experience in acute care nursing as a RN.\n- Minimum one (1) year of experience in quality management with demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, statistical analysis, accreditation and licensing processes.\n- Supervisory experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or a related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Must have a current RN license in California.\n- Valid CA driver's license with personal means of transportation preferred.\n- Strong problem solving, project management, group facilitation and teamwork skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to assess or evaluate patient medical records as it relates to quality of care and systems analysis.\n- Current working knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA and Title 22 standards/regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.\n- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current AHA CPR/BLS Card.\n- Back ground in quality and long term care, Medicare, DPH, utilization and case management.\n- Knowledge of Lotus Notes & Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Access.\n- Minimum of 2 years experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility as an RN and/or Manager.\n- Preferred: Certification Profession in Health Care Quality (CPHQ).", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890730/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "QA Utilization Coordinator, (No. 03052012-SNF)", "reqid": "130863", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Union City, CA", "uid": 27890730}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Vision Services Assistant I - Grade 180 (12-015P) - Temporary\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nA Vision Services Assistant (V.S.A.) is a member of the Eye Services team, providing direct support to the providers (ophthalmologists and optometrists) and the Eye Services operation, while working under the direct supervision of the Chief of Ophthalmology or designee(s). The V.S.A.'s primary role will be to enhance to provider interactions with their customers utilizing specific knowledge, objective ophthalmic testing and practicing special technical skills in the Eye Services specialty. The VSA will maximize opportunities for flexible operations within vision services by assisting with provider visits as well as supporting department operations with clerical services (e.g., making appointments, scheduling surgical procedures, taking messages, registering patients, etc.).\nEssential Functions:\n- Measures and records intraocular pressure (tonometry), neutralization of spectacles (lensometry), automated visual fields, autorefraction (in preparation for the subjective refraction by the provider), autokeratometry, anterior chamber angles, vital signs, and pupillary response and other objective ophthalmic testing procedures.\n- Measures complete visual acuity's for all ages and ocular diagnoses, including Snellen charts, HOTV charts, color vision, and stereopsis. Administers topical eye medications per specific physician order in preparation for testing as permitted by state law and regulation. Performs other objective ophthalmic testing and automated image capture as indicated.\n- Makes and cancels Optometry, Ophthalmology, medical clearances, and diagnostic appointments. Obtains and prepares the appropriate medical information (records, files, forms, diagnostic results) for the provider. Records relevant medical information for the provider (i.e., assessments, plans, interventions, and spectacles) completes forms and other necessary data entry. Documents concise and relevant medical and ocular histories in the medical record.\n- Escorts patients to exam rooms and prepares them for examination. Instructs eye patients by providing relevant information, per provider protocols. Witnesses patient consent signature and signs forms.\n- Electronically, set up lab, x-ray and other requisitions, as needed. Labels specimen and Pathology Requests forms. Documents the specimens following departmental specific procedures.\n- Sets up and assists with minor surgical procedures of the eye, as needed by setting up supplies, handling instruments, etc. Anticipate provider needs (preparation of supplies, instruments, and equipment)\n- Cleans (changing cleaning solutions, as needed), wraps, labels and re-stocks instruments. Maintains equipment and orders/stocks supplies. Orders and maintains inventory par levels of supplies, forms, medications, etc. as needed. Keeps work area clean.\n- Calls patients with messages from providers and documents disposition. Documents, updates and processes records relating to provider appointments. Performs surgical scheduling functions, as needed.\n- Answers phones, makes appoints, takes messages. Maintains provider and department files, as needed.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or an in-house Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant program, or have at lease one (1) year (1,000 hours or more per year) of experience as a Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant, or have one (1) year (1 000 hours or more per year) recent experience of assisting physicians or Optometrists in an eye care setting.\n- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).\n- BLS.\n- Must successfully complete PARRS II, AutoReg, and be able to work with electronic medical record system.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills, including legible handwriting.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.\n- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams required.\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Mon 8:30am - 12:30pm, Wed & Thurs 8:30am - 5:00pm\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890726/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Services Assistant I - Grade 180 (12-015P) - Temporary", "reqid": "130093", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27890726}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 05)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/ Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation. Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nSonographer I, II, III, IV,V:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers).\n- BLS required.\nIn addition to the qualifications above:\nSonographer I\n- Must have 1 ARDMS registry in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.\nSonographer II\n- Must have 2 ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform both specialties routinely.\nSonographer III\n- Must have equivalent of 3 years (6,240 hrs) continuous ultrasound experience within the last 6 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must have 3 ARDMS registries in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 3 specialties routinely.\nSonographer IV\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 4 specialties routinely.\nSonographer V\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 5 specialties routinely.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:43:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890723/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 05)", "reqid": "130047", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 27890723}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (MCH-ANM-0002)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\nThis position has oversite of the NICU, will require NICUexperience.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 - 60+ employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required and ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:42:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890714/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (MCH-ANM-0002)", "reqid": "128910", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27890714}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- AMBULATORY CARE, GENERALIST - 1 year acute care experience. 6 months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in ambulatory care preferred.\n- SPECIALTY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890702/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "126456", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27890702}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Leandro", "description": "Title: Project Manager II - Temporary\nLocation: San Leandro, CA\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three (3) level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Synthesize information from peer project managers to develop detailed project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required to meet transition project goals.\n- Read, understand and review CPM schedules.\n- Expert in CPM scheduling techniques.\n- Synthesize CPM schedules from a variety of sources into one master schedule.\n- Independently develop detailed MS Project CPM schedule (2003 - 2010).\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues through the use of coordinated CPM schedules.\n- Coordinates with construction team (including the importation of information from Primavera project schedules), transition team, and functional implementation teams to develop and ensure adherence to detailed project plans.\n- Translate and communicate CPM project schedule in detailed and summary form for Executive leadership, Transition Team, and front line staff.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project scheduling process and outcome. - Accountable for the development of project documentation, specifically CPM schedules and schedule risk assessments, for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices to meet project objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPM scheduling knowledge.\n\n***NOTE: This is a temporary benefited position. Expected length of employment: Up to 2 years.***", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:40:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890700/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II - Temporary", "reqid": "125529", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Leandro, CA", "uid": 27890700}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lutherville", "description": "Title: Clinical Nurse-OC\nLocation: Lutherville, MD\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator's attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Passing a standard medication test is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:36:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890652/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Nurse-OC", "reqid": "131070", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Lutherville, MD", "uid": 27890652}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Sr. Manager Radiology Quality and Compliance - FT\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nThis position is responsible for the management, planning, and coordination of all Radiology quality systems, quality assurance, quality Improvement programs, compliance and utilization information, and initiatives across the Mid-Atlantic States local markets including:\n- To collaborate with appropriate market/regional staff to participate in developing utilization and quality assurance outcomes measures and in developing meaningful data reporting and analytical formats.\n- Serves as a regulatory resource to the organization by providing input and opinions that are in compliance with applicable rules and regulations related to Radiology. Manages and drive systems to closure that are already established within the quality program.\n- Serve as a role model for Kaiser Permanente values and culture, consultant for internal/external customers on compliance and regulatory issues.\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures appropriate accreditation is maintained & departments operate within all internal & external regulatory requirements, as appropriate, including mammography ACR & MQSA, NCR, DHR, NCQA, DOI, state & federal, internal mock audits by Clinical Services & all others.\n- Partners with the Director of Diagnostic Services in the development & execution of department based quality initiatives, continuous quality improvement, & compliance.\n- Ensures regional radiology policy & procedures are maintained & updated appropriately. Authors new procedures as appropriate.\n- Participates in regional & inter-regional committees & national strategic quality, compliance & service teams.\n- In conjunction with radiology management (Health Plan & Medical Group), directs development & implementation of systems & parameters to monitor, evaluate, & continuously improve quality measures in the radiology departments. Provides regular assessment of quality systems in the region/local markets to radiology management (Medical Group & Health Plan).\n- Analyzes improved radiology practices required for compliance & risk avoidance through the evaluation of quality measures & information throughout the region.\n- Manages implementation of processes to ensure compliance with accrediting & licensing bodies. Oversees design & monitors program for maintenance of standard operating procedures. Oversees design & implementation of standard practices for staff orientation, development, & competency evaluation.\n- Serves as primary radiology resource to the local/regional QA/QI Committees, represents the Radiology department at ART & RQIC, Radiation Safety, Credentialing & PPRO, Compliance, Confidentiality, Interregional SME group & Interregional Quality Managers.\n- Tracks UORs & Member Services reports for the Radiology department, monitors trends, prepares summary reports & develops action plans for areas of improvement.\n- Performs annual internal departmental audits at all Radiology locations in KPMAS, provides detailed summary of findings, presents results, & develops actions plans for continuous monitoring & improvement\n- Develops direct reports & team members from both a professional & personal standpoint (e.g., coaching & mentoring) to increase their overall effectiveness & value to the company. Designs & implements a multi-level career path ladder, which provides team members with flexibility, learning/training opportunities, & long-term career growth within the team &/or KP (e.g., regional & national opportunities).\n- See full length job description for additional functions.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n - Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n - 5 years of experience in healthcare operations with a minimum of 3 years of progressive leadership experience within the delivery of Radiology Services required.\n - 2 years of experience with PCs with use of relational database, graphic, presentation and spreadsheet software required.\n - BS degree in Radiological Science or related Health Care field required\n - Health Care Science Profession (RN, RT, PT) required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Certification in an Allied Health Science Profession, (ARRT) strongly preferred\n - Master's Degree preferred.\n - Knowledge of regulatory accreditation requirements related to Radiology operations preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:36:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890653/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Manager Radiology Quality and Compliance - FT", "reqid": "131245", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27890653}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: Solution Design Specialist-Revenue Cycle IT Delivery\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nThe Solution Design Specialist within the KP-IT Revenue Cycle Information Technology (RCIT) Delivery Team program at Kaiser Permanente leads solution planning, analysis and design efforts for related projects.\n\nThe Solution Design Specialist is responsible for understanding the strategic direction, priorities and needs of our business partners, as well as designing and facilitating the delivery of IT-based solutions to meet these needs. As a Solution Consultant you will prepare, present and collaborate on all required deliverables with the technical solutions project team; analyze and evaluate hardware, software, tools and related processes required to support proposed solutions; and develop preliminary solution architectures. Additionally you must develop alternative design solutions and design high-level network models; and utilize enterprise standard process methodology and tools. You will also be responsible for assisting business partners in developing their testing approach and plans, and in working as part of the technology testing team to plan and execute testing, to ensure both functional and non-functional requirements are met.\n\nThe KP-IT Revenue Cycle program will improve the comprehensive, program-wide revenue cycle capabilities to achieve strategic goals, in particular, the successful implementation and support of self-funded and deductible products. The Initiative will help KP achieve revenue collection goals, obtain the benefit of new information systems, and maintain regulatory compliance. Objectives of the Revenue Cycle program are to:\n\nSupport Kaiser Permanente's growth strategy\nEnable industry standard practices for all lines of business (including self-funded and deductible products)\nContribute to the financial imperatives for cost structure improvements\nEnsure appropriate reimbursement from non-dues revenue sources on a timely basis\nLeverage KP HealthConnect for billing, collections, documentation and coding\n\nThe Revenue Cycle IT team supports projects in all KP regions, including Northern and Southern California as well as the Regions Outside California (ROC). These projects include creating and implementing standard configurations and processes across regions where possible. All projects undertaken by RCIT are based on developing a sustainable and industry standard delivery model across all lines of business for the California and ROC regions.\n\nCurrently, KP is in the midst of a multi-year program of taking existing billing systems and functions, which can vary between regions, and increase standardization, implement automation and improve efficiencies for all regions. Regional and functional area solutions vary by payor/financial class for KP covered members, members with other plans (e.g. Coordination of Benefits, Other Coverage Information) and non-members who may have government or other commercial plans, or who may qualify for third-party or Kaiser Medical Financial Assistance programs. These inconsistencies and inefficiencies across the organization result in costs to collect, increased A/R days, lost 3rd party reimbursement on uncovered services, increased bad-debt from self pay, less than optimal verification of patients eligible for KP MFA (Charity Care), and an inability to consistently and accurately collect patient liabilities at the point of service.\n\nEssential Functions:\nLeads the collaboration with our business partners to define requirements, determine solution alternatives, and develop high-level designs and estimates\nLeads the definition and concept phases of projects, but remains involved thereafter to ensure alignment with designed and accepted solutions through testing, production and support.\nDevelop application architecture(s) for the applications, and migration strategies to support the evolution of the applications to meet business needs.\nStays involved in the entire project lifecycle to support preparation and execution of test scripts to ensure project delivery based on requirements defined\nProvide customer support as required to meet service level agreements\nBuild and manage a cohesive team to meet deliverables per project / tracks assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 10or more years of industry experience that may include business/systems architecture, professional services consulting and software development\n - Bachelor's degree in related disciplines or 4 additional years of relevant experience\n - 3 or more years of recent Health Care IT experience in a variety of Health Care provider and/or payer applications\n - Experienced in complex integrated systems planning and solution alternative analysis and design and delivery\n - Solid understanding of solution delivery life cycle of enterprise solutions, including experience in business process analysis, requirement elicitation and analysis, software and vendor selection, custom development and/or package implementation, testing and vendor management\n - Experienced in definition of application target architectures and strategies to evolve technology applications to support stated and future business needs\n - Experienced in IT consulting with focus on delivery of complex enterprise integrated solutions\n - Excellent communicator with strong customer focus with ability to work with business executives as well as technologists to elicit business requirements and articulate technology options\n - Excellent problem solving, decision making and negotiation skills\n - Team oriented and ability to work in a matrix environment", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890643/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Solution Design Specialist-Revenue Cycle IT Delivery", "reqid": "131269", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 27890643}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Finance Manager - Infrastructure Finance (Data Center Services, System Integration and Enterprise Engineering, Automation)\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nFinancial Manager - Infrastructure Finance - Data Center Services, System Integration and Enterprise Engineering Automation\n\n\nThe Financial Manager position, supporting DCS, SI and EEA for the KP-IT Infrastructure Finance team is available at our Pleasanton, CA campus.\n\nThe Manager position is a client facing role responsible strategic thought leadership with our business partners. It is responsible for supporting the processes that produce the annual budgets, quarterly cost center and regional forecasts, long range financial plans, business cases, and strategic analysis of future IT driven initiatives in the Infrastructure Management team.\n\nAs the Finance Manager, you will join a strong leadership team directing the work and career growth of experienced financial analysts. The Infrastructure Finance team has developed a very strong and collaborative relationship with the operations teams which you will build upon.\n\nIn addition, you will provide management and leadership to a team of financial analysts who are responsible for the financial integrity of the various infrastructure initiatives and/or programs. You will be a change management expert and guide the organization to deliver excellence. You and your staff will provide strategic advice and recommendations to IT Senior executive leaders (VP, CFO, CIO) on an on-going basis. You will also present the financial updates to a variety of high level oversight groups at the enterprise level as well as at the regional level.\n\n\nEssential Functions\n\n- Lead projects which transform existing processes and/or create new processes\n- Oversee the development of financial models to support strategic initiatives.\n- Direct and teach financial analysts to develop business cases and financial models to support strategic initiatives.\n- Prepare concise and informative presentations for VP-level audiences which demonstrate strong and thoughtful analysis and provide actionable next steps\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Supervise month-end financial results, meaningful variance analysis, research and resolution of financial irregularities, and enforce financial transparency.\n- Develop ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed.\n- Lead the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, and targets; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource.\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial processes, analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes.\n- Lead and supervise ross-functional teams to solve issues\n- Travel 5 to 10% within the local area or possibly to Southern California.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 10 years of Finance experience.\n - A minimum of 5 years of financial planning, analysis, and decision support experience.\n - A minimum of 5 years management experience which includes executive interface and reporting, organization development, change management, and supervisor experience.\n - Significant experience in business case development for large scale multi million dollar projects.\n - Must have experience with cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis, scenario and sensitivity analysis for large scale business cases.\n - Proficient with Excel and Power point presentation.\n - Experience with benchmarking and market analysis.\n - Strong knowledge of GAAP and key accounting policies.\n - Must be a self starter and can operate independently with minimal supervision.\n - Strong analytical, executive level communication and interpersonal skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - MBA\n - Knowledge of activity based costing (ABC) and familiar with standard activity costing structures.\n - Previous working experience in an IT organization.\n - Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools is highly desired including Business Objects and/or Cognos.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890642/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Finance Manager - Infrastructure Finance (Data Center Services, System Integration and Enterprise Engineering, Automation)", "reqid": "131242", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27890642}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Finance Analyst - Infrastructure Program Finance (Regional)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLead Financial Analyst - Regional Engagement\n\nThe LEAD FINANCIAL ANALYST supporting Regional Engagement for the KP-IT Infrastructure Program will perform forecasting and long-range financial planning, variance analysis and reporting, interpretation of quantitative information, financial modeling and creating presentations for upper Management review and key decision support. This individual will work directly with regional KP-IT business partners to understand their regional business needs and drivers and report them in a clear and concise manner to KP-IT Management and Program Office.\n\nThe Lead Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting the processes that produce the regional views of the strategic financial plan, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, business cases, scenario alternatives, and analysis of related to IT Infrastructure Strategy Program, and its project tracks.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assist in the development of financial models, budget, forecasts and long range financial plan to support strategic initiatives\n- Thorough analysis and interpretation of project track budget, forecasts and long range financial plan\n- Perform variance analysis and create ad-hoc reports and presentations\n- Develop financial models and make recommendations to assist project management in key decision-making\n- Develop and improve/enhance financial reports, models and databases\n- Review and validate information submitted by both internal and external sources.\n- Support business case development and analysis\n- Prepare concise and informative presentations to senior management to inform and to educate/persuade\n- Be a change agent for strategic planning and process improvement\n- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, and targets; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendation on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data, acting as a significant information resource\n- Partner with Finance counterparts in all organizations to improve financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Lead cross-functional teams to solve issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or 4 years of equivalent work experience\n- A minimum of 8 years of financial planning and analysis experience in successively responsible roles\n- Strong analytical and proactive problem solving skills\n- Excellent demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills\n-Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 1 year experience providing financial planning and analysis support to an IT organization or department\n- A minimum of 1 year of experience developing business cases for large scale multi million dollar projects using cost/benefit analysis, cash flow and NPV analysis\n- Working knowledge of KP-IT's systems and financial tools\n- Working knowledge Cognos, Business Objects, SAP, or Hyperion\n- MBA in Finance\n- Minimum of 1 year of large capital project finance experience\n- Minimum of 8 years of related experience in long range planning\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style\n- Proficiency with MS Access.\n- Effective communication skills, both oral and written\n- Ability to work under demanding and tight deadlines with a high level of accuracy as both originator and reviewer\n- Confidentiality concerning all information and projects", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890641/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Finance Analyst - Infrastructure Program Finance (Regional)", "reqid": "131243", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27890641}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting and Costing\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nSenior Financial Analyst - Financial Reporting and Costing\n\nThe Senior Financial Analyst position within the Financial Reporting and Costing group is located at our Pleasanton, CA Campus and is responsible for providing reporting and analytical expertise and support to our IT Business Partners. In this role you will develop analytical reporting in support of IT's financial goals as well as ad hoc and change management projects as assigned in a timely and professional manner. You will support the monthly reporting and analysis process across the IT organization, maintaining Service Level Agreements with both internal (IT) and external (KP) clients. You will identify and prepare evaluations on a variety of complex and diverse subjects including formal presentations of IT's financial results through both statistical and operational analysis. You will participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics, measurements, methods, targets and reports; assist in identifying performance improvement opportunities by identifying key business issues; create financial models and make recommendations. You will partner closely with the IT finance team to improve financial analysis, reporting, and other financial processes. You will not only ensure that proper processes and deadlines are met, but will also develop and implement internal processes and procedures to support and comply with IT finance policy and procedures.\nEssential Functions:\nResponsibilities include but may not be limited to:\n- Support monthly close activities on a monthly basis in a timely manner. Ensure proper processes and deadlines are met, develop and implement internal processes and procedures to support and comply with IT financial policy and procedures.\n- Prepare concise and informative analysis for internal and external reporting partners.\n- Partner closely with the IT finance team to improve financial analysis, reporting, and other financial processes. Act as a significant information resource.\n- Participate in the development and maintenance of performance metrics reporting; assisting in identifying improvement opportunities. In addition, provide ongoing recommendations on the use and interpretation of analysis, reports, methodologies, systems and source data.\n- Prepare ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed.\n- May also include identifying, initiating, researching and preparing financial models and/or analysis on a variety of complex and diverse projects and problems (e.g. financial, statistical, operational, and costs/benefit analyses) supporting strategic initiatives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of financial planning and analysis experience in successively responsible roles including the ability to demonstrate experience modeling and financial data analysis.\n- General knowledge and understanding of accounting rules and principles.\n- Experience designing and implementing report modifications and improvements.\n- Import and export of data and graphics files from multiple databases or data warehouses to develop complex financial and management reports, tables and charts.\n- MS Office 2007 Suite - requires advanced level proficiency with MS Word, Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, h-lookup, charts) and PowerPoint.\n- Strong analytic and problem solving skills; high level of accuracy.\n- Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with ability to keep track of communications with multiple clients simultaneously.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools desired, including Business Objects Xi and Cognos.\n- Understanding of IT business rules and how those rules translate into financial systems and financial reporting.\n- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, team environment. - Excellent interpersonal teamwork skills; service oriented.\n- Proven initiative and self-directed style.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890640/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting and Costing", "reqid": "131244", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27890640}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Intermediate Business Process Analyst - Prescription Processing , Pharmacy BIO\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nThe Business Process Prescription Processing Analyst is the information technology analyst responsible for business & impact analysis, business design, and delivering solutions that support prescription order processing and pharmacy workflow within the outpatient pharmacy systems.\n\nThis position requires business expertise in the areas of pharmacy prescription processing workflow from order receipt through sell, as well as other key areas that integrate with and support primary workflow such as central and local automation, clinical screening activities, return-to-stock, dispensing, compounding, benefits, call prescriber, and POS. The position also requires ongoing assessment over the medical-legal impact of design, and acknowledges all national and local regulatory constraints.\n\nThe successful candidate will have a proven background in order management process with strong background in prescription processing and workflow management. This candidate will work with IT leadership and business stakeholders to identify requirements that utilize the pharmacy system to support centralized, role-based processing and workload balancing; enhanced clinical programs; decision support; and other value-added pharmacy activities. The candidate will own the business processes that support standardized order management workflow and will have a key role in developing strong vendor and software engineering relationships.\n\nResponsibilities:\n - Build stakeholder credibility as KP's IT expert in pharmacy order management processing and system-supported workflow management\n - Gather and analyze business stakeholder requests for prescription processing and order management improvements\n - Transform requirements, impacts & risks, into solutions by partnering with business, IT software engineering teams, and vendor software development groups\n - Maintain and build relationships with internal IT, business operations, regional departments, and vendors, to deliver standard software solutions in support of order management activities\n - Develop and participate in strategic planning for order management, prescription processing and workflow management as part of an overall, long-term KP technology roadmap\n - Support business operations to build prescription processing & workflow management solutions: Maintain industry-leading knowledge base of vendor solutions and product development release cycles; Be a subject matter expert and maintain a strong working knowledge of the application's functionality and configuration options; Maintain dialogue with business operations and vendors to drive solutions that improve product functionality, communicate future needs, and align development with the technology roadmap.\n - Departmental team management, including management of remote client teams and personnel development\nQualifications:\nBasic Requirements\n\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of additional work related experience.\n - Minimum of 2 years of experience documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and/or developing business cases to support IT solutions.\n - Minimum of 5 years experience working in healthcare providing some experience in managed care environments and pharmacy operations.\n - Experienced in prescription processing activities: pharmacy operational business processes; Operational business process, roles and responsibilities of pharmacy staff; Integration of efficient pharmacy and workflow management and decision support into the overall delivery of high quality patient care; Back-end processes that support order management workflow; e.g. members, providers, and products; Vendor-supported purchase-to-pay solution implementation; Background in automated processes and pharmacy automation; Design & analysis leadership to integrate sensible and affordable software solutions that support practical, operational workflow scenarios; Ability to use data and metrics to support analysis and requirements in support of solution design/delivery\n - Strong written, presentation, and interpersonal communications skills\n - Strong problem resolution skills\n - Strong time management and project management skills\n - Demonstrated ability to interact and work within high performing teams with diverse responsibilities\n\nPreferred Requirements\n\n - Advanced degree in Pharmacy desired;relevant certifications desired\n - Experience in areas that drive pharmacy order management functionality: High-volume automated fulfillment solutions experience is desirable; Inventory management experience is desirable; Electronic order (CPOE) experience is desirable; Benefits and formulary experience are desirable.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890639/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intermediate Business Process Analyst - Prescription Processing , Pharmacy BIO", "reqid": "131212", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27890639}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Project Management Senior\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\n\nThe Health Plan BIO is responsible for managing the delivery of systems and technologies that support Kaiser Permanente's Health Plan strategies and operations. Within the Health Plan, the Membership Systems sub-portfolio supports critical business capabilities such as benefit administration, customer contract management, member enrollment, member dues billing and payment processing and reconciliation. Membership Systems currently supports the California, Ohio, Georgia, Hawaii, Colorado, Northwest regions, and Consolidated Service Centers in Denver, Colorado and San Diego, California.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nWe are seeking a results driven and customer service focused Senior Project Manager to join our team of dedicated professionals. This position will provide Project Management support to the Program and Product Management team, our regional business partners and Membership Systems Executive management. The Project Manager is accountable for meeting financial and schedule commitments for all IT projects and to communicate effectively with business stakeholders, team members, and KP-IT management to ensure that IT services are delivered according to scope, schedule and budget.\n\nYou will be required to know or learn KP-IT's program and process methodology, execute it within the established KP and KP-IT organizational framework and mentor other project managers and team members\nAdditionally, the Sr. Project Manager will be required to effectively understand and communicate with team members responsible for both IT infrastructure (networks, servers, desktops) and applications.\n\nYou must also be a self starter, who is a dynamic and energetic team leader, to identify needed resources, define roles and responsibilities, and ensure assignment of key project participants. \nEssential Functions:\nResponsible for overseeing all aspects ofa project, ensuring the delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of our regional and national Business partners.\nProject planning, Project financial management, Project schedule management,Project resource management, communication.\nThe ability to manage complex, large-scale projects with overlapping schedules and multiple inter-dependencies.\nThe ability to deal with ambiguity and operate in a virtual team environment.\nResponsible for overseeing projects that may include mainframe, distributed and SOA components.\nThe ability to work within a waterfall or agile methodology.\nMinimal travel may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.\n - Minimum 5 years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of both IT infrastructure and application projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n - Minimum 5 years of progressive experience as a program/project manager that includes managing implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets.\n - Demonstrated track record in leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects.\n - Demonstrated strong customer focus and client relationship building skills\n - Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills\n - PMP certification\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Healthcare experience is a plus\n - Healthcare Reform project specific experience a plus\n - Membership sub portfolio experience a plus\n - COGNOS forecasting tool experience a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:35:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890636/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Management Senior", "reqid": "131108", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27890636}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist (Staff)\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder general direction of coordinator, occupational therapy services, assists with planning, coordinating, implementing and directing occupational therapy services for inpatients and outpatients. Independently evaluates patients referred for occupational therapy service. Develops and implements appropriate treatment plans based on evaluation.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists in planning, development and implementation of full array of occupational therapy services\n- Assists in developing, initiating and providing appropriate in-service training to other professionals and nursing staff, including residents and students within interdisciplinary setting\n- Provides evaluation of upper extremity muscle function and strength, joint motion and function, nerve function, A.D.L. skills, sensory motor integration evaluation, psychosocial development, levels of motor development and reflex function when requested by attending physician for both inpatients and outpatients\n- Administers occupational therapy treatments based on neurophysiological principles and habilitation and rehabilitation techniques, which might include neurodevelopmental therapy, therapeutic exercises, neuromuscular facilitation, muscle reeducation, sensory motor training, and activities of daily living\n- Maintains accurate clinical records of all patient care activities\n- Writes report of initial assessment of each patient and develops specific written objectives and treatment plans for each patient, upgrading progress on regularly scheduled basis and adjusting treatment goals; plans according to patient's level of functioning\n- Coordinates with other services and professionals to promote optimum efficient provision of habilitation services\n- Provides orientation of occupational therapy services for families and visitors as needed\n- Prepares and maintains work setting, equipment supplies\n- Demonstrates working knowledge and appropriate application of cpt-4 codes for all services provided; keeps abreast of coding modifications and/or definitions (e.g., attends ongoing coding training sessions)\n- Additional functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of AMA\n- Valid Hawaii Occupational Therapist license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Certified Occupational Therapist (OTR) by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire - Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, conflict resolution, creativity/innovation, decision making, customer service, group process facilitation, influence/negotiation, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, systems thinking, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years of working in acute care and/or physical rehabilitation setting\n- Experience with Industrial and post-op hand surgery patients", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890624/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist (Staff)", "reqid": "131012", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890624}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Account Management Coordinator\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nProvides support to account managers in growth and retention efforts, including but not limited to, customer service, open enrollment and marketing activities, for existing Kaiser employer groups. Participates in team approach to provide superior service to internal and external customers.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- First line of contact for existing groups on billing and member enrollment inquires. Addresses and triages inquires when necessary. If inquiry is referred to an internal department, Coordinator to follow up for completion\n- First line of contact for existing groups regarding Kaiser Permanente and/or group health plan\n- Assists with Kaiser-on-the-Job (KOJ) and Healthworks requests, including implementation\n- Assists with off-site group open enrollment events.\n- Assists with off-site group health fairs\n- Assists with the preparation of proposals, benefit summaries, contracts and presentations\n- Coordinates production of marketing collateral, including brochures, flyers, description of services, and display tools used for promotional activities. Supports and coordinates direct mail and other marketing strategies\n- Facilitates establishment of electronic and self billing, with membership accounting\n- Assists with coordination of existing group microsite implementation and subsequent management\n- Assists with COBRA establishment, updates and inquires\n- Assists with ordering collateral material\n- Provides support for internal benefits systems\n- Faciliates updates in Common Membership, including establishment and cancellation of bill groups\n- Develops, completes, coordinates and monitors contracted agreements with employers for services. Ensures proper processes are in place, including legal approvals and notification of appropriate internal staff on demographic, contract, and any special instructions necessary to achieve successful outcomes\n- Receives and acts upon complaints by employers, carriers, brokers, regarding program services. Records complaints. Follows-through to the satisfaction of existing groups, either by referral or consultation with appropriate program personnel or others. Refers complex problems to manager or marketing manager. Negotiates with groups both internally and externally to successfully resolve problems that jeopardize relationships with employer groups\n- Researches market to stay abreast of competitors and pricing. Monitors competitive product developments. Maintains information in group files organized by customer group\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year demonstrated sales and marketing experience\n- Associates degree or equivalent related experience\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within six months of hire)\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal influence, negotiation, customer service, teamwork, conflict resolution, and problem solving\n- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of and skill in the word processing, spreadsheet, and mainframe operations relating to collections PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Sales experience in healthcare industry\n- Associates degree in business administration, marketing or related field\n- Knowledge of Kaiser health plan benefits and system", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890625/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Management Coordinator", "reqid": "131342", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890625}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Pathology Assistant\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nPerforms and assists in performance of surgical and necropsy examinations. Lays out instruments, prepares remains and performs initial preparation of tissues for study. Handles and maintains accurate identification of various specimens; maintains condition of equipment and clean work area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs surgical specimen examinations, dissection, gross description and dictation\n- Assists in preparation and performance of post-mortem examinations\n- Ascertains proper and legal authorization for necropsy; in case of error or question, initiates procedure to obtain proper authorization\n- Arranges and coordinates patient's chart and other pertinent data for review with Pathologist\n- Positions body; performs or assists Pathology Resident in gross dissection; takes measurement; weighs organs; dictates description of procedure and specimens observing presence of foreign objects or adhesions, organ relationships, and presence of body fluids\n- Prepares and stores tissue. Assists with processing, assessing, and identification of same; obtains specimens for analysis\n- Photographs body, organs, and other specimens; maintains photographic index\n- Assures proper restoration of body for acceptable release to funeral director; indicates any biohazards such as contagious diseases or radioactive implants which may be present\n- Assists in SNOP coding of surgical and necropsy diagnosis and specimens; helps maintain files of SNOP codes\n- Maintains clean, orderly work area and ensures proper maintenance of instruments and equipment. Orders adequate inventory of supplies, materials and equipment\n- Instructs and trains assigned personnel, e.g., medical students, medical technicians and technologists, etc., in designated areas of expertise\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year of pathology assistant experience\n- Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or medical technology from an accredited institution\n- Demonstrated analytic and diagnostic reasoning skills\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, oral communication, results orientation, systems thinking, teamwork, and written communication\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six months of experience under direct training of certified pathologist\n- Preparing histological tissue samples and slides\n- Completion of training and experience in histology\n- Certified Pathologists' Assistant (PA) by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890623/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pathology Assistant", "reqid": "130898", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890623}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Patient Advocate - ER\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder indirect supervision, monitors and assists with patient flow through department. Ensures recognition, respect for and adherence to patient rights. Establishes rapport between staff and public. Facilitates communication and visitation. Ensures patient stay as stress-free as possible. Addresses patient complaints to improve departmental quality of service. Oversees department volunteers. Supports compliance and Principles of Responsibility. Maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets. Exhibits ethics and integrity. Adheres to applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance.\nEssential Functions:\n- Responds to crisis situations. Ensures proper support provided to patients, family members and staff involved\n- Facilitates communication between patients, visitors and staff\n- Assists staff in meeting non-medical patient needs to increase comfort and wellbeing in ER\n- Compiles and reports quality of service results as part of Quality Assurance monitoring. Ensures complaints, identification of problem areas and resolution handled in timely manner\n- Participates in training new hires. Trains and provides recognition of volunteers in department\n- Participates in committees and quality improvement activities. Attends continuing education and in-service training programs\n- Maintains accurate statistical data to evaluate and maintain effective department performance\n- Fulfills accountability requirements of organization and department and all outside regulatory bodies\n- Maintains confidentiality of all patient-related information\n- Follows departmental guidelines to ensure proper coverage for department\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide care and/or service appropriate to age groups served\n- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to provide culturally sensitive care and/or service\n- Adheres to and maintains current knowledge of Principles of Responsibility, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, accreditation and licensing requirements, policies and procedures. Reports and/or resolves issues of non-compliance\n- On regular, sustained basis, cooperates with other staff members both within and outside department in accomplishment of own job duties as well as assisting others in accomplishing theirs. Serves as team player and role model for other employees in organization, always exhibiting traits of courtesy, caring, helpfulness and respect. Conducts self in service-oriented manner that is attentive, pleasant, cooperative, sensitive, respectful and kind when dealing with members, visitors, public and all employees\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year public contact or related experience\n- Bachelor's degree in social services or related field\n- Current BLS for Health care Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, conflict resolution, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, quality management, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g., organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification for Domestic Violence\n- RTS Bereavement Counselor Certification\n- Rape Crisis Counselor Training\n- CISD-Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Certification\n- Health care experience\n- Post high school coursework in medical terminology\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database in pc applications", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890619/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Advocate - ER", "reqid": "130507", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890619}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Project Manager Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects and develops project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services, and technical expertise for broad array of issues. Leads projects of complex scope in-depth analysis and evaluation of various factors. Works on projects broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to multi-faceted projects; sets strategic direction of projects; develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics, and resources required; designs processes to address identified problems\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation; provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams; manages work of outside consultants; motivates team members and facilitates team meetings; acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator; cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors; provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans\n- Is accountable for development of project documentation for leadership and clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices; plans and facilitates meetings; makes formal presentations to various audiences\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome; assesses project impact on workforce; may include developing training program for different levels of audiences; instructs and educates on all aspects of project\n- Additional functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years of consultant, analyst, management experience, or equivalent related education\n- Project management and project lead experience\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, public health, economics, management or industrial engineering, or related field, or equivalent related experience\n- Broad working knowledge and business acumen of health care industry\n- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, identify key business issues, and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives and move change processes across entire organization\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, project management, quality management, results orientation, systems thinking, team building, teamwork, and written communication\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Project management experience in healthcare\n- Master's degree in business administration, public health, economics, management or industrial engineering, or related field", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890615/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager Senior", "reqid": "129974", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890615}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Business Systems Analyst Senior\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nManages strategic, multi-departmental projects and sets goals, timelines, and objectives. Designs, develops, and implements solutions to systems needs and user training programs. Serves as representative to national program and/or other organizations and serves as liaison between user, vendor, and IT. Provides client-based consultative resources to departments. May facilitate analyses in areas of operational methods and systems improvement and application of quantitative analysis techniques.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- In collaboration with various departments, analyzes and identifies users' needs and establishes computer systems requirements\n- Participates in work teams to develop and implement application systems; addresses client requirements, dynamic technologies, priorities and targeted schedule dates and timelines\n- Manages development and deployment of information systems\n- Designs, plans, and facilitates use of management tools, monitoring tools, decision support models, and operational studies in operations and methods improvement\n- Serves as liaison between user, vendor, and IT\n- Designs, develops, and implements user training programs; conducts training and provides technical and problem-resolution support to end users; mentors and coaches staff on application of techniques and programs\n- Acquires and interprets data for decision making and provides decision support and analyses; may prepare and present written reports and oral presentations to leadership\n- Ensures data integrity, maintains systems security and standards, and compliance with regulatory requirements; oversees data input and recommends modifications as needed\n- Develops and implements appropriate QA and QI metrics to foster continued quality improvement\n- Ensures systems availability, participates in development of service level agreements, and responds to service calls as needed.\n- Communicates with other regions to facilitate program improvements and learnings\n- Aligns systems and processes to organizational standards; develops technical and operational policies and procedures as related to systems implementation\n- Serves on committees and other professional organizations to promote interests and goals of organization\n- Provides work direction and oversees staff\n- Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five years of clinical information systems or related experience or equivalent related education\n- Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, medical technology, or related field or equivalent related experience\n- Project management experience, including working with cross-functional teams\n- Demonstrated knowledge of client server technology, network, telecommunication and data center operations and production\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, oral communication, teamwork, team building, problem solving, coaching, group process facilitation, influence, negotiation, strategic thinking, results orientation, written communication, planning, project management, analysis, leadership, and change management\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing, spreadsheet, database, and multi-media presentation PC applications\n- (Laboratory only) Five years clinical and anatomical laboratory experience, including experience with laboratory systems\n- (Diagnostic Imaging only) Three years diagnostic imaging experience including experience with systems and equipment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six years of senior consultant or analyst experience in healthcare\n- Master's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public health, or related field\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry and HMO, including service delivery and information systems\n- Knowledge of statistical probability and research design, computer simulation, and quantitative modeling techniques\n- Knowledge and experience in department specific area of responsibility\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission, as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers, and vendors\n- This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890616/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Systems Analyst Senior", "reqid": "129975", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27890616}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Tech, Ultrasound - Glenlake - FT (40)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe position of Ultrasound Technologist -performs diagnostic sonographic examinations utilizing ultrasonic equipment to locate, evaluate and record critical functional, pathological, and anatomical data. He/She will also Schedule and coordinate tests, record test results, prepare and maintains operational logs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs Ultrasound Examinations\n- Documents patient assessment and history\n- Provides patient education\n- Operates computer and ultrasound equipment for image production and documentation\n- Practices accurate and timely completion of scheduled and unscheduled work to maximize productivity\n- Performs quality control measures for the purpose of ensuring optimal images\n- Enters and properly completes all patient information including exam charges and supplies into the Radiology Information System (RIS).\n- Prepares films for interpretation by the radiologist in an accurate and timely manner\n- Exhibits flexibility and adaptability to unique needs of the department and respond appropriately.\n- Communicate abnormal situations to proper sources in a way that facilitates resolution and/or tracking\n- Actively engages other health care providers (radiologist, surgeons, specialist, and mammographers) to ensure quality, continuity and appropriateness of care\n- Follows department procedures/processes/policies\n- Practices safety measures in radiography by adhering to all governing regulations\n- Follows universal precautions, infection control guidelines and sterile technique\n- Complies with all governing regulations\n- Stocks and cleans exam rooms/work areas\n- Other duties as assigned\n- Applies the profession's code of ethics in all aspects of practice\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of AMA approved Ultrasonography Program\n- ARDMS registration\n- BCLS\n- One (1) year experience in Ultrasonography a minimum (will only accept new graduates from KPGA affiliated ultrasound program educational institutions)\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n- Basic PC (keyboarding & navigation) skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years experience in Ultrasonography preferred.\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890608/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Tech, Ultrasound - Glenlake - FT (40)", "reqid": "131090", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27890608}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Staff Pharmacist - Float Pool - PRN (North GA)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nUnder supervision of Pharmacy Manager, the PRN Staff Pharmacist performs general Pharmacist duties. This position maintains pharmacy services in accordance with departmental policies and standards as well as state and federal laws and regulations. He/She works in concert with Medical Office administration to ensure effective delivery of pharmacy services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs general pharmacist duties including compounding and dispensing drugs and medicines; reviewing prescriptions to identify overdoses and potentially toxic compounds, bottling and packaging prepared compounds and maintaining records of legend and controlled substances.\n- Provides Pharmaceutical Care for our members including prospective, concurrent and retrospective drug utilization review, screening for drug allergies, monitoring interactions and duplications, following-up with physicians as appropriate, and counseling patients.\n- Interacts and consults with physicians and associate providers when necessary to improve quality of care and improve value; educates physicians and associate providers regarding cost effective therapy and drug utilization goals (e.g., target drug programs and formulary).\n- In conjunction with Pharmacy Manager orients and instructs new pharmacy personnel regarding departmental policies and procedures. Provides drug-related training for pharmacy and other Health Plan employees and providers.\n- Participates in patient education programs and coordinates the development of educational materials as appropriate.\n- Maintains efficient inventory control and purchasing habits.\n- Serves members in a friendly, courteous and expeditious manner, which promotes member satisfaction and retention.\n- Partners with clinical pharmacists in medical office.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS and Graduate of Accredited School of Pharmacy.\n- Current GA Pharmacy license in good standing.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.\n- Knowledge of formulary systems, inventory control systems, cash control and budgetary procedures for a high volume pharmacy.\n- Ability to deal pleasantly and effectively with medical staff and patients.\n- Ability to lift and carry a minimum of 15 pounds.\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment.", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:33:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890605/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Pharmacist - Float Pool - PRN (North GA)", "reqid": "130981", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27890605}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Physical Therapy Aide\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nPerforms a variety of patient care duties, including basic treatment procedures, reception & clerical duties to assist in the care & treatment of patients referred to physical therapy. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patients for treatment by escorting them to appropriate treatment booth, providing gown & instructing or assisting patient in preparation for scheduled procedures\n- Assists Physical Therapist w/ treatment procedures by setting/positioning equipment, attending patient, & providing appropriate supplies as directed\n- Administers basic electrical stimulation & ultrasound therapy to patients w/ established treatment regimens, as directed; applies contact medical to patient's affected area; sets equipment controls at specified levels; positions instruments on patient's body' observes & adjusts equipment controls as necessary\n- Prepares hot/cold packs and/or paraffin & applies to patient's affected area as directed; sets timer & provides patient security bell\n- Performs basic massage technique to relax muscles & improve circulation\n- Positions patient's on pelvic & cervical traction unit; positions patient & places equipment on patient's affected area; sets poundage according to established treatment regimens, as directed; observes patient & notifies Physical Therapist of patient's discomfort as necessary\n- Prepares physical therapy treatment areas by cleaning, stocking & arranging supplies, instruments & equipment\n- Orders & maintains departmental materials & supplies, & maintains work area in a neat & orderly manner\n- Receives referral forms from patients & schedules or adjusts appointments based on scheduling guidelines\n- Seeks direction from a Physical Therapist when there are questions about the referral or when information provided by patient is different from the referral\n- Schedules follow up visits as directed by the Physical Therapist and/or guideline information sheet\n- When the referral form is incomplete the provider may be contacted for additional data\n- Answers telephone calls, ascertains nature of calls by asking pertinent questions answers routine inquiries & directs calls to Physical Therapist as appropriate\n- Performs related clerical duties as required, such as preparing & filing patient physical therapy records, completing patient visit records, maintaining departmental logs, & compiling patient visit data to assist in preparing departmental records\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Successful completion of an approved training program for medical assistants or comparable work experience\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n\nRotate schedule. Floats between departments/facilities/locations.\n\nSalary: $14.82 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-04-14 01:32:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27890597/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapy Aide", "reqid": "130980", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27890597}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Clinical Specialist II-- Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, the CSI provides direct patient care which may include assessment, design of treatment programs, & implementation of treatment programs particularly for those patients presenting w/ complicated physical therapy issues. Additionally, the CSII acts as a resource & a mentor to staff & students in their area of clinical specialty. The CSII arranges for, plan & deliver educational opportunities for internal & external customers both locally & regionally. The CSII assists the department administrator in the development of new clinical programs. The CSII reports directly to the Department Administrator or Assistant Department Administrator.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops & implement in service training programs in areas of expertise for students, staff, & clinicians\n- Insure cleanliness of assigned area & proper functioning of patient care equipment by following department equipment maintenance policies & procedures.\n- Demonstrates professional competence in assessing patient's condition at the onset & through all phases of the physical therapy program:\n- Routinely obtain accurate & complete history through clinical observation & interaction w/ the patient.\n- Routinely perform appropriate examinations, using specialized evaluation procedures.\n- Consistently interpret evaluation findings correctly to determine nature & degree of dysfunction.\n- Routinely take usual & special precautions relative to the age, medical history & condition of the patient & the type of treatment being given.\n- Consistently establish measurable treatment goals & develop appropriate treatment plans to achieve those goals.\n- Regularly reassess clinical signs & symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress toward goals, & the need for modification of treatment and/or goals.\n- Routinely consult w/ the referring physician regarding treatment request which are contraindicated relative to the patient's physical condition or medical history.\n- Delegate appropriately to support personnel.\n- Demonstrate skill in the performance of physical therapy skills relative to musculoskeletal & neurological assessment & treatment procedures including:\n- Testing & treatment of spine & extremities using accessory & physiological joint motions.\n- Clinical testing to determine muscle strength, reflexes, sensation, coordination, range of motion, & other sensory motor skills.\n- Clinical analysis & treatment of postural, gait, & ADL disorders.\n- Administration of modalities & other physical agents.\n- Administrations of exercise programs/development of patient care programs.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional, & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of the age group served. Is able to assess data reflective of the patient's status & interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs & to provide care in accordance w/ departmental policy.\n- Documents clinical activities in a timely, accurate, & comprehensive manner following department policies & procedures.\n- Establish & maintain courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public, patients, families, staff, physicians, & other personnel.\n- Develop & implement special classes or clinics for patient population w/in area of expertise in conjunction w/ other members of the rehabilitation department & outside personnel as appropriate.\n- Assume other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience: Four (4) years of full time experience (2080 hours = 1 year) one of which can be met by enrollment in or completion of an APTA credentialed fellowship program or successful passage of an APTA specialty certification exam.\n- Completion of an accredited PT training program w/ a certificate, BS, MS, or DPT degree.\n- Education: 300 hours of specialized education (can be completed via applicable continuing education course work, residency or fellowship hours/course work).\n- California Physical Therapist Licensure OR eligible.\n- Current CPR certification.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Completion of Pre-employment & annual physicals.\n- Completion of annual skills competency assessment.\n- Understanding/Competence in basic safety & infection control procedures i.e. proper body mechanics, universal precautions.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Physical therapist with manual therapy skills/background, understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways and knowledge of/ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as: Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Provides OP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center).\n- Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.\n- Under indirect supervision, the CSI provides direct patient care which may include assessment, design of treatment programs, and implementation of treatment programs particularly for those patients presenting with complicated physical therapy issues. Additionally, the CSII acts as a resource and a mentor to staff and students in their area of clinical specialty.\n- The CSII arranges for, plan and deliver educational opportunities for internal and external customers both locally and regionally. The CSII assists the department administrator in the development of new clinical programs. The CSII reports directly to the Department Administrator or Assistant Department Administrator.\n- Position may require some weekend IP or OP coverage.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:52:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828450/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Specialist II-- Physical Therapist", "reqid": "130347", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27828450}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Clinical Specialist II-- Physical Therapist\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, the CSI provides direct patient care which may include assessment, design of treatment programs, & implementation of treatment programs particularly for those patients presenting w/ complicated physical therapy issues. Additionally, the CSII acts as a resource & a mentor to staff & students in their area of clinical specialty. The CSII arranges for, plan & deliver educational opportunities for internal & external customers both locally & regionally. The CSII assists the department administrator in the development of new clinical programs. The CSII reports directly to the Department Administrator or Assistant Department Administrator.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops & implement in service training programs in areas of expertise for students, staff, & clinicians\n- Insure cleanliness of assigned area & proper functioning of patient care equipment by following department equipment maintenance policies & procedures.\n- Demonstrates professional competence in assessing patient's condition at the onset & through all phases of the physical therapy program:\n- Routinely obtain accurate & complete history through clinical observation & interaction w/ the patient.\n- Routinely perform appropriate examinations, using specialized evaluation procedures.\n- Consistently interpret evaluation findings correctly to determine nature & degree of dysfunction.\n- Routinely take usual & special precautions relative to the age, medical history & condition of the patient & the type of treatment being given.\n- Consistently establish measurable treatment goals & develop appropriate treatment plans to achieve those goals.\n- Regularly reassess clinical signs & symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress toward goals, & the need for modification of treatment and/or goals.\n- Routinely consult w/ the referring physician regarding treatment request which are contraindicated relative to the patient's physical condition or medical history.\n- Delegate appropriately to support personnel.\n- Demonstrate skill in the performance of physical therapy skills relative to musculoskeletal & neurological assessment & treatment procedures including:\n- Testing & treatment of spine & extremities using accessory & physiological joint motions.\n- Clinical testing to determine muscle strength, reflexes, sensation, coordination, range of motion, & other sensory motor skills.\n- Clinical analysis & treatment of postural, gait, & ADL disorders.\n- Administration of modalities & other physical agents.\n- Administrations of exercise programs/development of patient care programs.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional, & chronological maturation process in the delivery of services to patients of the age group served. Is able to assess data reflective of the patient's status & interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs & to provide care in accordance w/ departmental policy.\n- Documents clinical activities in a timely, accurate, & comprehensive manner following department policies & procedures.\n- Establish & maintain courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public, patients, families, staff, physicians, & other personnel.\n- Develop & implement special classes or clinics for patient population w/in area of expertise in conjunction w/ other members of the rehabilitation department & outside personnel as appropriate.\n- Assume other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience: Four (4) years of full time experience (2080 hours = 1 year) one of which can be met by enrollment in or completion of an APTA credentialed fellowship program or successful passage of an APTA specialty certification exam.\n- Completion of an accredited PT training program w/ a certificate, BS, MS, or DPT degree.\n- Education: 300 hours of specialized education (can be completed via applicable continuing education course work, residency or fellowship hours/course work).\n- California Physical Therapist Licensure OR eligible.\n- Current CPR certification.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Completion of Pre-employment & annual physicals.\n- Completion of annual skills competency assessment.\n- Understanding/Competence in basic safety & infection control procedures i.e. proper body mechanics, universal precautions.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Physical therapist with manual therapy skills/background, understanding of various neuro-orthopedic protocols & pathways and knowledge of/ability to employ manual therapy approaches such as: Maitland, McKenzie, Mulligan, Cyriax, etc.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Provides OP Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment at the various PT/OT facilities within the San Diego Service Area (Kearny Mesa, El Cajon, Otay Mesa, San Marcos, San Diego Medical Center).\n- Responsibilities include oversight of support staff, both clinical and non-clinical, daily documentation, care planning, and treatment progression for neuro-orthopedic patient population.\n- Under indirect supervision, the CSI provides direct patient care which may include assessment, design of treatment programs, and implementation of treatment programs particularly for those patients presenting with complicated physical therapy issues. Additionally, the CSII acts as a resource and a mentor to staff and students in their area of clinical specialty.\n- The CSII arranges for, plan and deliver educational opportunities for internal and external customers both locally and regionally. The CSII assists the department administrator in the development of new clinical programs. The CSII reports directly to the Department Administrator or Assistant Department Administrator.\n- Position may require some weekend IP or OP coverage.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:52:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828451/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Specialist II-- Physical Therapist", "reqid": "130496", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27828451}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ventura", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker - PD (Oxnard/Ventura)\nLocation: Ventura, CA\nThe Psychiatric Social Worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar w/ all aspects of psychopathology & recognize the appropriate & timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The Psychiatric Social Worker may work w/ specific age group as is determined by training & certificate. Must be familiar w/ & have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. The majority of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff\n- Provides high internal & external customer/ patient satisfaction\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license\n- Conduct initial interview w/ members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints\n- Determines urgency of member's need\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents & children\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letter; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group family & child therapy\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Social Work or related behavioral health fieldrequired\n- Valid and current CA LMFT or LCSWlicense required.\n- Two (2) years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current DSM nomenclature required.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position\n- Hours per day / days per week vary and are negotiable.\n- May be filled by LCSW or LMFT", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:52:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828446/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker - PD (Oxnard/Ventura)", "reqid": "127018", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ventura, CA", "uid": 27828446}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ventura", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker - Bilingual (Oxnard/Ventura)\nLocation: Ventura, CA\nThe Psychiatric Social Worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention and psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar w/ all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The Psychiatric Social Worker may work w/ specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar w/ and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. The majority of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely and appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member and clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal and external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate and timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP and community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care and license.\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting and interpreting the psychological and social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation and recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents and children.\n- Renders appropriate and immediate guidance and therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports and letter; phones, writes and visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools relatives, friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants and community resources.\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information and referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying and treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group family and child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines and all regulatory agency policies and procedures.\n- Participates in QM and CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required\n- Master's degree in a related Behavioral Healthcare field required\n- Valid and current CA LMFT or LCSWlicense required.\n- Two (2) years of post graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current DSM nomenclature required.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Full-time, variable position\n- Hours / days are negotiable\n-Position requires one (1)evening and Saturdays (when clinic expands at end 2012)\n- May be filled by LCSW or LMFT\n- Must pass the Bilingual assessment test", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:52:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828445/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker - Bilingual (Oxnard/Ventura)", "reqid": "127011", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ventura, CA", "uid": 27828445}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Project Manager - National Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Office (NCO)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nProject Manager, National Compliance Office\nOakland or Pasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for aProject Managerin Oakland or Pasadena. This person will provide support for the National Compliance Office's projects, assessments, and audits.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\nCommunicates required changes, develops tools to assess risks, and leverages existing workgroups/etc. to facilitate required changes.\nResponsibilities impact the achievement of key department, functional, or stakeholder objectives.\nContributes to the achievement of department objectives.\nErroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures and resources.\nInvolves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends.\nExercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\nRequires moderately complex decision-making.\nDevelops solutions to complex problems. May refer to established precedents and policies.\nRequires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\nProvides professional/technical guidance to team members and stakeholders.\nCommunicates and influences acceptance and adherence to policies, practices, procedures of both an interpretive and non-interpretive nature.\nSupport the team in researching and staying abreast of regulations and statutes.\n5-10% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5+ years of heath care compliance, health care operations, audit, finance, project management, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or insurance/health plan governance experience\n - Ability to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports\n - 4-year degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience\n - Excellent written/verbal communication skills\n - Ability to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports\n - Project management skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Knowledge of healthcare and/or compliance\n - Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Lotus Notes", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828427/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager - National Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Office (NCO)", "reqid": "130979", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27828427}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Investigation Specialist III (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nIn support to National Functions HR, investigates workplace complaints of violation of policy or law w/in the NationalBusiness Units received through the KP National Compliance Hotline or through other internal channels. Nature of investigations will vary in scope and seriousness, such that failure to investigate might subject the organization to serious legaland financial risk. Complaints to be investigated may include, amongst other categories, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, inappropriate mgmt practices, hostile work environment, workplace violence, and unfair treatment. Assesses, analyzes and draws conclusions from investigative evidence. Develops and presents investigative findingsand recommendations for corrective action to HR Business Partnerand management, as approp. Identifies opportunities for systemic corrective action, and recommends changes to policies or operational practices and/or implementation of training to reduce recurrence of complaints. Serves as HR National Functions subject matter expert on investigative practice. Some national travel may be required.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Handles most complexand difficult investigations\n- Conducts investigations and develops draft responses to external agency EEO discrimination charges for review by legal counsel\n- Provides consultative services to investigation specialist HRCs and managers\n- Conduct of investigations: Strategies w/ Legal and HR business partners on investigation\n- Leads and coordinates investigations requiring multiple investigators\n- Reviews and edits draft position statements and investigation reports prepared by subordinate staff\n- Investigates the most complex/serious workplace complaints of violation of policy or law w/in the National Business Units received through the KP National Compliance Hotline or through other internal channels\n- Nature of investigations will vary in scopeand seriousness,and may include, amongst other categories, investigation of complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, inappropriate mgmt practices, hostile work environment, workplace violence,and unfair treatment\n- Independentlyand w/ discretion, formulates plan, processes,and timetables to conduct accurate, completeand thorough investigations w/in specified timeframesand according to specified quality standards\n- Identifies, gathersand preserves relevant hard-copyand electronic documentsand other evidence for the investigation\n- Assessment of evidence: Reviews, interprets, analyzesand evaluates statements, documentsand physical evidence collected during the investigation\n- Developsand applies knowledge of employment discrimination laws, whistle-blowing laws, rules of evidence (e.g., hearsay, legal privilege)and other laws to investigation plan, investigationand report/response\n- Assesses credibility of witnessesand makes determinations regarding violations of law or KP policy\n- Developmentand presentation of investigative findings: Prepares comprehensiveand accurate factualand analytical investigative reports to management, human resources, and/or legal counsel\n- Partners w/ Human Resourcesand legal counsel to Influence senior mgmt, regarding appropriate corrective action resulting from investigative findings\n- Subject matter expertiseand education: Evaluatesand identifies KP training needs on an ongoing basisand partners w/ HR Consultingand Legal to developand provide training for supervisors, managersand employees on conflict resolution, effective navigationand management of workplace environment issues,and investigative process\n- Assume other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum eight (8) years of experience with progressive responsibility in Human Resources, to include a minimum of three (3) years direct responsibility conducting employment-related investigations, and other relevant case management and investigation experience\n- Bachelor's degree with emphasis in Human Resources or directly related field, OR bachelor's degree with equivalent experience\n- Expert working knowledge of applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in developing and conducting training programs\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in conducting complex employment-related investigations and drafting reports on investigations\n- Demonstrated experience and skill in the application of conflict resolution techniques in complaint resolution procedures\n- Established ability to identify, analyze and differentiate investigation issues and processes in employee complaints\n- Ability to work independently, influence change, and compile analytical data and trend analysis\n- Excellent interpersonal skills (i.e., verbal and written communication)\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828429/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Investigation Specialist III (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "131037", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27828429}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Management Development Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManagement Development Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nResponsible for leadership development consulting for assigned regions or NLT client groups.Develops and implements appropriate strategies, tools, and process to identify and develop executive talent to meet business needs.Provides expertise executive development to build leadership capability, depth, and diversity.Contributes to, and may lead the design of tools, processes, and programs to support talent assessment, development, and succession management for the program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults and collaborates with leadership development resources in the Regions and Functions to plan, support and conduct leadership review and succession management activities.\n- Partners with Regional and Functional leadership development resources to develop Regional and Functional leadership development plans to meet national leadership development and succession management goals and timelines.\n- Develops, implements and manages program-wide leadership development processes, tools, and programs.\n- Provides support to create development plans appropriate to the needs and potential of individual leaders.\n- Trains, consults with, and supports leadership development resources in the Regions and Functions on leadership development & succession management processes and tools.\n- Must influence others to buy into and support new concepts, tools, and approaches. Often works closely with HR Business Partners and at times with senior executives.\n- Encounters a range of complex problems. Must use knowledge, expertise and collaborative approach to achieve results in variable situations. Development of new programs requires definition of need, research of best practices, and creation of highly practical and effective solutions.\n- Exercises sound judgment. Must decide when to maintain process and when to seek additional senior input and support.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of experience in leadership development and/or organizational development in large, complex environments of which 3 years should be directly related to talent assessment, development planning, succession planning and coaching.\n- Demonstrated expertisein talent assessment, job analysis, consulting, competency modeling and behavioral interviewing.\n- Understanding of large, complex organizations.\n- Minimum of a Master's degree in a related field (Organizational Development, Psychology, Human Resources).\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience in leadership development and/or organizational development in large, complex organizations of which 4 years should be directly related to talent assessment, development planning, succession planning and coaching.\n- Experience in health care delivery and experience in other industries highly desired.\n- PhD desirable but not required.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828430/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Management Development Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "131045", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27828430}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Consultant\nLocation: Portland, OR\nTheSr. Financial Consultantconducts financial analyses and provides consulting services in support of the organization's care delivery operations. Develops regional and departmental budgets and forecasts, analyzes variances and trends, communicates findings to organizational leaders, and drives financial performance. Performs ad-hoc projects of significant scope and complexity utilizing knowledge of finance theories such as present value and cash flow analysis.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares financial reports & conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n- May be accountable for the coordination, compilation and distribution of financial data.\n- Performs financial analysis upon identification of variances, and coordinates with junior analysts' variance analysis process as defined.\n- Participates in the planning/development of regional, departmental and/or functional budgets and forecasts.\n- May be responsible for budget system completion & high level reviews.\n- Participates in and/or leads projects of moderate to complex scope as assigned.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives.\n- Contributes to the achievement of department objectives.\n- Involves interpreting & analyzing established concepts.\n- Exercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making.\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems.\n- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.\n- Influences others regarding existing concepts, processes and/or methodology.\n- Plans/schedules job activities to work toward accomplishing set objectives.\n- Report analyst duties, e.g., design and develop automated actionable reports to inform managers in a timely fashion.\n- Data analyst duties, e.g., assists in the research, analysis, and remediation of moderately complex data issues that directly impacts reporting and analysis.\n- Business systems analyst duties, e.g., help define business rules applicable to the development and/or use of the application.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of financial analysis experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields\n- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis policies, practices and systems\n- Highly developed knowledge of finance theories such as present values theory/cash flow analysis and accounting principles\n- Able to formulate finance study designs and prepare and conduct professional presentations\n- Full knowledge of industry practices and standards\n- Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, macros and database management\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care/insurance experience\n- Advance degree or certification in analytical discipline\n- Extensive use of MS Office products\n- Use of Data Query tools\n- Project management skills\n\nSalary Range:\n$72,080.00 - $98,720.00 Annually", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:37", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828421/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Consultant", "reqid": "130629", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27828421}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist (120191)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will be for inpatient physical therapy.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Must be able to work both inpatient and outpatient settings and willing to work in either setting to meet operational needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828403/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist (120191)", "reqid": "130709", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27828403}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Manager Environmental Services\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages the 24 hour environmental services operations of a Medical Center and attached and/or detached Medical Office Building(s). Develops and implements efficient/productive cleaning methods, supervises environmental services and grounds-keeping staff, manages administration of training programs, customer relations, and budget administration. Ensures compliance with standards and regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the daily operations of the department.\n- Regulates daily activities of staff, providing necessary guidance and support to maintain quality performance standards.\n- Interviews and selects environmental services personnel and oversees staff training and development as outlined by EVS policies and procedures.\n- Monitors operational programs, assuring that buildings are maintained in a safe, clean, and operationally effective condition.\n- Supervises environmental services and grounds keeping employees to ensure that work techniques, quality assurance standards, department policies and procedures and job specifications are adhered to.\n- Administers annual competency assessment process.\n- Develops, initiates, and maintains EVS departmental policies/procedures relative to OSHA, DHS, The Joint Commission, NFPA, OSHPD, and other governing agency regulations and standards.\n- Documents staff training to ensure full program compliance.\n- Communicates and coordinates department activities with those of other departments by attending and participating in medical center, Local Market and regional committees such as peer groups, safety, disaster, infection control, interior design and recycling committees.\n- Evaluates new products while adhering to National Purchasing Organization guidelines and national Facility services standards.\n- Maintains up to date knowledge of latest environmental trends, products and regulatory requirements necessary to deliver efficient and effective environmental services.\n- Assists Facility Services Manager in preparation of department budgets.\n- Identifies opportunities to decrease costs and increase service levels.\n- Identifies and implements best practices to generate new and innovative ideas to improve service and reduce costs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory background specific to healthcare or hospitality, usually five (5) years, required.\n- Prior supervisory experience in a union environment required.\n- Experience with PC based word processing, and spreadsheet applications required.\n- Bachelor's degree in management preferred OR equivalent practical industry experience, usually five (5) years.\n- American Society for Healthcare Environmental services (ASHES) or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification preferred.\n- Knowledge of medical and hazardous waste regulations, health facilities and their unique cleaning requirements preferred.\n- Excellent communications skills and ability to communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.\n- Functional knowledge of infection control techniques, sanitation protocols, and cleaning methods required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828401/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Environmental Services", "reqid": "130699", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27828401}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager LandD 40/hr Noc (Em101)\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Three to five year's Perinatal experience (tertiary care preferred) within the past 5 years.\n- One year of management experience preferred.\n- Demonstrate knowledge and application of management skills such as customer satisfaction, personnel managerment, and fiscal management.\n- Exceptional communication , organization and problem solvings skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple and complex tasks.\n- Demonstrated ability to work with multi-level staff.\n\nSchedule:\n\n40 hours per week, night shift, with rotating weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828408/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager LandD 40/hr Noc (Em101)", "reqid": "130736", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27828408}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Project Manager III, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two (2) or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Six or more years of experience in healthcare operational project management and consulting.\n- Demonstrated knowledge in the application of project management methodologies and techniques within the healthcare setting.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours pre week Day shift. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Expected length of employment: April 2012 to August 2014", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828409/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager III, (Temporary)", "reqid": "130749", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27828409}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Senior Cardiovascular Technician - Grade 835 (120169)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe position is primarily responsible for assisting physicians in the Cardiology/Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory activities, including diagnostic, interventions and therapeutic cardiac procedures within an inpatient or outpatient environment. Provide technical and analytical support during invasive diagnostic procedures for patients requiring cardiovascular services, monitoring and observing of patients; circulating and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic and interventional procedures; pre and post procedure teaching, pre procedure patient prep; emergency interventions. May be required to direct, check and coordinate the work of others.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- The position is primarily responsible for assisting physicians in the Cardiology/Cardiac Catheterization &/or Electrophysiology Laboratory activities, including diagnostic, interventions and therapeutic cardiac procedures within an inpatient or outpatient environment.\n- Provide technical and analytical support during invasive diagnostic procedures for patients requiring cardiovascular services, monitoring and observing of patients; circulating and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic procedures; pre and post procedure teaching, pre procedure patient prep; emergency interventions.\n- Performs other duties as needed appropriate to scope of practice to meet the needs of the department.\n- Supervisory Responsibilities:This position may be required to direct, check and coordinate the work of others\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) continuous years of experience as a Cardiovascular Technician with the Permanente Medical Group or four (4) years acceptable experience in other hospitals as a Cardiovascular Technician.\n- BCLS required, ACLS required.\n- Demonstrated ability to perform all duties required of the position as determined by the supervisor with limited or no supervision.\n- Must demonstrate good interpersonal relationship skills and be supportive of collaborative teamwork.\n- Must be able to take call on a regular rotating basis as a member of the Cardiac team, including flexible hours and weekends.\n- Demonstrated ability to provide a consistently high quality of service to patients, visitors and staff at all times.\n- Able to serve as a preceptor and mentor as required.\n- May be required to direct, check and coordinate the work of others.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current CV Technician certification preferred.\n- Cardiac scrub experience preferred.\n- Able to scrub in basic surgical specialties preferred.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828397/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Cardiovascular Technician - Grade 835 (120169)", "reqid": "129745", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27828397}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (LDR-WL101)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- LABOR & DELIVERY - One year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in L&D with completion of AWHONN L&D course preferred. NRP certification is required. Current ACLS certification may be required in some units. Successful completion of advanced fetal monitoring course preferred within the last 2 years. Successful completion of a Fetal Monitoring Interpretation Competency within the first three months of hire may be required. May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Maternal Child Health/Family Centered Care area with appropriate certifications. Must complete circulating and recovery competencies as required. Willingness to scrub may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: 11:00 PM - 7:30 AM\n\nWeek 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri\nWeek 2: Mon, Tues, Sat", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828391/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (LDR-WL101)", "reqid": "129317", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27828391}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Invasive Cardiovascular Specialist - Grade 851 (120168)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nReporting to the Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab/Special Procedures, the Invasive Cardiovascular Specialist is responsible for performing a wide variety of specialized invasive cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that assist in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs specialized & routine diagnostic & interventional radiology procedures.\n- Assists qualified physicians in fluoroscopic & special x-ray examinations.\n- Records, stores, retrieves, & analyzes data obtained during procedures.\n- Monitors the patient to recognize changes in ECG rhythm & pressure, document & immediately communicates to the corresponding physician.\n- Assists w/ procedures, ensuring maximum compliance to principles of aseptic technique by self & members of the team.\n- Provides imaging during procedures.\n- Completes documentation, reports & data entry on computerized exams.\n- Maintains & evaluates equipment, performs quality control tests, troubleshoots & performs minor repairs as needed.\n- Sets-up, maintains & monitors IABP equipment.\n- Acts as preceptor or assist in the training of new staff as well as functions as the department resource person.\n- Identifies continuous quality improvement issues & assist w/ quality assurance program.\n- Complies w/ requirements for being on off-hour stand-by coverage for emergent cardiac catheterization in dedicated cath labs or cadiac catheterization & interventional radiology procedures.\n- Reports for call duty within defined time frames.\n- Functions independently & autonomously when on stand-by duty.\n- Demonstrates & applies knowledge in specialty area & takes responsibility to maintain necessary knowledge, skills & abilities.\n- Completes required continuous training & education, including department specific requirements.\n- Complies w/ established personal protective equipment requirements necessary for protection against exposure to blood & other potentially infectious body fluids, chemical disinfectants, radiation, asbestos, & other hazardous substances.\n- Demonstrates knowledge & skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to patients served within the unit.\n- Performs hemodynamic & dysrhythmia monitoring & documentation of procedures, which may include, but is not limited to the following: Right heart cath, Left heart cath, Coronary angiography, Graft angiography, Pulmonary angiography, Menthegine provocation study, IHSS studies, Temporary pacemakers, Permanent pacemaker implantation, Intra-aortic Balloon insertion, Aortic stenosis studies, Valvuloplasties, Patent Foreman Ovale Closures, Intravascular Ultrasounds, Rotablations.\n- Operates & troubleshoots hemodynamic computer systems including transducer balancing digital imaging transfer, storage, & retrieval systems in addition to dispensing patient CDs to appropriate Hospitals & Physicians.\n- Familiarity w/ the Crash Cart & the CVT/Invasive Cardiovascular Specialist role in CPR & defibrillation during a Code Blue situation.\n- Responsible for Quality Control on radiology imaging equipment.\n- Weekly Fluoroscopy checks & radiation protection for the medical staff & Physicians.\n- Responsible for monthly statistics & quarterly film badge rotation.\n- Assists the RN w/ admission process; continuously monitors & assists the physician & RNs during cardiac cath in dedicated cath labs or cardiac cath & interventional radiology procedures.\n- Performs all other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- Graduate of an Accredited School of Radiologic Technology.\n- Completion of sixteen (16) week training program in cardiopulmonary technology upon hire.\n- Must possess current BLS, ACLS, and California Fluoroscopy Permit.\n- Must possess a current CRT license.\n- Knowledge of contrast media (ionic vs. nonionic).\n- Knowledge of coronary artery anatomy and cardiac physiology in relation to invasive cardiac procedures.\n- Demonstrated competence with critical thinking, interpersonal, and technical skills.\n- For a dedicated cath lab, demonstrated proficiency and competency in performing Cardiac Cath and PCI, within six (6) months of hire.\n- For a combo lab, demonstrated proficiency and competency in performing Cardiac Cath, PCI and Interventional procedures, within six (6) months of hire.\n- Ability to perform all general diagnostic and routine fluoroscopic duties on patients of all ages as determined by employer.\n- Excellent verbal, written and non-verbal communication skills.\n- History of providing efficient, high quality service to patients in a courteous, caring manner and interacting effectively with co-workers in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSanta Clara Medical Center, as a Cardiovascular Hub, requires positions in the Cardiac Catheterization area to cover standby, at the Hub and at assigned spoke sites. This may include, but is not limited to, the San Jose campus, Fremont campus, and Redwood City campus. Staff may be assigned to work at Fremont, San Jose, or Redwood City Cath labs on an intermittent basis. Work at Fremont, San Jose, or Redwood City will include Interventional Radiology work in addition to Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Training for this position may include working or attending classes at multiple sites.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828396/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Invasive Cardiovascular Specialist - Grade 851 (120168)", "reqid": "129712", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27828396}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II - Pediatrics IBCLC 20/hr Day\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the assessment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations, confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Practices under the standard procedure established for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanente policy and in accordance with requirement set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Conducts age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy.\n- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Establishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to document, track and convey information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of six (6) months of experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\n- One (1) year experience within the past three (3) years as a NP providing care for infants and children.\n- Master's degree in nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permantente employee who was 'grandfathered in' prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008).\n- Completion of master's program in Family Practice NP or Pediatric NP required.\n- Must meet credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Credentialing Center, National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties, and National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)\n- Current California RN/NP License with California BRN issued Furnishing Number.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Must have a NPI and meet Medicare requirements for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number).\n- Current DEA if required for specialty.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.\n- PALS and/or PEARS and/or NALS may be required.\n\nSchedule:\n\nWeek 1: Mon & Wed 9:00am - 5:30pm, Fri 9:00am - 1:00pm\nWeek 2: Mon & Wed 9:00am - 5:30pm,Sat 9:00am - 1:00pm", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828383/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II - Pediatrics IBCLC 20/hr Day", "reqid": "126924", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27828383}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vacaville", "description": "Title: Sonographer II - Grade 852\nLocation: Vacaville, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- BLS.\n- Must have two ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828382/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer II - Grade 852", "reqid": "126504", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vacaville, CA", "uid": 27828382}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Chronic Cond Mgmt Prog Asst [MEDAPC1]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe Program Assistant works under the direction of the CCM Manager &/or care/case managers to support the delivery & daily operations of CCM Population & care/case management programs. Support includes, but is not limited to, clerical duties, managing office logistics; facilitating communication w/ members, primary care team staff, & other departments & services, processing & maintaining databases, & maintaining program resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides logistical support for classes, group visits, & clinics\n- Confirms schedule w/ providers & presenters & provides reminder calls/letters to patients\n- Assists in preparing charts & supplies & assists patients in completing program questionnaire or log as needed\n- Checks blood pressure, pulse, respiration's, height, weight, peak flows, & spirometry or downloads glucose meters as needed\n- Conducts visit registration & scheduling of telephone & clinic visits\n- Coordinates or provides resources for patient-specific prevention activities\n- Registers members for visits & generates OSCR forms per medical facility policy\n- Processes referrals, schedule classes, & follow-up appointments as directed by care/case managers\n- Contacts overdue patients by phone or letter at direction of care/case managers\n- Maintains computer databases, adds, & deletes patients into the Patient Alert System using program guidelines\n- Manipulates & utilizes data in current patient population, management report system.\n- Enters patients in care/case management software programs & maintains data as appropriate, e.g., AmCare, Lotus Notes Case Management System, Cholesterol Management Program, MULTIFIT Program, etc.\n- Maintains Access or Excel patient logs if used in conjunction w/ care/case management software applications\n- Manipulates & utilizes data to generate reports & queries as needed.\n- Maintains daily program operations & prepares, maintains, & provides member packets for enrollment, group visits, classes, &/or clinics\n- Sends letters to patients and patients' providers & makes copies of program materials, send faxes as needed\n- Establishes & maintains a department filing system\n- Answers phone & voice mail, routes messages to appropriate person, & provides call backs to patients relaying responses from care/case manager\n- Sorts & routes department mail & orders & transfers charts at the direction of care/case managers\n- Sends memos & progress notes to patient's MD/NPs\n- Contacts patients by phone or by letter at direction of care/case managers for follow-up\n- Upon program completion, places patients on booking list for routine follow-up appointment w/ their primary care MD/NP per medical center policy\n- Orders office & program supplies & works w/ care/case managers & other staff to maintain patient education resources, including inventory, ordering, & distribution\n- Communicates w/ Schedule Maintenance Department regarding care/case manager schedules\nQualifications:\n- Minimum one-year secretarial and/or medical setting/front office experience required.\n- High School Diploma/GED .\n- MA certificate preferred and may be required in certain circumstances.\n- BLS may be required per medical center policy\n- Skills and knowledge of Medical Assistant preferred and may be required for a specific program per medical center policy.\n- Proficient and legible advanced writing, reading, and arithmetic skills required.\n- A minimum of intermediate tested proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel required, and ability to learn complex software programs, including databases, required.\n- Keyboarding at least 40 wpm required.\n- A service orientation and openness to creative and innovative approaches to providing service characterized by cultural sensitivity, respect, and polite communication with patients, staff members, and visitors required.\n- Strong organization and task management skills required, multi-tasking skills in a busy environment required.\n- Ability to be self-motivated, to work independently, and to work as a team member required.\n- The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to be self motivated, to work independently, and to work in a busy environment.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA in Business or Health related field strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of KP systems (e.g., PARRS, RegPlus, CIPS) strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of ordering materials and monitoring inventory strongly preferred.\n- Good attendance strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:51:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828376/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chronic Cond Mgmt Prog Asst [MEDAPC1]", "reqid": "124779", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27828376}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Patient Care Technician - Grade 279 [986]\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Patient Care Technician supports the work of the Registered Nurse to meet the needs of patients in order to provide safe, quality care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, or designee, the Patient Care Technician assists the work of the Registered Nurse to meet the needs of patients in order to provide safe, quality care.\n- Working as part of a team w/ the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Technician participates in providing patient care, including:\n- Implements progressive mobility guidelines (e.g. patients in chair for meals).\n- Ambulating, turning & repositioning patients. Uses patient handling equipment in the tasks of lifting, transferring, repositioning & transporting patients. As needed, may also transport patients within the medical center & deliver & pick up specimens & prescriptions.\n- Assists w/ activities of daily living, including but not limited to: feeding, bathing, toileting, providing water, answering the phone, & oral care.\n- Within the Patient Care Technician duties & responsibilities & dependant on the patient population, assists the Registered Nurse w/ patient monitoring, including, but not limited to: obtaining, recording, & reporting vital signs, weights, & measuring & recording inputs/outputs.\n- May perform EKGs as required.\n- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Patient Care Technician may act as a sitter to ensure that patient safety needs are met.\n- As a sitter, the Patient Care Technician will assist the registered nurse assigned to the patient in providing care including hygiene, nutrition, mobility, monitoring & engage the patient in diversional & therapeutic activities.\n- In coordination w/ the Registered Nurse & other medical center staff, will maintain a clean & safe environment by providing a newly admitted patient w/ supplies (e.g. ICS/ Admission Kit), ensuring a clean & tidy bedside, & neat linens.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six months (out of the last 3 years) experience in a hospital, clinic or in a SNF/Home Health setting as a nurse assistant, care partner, medical assistant or student nurse w/ one semester in a clinical setting.\n- Experience requirement will be waived for Patient Mobility Techs who are transitioned into this classification in 2009.\n- High School Diploma or equivalent.\n- Current California State Nurse Assistant certification preferred.\n- BLS Required.\n- A solid understanding of human anatomy, basic medical terminology, & rehabilitation principles is desired.\n- Patient Mobility Techs who require training must successfully complete an employer provided training program & will be given 6 months to meet the requirements of the position.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek 1: Mon, Tues, Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Thurs, Fri", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:50:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828331/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Technician - Grade 279 [986]", "reqid": "112891", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27828331}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator - BLT\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nThe Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for utilization review, discharge planning & transitions in care, in collaboration w/ MAPMG rounder in acute or alternative settings of care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Review. According to department policy, procedure & protocols, consistently apply & verbally communicate approved utilization review criteria & guidelines for services delivered in acute or alternative care settings.\n- Eligibility & Benefit Verification. Confirm eligibility status & ensure the appropriate administration of benefits in accordance w/ department policies & procedures.\n- Assessing Right Venue of Care w/ Hospitalist. Collaboration w/ Hospitalist to assess the appropriate level of care for patients (i.e., Medical Unit, Surgical Unit, Tele Unit, TCU, ICU) & post- (Home, Continuum or Community-based Services) hospitalization.\n- Coordination of Care. Driving patient care plan through assuring daily plan is executed, & management of transitions & post-hospital care.\n- Effective Discharge Planning. Prompt, clinically appropriate discharge planning beginning at time of admission.\n- Variance Management. Timely steps in identification of delays in throughput, escalation to correct delays, & recording delays to identify patterns & trends that will require corrective actions.\n- Quality Screening. Demonstrate competency to assess all aspects of care across the continuum for variations from quality & utilization standards.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in acute hospital utilization review or equivalent required.\n- RN License in jurisdiction where assigned required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- New Hire:\no Successful completion of PCC Orientation & Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Annually:\no Successful completion of PCC Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Ability to effectively communicate.\n- Ability to conform to established policies & procedures.\n- Ability to analytically problem solve & make decisions.\n- Ability to tolerate & cope w/ ambiguity.\n- Ability to work as a team member.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively & clearly present information through the written word, to influence or persuade others through oral presentation in positive or negative circumstances, & to listen well.\n- Demonstrated ability to write clearly, legibly, & effectively, to present ideas & document activities, to read & interpret written information.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent acute care, case management, or home health experience preferred.\n- B.S.N. preferred.\n- GBMC Emergency Room as primary assignment with the expectation that one may have to cover the GBMC inpatient area or travel to St. Agnes Hospital or the Calvert Street Office if Operations require, frequency: rare.Acute Care Hospital Case Management and Utilization Experience 2 + years. Excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills . This position will need towork every other weekend, holidays, rotating schedule.", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:50:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828318/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator - BLT", "reqid": "131020", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 27828318}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Lead Project Manager - KPHC Ambulatory IT\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nKaiser Permanente continues to advance the art and science of health care by bringing state-of-the-art tools together with top-notch talent. If you are a creative and analytical thinker with strong organizational, project management and team-building skills, we invite you to consider this opportunity for a Lead Project Manager in the KPHC Ambulatory IT organization.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Planning, developing, implementing and coordinating the technology components of the KP-IT Southern California HealthConnect Outpatient Ambulatory encounter based and/or interfaces to enable consistent implementation of project processes, project status reporting, issue escalation and client relationship management.\n - Organizes, analyses, and controls the activities of the project team.\n - Review and evaluates the work of the staff and provide input to periodic performance reports.\n - Provides managerial responsibility for one or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.\n - Determines methods and procedures on new assignments, and may provide guidance to other staff.\n - Provides direct, constructive feedback/ and coaching to team members.\n - Handles or escalates performance issues.\n - Assisting in the preparation and documentation of business requirements; supporting business case development; Working with technical staff to develop working technical requirements.\n - Develops project plans and schedules, track project deliverables, report status and issues, facilitate meetings, and manage communications.\n - Ensure project deliverables meet client expectations and support stated business requirements.\n - Develops, monitors and reports on project cost and recharges.\n - Directly works and/or facilitates problem resolution across multiple project tracks and business units.\n - Provides coordination, communication and consistent execution of project initiatives.\n - Manages, resolves and/or escalates project issues.\n - Monitors and reports on project status in accordance with Regulatory, CDP and BAP requirements.\n - Develops, monitors and reports on project budgets as well as providing periodic cost and productivity analyses.\n - Manages change and risk management processes within the Projects.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field OR an additional 4 years of equivalent experience (typically 4 more years in systems analysis, application development, managing medium-scale information technology implementations).\n - Minimum 6 years of Project Management experience.\n - Excellent analytical ability and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, vendors and other IT staffs.\n - Significant experience working in a collaborative team environment, within a matrixed organization, with a healthcare background.\n - Demonstrated customer focus, excellent people skills, strategic and critical analysis capabilities, as well as the ability to develop a process and results driven organization within a highly complex environment.\n - Understanding of or experience in one or more major areas of care delivery is required:\n - Demonstrated leadership strengths, such as: Ability to influence others; Build strong partnership with others; Team Oriented; Service Oriented; Demonstrate strategic thinking; Ability to deal with people dynamic with some guidance; Ability to resolve conflict with some guidance.\n - Excellent organization, facilitation, communication, risk management, and negotiation skills.\n - Strong client relationship management.\n - Experience in software tools such as Excel, Word, MS Project, etc.\n - Experience in managing budgets.\n - Must possess multi-disciplinary leadership capability, a strong customer focus, and excellent people skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience in clinical systems is strongly preferred\n - EpicCare Ambulatory certified is strongly preferred\n - Desired computer skills include: Project Workbench or MS Project, Lotus Notes, MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access and Excel.\n - PMI Certified", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:50:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828309/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Project Manager - KPHC Ambulatory IT", "reqid": "131048", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27828309}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Jonesboro", "description": "Title: Ultrasound Tech - Southwood - Sat and Sun (PT)\nLocation: Jonesboro, GA\nThe position of Ultrasound Technologist -performs diagnostic sonographic examinations utilizing ultrasonic equipment to locate, evaluate and record critical functional, pathological, and anatomical data. He/She will also Schedule and coordinate tests, record test results, prepare and maintains operational logs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs Ultrasound Examinations\n- Documents patient assessment and history\n- Provides patient education\n- Operates computer and ultrasound equipment for image production and documentation\n- Practices accurate and timely completion of scheduled and unscheduled work to maximize productivity\n- Performs quality control measures for the purpose of ensuring optimal images\n- Enters and properly completes all patient information including exam charges and supplies into the Radiology Information System (RIS).\n- Prepares films for interpretation by the radiologist in an accurate and timely manner\n- Exhibits flexibility and adaptability to unique needs of the department and respond appropriately.\n- Communicate abnormal situations to proper sources in a way that facilitates resolution and/or tracking\n- Actively engages other health care providers (radiologist, surgeons, specialist, and mammographers) to ensure quality, continuity and appropriateness of care\n- Follows department procedures/processes/policies\n- Practices safety measures in radiography by adhering to all governing regulations\n- Follows universal precautions, infection control guidelines and sterile technique\n- Complies with all governing regulations\n- Stocks and cleans exam rooms/work areas\n- Other duties as assigned\n- Applies the profession's code of ethics in all aspects of practice\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of AMA approved Ultrasonography Program\n- ARDMS registration\n- BCLS\n- One (1) year experience in Ultrasonography a minimum (will only accept new graduates from KPGA affiliated ultrasound program educational institutions)\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\n- Basic PC (keyboarding & navigation) skills\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years experience in Ultrasonography preferred.\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:50:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828299/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ultrasound Tech - Southwood - Sat and Sun (PT)", "reqid": "130247", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Jonesboro, GA", "uid": 27828299}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Data Specialist/SAS Programmer II\nLocation: Denver, CO\nThe Data Specialist / SAS Programmer 2 works in conjunction w/ the Statistical Analysts & Programmers to manage all aspects of data manipulation, ensuring data quality & maintaining data integrity for 1 or more complex studies through the use of high level SAS programming. As part of the research team, the Data Specialist / SAS Programmer 2 is responsible for providing expertise on efficient & appropriate use of data. Maintains & supports a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ the Principles of Responsibilities & applicable regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards. Appropriately reports observed fraud or abuse.\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates solid knowledge of the data sources & systems, & the limitations of the data\n- Demonstrates technical knowledge about relational databases\n- Develops & implements data management/data quality techniques to assure & measure data quality & consistency\n- Trains & assists customers in data extraction, to include choosing data elements or data sets, which will best meet their needs\n- Organizes, stores & secures data files related to ongoing & competed research projects\n- Builds & maintains complex statistical SAS routines using macros\n- Designs research plans for data gathering\n- Assists in writing the methods section of papers, proposals, & presentations\n- Provides appropriate documentation regarding data content, both at a technical level & for the end user\n- May attend and/or present information on data gathering/manipulation at professional/scientific meetings\n- Creates analysis ready data sets for research projects\n- Serves as the liaison w/ the Programmers for the analysts\n- Conducts basic statistical analysis & reports results, using a variety of statistical, database, spreadsheet, slide presentation & graphics software\n- Attends & participates in educational forums, e.g. statistical seminars, Grand Rounds, Epidemiological Exchange, COHO, or SAS classes\n- Works in conjunction w/ KP's Analytic Resource Center to identify & repair problems in the data systems\n- Promotes the CRU & its vision & mission in KP clinical departments & outside the organization\n- Coordinates w/ the HIPAA compliance officer to make sure all data use, manipulations, storage, & transfers meet the required HIPAA guidelines\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience using high level SAS programming to perform data manipulation & analysis\n- Familiar w/ inferential statistics, research design, principles of data integrity, & survey research design\n- Master's degree in social or behavioral sciences, health services, public health, statistics, or health economics OR a Bachelor's degree w/ 4 or more years of experience\n- Basic knowledge & understanding of programming principles & their application to system design, development & support\n- Ability to analyze large complex datasets\n- Knowledge of quantitative analytic methods\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years experience in health care preferred\n\nMay fill at a different level.\n\nSalary Range: $26.78 - $36.20 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-04-12 01:49:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27828287/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Data Specialist/SAS Programmer II", "reqid": "123517", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27828287}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Project Manager - (RS-1203)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nProvides leadership and consulting services for complex multi-faceted projects across disciplines and functional areas. Identifies feasible project options and presents recommendations to Decision Support Hub Manager and senior management, as appropriate. Works directly with clients to provide project leadership for financial projects such as Hospital Alliances, business process improvements, and capital investment decisions. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for pursuing projects and resolving problems. Contributes to the development of the department and leads projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads teams in conducting financial analysis and feasibility studies of complex multi-faceted projects.\n- Key topic areas include medical service delivery, hospital contracting, benefit design, capital investment decisions, departmental financial management, and other projects within the scope of Decision Support.\n- Conducts very complicated analysis.\n- Reviews and makes recommendations for the design of financial models.\n- Oversees preparation of preliminary interpretations of analyses for project teams, clients and/or department management.\n- Recommends suggested action steps based on analytic findings.\n- Finalizes reports of recommendations.\n- Delivers formal presentations of analytic findings and suggested action steps to Department Management and Senior Management.\n- Supervises other analytical resources on a project basis.\n- Provides guidance to more junior analysts and develops their skillsets, where appropriate.\n- Leads projects involving multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Provides education and management consulting on the use and interpretation of analyses, reports, methodologies, and source data to managers.\n- Participates as a member of divisional task forces or committees, as assigned.\n- Develops positive working relationships with peers in Divisional Offices, Services Areas, and Medical Groups to ensure accomplishment of key Finance Department objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting, Finance, or related field.\n- Master's degree highly preferred.\n- Significant, six (6) or more years of experience demonstrated financial and/or analytical experience with a variety of complex, multi-faceted projects.\n- Experience in large-scale business planning, feasibility studies, and/or project management required.\n- Health care experience highly preferred.\n- Analytical supervisory experience strongly preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of several or all of the following: general finance theories and methodologies, Net Present Value, Cost/Benefit analysis, Feasibility studies, large scale business planning, financial modeling, and project management.\n- Ability to develop these skills in team members.\n- Proficient with a variety of software applications (spreadsheet, word-processing, graphics etc.) and mainframe systems.\n- Proven leadership skills in finance, project management, and consulting required.\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, presentation, analytical and writing skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# RS-1203\n- Work schedule to vary as required", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27785008/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Project  Manager - (RS-1203)", "reqid": "130624", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27785008}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - OC\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools and on-line research tools to resolve complex healthcare issues preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience preferred.\n- Computer experience in MS Word and Excel.\n- Data entry skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must be available to work flexible days and hours.\n- Travel between all Medical Center facilities may be required.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27785011/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - OC", "reqid": "130630", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27785011}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - OC\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and three (3) or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools and on-line research tools to resolve complex healthcare issues preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience preferred.\n- Computer experience in MS Word and Excel.\n- Data entry skills.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must be available to work flexible days and hours.\n- Travel between all Medical Center facilities may be required.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27785012/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - OC", "reqid": "130633", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27785012}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nResponsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.\n- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.\n- Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelor's or Master's degree with certification in Occupational Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certified Hand Therapist\n\nNotes:\n- This job involves treating patients with hand injuries, post surgeries, etc., related to the hand", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27785015/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist", "reqid": "130661", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27785015}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Medical Staff Coordinator\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder minimal supervision, initiates the appointment/credentialing and reappointment/recredentialing process, compiling and processing data in compliance with local, regional, state and federal accreditation requirements. Ensures thorough and timely verification of Licensed Independent Practitioner's (LIP) and Allied Health Professional Staff (AHP) credentials and privileges according to local and regional medical staff services policies and procedures for practitioners in both the hospital and/or ambulatory settings. Provide medical staff service support services to professional staff by supporting professional staff committee meetings, initiating the proctoring function, tracking of residents/medical students and acting as a resource for physicians, allied health professionals, medical center leadership and patients. Completes specific time-limited project assignments as delegated by Director of Medical Staff Services or Senior Medical Staff Coordinator. This position does not supervise others.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensure consistent documentation and complete verification of practitioner (LIP/AHP) credentials.\n- Provide required documentation to Chiefs of Service, Department Administrators, Medical Center Leaders and Committee Chairs/Members, as appropriate.\n- Process all applications for appointment/credentialing, reappointment/recredentialing via the local and regional medical staff/credentialing policies and procedures.\n- Partners with all necessary staff to ensure an integrated, timely, consistent product.\n- Collaborates with regional professional recruitment personnel and regional credentialing personnel to ensure timely credentialing prior to employment.\n- Maintains computerized database of practitioner data for use in the medical staff service program to assure data for all credentialed and privileged practitioners is consistently accurate and current.\n- Implements an efficient and effective communication system for transmission of electronic practitioner data to other users in the medical center for information (i.e., practitioner-specific privilege look-up for patient care units).\n- Implements an efficient and effective communication/transmission system of shared data to regional or other local sites to facilitate timely approval for professional staff appointment or approval to participate within Southern California Region.\n- Keeps abreast of laws, regulations, local and regional policies/procedures and Professional Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.\n- Maintains credentials files of all practitioners within medical center site (including satellite facilities/medical office buildings).\n- Supports professional staff committees by preparing agendas, recording minutes and follow-up.\n- Supports the medical staff by being a resource for accreditation, licensing and regulatory compliance related to medical staff services functions.\n- Assists Director of Medical Staff Services with all survey/audit processes.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- AA degree or equivalent experience, bachelor's degree preferred.\n- The Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) Certification OR three (3) to five (5) years demonstrated knowledge of medical staff service functions related to credentialing/privileging, preferred.\n- Proficient with IBM PC, medical staff database.\n- Proficient with medical terminology.\n- Significant knowledge of federal and stateregulatory requirements and accreditation standards (i.e., TJC, NCQA, DOC, DHS, DMHC, CMS, Title 22)\n- Strong organization, communication and written skills, with attention to detail required.\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently with minimal direct supervision.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's Degree in HC or related field\n- Professional Staff Office experience including California and Federal regulations in last three (3) years\n- Current Ceritifcation in Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist(CPCS by NAMSS National Association Medical Staff Services)\n- Knowledge in credentialing, proctoring, priveleges, reapointments for physicians, allied health professionals\n- Demonstrates ability to organize\n- Effective communication skills\n- Knowledge of/skills in developing policy and procedures\n- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and Joint Commission Standards related to Medical Staff Services\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Databases.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Will include travel to Antelope Valley (Lancaster) Medical office building for satelitte office use once weekly approximately.\n- Schedule varies.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27785006/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Staff Coordinator", "reqid": "129733", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 27785006}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redlands", "description": "Title: LVN - Outpatient\nLocation: Redlands, CA\nProvides nursing care to patients under the direction of a RN, utilizes observational skills to assess nursing intervention & assists medical staff to insure optimal patient care within established policies, procedures & standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, & co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, & respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department & the medical group\n- Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance w/ the patients established by the physician & a RN within scope of practice\n- Transcribes physician's orders as directed by policy\n- Communicates directly w/ RN to institute changes in plan of care; assists w/ & contributes to development of nursing care\n- Give specified medication orally, hypodermically, intramuscularly & topically\n- Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations & installations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations & enemas & utilizing equipment as required\n- Performs related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration & blood pressure readings; applying & removing dressings; may instruct patient in various self-administered treatments or procedures; obtains specimens; assures correct culture collection\n- Assists physician or other medical staff personnel w/ examinations & treatments by selecting & passing instruments, providing support & restraint to patient, draping & other assistance as directed or required\n- Within scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, & reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary & reports unusual conditions to the RN as established by policy & procedure in a timely manner; maintains intravenous flow rate, notifies RN of any problems & discontinues needles, except intra-cath & CVP lines\n- Identifies learning barriers\n- Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations & therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record\n- Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, & environment & proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, & other related methods\n- Provides a safe & therapeutic environment for patients & staff\n- Utilizes effective verbal & non-verbal forms of communication\n- Performs in other areas or units to which assigned as required by nursing administration to provide & maintain the established standards of care & safety\n- Participates in staff meetings & inservice programs\n- Assists in ordering & distribution of module supplies & equipment\n- Accepts verbal & teleph1 orders from physician\n- Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal & trach suctioning & sputum induction\n- Promotes, ensures, & improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality service\n- Performs other related duties as required\n- Age Related Competencies:\n- Skills assessments & validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e. infants, adolescents, elderly, etc) are proficient in identifying the special needs & behaviors associated w/ a particular patient population\n- Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA LVN license and BLS certification.\n- Six (6) month recent medical office or acute care LVN experience.\n- Extraordinary customer relationsand quality service are critical to our success.\n\n\nNotes:\n- This is an on-call position.\n- May be scheduled varied hours, extended hours, weekends and rotating days off.\n- May work all areas within the Redlands Medical Office.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:36:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784998/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVN - Outpatient", "reqid": "128106", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redlands, CA", "uid": 27784998}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Policy Writer\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nEdit, write, standardize, research, and authenticate policies and procedures, training manuals, handbooks, and supporting documentation for print and online media.Rewrite and edit technical staff documentation in a clear and concise style.Make editorial and aesthetic improvements to documents and recommend new designs, layouts, and procedures.Map business processes.Contribute to development and implementation of annual work plan.Actively participate on Policy and Procedures Governance Team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Speak and write clearly so that others can understand you, including technical and non-technical personnel across multiple departments; describe complex processes clearly and concisely.\n- Organize material in accordance with standardized format and style guidelines.\n- Recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, and content as needed.\n- Demonstrate superior attention to detail in ensuring that final documents are usable and of high quality and in compliance with P&P governance process.\n- Interact closely with subject matter experts.\n- Research regulations and analyze necessary changes to existing policies and procedures and/or the need for development of new policy and procedure as needed.\n- Proactively inform management about project status, issues, or concerns.\n- Actively identify and make recommendations for improvement in the documentation and review process.\n- Handle diverse administrative functions with complex, competing priorities.\n- Maintain thorough records of work and revisions; contribute to department logs and databases with care and diligence.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-4 years of experienceof technical writing and/or hands-on regulatory or public policy development, including writing and editing of policies and procedures.\n- 4 year or clinical degree or equivalent experience.\n- Excellent written and oral communication abilities; ability to draft and revise documents, including policies, standards, analyses, and reports.\n- Experience reviewing and comparing data/policies/processes to identify inconsistencies.\n- Experience analyzing and summarizing complex information; experience thinking abstractly and separating complex ideas into simple elements.\n- Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.\n- Team player with strong inter-personal and communications skills; strong team building skills and experience.\n- Project management skills; ability to work within project teams and towards established timelines.\n- Highly motivated and directed.\n- Proficient with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 4 years of health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), health care compliance, or insurance/health plan governance experience.\n- Working knowledge or understanding of federal, state, and local health care regulations (e.g., HIPAA); health care compliance policies, practices, and systems; and related compliance issues.\n- Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, or Journalism.\n- Certification in technical writing, professional procedure writing, or related area.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784992/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Policy Writer", "reqid": "130808", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27784992}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cleveland", "description": "Title: Account Executive\nLocation: Cleveland, OH\nThis position exists to facilitate new business development in the commercial small group segment (2-50 employees). The Account Executive, Small Group Sales, will work w/ both the broker community & directly w/ employer groups in order to generate new business for Kaiser Permanente of Ohio. Understanding the parameters of Ohio law & how they affect Kaiser's rates are critical. Becoming familiar w/ medical terms & conditions will be an important part of the job. Attention to detail in order to quote, prescreen, qualify, scrub, sell & service the customer will help define the success at this position.\nEssential Functions:\nProject managing & actively participating in the new quoting process\nProject managing & actively participating in the new sale process\nSelling direct business that comes from leads (telemarketing, direct mail, etc.)\nCreating new broker relationships & strengthening existing relationships\nStrengthening the relationship between rep & aligned sales support specialist\nLife & health license; Ohio Department of Insurance, Federal & State regulations, HIPPA\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nThree years of successful managed-care sales experience in a sales oriented department\nBachelor's degree or equivalent work experience\nOhio Life, Accident & Health License required\nMust be proficient in Microsoft Office suite\nMust have working knowledge of health benefits, products & operations\nStrong customer, broker & market orientation required\nSelf motivated\nPreferred Qualifications:\nFamiliar w/ the full spectrum of health insurance products, including HSAs, HRAs, PPOs, etc.a plus.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784989/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Account Executive", "reqid": "129723", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Cleveland, OH", "uid": 27784989}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Senior Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Senior Clinical Consultant Level III role provides consulting leadership to medium and small projects and initiatives, thereby supporting Kaiser Permanente Northwest in achieving its performance targets. Manages the clinical consulting and analytical support for these projects and is accountable for the quality of the advice and analysis. Provides support to the completion of major business processes -- operational budgeting, business planning, and capital planning.\nAs a Registered Nurse, the consultant is expected to be knowledgeable about inpatient nursing practices and able to apply that clinical expertise to the project. This includes, but is not limited to, providing input and guidance when creating work flows, facilitating and providing guidance regarding the reasonableness of change requests, tracking and communicating decisions/activities from clinical department work groups to other stake holders. The ideal candidate would be well grounded in clinical practices and project management.\n\nThis position is located in Portland, Oregon.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop overall engagement work plan, and ensure that assigned tasks and responsibilities are accomplished in a timely manner.\n- Plan, organize and control multiple responsibilities and resources to achieve project objectives.\n- Recognize and anticipate scope issues and communicate to client and team changes to the work plan.\n- Manages projects with limited oversight, using standard project management methodologies. Establishes processes and creates effective project mgmt tools to help guide project efforts and to achieve desired project outcomes. Scopes and develops appropriate project approach.\n- Leads project teams through complex projects. Identifies issues and works to facilitate resolution.\n- Anticipate project issues, assess alternatives, and take appropriate measures to resolve in a professional, tactful manner.\n- Communicate engagement status, progress and impact to client management.\n- Develop modifications or innovations to address limitations of existing approaches to a problem and / or situation.\n- Base all recommendations and decisions on fact-based analysis.\n- Translate client expectations into practical, implementable project objectives, which aim to provide integrated total solutions.\n- Ensure deliverables meet business objectives, design specifications and quality standards.\n- Accept and manage ambiguity/complexity in projects, and effectively guide teams in dealing with change barriers and project constraints.\n- Prepare budget and achieve desired outcome with allocated resources.\n- Communicate complex information to team members and client, accurately and effectively.\n- Influence client decisions through written and verbal communications.\n- Build consensus between departments and business units.\n- Successfully build, direct and maintain motivated, empowered and diverse teams.\n- Create a team environment and manages potential conflict. Proactively identifies potentially difficult situations and manages them before they become issues.\n- Enable team members to develop realistic goals and define methods to support their achievement.\n- Conduct effective staff review sessions and perform constructive evaluations within an appropriate time frame.\n- Maximize Team Performance - Team Knowledge Sharing:\n- Maximize Team Performance - Educate & Train:\n- Stay current on relevant topics/trends, technologies and capabilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Manage complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity.\n- Ability to supervise up to 25 team members on projects.\n- Manage PMO budget, and/or manage moderately large projects.\n- Use some judgment to review recommendations to organizational problems and determine course of action.\n- Advanced verbal and written communications methods to convey concepts to team members and clients.\n- Master's degree or equivalent experience in health care, business administration, or related field required.\n- Minimum of 5 years of project management, business consulting, or process improvement experience.\n- Current RN license in Oregon\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong proficiency in current software, including spreadsheets, process mapping tools, project workplan tools, charts, graphs, and basic Microsoft applications\n- Project management certification, preferred (not required)\n- Six Sigma, Lean Master preferred (not required)\n- Minimum of 1 year of experience leading or managing people on projects preferred.\n- Demonstrated process excellence skills (Six Sigma, Lean thinking, etc).", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784986/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant", "reqid": "130810", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27784986}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Sr. Consultant III, Performance Improvement\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe senior consultant Level III role provides consulting leadership to medium and small projects and initiatives, thereby supporting KPNW in achieving its performance targets. Manages the consulting and analytical support for these projects and is accountable for the quality of the advice and analysis. Provides support to the completion of major business processes including operational budgeting, business planning, and capital planning.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop overall engagement work plan, and ensure that assigned tasks and responsibilities are accomplished in a timely manner\n- Plan, organize and control multiple responsibilities and resources to achieve project objectives\n- Manage projects with limited oversight, using standard project management methodologies Establishes processes & creates effective project mgmt tools to help guide project efforts and to achieve desired project outcomes\n- Leads project teams through complex projects; Identifies issues and works to facilitate resolutions; Assess alternatives, and take appropriate measures to resolve in a professional, tactful manner\n- Communicate engagement status, progress and impact to client management\n- Identify operational & strategic implications in structuring work and results\n- Make difficult ideas and concepts easy-to-understand (e.g. using diagrams, analogies, etc.).\n- Generate new perspectives, frameworks or innovations that enable problem resolution\n- Direct and execute creative analytic approaches; Identify best practices for analysis; Involve experts in problem-solving\n- Base all recommendations and decisions on fact-based analysis\n- Translate client expectations into practical, implemental project objectives, which aim to provide integrated total solutions\n- Develop innovative analytic approaches which address multifunctional client needs and diverse or complex situations\n- Identify barriers to change; Accept and manage ambiguity/complexity in projects and effectively guide teams in dealing with change barriers and project constraints\n- Prepare budget and achieve desired outcome with allocated resources\n- Communicate complex information to team members and client, accurately and effectively\n- Build consensus between departments and business units\n- Successfully build, direct and maintain motivated, empowered and diverse teams; effectively lead large project teams and/or high-priority efforts to high quality results\n- Create a team environment and manages potential conflict; proactively identifies potentially difficult situations and manages them before they become issues\n- Enable team members to develop realistic goals and define methods to support their achievement; establish a mentoring environment; manage problems and issues among staff\n- Provide consistent recognition and encouragement to personnel, actively supporting efforts to increase retention and utilization\n- Participate in the development of team members through the teaching of techniques and problem solving approaches\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum 5 years of combined project management and process improvement experience\n- Masters degree or equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Manage complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity\n- Ability to supervise up to 25 team members on projects\n- Manage PMO budget, and/or manage moderately large projects\n- Use some judgment to review recommendations to organizational problems and determine course of action\n- Use advanced verbal and written communications methods to convey concepts to team members and clients\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum 1 year of experience leading or managing people on projects\n- Project management certification\n- Six Sigma, Lean Master\n- Experience in management and business consulting\n- Ability to design and deliver formal training programs to staff and customers on advanced consulting and analytical tools and techniques\n- Demonstrated process excellence skills (Six Sigma, Lean thinking, etc)\n- Strong proficiency in the use of current software, including spreadsheets, process mapping tools, project work plan tools, charts and graphs, and basic Microsoft applications\n- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of analytic techniques pertinent to planning, finance, management engineering and medical economics. This includes forecasting, sensitivity analysis, financial analysis such as NPV, decision analysis, cost-benefit/effectiveness and other economic analysis, and multi-variant statistical analysis\n- Basic understanding of advanced analytic techniques such as dynamic modeling/simulation advanced operations research techniques\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting, including the following attributes: efficient, collaborative, candid, open and results-oriented\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (1:1, peer, multi-disciplinary group, presentations, written)", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784987/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Consultant III, Performance Improvement", "reqid": "130811", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27784987}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Mgr, Planning\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProvides day to day planning resource to local and regional functions. Supports strategic regional and/or area health care delivery system planning and business development. Develops or assists in the development of capital business cases, strategic plans, market assessments and other projects as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Regionally or locally based position in one of the following functional areas:\n- Delivery System Strategic Planning, Regional Services Planning, Delivery System Implementation or Business Development.\n- Leads work on key business issues and development of delivery system strategies and operational analyses representing a multidisciplinary perspective\n- Ensures analyses are based on sound analytical techniques and/or models for the designated content areas using thorough knowledge of data sources including external data and benchmarks\n- Utilizes advanced knowledge of planning analytics including supply/demand, asset utilization and through put, portfolio analysis, market assessment, competitive intelligence, etc.\n- Structures, writes, and presents strategic plans, business cases including leases and lease renewals, clinical service change requests and other planning documents for highly complex projects\n- Coordinates Plant Maintenance & Renovation, Clinical Tech and Space Planning activities\n- Leads presentations and discussions with leadership\n- Under the guidance of the Director of Delivery System Planning provides strategic leadership and consultation on the design, development and implementation of the local area Delivery System Strategy\n- Partners with delivery system leaders to achieve organizational goals\n- Coordinates with local senior leadership including The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG), Finance, Market Planning, National Facilities Services (NFS), Quality, Public Affairs to execute strategy\n- Applies understanding of strategy to decisions and actions\n- Informs Area and regional leadership in decision-making and resource allocation\n- Supports local accountability for creating value with capital resources and regional accountability for maintaining a balanced portfolio\n- Identifies opportunities for cost-effective use of resources\n- Serves as thought partner, advising senior leadership on strategic planning projects\n- Leads stakeholder groups in resolving operational/planning issues\n- Facilitates open dialogue and integration among all stakeholders throughout strategic processes and challenges others to reach the best outcome\n- Leads teams and encourages collaboration among team members.\n- Hires, trains and manages staff of planning managers and analysts\n- Builds relationships with local and/or regional leadership teams\n- Partners with cross functional departments including Finance, NFS, Market Planning, TPMG, etc\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-A minimum of 8years ofexperience in health care or business management, planning, operations or finance\n-A minimum of3 years ofexperience managing and developing staff\n- Bachelor's degree in business, public health or arelated field\n- MBA or health care management masters preferred\n- Strong analytical, written and oral communications, and interpersonal skills (e.g. political savvy, team leader, emotional intelligence)\n- Demonstrated ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative findings into well-written reports for executives\n- Ability to proactively identify future opportunities or obstacles and takes action to maximize results\n- Customer service focused skills in communications, decisions and actions\n- High energy, self-motivated, able to quickly adapt and works well in a team environment and individually", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784983/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Mgr, Planning", "reqid": "130861", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27784983}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Clinic RN Department Manager Derm/Neuro/Rheum\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nDepartment Manager / Derm / Rheum / Neuro / RN\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units. This particular position oversees Dermatology, Neurology and Rheumatology at the Stockton Clinic.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care. Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 5 years ofnursing experience in management/leadership roles required.\n- A minimum of 5 years ofsupervisory experience required.\n- Significant experience in an outpatient care setting preferred. This particular position oversees Dermatology, Neurology and Rheumatology at the Stockton Clinic.\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784981/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinic RN Department Manager Derm/Neuro/Rheum", "reqid": "130884", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 27784981}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Nurse II, On Call- Ambulatory Care (120166)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- CARDIAC CATH LAB - 1 year recent experience (within the last 3 years) in a cardiac cath lab, ACLS required.\nIf no qualified candidate, willing to train RN with 1 year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in CVICU (preferred), ED, ICU or Interventional Radiology.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSanta Clara Medical Center, as a Cardiovascular Hub, requires positions in the Cardiac Catheterization area to cover standby, at the Hub and at assigned spoke sites.This may include, but is not limited to, the San Jose campus, Fremont campus, and Redwood City campus. Staff may be assigned to work at Fremont, San Jose, or Redwood City Cath labs on an intermittent basis. Work at Fremont, San Jose, or Redwood City will include Interventional Radiology work in addition to Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Training for this position may include working or attending classes at multiple sites.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:35:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784974/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Nurse II, On Call- Ambulatory Care (120166)", "reqid": "129837", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27784974}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer - FT\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nPerforms ultrasound examinations of patients as requested by referring physicians.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets patient, explains ultrasound procedure, & answers questions.\n- Selects the appropriate machine & probe to be used to obtain diagnostic information requested by referring physician.\n- Applies gel to patient's skin, applies probe, & monitors equipment to obtain ultrasound images.\n- Processes film & reviews images to confirm that images meet radiologist's requirements.\n- Prepares initial diagnosis by identifying abnormal conditions for review by radiologist.\n- Uses ultrasound equipment to assist providers to conduct invasive procedures.\n- Maintains equipment & examination room, stores film, & keeps inventory of related supplies.\n- Prepares patient information files w/ patient identification, date of exam, referring physician, & exam performed.\n- Prepares & submits reports showing the number & type of examinations conducted.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of full time experience as a sonographer required.\n- High School diploma/GED required.\n- Completion of an ARDMS accredited or equivalent program in ultrasound technology required.\n- Current certification by American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (RDMS) in abdomen &/or OB/GYN required.\n- Non-Registered Sonographers may be considered; however, Sonographers must have met experience, education, & training requirements; & upon hire, Sonographer must sit for & pass abdomen &/or OB/GYN Registry w/in 1 year of employment.\n- CPR Certification required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certifications such as breast or RVT preferred.\n- NT Certification preferred/required.", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:34:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784941/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diagnostic Medical Sonographer - FT", "reqid": "130775", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 27784941}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: Cognos Administrator\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nThe Cognos Administrator's role is to design, develop, install, monitor and maintain an enterprise business intelligence environment while ensuring high levels of application availability. This role requires expertise in the strategy, planning, installation, configuration, and administration of the Cognos 8/10 suite of tools. The Cognos Developer role/aspect requires knowledge and hands-on experience with Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Planning technologies (EP, TM1) and other Cognos products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both roles but will focus primarily on the administrative function.\n\nEssential Functions:\nAdministration\n-Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the business\n-Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for our business users\n-Manage communication with IBM / Cognos on debugging efforts and trouble tickets\n-Management of application recovery/safeguard protocols\n-Documentation of environment / production change controls logs\n-Lead application performance monitoring efforts / job monitoring/audits/system usage\n-Conduct research and make recommendations on Cognos BI, Enterprise Planning, TM1 and related technology products, services, protocols and standards in support of Business Intelligence analytics and reporting\n-Drive the development/maintenance of the Cognos BI, Enterprise Planning, TM1 environments with Oracle as back-end and infrastructure\n-Develop, implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications\n-Installation and upgrades of Cognos applications across multiple environments\n-Design and deployment of Cognos application / hardware architecture\n-Develop capacity planning and backup strategies\n-Understand/execute release/change management processes for changes to business applications\n-Cognos Security and User Management\n-Take ownership of a problem and communicate status / risks to manager regarding solution delivery\n-Must be able to work independently and prioritize work effectively, as well as to function as an effective team member in a local and virtual team development environment\n-Be responsible as 24 x 7 on-call support person to respond to requests after business hours and weekends while rotating with the other administrators.\n-Stay current on technologies, current issues, trends and tools affecting BI development\n-Assist in the evaluation and implementation of new BI tools and skills\n-Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues and code defects; escalates as appropriate\n-Participate in continuous process improvement activities and initiatives\n-Participate in firm-wide Architecture / Engineering working groups, and ensure that the technology organization is aligned to corporate technology directions\n-Other duties as assigned\n\nDevelopment\n-Assist in the creation and/or maintenance of BI FM, EP, and TM1 models\n-Create and/or maintain complex reports, dashboards, cubes for new database development and/or make changes to existing reports\n-Create or support creation of required reports in response to business user needs\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and or 4 years of equivalent experience\n- A minimum of 5 years of experience in Cognos, Oracle, and SQL.\n- A minimum of 3 years of experience with Cognos BI tools in designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting applications\n-8years of experience in IT\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience and/or certifications around any of the following technologies: IBM Cognos (Implementation Specialist, Certified Oracle/SQL Specialist), Microsoft Windows OS, VM, Citrix\n- Technical experience with data warehouse designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting\n- A minimum of 2 years of direct experience in business intelligence administration and enterprise-level application and automated integration", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:34:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784939/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Cognos Administrator", "reqid": "130902", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27784939}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lone Tree", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse\nLocation: Lone Tree, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a focus of one's actions; develops productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, & needs. Builds rapport & relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect; responds quickly to meet needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Portions adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103)\n- Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment CRS 12-38-103 (10)\n- Analyzes, reports & records\n- Triage patients either in person or via teleph1 & implements proper course of action in accordance w/ established protocol/guideline or in consultation w/ provider\n- Conducts teleph1 call backs to patients requiring follow-up care\n- Evaluates emergency situations & initiates appropriate interventions\n- Practices within scope of practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing practice, knowledge, skill level, sound clinical judgment, & KP guidelines\n- Accurately documents patient data, actions or interventions, responses, & plans for care/follow-up according to guidelines and/or standard practice\n- Health teaching & health counseling to patients and/or their families\n- Executing delegated medical functions which deliver aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority\n- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications\n- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others\n- Refers to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance\n- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly\n- Facilitates the coordination & integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources\n- Leads health care team by influence & role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, exemplary service, innovation & providing outstanding support\n- Patient advocate\n- Supports compliance & Kaiser Permanent's Code of Conduct by adhering to federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & license requirements, by policies & procedures\n- Responds appropriately to observed fraud\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n-Other essential funtions as outlined in the full job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado\n- Applicant must be a graduate of a RN program that meets Colorado State Board of Nursing curriculum requirements\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous med/surg experience preferred\n- BLS strongly preferred\nPreferred Skills: Experienced RN who is flexible and a team player. Rotate schedule. Work holidays/nights/weekends. Float between departments/locations/facilities.\n\nSalary Range: $", "date_new": "2012-04-10 10:34:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27784934/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse", "reqid": "130196", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lone Tree, CO", "uid": 27784934}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager (01MS)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.\n- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.\n- Utilization of services.\n- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation & utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs & provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.\n- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will over see Med/Suge/Tele/Peds/Staffing & Patients.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.\n- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nSchedule:\n\nWeek 1: Mon, Tues, Fri: 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM\nWeek 2: Sun, Mon, Tues: 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM, Fri: 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM", "date_new": "2012-04-08 22:36:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27741697/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager (01MS)", "reqid": "130481", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27741697}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Department Manager Leader [Continuing Care Manager]\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-08 22:36:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27741699/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Department Manager Leader [Continuing Care Manager]", "reqid": "130618", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 27741699}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Ontario", "description": "Title: Director Clinical Nursing RN CCU/ICU\nLocation: Ontario, CA\nWithin a Service Area and/or one medical center, directs and manages the planning, development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing services provided by multiple departments within a service line which includes but is not limited to one of the following: medical-surgical, maternal and child health, perioperative services, critical care. Directs the delivery of services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcome measures, as well as with strategic, business, and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Through department managers/staff, directs and manages the delivery of nursing services and patient care which are integrated with business plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Accountable for the efficient delivery of patient care and support services within the service line for KP members by directing the development, evaluation, and utilization of cost effective, high quality nursing practices.\n- With Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and SCPMG staff, develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care at multiple sites/departments.\n- Directs and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services, and operations by managing the design and implementation of systems, processes, and methods to evaluate and improve patient care across the continuum of care.\n- Plans, develops, and/or directs the implementation of service area and/or divisional initiatives within service line or service area which develop and share best practices and standards of care.\n- Directs and/or delegates to 24 hour managers the appropriate delivery and level of services.\n- Directs budget management and resource allocation; manages financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care and service.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues\n- Hires, fires, and disciplines as part of performance management.\n- Directs compliance with administrative, legal, and regulatory requirements of governmental and regulatory agencies.\n- May assume responsibilities of Nurse Executive in their absence.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) to ten (10) years of acute health care nursing experience including five (5) years of progressive management experience.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred in a related field such as nursing, business or health services administration.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- CPR certificate required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of operations and healthcare management; Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO and other local, state and federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent experience as a Director of Critical Care.\n- Critical Care and Dialysis.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727651/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Clinical Nursing RN CCU/ICU", "reqid": "130339", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Ontario, CA", "uid": 27727651}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Education and Performance Improvement Consultant\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nProvides high quality and cost effective project management, consulting, and analytic support. Assists senior consultants, clients, and/or groups in identifying and resolving issues of strategic importance to the organization. May assist senior consultants or manage complex projects independently.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Defines and frames complex issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.\n- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.\n- Coordinates team/project activities and schedules.\n- Researches key business issues, and directs the collecting and analyzing of quantitative and qualitative data.\n- Synthesizes analysis and identifies key findings.\n- Assists in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.\n- Establishes team membership and project participants.\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach and work plan.\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.\n- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors.\n- Develops creative alternative solutions.\n- Recommends action steps to team and client.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Transfers project team knowledge/tools to client.\n- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, conducting performance reviews for analysts, and other departmental activities.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications: Consultant:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- Typically four (4) or more years of related analytical and/or consulting experience required.\n- Specific technical expertise required as specified.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Must demonstrate effective communication, consulting, interpersonal, presentation, and project management skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Leadership development, class delivery experience/background.\n- Able to establish and implement project plans.\n- Able to balance multiple projects simultaneously/multi-task.\n- Able to work with multi-disciplinary cross functional teams.\n- Able to communicate at all levels.\n- Experience in PowerPoint and Microsoft office suite.\n\n\nBasic Qualifications: Sr. Consultant:\n- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree strongly preferred.\n- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727653/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Education and Performance Improvement Consultant", "reqid": "130413", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27727653}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Director of Demand Planning\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Director of Demand Planning position is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the SCAL Product Support team and the formation and deployment of the Demand Management functional area that will be responsible for all forecasting activities associated for all clinical practice areas (Hospital and Medical Office Buildings).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.\n- Supports National Contracting and Purchasing (NCAP) and Service Area goals including managing and facilitating adherence to $1 billion annual GPO contract spend.\n- Identifies and implements product utilization savings to achieve utilization savings goal\n- Compliance monitoring, analyzing, and reporting to achieve 98.50% compliance to all Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreements.\n- Manages medical product formulary exception process\n- Assist in reducing overall supply cost through analyzing product use and making recommendations to change product or implement best practices\n- Conducts and facilitates service area and statewide product evaluations.\n- Participates on National Sourcing and Standard Teams (SST).\n- Works closely with GPO Product Managers to manage, implement, and enforce compliance to all agreements.\n- Actively participate and present key information to the Local Product Councils, Regional Product Council, Physician groups, Material Services and Perioperative Cost Savings groups to comply with and enforce national standards, trend spend, identify and implement cost savings opportunities.\n- Demand Management Support the deployment of a new Point-of-Use capture system to drive a demand triggered replenishment process\n- Lead a team of demand planners responsible for integrating POU data into enterprise wide forecasts driving purchasing decisions\n- Develop KP's capability to leverage the point of use demand triggers to build forecasts and re-order points across multiple regions points across multiple regions\n- Lead complex business process improvements and technology implementations supporting demand planning and inventory management.\n- Develop the implementation plan and manage the execution of category strategies to drive improvement in inventory levels and in stock conditions.\n- Develop and utilize metrics to achieve department goals.\n- Achieve inventory reduction targets through the use of supply chain tools.\n- Develop, track and improve inventory re-order points.\n- Develop and document standardized demand planning and inventory flow processes.\n- Assist in the development of detailed process flows, meetings and deliverables and key performance metrics Lead and develop a team of Demand Planners to ensure the creation and maintenance of forecast models.\n- Incorporate business intelligence and forecast information from other functional areas including Pharmacy, Home Health, Finance and other sources.\n- Review historical trends, research demand drivers and prepare forecast data to develop statistical forecast models.\n- Summarize statistical forecasts. Gather, analyze and validate data to enable purchasing decisions which optimize KP's medical supplies inventory.\n- Monitor trends in forecast error and report back to various stake holders.\n- Develop and update economic order quantities.\n- Accountable for the development and management of a team, and implementation of systems and processes that assure the prudent use of Kaiser Permanente money, people, and system resources to achieve the optimal purchasing and management of across the Kaiser Permanente Enterprise.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- At least ten (10) years of related supply chain experience or healthcare senior management experience is required.\n- Extensive forecasting experience required.\n- Proven experience in developing supply chain high level strategy and executing that strategy with realized results.\n- Significant experience in demand planning and inventory flow optimization.\n- Previous experience with Point-of-Use technology preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, decision sciences, healthcare administration, finance, economics or other analytical discipline required.\n- Six Sigma certification preferred.\n- Proven Project Management skills.\n- Understanding of and experience in driving supply chain process improvement and change management with a cross functional team.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's Degree\n- Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Occasional travel to offsite meetings in SCAL and NCAL.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727655/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director of Demand Planning", "reqid": "130466", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27727655}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Web Developer\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPartners with Web Interface Designer to develop Web applications or change existing applications. Partners with Web Administrators to test & move developed or changed applications into production.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops logic, codes, tests, & debugs Web pages & associated software modules such as JAVA applets, CGI, & HTML programs\n- Performs software coding, testing, debugging, documentation & installation tasks for on-line processes in accordance w/ industry best practices & specific internal procedures & standards\n- Contributes to task identification, work effort estimates, & work schedules for development & maintenance activities\n- Participates in the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective application solutions which support client business processes & functional requirements\n- Works with internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for the successful completion of development & maintenance assignments (e.g., database development, network support, help desk orientation, client training)\n- Conducts analysis of client business processes & functional requirements & prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information\n- Provides on-call support as assigned\n- Completes administrative requirements in an accurate & timely manner (e.g., time reporting, status reporting, etc)\n- Works as project team member to develop Internet & Intranet Web applications for KP business users\n- Partners with Web Administrators to test & move developed applications into production\n- Performs related duties as assigned or requested\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience developing Web sites for business purposes on NT or Unix\n- Previous experience in all phase of application software development and maintenance life cycles in a large mainframe or client service environment preferred\n- Experience in PERL and CGI\n- Development experience with Oracle DBMS preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field OR equivalent experience\n- Thorough knowledge of HTML\n- Proficient in C, C++, and/or JAVA\n- Proficiency required in one or more high level programming languages respective to various client server platforms\n- Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nNotes:\n- Occasional travel required", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727659/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Web Developer", "reqid": "130578", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27727659}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Certified Pathologist Assistant\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nUnder the Supervision & Control of a Physician Pathologists, assists in the performance of anatomic pathology practice by: Preparation & examination of surgical pathology specimens. Performance of postmortem dissection w/ written description & preparation of tissue sections. Performance of other procedures related to Pathologist's duties. Performance of other technical, supervisory and/or functional direction duties within the scope of practice as directed by the pathologists of Chief Pathologist.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Perform postmortem examinations & descriptions\n- Process surgical Pathology specimens including dissection, description & embedding for Pathologist's diagnosis\n- Preparation of fine needle aspiration specimens\n- Preparation of frozen sections for pathologist's interpretation\n- Quality control & management of equipment & supplies in the surgical Pathology laboratory & autopsy suite\n- Quality improvement activities & projects for the Pathology Department\n- Uphold standards of practice, policies & procedures as contained in the Department's Policy & Procedure Manuals in the surgical pathology & autopsy service\n- Continued education & skills assessment concurrent w/ established & new practices & techniques as applicable in surgical & autopsy pathology\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 123605\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree A graduate from a National Accrediting agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) accredited pathologist's assistant training program and/or a current Fellow of the American Association of Pathologist's Assistants (AAPA)\n- Fellowship and/or National Certification of Pathologist's Assistants must be maintained as long as one works at this position\n- Certified as Pathologists Assistant from AAPA, ASCP or Approved By California State Department of Public Health\n- Courses Required: Those courses required to meet Certification Requirements of an approved agency\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in Pathology Department.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule /days / hoursvary.\n- Work hours will vary between 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.\n- This is a temporary position for approximatelysix (6) months with the possibility of conversion.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727660/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Pathologist Assistant", "reqid": "130583", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27727660}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in hemodialysis or One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience performing peritoneal dialysis.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727650/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "129639", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27727650}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Bernardino", "description": "Title: Psych Social Worker - (Bilingual)\nLocation: San Bernardino, CA\nThe psychiatric social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team who provides direct assessment, diagnosis formulation, treatment planning, treatment intervention & psycho-education to members and/or family members. Must be familiar with all aspects of psychopathology and recognize the appropriate and timely clinical treatment intervention needed. The psychiatric social worker may work with specific age group as is determined by training and certificate. Must be familiar with and have expertise in a variety of treatment modalities. A major time of the position will be spent in direct patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Competencies: Timely & appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning & treatment intervention of members.\n- Appropriate selection of treatment modality to member's presenting problem.\n- Is an effective communicator of clinical material to member & clinical staff.\n- Provides high internal & external customer/patient satisfaction.\n- Demonstrates expertise in a variety of treatment methodologies.\n- Provides appropriate & timely documentation of clinical encounters in member's charts.\n- Is knowledgeable of KP & community resources.\n- Adheres to all mandated guidelines for patient's clinical care & license\n- Maintains license.\n- Conduct initial interview w/ Members by eliciting & interpreting the psychological & social meaning of complaints.\n- Determines urgency of member's need.\n- Provides a professional interpretation of member's presentation & recommends a course of therapeutic action, selects appropriate treatment modality.\n- Provides treatment to adults, adolescents, & children.\n- Renders appropriate & immediate guidance & therapy for members in crisis or in need of clinical services.\n- Maintains written record of therapy, prepares reports & letters; phones, writes & visits (with member permission) social agencies, schools, relatives, and friends to obtain pertinent information.\n- Provides clinical consultation in an integrated health care environment regarding family interactions, socio-cultural determinants & community resources\n- Provides telephone assessment, counseling, resource information & referrals.\n- Proficient in identifying & treating the span of developmental stages.\n- Proficient in various treatment modalities including, but not limited to individual, group, family, & child therapy.\n- Complies w/ organizational, departmental, state/federal guidelines & all regulatory agency policies & procedures.\n- Participates in QM & CQI activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required\n- Two (2) years of post-graduate experience in a behavioral health setting required.\n- Master's degree in social work or behavioral health fieldrequired\n- Valid and current California Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license required.\n- Family Marriage Therapist (LMFT)license required\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of and ability to utilize current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) nomenclature required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Computer skills \n\n\nNotes:\n- Must pass the Bilingual Assessment Test\n- May be required to cover ER after hours and on weekends at Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers\n- May work four (4) hours after 5:00 PM per week\n- This position may be assigned any of the duties of a Psychiatric Social Worker, currently doing intake assessments/treatment planning, groups, and crisis work", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727643/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psych Social Worker - (Bilingual)", "reqid": "129095", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Bernardino, CA", "uid": 27727643}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: CRNA PD\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nUnder the medical supervision of an anesthesiologist, administers general & regional anesthesia for all types of surgical, obstetrical, & other procedures that require anesthesia services, to patients of various age groups including: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, & geriatric in accordance w/ hospital & departmental standards of care. Such intervention may include, but not be limited to: airway management; maintenance of fluid balance; homeostasis; monitoring; response to emergencies related to airway management & cardiopulmonary resuscitation; & management of patients on ventilators.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Evaluates patients pre-operatively by interviewing and examining patient; reviews chart for relevant information.\n- In collaboration with the anesthesiologist selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of each age group served: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.\n- Selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Evaluates patient's response to pre-medication.\n- Communicates with surgeon and anesthesiologist regarding special concerns of patient.\n- Checks anesthesia equipment daily and between cases to assure safe operating condition.\n- Prepares drugs for administration.\n- Administers anesthesia in accordance with delineated clinical privileges and any conditions or restrictions imposed thereof.\n- Monitors the patient intra-operatively.\n- Evaluates operative and post-operative condition of patient and takes necessary action to maintain stability.\n- Evaluates the patients postoperatively (within 24 hours).\n- Precepts student nurse anesthetists.\n- Maintains an accurate accounting of controlled substances in accordance with departmental guidelines.\n- Maintains equipment and supplies as outlined in department policies and procedures.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, CAC Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations when interacting with public, patients, staff, and other personnel.\n- May perform other duties within scope of licensure/certification as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in anesthesia for major procedures involving extensive monitoring and fluid, blood, and electrolyte replacement for various age group patients.\n- Graduate of an educational program in Nurse Anesthesia accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and Schools.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) approved and accepted by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist issued by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists and/or Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.\n- CRNA eligible and must achieve certification within five (5) months of date of program completion to continue employment.\n- Valid BCLS card.\n- Valid ACLS and/or PALS card where required.\n- Valid California RN license.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Skills: CRNA's must demonstrate both technical/clinical and professional skill and ability along with all related techniques and procedures within the scope of practice as defined by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs.\n- Additional skills are required in charting and documentation, knowledge of equipment and supplies, productivity, job and personal maturity communication, and education and staff development.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a per-diemposition, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727645/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CRNA PD", "reqid": "129186", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27727645}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: CRNA PD\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nUnder the medical supervision of an anesthesiologist, administers general & regional anesthesia for all types of surgical, obstetrical, & other procedures that require anesthesia services, to patients of various age groups including: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, & geriatric in accordance w/ hospital & departmental standards of care. Such intervention may include, but not be limited to: airway management; maintenance of fluid balance; homeostasis; monitoring; response to emergencies related to airway management & cardiopulmonary resuscitation; & management of patients on ventilators.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Evaluates patients pre-operatively by interviewing and examining patient; reviews chart for relevant information.\n- In collaboration with the anesthesiologist selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of each age group served: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric.\n- Selects anesthetic for patient based on pre-operative examination.\n- Evaluates patient's response to pre-medication.\n- Communicates with surgeon and anesthesiologist regarding special concerns of patient.\n- Checks anesthesia equipment daily and between cases to assure safe operating condition.\n- Prepares drugs for administration.\n- Administers anesthesia in accordance with delineated clinical privileges and any conditions or restrictions imposed thereof.\n- Monitors the patient intra-operatively.\n- Evaluates operative and post-operative condition of patient and takes necessary action to maintain stability.\n- Evaluates the patients postoperatively (within 24 hours).\n- Precepts student nurse anesthetists.\n- Maintains an accurate accounting of controlled substances in accordance with departmental guidelines.\n- Maintains equipment and supplies as outlined in department policies and procedures.\n- Complies with organizational rules, policies and procedures (i.e. JCAHO, CAC Title 22, Regional and Department requirements).\n- Establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations when interacting with public, patients, staff, and other personnel.\n- May perform other duties within scope of licensure/certification as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in anesthesia for major procedures involving extensive monitoring and fluid, blood, and electrolyte replacement for various age group patients.\n- Graduate of an educational program in Nurse Anesthesia accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and Schools.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) approved and accepted by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing.\n- Certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist issued by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists and/or Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists.\n- CRNA eligible and must achieve certification within five (5) months of date of program completion to continue employment.\n- Valid BCLS card.\n- Valid ACLS and/or PALS card where required.\n- Valid California RN license.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Skills: CRNA's must demonstrate both technical/clinical and professional skill and ability along with all related techniques and procedures within the scope of practice as defined by the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs.\n- Additional skills are required in charting and documentation, knowledge of equipment and supplies, productivity, job and personal maturity communication, and education and staff development.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a per-diemposition, days and hours may vary according to departmental need", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727644/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CRNA PD", "reqid": "129183", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27727644}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) year within the last three (3) years full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- ONS Provider Card required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Graduate of a BRN approved program.\n- OCN certification preferred.\n- BSN preferred.\n- Experience in the adult hematology oncology setting.\n- Oncology experience preferred.\n- Excellent IV skills.\n- Knowledge of chemotherapy side effects.\n- Experience with blood transfusions.\n- Able to perform exceptional patient teaching in hematology oncology.\n- Basic computer skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727640/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl III Staff RN - Clinic", "reqid": "128698", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27727640}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Project Manager\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Lead Project Manager will support the in-sourcing of KPIC's claim administration, customer service, and all other operations functions included in KPIC's Suite of Service, from external vendors into the various Kaiser Regions. As part of the KPIC in-sourcing work, the Lead Project Manager will support the implementation of infrastructure and deployment of a National Claims Platform that is ICD-10 compliant in support of KPIC product lines. \nIncludes the planning and tracking of projects both (tactical and strategic), cost effectiveness, communication, risk analysis, quality assurance, team and vendor management, and implementation of highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Identifies and resolves issues related to projects. Ensures assigned projects are delivered within scope, schedule, budget and quality levels are consistent with partner/customer expectations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages moderately complex projects or multiple simple projects\n- Develops solutions that align with strategic direction and standards\n- Completes components of the business case\n- Negotiates agreement on project schedule and budgets\n- Applies methods or recognized equivalents appropriate to the specific needs of the project/client\n- Demonstrates understanding of the need to manage risk issues\n- Participates in the application of the risk management process\n- Develops and sustains strong working relationships with client project team staff\n- Demonstrates application of approved project management methods and business methods to projects\n- With guidance may convert business cases to business plans\n- Develops and maintains the project plan\n- May develop and execute user training plans\n- With guidance coordinates the collection and validation of business requirements\n- With guidance stays abreast of enterprise-wide projects and prevents or manages associated conflicts\n- With guidance determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project and communicates impact to sponsors\n- Manages the overall resource capacity (supply) and scheduled work (demand) for the delivering organization including forecasting and impact assessment\n- Works on assignments of diverse scope\n- Generally performs within broadly defined practices and guidelines, and also modifies or suggests enhancements\n- Requires planning to coordinate with other departments or resources\n- Oversees transition to operational production status\n- Manages project close-out activities\n- Develops and conducts post-implementation review\n- May participate in overseeing the transition of project team members to new projects\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key department and/or functional objectives\n- Contributes to the achievement of department objectives\n- Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve department objectives would normally affect expenditures and resources\n- Total project budget typically up to $10 Million\n- Project size typically multiple sites and/or multiple regions and/or up to 5 interdependent processes\n- Balances schedule, scope and budget, renegotiate with sponsor as needed\n- Tracks and reports on project and deliverable status and manages variances\n- Executes the project plan, any contingency plans and all identified plans\n- Regularly develops and manages issue escalation and the resolution process\n- Ensures project alignment with business strategy\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts\n- Exercises judgment to make decisions for less defined issues and selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions\n- Often prepares content and may make appropriate presentations\n- Develops solutions to complex problems\n- May refer to established precedents and policies when making decisions\n- Requires significant analysis to develop solutions for complex problems\n- Represents the primary interface between the customer and the project team\n- Communicates requirements, goals and expectations clearly and concisely, listening to individuals' questions and concerns, to ensure clarity and direction\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years project management experience\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience\n- Understand all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one (1) phase of the project delivery life cycle\n- Understands and applies knowledge of change management process on projects\n\nPreferred Work Experience\nPrefer experience in Health Care or Health Insurance Industry.\nPMP Preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727632/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Project Manager", "reqid": "130740", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27727632}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Financial Operations and Compliance Internship\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Foundation Research Institute (KFRI) is a national program that was established in 1958 by the KP Health Plan/Hospitals Board of Directors to administer and support research in KP. KFRI, on behalf of all regional KP research organizations, reviews and submits all applications for federal research funds and executes all contracts and subcontracts involving federal funds. As the fiscally responsible party, KFRI also is the authorized recipient of all federal research funding awarded to KP.\n\nKFRI also supports a system of nine Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). KFRI holds the Federalwide Assurance< http://kpnet.kp.org/kfri/hsp/fed_assurance.htm >for human subjects protection for all KP Regions. KFRI also manages the IRB and provides Clinical Trial Compliance and Quality oversight for KP NC Division of Research.\n\nProjects and Responsibilities:\n - Support development of new processes related to submission of indirect cost rate proposal. This will involve analysis of various alternatives, modeling impacts of different scenarios, and preparing report. Time permitting, we will also focus on mapping regional research activities to consolidated financial statements.\n - Update departmental desk procedures within the research administration department. A current initiative may result in changes to internal procedures, and we will need to create / adjust documentation to reflect these changes.\nCompetencies and skills the intern will have learned/developed at the end of the internship.\n - General understanding of accounting activities related to federally funded research grants.\n - Gain experience reconciling accounting information from different entities with the organization.\n - Apply skills to process improvement initiatives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualfications:\n - Undergrad Student inAccounting, Business Administration or related field.\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment.\n - Analytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.\n - Demonstrates ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis.\n - Working knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint; Visio\n - Leadership potential.\n - Must be able to function with minimal supervision.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:14:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727634/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Operations and Compliance Internship", "reqid": "130762", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27727634}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: CST\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Cardiac Surveillance Technician is a member of the health care team under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. The CST assists in the provision of care by continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients. The CST provides indirect patient care by providing supportive functions to the nursing staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients - Maintains effective communication and collaboration with physicians, staff and responsible nurse.\n- Maintains current knowledge and competency in rhythm and dysrhythmia identification - Compiles and records data for patient record and unit purposes - Maintains safety in the use of all equipment - Teamwork-works cooperatively with co-workers and other departments for the benefit of the organization\n- Orients new staff to CST function - Performs all other related duties and activities as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- For on-call positions, must have six months recent telemetry monitoring experience.\n- Must obtain BLS w/AED certification within 30 days of hire.\n- Successfully completes EKG Arrhythmia test with the grade >90% overall and 100% lethal arrhythmias within 90 days of hire.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous cardiac monitoring experience and/or successful completion of basic cardiac monitoring course.\n- Demonstrates ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\nSalary Range: $17.43 - $20.95", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727605/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CST", "reqid": "130001", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27727605}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: CST\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Cardiac Surveillance Technician is a member of the health care team under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. The CST assists in the provision of care by continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients. The CST provides indirect patient care by providing supportive functions to the nursing staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients - Maintains effective communication and collaboration with physicians, staff and responsible nurse.\n- Maintains current knowledge and competency in rhythm and dysrhythmia identification - Compiles and records data for patient record and unit purposes - Maintains safety in the use of all equipment - Teamwork-works cooperatively with co-workers and other departments for the benefit of the organization\n- Orients new staff to CST function - Performs all other related duties and activities as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- For on-call positions, must have six months recent telemetry monitoring experience.\n- Must obtain BLS w/AED certification within 30 days of hire.\n- Successfully completes EKG Arrhythmia test with the grade >90% overall and 100% lethal arrhythmias within 90 days of hire.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous cardiac monitoring experience and/or successful completion of basic cardiac monitoring course.\n- Demonstrates ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\nSalary Range: $17.43 - $20.95", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727607/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CST", "reqid": "130003", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27727607}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: CST\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nThe Cardiac Surveillance Technician is a member of the health care team under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse. The CST assists in the provision of care by continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients. The CST provides indirect patient care by providing supportive functions to the nursing staff.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides continuous cardiac surveillance for telemetry patients - Maintains effective communication and collaboration with physicians, staff and responsible nurse.\n- Maintains current knowledge and competency in rhythm and dysrhythmia identification - Compiles and records data for patient record and unit purposes - Maintains safety in the use of all equipment - Teamwork-works cooperatively with co-workers and other departments for the benefit of the organization\n- Orients new staff to CST function - Performs all other related duties and activities as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- For on-call positions, must have six months recent telemetry monitoring experience.\n- Must obtain BLS w/AED certification within 30 days of hire.\n- Successfully completes EKG Arrhythmia test with the grade >90% overall and 100% lethal arrhythmias within 90 days of hire.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous cardiac monitoring experience and/or successful completion of basic cardiac monitoring course.\n- Demonstrates ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias\nSalary Range: $17.43 - $20.95", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727606/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CST", "reqid": "130004", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27727606}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: Patient Team Manager\nLocation: Salem, OR\nThe Patient Team Manager is accountable for coordinating all back office clinical functions for a health care team in a medical office to achieve excellence in quality of care, service, access, resource utilization, employee/physician satisfaction & workplace and patient safety. The PTM is critical in implementation of regionally consistent practices, processes and protocols within a clinical department to ensure a consistent care experience for our members. The PTM works very closely with physician partners and the Administrator of the medical office in fulfilling the job accountabilities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises and coordinates all back office activities necessary to provide excellent patient focused care\n- Selects, coaches develops, and performance manages staff and affiliated clinicians in collaboration with physician partners and in compliance with requirements of EEO/AA goals, union contracts, and personnel policies of the organization\n- Ensures clinical competency is maintained for all health plan staff and affiliated clinicians through continuous monitoring, assessment, and training in partnership with Ambulatory Nursing,Regional AC Coordinator, and physician partners\n- Ensures adoption through training and reinforcement of procedures designed to impact quality measures as appropriate, i.e., HEDIS and Department-specific quality and continuous improvement goals\n- Co-leads unit-based teams (UBTs). Ensures the UBTs continuously focus on identifying and implementing ways to meet/exceed quality, service, and access targets and implement regional initiatives\n- Researches and resolves customer complaints\n- Acts as a liaison between the physician group, the health care team, and support departments to ensure effective communication for overall patient care services, including cascading regional communications to the front line staff\n- Monitors and controls expenditures, overtime and staffing levels\n- Maintains current information and knowledge of all applicable Kaiser Permanente policies, local, state and federal laws and regulations, and accreditation standards\n- Ensures that training activities incorporate all applicable KP policies, local, state and federal laws and regulations, and accreditation standards\n- Accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the KPNW Quality of Service Behavior Standards, the KP Mission and any specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Ensures health care team compliance with related Patient Safety, EH&S regulations, training requirements and regional emergency preparedness expectations\n- Ensure back-office practices are in compliance with all Revenue Cycle requirements.\n- Acts as a patient advocate when necessary\n- Prepares assigned team(s) for all KPHC upgrades and enhancements in partnership with the KPHC team\nFor Washington State positions only:\n- Apply the Washington State Health Care Assistant Act and Certification requirements\n- Validate medical assistant clinical and educational qualifications for the certification process and assure continued compliance with the law\n- Works collaboratively with other supervisors/managers in the medical office building to provide highly coordinated care for patients\n- Conductsaudits to ensure performance requirements are being met at all times\n- Partners with regional departments to support the delivery of high quality care and service in the medical office\n- Analyzes data to assess progress against targets and to identify opportunities for improvement\n- Support regional projects and committees (when assigned teams are achieving all targets)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 5 years of health care and operations/business management experience\n- A minimum of 3 years of proven management, supervisory or leadership experience\n- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in business, nursing or health care related field\n- Ability to lead in a culturally diverse environment and promote culturally competent care\n- Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English\n- Ability to attend to details, prioritize and complete multiple tasks independently in a fast-paced environment and following agreed upon timelines\n- Demonstrated understanding of clinical and operational processes; staff licensure/certification, clinical competency requirements and scope of practice concepts\n- Excellence in customer service, service recovery and complaint resolution skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years progressive supervisory experience in a unionized health care setting\n- Ambulatory care experience\n- Undergraduate degree in a health care related field\n- Clinical background/licensure\n- Ability to lead and implement change management and process improvement activities\n- Ability to lead in a culturally diverse environment and promote culturally competent care\n- Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English\n- Ability to attend to details, prioritize and complete multiple tasks independently in a fast-paced environment and following agreed upon timelines\n- Excellence in interpersonal communication and supervisory skills\n- Ability to performance manage, coach, and development staff\n- Understanding of clinical and operational processes; staff licensure/certification, clinical competency requirements and scope of practice concepts\n- Ability to establish partnerships with physician group, organized labor representatives and peers in order to create a culture of commitment to patient focused service, excellent support of physician practices, innovation, compliance and integrity\n- Excellence in customer service, service recovery and complaint resolution skills\n- Ability to understand and utilize data to improve performance\n\nSalary Range:\n$100,150 - $133,450", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727622/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Team Manager", "reqid": "130133", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 27727622}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Systems Administrator (Part-time)\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nEvaluates capabilities and limitations of new and existing technical tools and systems. Recommends improvements to processes and reporting capabilities. Performs system administration. Acts as liaison between systems users and information technology groups (internal and external). Serves as technical resource on data availability, structure, security, and system interfaces for multiple programs/systems. Develops reports and data bases of significant size and complexity. User requirements vary and generally lack clear definition. Reports may influence outcome of management decisions.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Consults with end users to determine report and database needs and limitations\n- Serves as consultant to department staff in interpretation and creation of databases and data reports\n- Analyzes the implication of changes in data needs on data structures\n- Serves as technical consultant on new products and technology\n- Acts as interface between systems group and end users\n- Coordinates systems support\n- Performs system administration, including system security, software update management, and data dictionary maintenance\n- Performs master file maintenance\n- Defines data purge and retention cycles\n- Monitors data quality and integrity\n- Participates in business improvement project teams\n- Analyzes impact of process or technical tool changes on existing processes, tools, and interfaces based on knowledge of interdependencies of related functions and systems\n- Delivers training for end users on system\n- Ensures adequacy and quality of process and procedure documentation\n- May lead cross-functional user groups in optimizing the use of existing tools and reports\n- May perform user system training\n- Extracts data from various complex databases for report generation\n- Develops and generates highly complex ad hoc reports and databases to address specific business needs\n- Recommends improvements to permanent reports\n- Designs and develops complex reports and databases to manage business processes\n- Develops new ad hoc reports to address specific business needs\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience, typically five (5) plus years in business systems analysis and administration or an equivalent combination of education and experience\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, or user-specific area\n- In-depth knowledge of the business area(s) served\n- Ability to use complex data resource, specialized and sophisticated PC's, and MIS programming languages\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to supervise schedulers and data Interpersonel, overseeing work flow and production.\n- Competent in multiple computer programs including, KASIS, Clarity, OPTIME, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, SQL, with the ability to learn new systems and orient staff to new systems introduced in the Perioperative areas;\n- Processes excellent communications skills while working with a interdisciplinary team to gain trust and implement operational initiatives, develop presentations to present data and review standard reports.\n- Understanding of regulatory requirements to assure compliance with required reports.\n- Ability to work with interdisciplinary teams to develop new reporting systems to accommodate changes in regulatory requirements.\n\nSchedule requires weekend rotations. Mon, Wed: 7:00AM - 2:00PM; Fri: 7:00AM - 1:00PM", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:44", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727600/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Systems Administrator (Part-time)", "reqid": "130492", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27727600}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist (120192) - Temporary\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Service Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will be for inpatient physical therapy.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Must be able to work both inpatient and outpatient settings and willing to work in either setting to meet operational needs.\n\nSchedule: Variable hours.\n\nMon - Fri, may include weekends. \n***NOTE: This is a temporary benefited position. Expected length of employment: Up to 90 days.***", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727591/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist (120192) - Temporary", "reqid": "130240", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27727591}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Quality Specialist [RM1]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nThis position supervises & monitors one or more of the following activities, continuing medical education, quality assurance, medical staff services & quality projects.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the daily quality activities, ensuring timely & accurate data collection, and follow up of issues & quality of work\n-Coaches staff & ensures their competency\n- Coordinates & facilities staff support to various committees (e.g., quality, accreditation) which includes agenda preparation & monitoring of outstanding issues\n- Provides reports based on timely & accurate data collection, identifies trends & monitors issues\n- Develops implements & monitors quality department's policies & procedures; ensures they are in compliance w/ The Joint Commission, NCQA, CME, federal, state & local requirements\n- Assists in developing & revising QA monitors to meet accreditation/regulatory standards\n- Monitors the budgets, researches variances, & identifies opportunities to reduce costs\n- Develops, implements, coordinates, & evaluates the CME programs, credentialing & privileges for permanent or temporary physicians & allied health providers\n- Assists in preparation of educational materials & course objectives\n- Maintains link between medical staff affairs & quality improvement, risk management, and continuing medical staff education\n- Coordinates & prepares for CME, accreditation, licensing, & quality surveys/audits\n- Maintains & monitors the various quality databases which may include quality reviews, CME, credentials & privileges, & provider profiles\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant (typically 2-3 yrs) quality improvement or accreditation experience required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health care related field or business administration\n- Previous supervisory experience recommended\n- Ability to perform statistical analysis\n- Current knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Knowledge & experience in application of adult learning theory in program development\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727594/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Quality Specialist [RM1]", "reqid": "130414", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 27727594}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Manager Infection Prevention [01]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nManages the medical center Infection Prevention Program to ensure activities are directed toward preventing and decreasing healthcare associated infections and improving patient safety across the continuum of care (including hospitals and associated medical office buildings). Participates in the medical center's continuous survey readiness program to maintain compliance with regulatory standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides strategic support to achieve high level of quality performance through collaboration with local leaders and regional initiatives and standardization to improve health.\n- Accountable for the annual development, implementation, and evaluation of the Infection Prevention goals and objectives, plan, and risk assessment to reduce and control the risk of health care associated infections.\n- Collaborates with leadership team to ensure compliance with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements, timely and accurate reporting to Department of Public Health and other external agencies as appropriate.\n- Provides leadership to physician leaders, patient care service leaders and quality leaders to improve patient safety.\n- Provides consultation to medical center leaders and staff. Actively participates in leadership meetings to ensure alignment of priorities and strategies.\n- Provides direct supervision to Infection Prevention Coordinator(s) and Associate.\n- Accountable for departmental budget.\n- Co-chairs the Infection Control Committee with the Infectious Disease Chief to provide leadership which will ensure surveillance activities and improvement plans are analyzed, implemented and reported to leadership.\n- Collaborates with Occupational/Employee Health to institute measures to protect and prevent healthcare workers from injuries due to communicable diseases.\n- Collaborates with Facility Services to ensure an integrated Environment of Care program.\n- Keeps abreast of current scientific literature, recommendations, guidelines, and regulatory requirements which may impact the Infection Prevention Program.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nAt one medical center (including all associated ambulatory care departments/sites and other non-acute patient care sites), accountable for the management of a Infection Prevention and Control Program across the continuum of care, developing and achieving Infection Control goals and objectives, planning, developing, implementing, delivering, evaluating and continuously improving infection prevention and control services. In a facility with a staff of one or more IC Coordinators and/or IC Associates, responsible for program design, planning, implementation, evaluation and for directing the work of the IC Coordinator(s) and any other assigned staff, for serving as the content expert/consultant in Infection Control and Prevention for one entire medical center and associated ambulatory care areas. Also accountable for collection and analysis of healthcare associated infection data, development and presentation of reports and educational programs for personnel and patients as needed, ensuring provision of requested KP patient information to the Department of Health Services, recommending to local leadership/Risk Management when Public Health/Dept of Health should be notified in the event of an outbreak, management of infection prevention and control practices, assisting client departments in survey readiness and preparation for regulatory standard reviews, accreditation and licensure surveys in both the acute and ambulatory care areas (e.g. The Joint Commission, Cal-OSHA, DHS, etc.).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum three (3) years of infection prevention experience in an acute health care facility.\n- Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively more responsible related work experience with two (2) years current management experience in assigned service area preferred; or completion of management training program required.\n- Bachelor's degree in a health related field such as Nursing, Epidemiology, Microbiology or Public Health.\n- Master's degree preferred in Nursing, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health or other discipline.\n- Current Certification in Infection Control (CIC) preferred, or must become certified within the first year of hire.\n- Valid California license or certification in clinical healthcare discipline preferred, such as nursing, clinical laboratory science, or public health.\n- Demonstrated leadership skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in program management, project management, time management, and/or resource management.\n- Demonstrated ability to influence change.\n- Demonstrated skills in collaborative team work.\n- Demonstrated problem-solving, analytic, and decision making skills.\n- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to develop and present educational programs.\n- Demonstrated ability to apply adult learning principles.\n- Demonstrated computer software application skills such as Lotus Notes, Words, Excel, and Powerpoint.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two years (usually) experience as an Infection Control Coordinator.\n- Minimum of four years relevant clinical experience in an acute care hospital, utilizing knowledge of medical andsurgical procedures as well as techniques and procedures involved in patient care, treatment and management.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of microbiology, laboratory procedures, adult education, aseptic technique and epidemiological techniques.\n- Demonstrated ability to comprehend and utilize epidemiological/public health data and statistical methods, screen and interpret data results for variations and/or errors.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727596/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Infection Prevention [01]", "reqid": "130427", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 27727596}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager [01]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers and facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction with physicians, develops plans of care and discharge plans, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, and develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.\n- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.\n- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.\n- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.\n- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).\n- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.\n- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.\n- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.\n- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.\n- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.\n- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.\n- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.\n- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.\n- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.\n- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.\n- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.\n- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.\n- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.\n- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN\n- Case Management Certification", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727595/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager [01]", "reqid": "130442", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27727595}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Clinical Services Supervisor - Home Health Hospice [01102012 SAC HH/H Intake Supervisor]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nManages activities of the home/health/hospice agency. Monitors quality, service and utilization standards. Supervises the day-to-day clinical operational activities. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day-to-day clinical operations of the agency, including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Supervises agency and employee safety programs and risk management.\n- Responsible for overall supervision of hospice and home health nurses and aides, includes interviewing, hiring, monitoring assignments and evaluating personnel.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.\n- Acts as resource to staff as clinical expert.\n- Ensures individualized care goals are met.\n- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided and is in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the agency level.\n- Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models of other agencies.\n- Participates in program management, including licensing, budgeting, utilization and quality assessment/improvement activities.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care, and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the agency to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.\n- Coordinates with appropriate team members or contract services for the clinical care hospice and home health patients and families.\n- Reviews all visits made by contract services for adherence to hospice and home health policies.\n- Ensures patients receive quality care by reviewing documentation, making visits with staff, reviewing care plans, conducting/participating in multidisciplinary team conferences, and reviewing patient satisfaction reports.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two(two (2)years of previous nursing experience in acute care setting.\n- Minimum three (three (3) years of previous home health and/or hospice experience.\n- Demonstrated supervisory or lead experience.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- PHN certificate preferred.\n- Current valid California Driver's license required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.\n- Strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nSchedule:\nMon - Fri. Requires availability for weekend/holiday rotation.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727597/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Services Supervisor - Home Health Hospice [01102012 SAC HH/H Intake Supervisor]", "reqid": "130478", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27727597}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Sr Data Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, & reporting data. This position takes an active leadership role both as a consultant & as a high-level statistical analytics programmer.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, &/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify\n- Resolves issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results\n- Directs the development of outcomes & process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, & evaluation\n- Builds & maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, & software written by self & others\n- Tests & maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL)\n- Builds sophisticated statistical models & forecasting tools using these databases\n- Designs & enhances databases\n- Designs menu systems that are effective & user-friendly\n- Develops reports w/ accurate, easy to read, useful information that satisfies the client's needs\n- Designs & generates tracking & monitoring tools\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis participates significantly in interpreting analyses & developing action plans accordingly\n- Defines & frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues & develops time tables/processes for decision making\n- Translates needs, issues, & ideas into effective strategies & action plans\n- Formulates specific implementation plans & evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented\n- Develops creative alternative solutions & works closely w/ IT & outside partners (& physicians for TPMG departments)\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects & determines goals & priorities w/ team, clients, or project management sponsors (when appropriate)\n- May coordinate team/project activities & schedules\n- May establish team membership & project participants, provides leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, as well as manage work of outside consultants when used\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, & various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments)\n- May participate in the development & management of the department, including coaching & recruiting for consultants/analysts & other departmental activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language\n- Experience w/ analytical manipulation & interpretation of large databases required\n- Experience w/ MVS/TSO operating systems required\n- Typically, five (5) plus years of related analytical consulting experience & healthcare experience preferred\n- Project management experience strongly preferred\n- Master's degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field, or equivalent bachelor's degree & work experience in lieu of a master's degree\n- Broad familiarity w/ medical practices, especially population management & process & outcomes measurement\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred\n- Microsoft Office skills required\n- Ability to express complex analytical & technical information to senior management or to audiences w/ clinical training\n- Exceptional analytic & critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, & ability to work w/in a team\n- Must be an independent self-starter\n- Proven leadership in consulting &, for some areas, project management\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation\n- Ability to express complex analytical & technical information to senior management or to audiences w/ clinical training\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with Teradata SQL Experience with VBA\n- Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools (e.g. SAS BI, Cognos)\n- Able to research data sources, identify, verify and extract data elements for reporting", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727599/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Data Consultant", "reqid": "130490", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27727599}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1264) on call day - CMU\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- STEPDOWN/OBSERVATION UNIT - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in an acute care setting. Current ACLS certification required within six months of hire. May require specialty training. Basic Arrhythmia recognition skills are required. Ventilator training may be required.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727589/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1264) on call day - CMU", "reqid": "129359", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27727589}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Brooklyn Heights", "description": "Title: Health Plan Benefits and Products - BETS Application Technical Lead\nLocation: Brooklyn Heights, OH\nKaiser Permanente IT seeks a Lead .NET Programmer Analyst for our team to support the National Benefits Enhancement Tracking System (BETS) application, translating business requirements into new development or modifications of existing logic, leading development teams on several key national deployments and regional project initiatives, developing screens and business functionality in client applications using VB6, C#, or ASP.Net, and creating technical documentation of existing application design and functionality.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Act as first point of escalation for technical decisions and problems, and lead technical analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support client business.\n - Oversee all coding work and quality reviews.\n - Independently perform and guide, assist or mentor others in software coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and installation tasks for on-line and batch processes in accordance with industry best practices and specific internal procedures and standards in all phases of major system and subsystem development, implementation, and post-implementation processes.\n - Architects .NET and database based solutions by studying existing technology architecture; analyzing browser compatibility techniques; evaluating solution alternatives; developing prototypes; and writing detailed technical requirements;\n - Participate in work planning and scheduling sessions for major efforts and programs impacting the application;\n - Works together with senior software developers to plan, execute and implement projects;\n - Ensures that team members have appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver products effectively by establishing realistic estimates for timelines while ensuring that projects remain on target to meet deadlines;\n - Provides detailed and timely status updates to management;\n - Maintains technical knowledge and understanding of the latest development methodologies and best practices by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations;\n - Ensures quality and consistency throughout the architecture and implementation of the code base;\n - Acts as a highly competent advisor to management and team developers and designers;\n - Helps developers and designers resolve technical issues;\n - Responds to occasional system errors, including during off hour and coordinates response amongst the team\n - Analyze, define and may coordinate the participation of others in the definition of efficient, cost effective application/software solutions which support client business processes and functional requirements.\n - Guide, formulate, contribute to, direct and validate appropriateness and comprehensiveness of task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules for development and maintenance activities.\n - Participate and direct as appropriate cross-organizational IT resources in order to identify problems and develop resolutions.\n - Coordinate and facilitate the interaction of internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for the successful completion of development and maintenance assignments (e.g., database development, job scheduling, ICCS support, network support, help desk orientation and client implementation readiness).\n - Analyze business processes in order to define application functional requirements and technical specifications.\n - Work with vendors/contractors to obtain documentation, assistance in installing and utilizing the product and in resolving problems.\n - Provide guidance on or with new technology.\n - Provide on-call support and coordinate on-call response efforts as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 years of equivalent years of experience.\n - Eight or moreyears of experience working as a Developer and/or Programmer Analyst on activities to support project objectives and team, including system analysis, coding, enhancements, testing, program/application/system maintenance and debugging.\n - At least 6 years experience developing web applications, with at least 4 years dedicated to ASP.NET solutions.\n - 6 years experience developing applications using the follow languages: Visual Basic, .Net (VB.Net and C#), and ASP.Net, Relational Database Design, Visual Basic, COM, and Oracle.\n - 4 years experience translating business users' needs into working systems that meet those needs and deadlines, including the ability to write detailed and thorough technical requirements.\n - The ability to analyze business needs and conceive designs, and develop innovative solutions.\n - The ability to design, develop and tune Oracle PL/SQL server databases and queries.\n - Ability to oversee the design, development and tuning of Oracle PL/SQL server database work.\n - Current working knowledge of PC, LAN, WAN and mainframe based business systems.\n - 2 years experience as technical lead for .Net application with responsibilities including support for development and design teams/efforts.\n - 2 years experience working with integrated business and IT project plans, milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource plans, resource loading, risk management plans, and quality control.\n - At least two years experience leading development teams or major development efforts.\n - Excellent understanding of Web Development technologies in general, including JavaScript, AJAX, and XML.\n - The ability to demonstrate work experience by providing examples, samples, and source code\n - Experience working across complex organizational initiatives involving national and regional stakeholders.\n - The ability to support multiple projects simultaneously and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.\n - An extremely detail-oriented work ethic.\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n - Ability to respond from outside of the office; High-speed Internet access to enable VPN Remote work access\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)\n - Working knowledge of development products.\n - Demonstrated ability to manage staffing needs (including interviewing and making hiring recommendations), assigns work to meet project objectives, tracks progress and conducts work quality reviews.\n - Strong skills required in critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g. partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.)\n - Solution development experience in a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n - Experience in the multiple application spaces with knowledge of sales and quote processing systems.\n - Extensive knowledge of the system development life cycle and system and application program development technology alternatives.\n - Prior experience working in a healthcare industry position.\n - Leadership skills and experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727576/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Plan Benefits and Products - BETS Application Technical Lead", "reqid": "130766", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Brooklyn Heights, OH", "uid": 27727576}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Actuarial Services, Colorado Region\nLocation: Denver, CO\nThe position supports revenue, membership growth and profitability for the Colorado Region through development and implementation of pricing strategies and methodologies, line of business reporting and analytics, and medical and administrative cost analytics, including contracting, utilization and benchmark analyses. The position builds a high performing technical, analytic and consultative capability that functions at the highest level of partnership on strategic and financial issues by providing information that delivers insight and supports sound decision making for the organization.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Actuarial services - functions include but are not limited to:\n-Develop high performance analytical team through effective recruiting, mentoring and coaching;fosters partnership and influence in driving regional performance outcomes\na. Promote the professional development of actuarial and related staff.Utilize Kaiser's actuarial rotation program to effectively develop staff and to most efficiently deploy resources.\n-Manage Actuarial support including rate setting and rate development across a comprehensive range of market segments (Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, and charitable care programs), products (HMO, dHMO, POS, PPO), coverage (medical, pharmacy, behavioral health) and financial arrangements (insured, flex funding, self-funding).\n-Oversee modeling and support for the national pricing solution (NPS), including the development of rating factors, pooling charges, and experience rating trends, in order to support regional underwriting staff and help meet regional membership and margin targets.\n-Oversee model development, assumptions and projections for demand forecasting.\n-Oversee internal fee schedule development, including the evaluation and monitoring of changes in the capture and coding of services.\n-Provide direction in the analysis of the Kaiser Permanente total value demonstrations - showing how KP delivers high quality care at below market total costs.\n-Develop trend analyses that both give insight into changes in historical utilization and cost and support projections of future resource demands.\n-Work in partnership with Financial Planning, Revenue Cycle, Market Strategy and Rate Setting teams to develop accurate forecasts of revenue and costs.Provide leadership in the development of rate actions that will best achieve organizational goals.\n-Develop pricing policies that achieve the organization's membership and contribution margin goals.Partner with Underwriting in the development and implementation of rate strategies that address group specific needs.\n-Provide leadership, tools, and training to support the sustainability of self-funding across the organization.\n-Oversee Medicare bid development and help set regional Medicare strategies.\n-Contribute to the development, promote and assist in the implementation of market-leading best pricing practice models for underwriting, pricing, finance and marketing departments\n- Provide strategic and tactical actuarial advice to the CO region regarding underwriting, pricing, marketing, sales, benefit and product design, finance and provider contracting by conducting actuarial studies, developing recommended actions, presenting them to Regional executives, and assisting in their implementation to improve plan performance.\n- Develop IBNR estimates, and work in collaboration with finance in setting reserves.Explain drivers of changes in reserve levels.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BA or MA in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, or related field.\n- Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) is required. Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA) is also required.\n- Minimum of 15 years of well rounded health care actuarial experience, with experience in at least 15 of the following 25 areas:\na. Small group rating and underwriting\nb. Large group rating and underwriting\nc. Individual rating and underwriting\nd. Reserving\ne. Forecasting\nf. Medicare (especially Medicare Advantage bids)\ng. Medicaid\nh. HMO products\ni. POS products\nj. Credibility analysis\nk. Examining utilization experience by duration from enrollment for individual or small group business\nl. Adverse selection analysis\nm. Provider fee schedules\nn. Specific and aggregate stop loss - products, rating, etc.\no. Developing and using continuance tables\np. Detailed cost and utilization analysis by service type\nq. Pricing benefit differentials\nr. Mental health - rating and other issues\ns. Report development and generation\nt. Managed pharmacies and formularies\n- 7+ years of management experience, including 5+ at the executive level.\n- Ability to oversee multiple projects and teams at the same time. Time management, and the ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.\n- Working collaboratively, and the ability to partner well with both those within the department and other leaders within the organization.\n- Excellent oral, written communication and interpersonal skills, including: a. Ability to speak well in public; b. Rapport/relationship building, and the ability to work well with external clients, brokers, and government entities (including insurance departments); and c. Writing professional documents.\n- Working independently.\n- Explaining actuarial concepts to non-actuarial people. Problem solving, and figuring out the best way to approach a problem (of an actuarial nature or otherwise).\n- Developing training programs/presentations. Training others.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) is preferred.\n- Management of 10 or more employees, with oversight of multiple departments at once preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727574/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Actuarial Services, Colorado Region", "reqid": "130693", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27727574}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Sr Professional Research Asst\nLocation: Denver, CO\nServes as a key contributor on a multi-disciplinary health services or clinical research team, including project coordinators/managers, research specialists, data specialists, analysts, & investigators. Depending on the nature of the scientific research, activities may include interacting w/ study participants, developing & using data collection instruments, drafting operations manuals, preparing & filing scientific and/or regulatory reports, orienting new staff, & organizing project logistics. Maintains a culture of compliance, ethics & integrity. Maintains knowledge of policies & procedures & performs in accordance w/ applicable regulatory requirements, external laws & accreditation standards as they relate to clinical or health services research. Performs in accordance w/ the Principles of Responsibility & appropriately reports observed fraud or abuse.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Contribute to the development & maintenance of the research project timeline & procedures, & as needed create forms, scripts, manuals, & tracking systems\n- Collaborate w/ other research team members on a wide range of technical, operational & clinical functions specific to a research study. Will have ownership of portions of study activities, which may include: participant recruitment; data collection & database development; participant tracking; facilitation of pilot protocols; medical chart abstraction; performing literature searches for grant preparation; maintenance of reference databases for manuscript preparation; & other duties specified\n- Assignments may require recruitment of research participants, coordination of communication & follow-up w/ study participants & study-site staff, as well as other participating research partners\n- Contribute to the creation of survey tools & coding forms, & documentation of this process for use in manuscript development\n- Exercise judgment & take proactive steps to resolve issues as they arise. As appropriate, briefs the study coordinator/manager, PI, supervisor or other appropriate IHR staff (e.g. director, compliance administrator) on emerging issues w/ the project\n- Conduct interviews w/ participants including screening for eligibility & primary data collection\n- Coordinate w/ medical office staff & physicians to determine participant eligibility & the medical appropriateness of study for participants.\n- Administer informed consent per regulations, drawing upon specialized research training. Answers participant questions concerning their involvement in study. As necessary, coordinates communications between prospective study participants & other members of the study team, including the principal investigator\n- Collect data for research studies using appropriate electronic or paper methods. Ensures that data collection instruments are properly completed & performs quality assurance on the data. Per the study, may also interpret results, or may code qualitative data\n- Participate in the development & testing of chart abstraction tools. Apply abstraction tools & methodology to collect research data from medical charts using the Electronic Medical Record. Use medical terminology & medical procedure knowledge as needed to interpret chart information\n- Develop & maintain databases for tracking participants, including creation of standard queries & ad hoc reports. Records & cleans data, & transfers it to data specialists & project analysts on a timely basis. Ensures that project participant database records & electronic or hard-copy files are maintained per applicable regulations\n- Create reports including tables for use by members of the study team to assure study activities remain on track & goals are achieved (e.g. recruitment reports, participant visit reports)\n- Adhere to federal & local regulations governing research. Adhere to the study protocol & Good Clinical practices\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years experience working in health care, laboratory or social science research setting or clinical trials research setting\n- Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience required. Course work in science, social science, allied health science, public health or medical sciences field is required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Understanding of all aspects of health related research from proposal submission to data collection & analysis & creation of scientific reports & papers\n- Comprehensive understanding of the conduct of health services or clinical research, including development & modifications to the project plan, documentation of project team discussions & decisions, data collection standards, monitoring participant activity, & implementation & tracking of quality assurance plans\n- Comprehensive knowledge of software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access [as well as specialized software specific to the project, if applicable]\n- Proven ability to work independently in a team environment, proactively identify problems or concerns that might affect a project & to implement a resolution once problems are identified", "date_new": "2012-04-07 22:13:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27727572/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Professional Research Asst", "reqid": "130303", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27727572}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Patient Educator RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nCollaborates with other educators, managers, physicians, and other healthcare providers to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and programs/classes based on member/patient and needs, as well as department, organizational goals/objectives and regulatory needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts educational needs assessments to design and develop programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental needs.\n- Coordinates implements and evaluates programs.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes assessment of physiological and /or functional status using protocols, initiates appropriate interventions.\n- Develops individualized member/patient/family education plan focusing on self management, delivers member/patient/family education (individual or group) specific to disease state.\n- Provides direct group or one-on-one health education services to members and the public.\n- Reviews and recommends high quality, culturally appropriate written and audio visual health content.\n- Consults with physicians and other health care providers re: member/patient specific clinical and health related issues and education needs.\n- Participates in multi disciplinary care teams and committees.\n- Collects data; plans and prepares reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget.\n- Serves as expert clinical resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Participates in establishing department policies and protocols that support regulatory standards (JOINT commission, NCQA, MediCal).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (usually 4 years) required;\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience in education in clinical service area (usually two to five years.)\n- Master's Degree preferred.\n- CPR instructor preferred.\n- Adult learning and behavior change knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n\nNotes:\n- Will assist with direct patient care during the procedures.\n- Responsible for prescreening, scheduling and post procedure follow-up.\n- Also responsible for program data collection and reports.\n- Collaborates with OB/GYN consultants and managers to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve department strategies, special projects and programs based on department goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives.\n- Implements educational programs and strategies and coordinates tomeet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687504/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Educator RN", "reqid": "130110", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27687504}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Wound Care RN\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nPrimary role will include, but not be limited to, the direct care of patient and family of patients with gastrointestinal and genitourinary stomas, gastrointestinal and genitourinary continence disorders, acute/chronic wounds and fistulas. Direct care may encompass the complete care continuum and include assessment, testing, planning of care, intervention(s) and ongoing re-evaluation of patients.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides follow-up and interventions to patients diagnosed with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulae, or skin breakdown secondary to pressure, incontinence, venous hypertension, arterial insufficiency, trauma, surgery or diabetic neuropathy and other related skin issues.\n- Provides direct patient care counseling of individuals anticipating surgery which may result in the creation of a stoma, individualized instruction for those who have an abdominal stoma for the diversion of stool or urine, or assessment and treatment recommendations for the above stated skin breakdown conditions.\n- Assists patient through continuum of care for management of related issues.\n- Evaluates new and currently used products for ostomy, continence and wound care.\n- Makes recommendations to patients in obtaining related products.\n- Assesses individual patient needs and goals, and provides educational programs to physicians, nursing, and other paramedical professionals on ostomy/wound care management and self-care education.\n- Conducts continuing educational programs for physicians and nursing personnel.\n- This helps provide current standards of practice for ostomy patients.\n- Provides patient/family teaching and education regarding ostomy/wound care and self-management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of previous clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse in caring for patients with abdominal somas, draining wounds, fistulas, and pressure sores.\n- Completion of an accredited CWON program.\n- Current CA RN license.\n- AHA BLS.\n- Current Board Certification in Wound Ostomy Nursing (CWON).\n- Current Board Certification in Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing (CWOCN), preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of pediatric and adult patient teaching principles.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems including path physiology.\n- Effective communication skills.\n- Fine motor dexterity.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687506/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Wound Care RN", "reqid": "130274", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27687506}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nFor one large unit or more than one smaller unit within a 24 hour department, supervises the implementation, delivery and evaluation/improvement of quality patient care/nursing operations and services that add value and are integrated with nursing standards of practice, service priorities and performance/outcomes measures, as well as with departmental, business and organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the delivery of nursing services and patient care within one unit(s) which are integrated with business and department plans and meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical and utilization standards and performance measures.\n- Ensures that unit(s) services meet members', physician and internal clients' needs in a changing, competitive health care market.\n- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20 or more employees or more than one smaller unit.\n- Ensures patient care and quality standards are met and comply with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures, utilization and clinical/performance standards and measures.\n- Supervises and ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services and operations by designing and implementing systems, processes and methods to evaluate and improve patient care within the unit.\n- Supervises day-to-day activities of the unit(s); monitors quality service and utilization standards; supervises shift(s) activities and delivery of patient care.\n- Supervises unit(s) day- to- day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.\n- Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development and the delivery of patient care.\n- Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care and cost effective utilization of services.\n- Monitors the allocation and utilization of unit(s) personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.\n- Works with health care providers outside of the unit(s) to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum. Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models developed in unit(s) or by other units.\n- Investigates and resolves patient/family/member concerns regarding patient care.\n- Supervises the daily unit(s) operations, including human resources management, department and employee safety programs, and risk management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Clinical nursing experience relevant to a given position/department (e.g., emergency nursing, medical surgical) required (usually 3-4 years) including 2 years of leadership experience.\n- BSN or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required or completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree within 2 years of hire.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current CPR certification required.\n- ACLS certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement and clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.\n- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, JCAHO and other federal, state and local regulatory requirements interpersonal and communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687510/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Department Assistant Manager, RN", "reqid": "130387", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 27687510}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Health Educator II\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAssesses, designs, implements, presents, & evaluates health education programs & services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Conducts needs assessments, establishes priorities, designs, implements, & evaluates basic health education programs, protocols, & standards\n- Coordinates a wide range of health education services, including establishing effective referral & publicity systems, monitoring quality & documentation, providing scheduling & logistical support, & facilitating use of community services to promote the delivery of cost effective health education services\n- Provides direct group or one-on-one health education services to members & the public\n- Reviews, develops, & recommends high quality, culturally appropriate written & audio visual health education materials\n- Consults w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services\n- Coordinates health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, & community health events\n- Specializes in a specific area of health education (e.g., HIV nutrition, chronic disease, health promotion) as required\n- Prepares reports, grants, proposals, & documentation as assigned\n- Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in a field related to the position and/or the following certifications: Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD), Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR), Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition (CSP) or Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA)\n- Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.\n- Previous usually one (1) year of experience in providing and coordinating health education services\n- Previous experience in curriculum development\n- Two (2) years of recent teaching/program planning, preferred\n- Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience, preferred\n- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred\n- Demonstrated knowledge of behavior change, adult learning theory, group process theory and application\n- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills\n- Knowledge of PC applications required\n- Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems\n- Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications\n- Knowledge of behavior change, adult learning theory, preferred\n- Curriculum and materials development, preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to use effective verbal and written communication skills, preferred\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)\n- Background in the use of motivational interviewing in health behavior change\n- Eating disorder nutrition experience\n- Strong time management skills\n- Ability to manage large caseload independently\n- Liaison with physicians\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule varies according to operational needs\n- Evening availability (minimum 2+ nights/week required based on class demand)\n- Ability to work some Saturdays\n- Some travel to local medical center occasionally", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687498/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Educator II", "reqid": "129258", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27687498}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital PICU\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 127592.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1)-year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in PICU or successful completion of a KP PICU course or approved equivalent within prior 12 months.\n- Current PALS card required.\n- Chemotherapy (ONS provider card or APHON Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider card) required within 3 months of hire.\n- May be expected to cross train to at least 1 other Perinatal area.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CCRN\n- BSN\n\nNotes:\n- Works every other weekend", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:57", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687500/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital PICU", "reqid": "129363", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27687500}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician:\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills.\n- Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 128181\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Prior work experience with psychiatric patients and substance abuse patients\n\nNotes:\n- May need to provide coverage at Vista clinic when Vista Chemical Dependency clinic opens\n- Will work full time at Pt Loma when initially hired and then will be full time at Vista only.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687494/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.", "reqid": "128873", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27687494}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Quality Control Audit\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nDescription:\nEnsures the integrity and verifies the accuracy of data-entered into the admitting and billing systems for compliance with billing guidelines as well Department and Regional Policies and Procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the quality control dept and other departments as assigned\n- Develops, modifies and implements the departmental audit procedures as they affect all aspects of the billing cycle\n- Ensures that quality control staff checks and verifies for according to departmental policies and management guidelines\n- Traces sources of inaccuracies; reports and proposes remedial action to appropriate management\n- Ensures regular sampling of audits made by direct reports\n- Prepares formal statistical summaries to department manager of findings and recommendations\nQualifications:\nThis is a Repost of 116120\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Business Administration or related field\n- Minimum of three (3) years of auditing or billing experience\n- Previous supervisory experience\n- Prior experience in account payable and/or claims environment preferred\n- Proficient knowledge of mainframe, on-line computer systems, personal computers and spreadsheet and word processing programs\n- Strong mathematical skills\n- Medical terminology and knowledge of medical billing practices\n- Good oral and written communication skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two (2) years of Supervisory experience\n- Previous quality control experience - Prior experience in billing", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687492/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Quality Control Audit", "reqid": "128150", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 27687492}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: Staff Educator, RN\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nCollaborates with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients' departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs. Participates in competency assessments and evaluations of new and existing staff. Contributes to ongoing employee performance appraisals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, coordinates, and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental, and discipline-specific needs.\n- Designs, develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.\n- Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development, and learning.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality, and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.\n- Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.\n- Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.\n- Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.\n- Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree required; BSN preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience (within last 3 years) in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5) years).\n- AHA BLS instructor preferred\n- Adult learning knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687493/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Educator, RN", "reqid": "128473", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 27687493}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Staff Creative Solutions, Project Manager I - Burbank, CA\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nThe Creative Project Manager (CPM) is responsible for project management and trafficking of fast-turnaround projects including revisions, reprints, translations and other straightforward projects from multiple Marketing Communications business lines.\n\nIn this critical role, the CPM Develops project work plans (including schedule and cost estimates) for Brand Creative projects submitted by various marcom business lines, including Member and Marketing Communications, Business Marketing, Medicare, and Small Business.\n\nDuties and responsibilities:\n- Provide relevant project direction to creative team and functional partners (e.g. Creative Services, Operations, Production units) to ensure completion within project parameters including budget and schedule. Interface with other functions (e.g. writing, editing, translation, photography, etc.) as required by project.\n- Help gather additional input and assist in problem-solving as required.\n- Route project for approval as appropriate and ensure all necessary signoffs are secured (regulatory, legal, brand, and client) prior to production.\n- Support internal clients with appropriate contact and effective decision-making.\n- Take ownership of project issues and provide internal client consultation and service\n- Continually track and document project status against timeline. Update project schedule in database to accurately indicate current status.\n- Provide updates to key stakeholders and/or teams as applicable.\n- Open Core level projects as assigned and close projects in a timely fashion, using departmental project management software applications\n- Record time-keeping and invoice information for project file.\n- Collaborate with other Creative Services staff to share resources, improve procedures, and set standards.\n- Manage additional duties as necessary or assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum: Bachelor's and one (1) - two (2) years of work experience\n- Preferred: Bachelor's and 1 or more years of work experience\n- Substantial experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Publisher applications\n- Four (4) year degree in related field Or equivalent experience\n- Some knowledge of policies, practices and systems\n- Limited use and/or application of basic principles, theories, and concepts\n- Limited knowledge of industry practices and standards\n- Clearly documents work and code\n- Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare system preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687483/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Creative Solutions, Project Manager I - Burbank, CA", "reqid": "130276", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27687483}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Principal Consultant (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nPrincipal Consultant\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThese positions manage projects and programs to achieve an effective and reliable infrastructure to meet the goals and objectives of hospital and health plan quality oversight. Accountable for managing all phases of improvement projects including design, prioritization, staffing, development, implementation, analysis, metrics, and reporting. Prepares reports on appropriate oversight areas including patterns, trends, and organizational risk. Coordinates and delivers education, training, and communication programs. Develops program-wide templates for appropriate policies and procedures and ensures implementation for consistent programs and infrastructures across the enterprise. Functions as an expert authority to all entities in regions. At the highest level of the job family, shares in accountability of outcomes and performance for all regions and the enterprise in oversight areas and demonstrate in-depth practice, knowledge, and skills, manage projects and programs, and are accountable for the successful execution of goals that are aligned with the goals of QRM in promoting the KP National Quality Program.\nEssential Functions:\n- Works on assignments of diverse and complex scope.\n- Assists the Director in developing and executing goals that promote the success of overall QRM goals related to analytical deliverables and by evaluating established and emerging care practices.\n- Identifies the need for, develops, and leads discrete strategic initiatives, including but not limited to:\n- Develops and manages project teams.\n- Reassesses and modifies program deliverables.\n- Ensures that programs are designed to achieve stated objectives.\n- Leads work to identify appropriate evidence-based organizational goals in area of expertise and makes recommendation to Director and/or appropriate committee.\n- Leads peer group meetings and programs that interface with targeted areas of expertise.\n- Monitors multiple projects and teams to ensure timely delivery of expected work product within approved budget.\n- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with national and regional groups.\n- Assists regions in developing priorities, aims and plans, and provides coaching and advice to colleagues on successful implementation strategies.\n- Participates on regional or national work groups.\n- Ensures customer service orientation both internally and externally.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior-level audiences.\n- Develops and delivers presentations, educational materials, and position papers to all levels of leadership and management regarding program wide performance, programs, and project.\n- Integrates industry trends and best practices throughout programs, projects, and goals.\n- Consider appropriate compute skills necessary to perform job.\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional and/or KP objectives that have direct and significant business impact.\n- Contributes to the development of the department's objectives.\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources.\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends.\n- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.\n- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight (8) to twelve (12) years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in a related field or equivalent experience.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Considered functional expert in field within KP.\n- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods.\n- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.\n- Master's Degree required", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687485/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal Consultant (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "130324", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27687485}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Director, Critical Care\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nUnder the general direction of the Assistant Administrator of Clinical Services, Chief Nursing Officer, develops, implements, leads, and evaluates all aspects of management and ensures the provision of quality patient /family centered care for the Critical Care Services patient population. Provides leadership development, development and implementation of policies and procedures, and insures staff has the necessary skills and competencies to perform their essential job functions. In collaboration with appropriate stakeholders, develops and coordinates workgroups to address organizational goals and develops and monitors performance indicators/metrics for patient safety and business functions.Supports Kaiser Permanente compliance efforts, reports and resolves areas of non-compliance and maintains confidentiality. Protects organizational assets.Exhibits ethics and integrity. Facilitates excellent communication and partnership activities both internally and externally.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Administers operating budget for assigned departments. In collaboration with other services prepares annual capital and operating budgets for assigned departments; monitors financial reports; develops accountability model for managers; gives direction for interventions to control expenses and insure compliance with assigned budget allocation; and justifies over expenditures.\n- Facilitates collaboration between nursing, medical staff, and other hospital departments, to insure quality, comprehensive and coordinated patient care. Works with assigned managers and staff to develop and support Department Partnership Committees to optimize care, work life and communication within the department and the organization.\n- Participates in administrative management of the hospital and serves as Administrator-on-call on a rotation basis. Works collaboratively with labor liaisons to interpret terms of labor contracts. Participates in multidisciplinary projects for the hospital. Counsels managers and takes reports on clinical arena activities. Functions in place of the Assistant Administrator for Clinical Services as assigned. Assures communication to and from administration and other disciplines to assigned departments.\n- Provides direction for all critical care departments' clinical functions. Serves as consultant and role model for nursing personnel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 5 years of management experience in leadership role in health care organization\n- 2 yearsof Budget development\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n- Licensed or eligible for Oregon and Washington RN license on first day of employment\n- BLS, ACLS\n- Knowledge of computer applications\n- Leadership: training, giving and receiving instructions\n- Oral Communications\n- Analytical problem solving\n- Project management\n- Quality management\n- Systems thinking\n- Written communication\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3 years of supervisory experience in a health care organization in a managed care setting\n- Advanced degree in nursing, health care administration, or business\n- Knowledge: Labor relations in union environment. Payroll/financial systems/budget experience\n- Knowledge of licensing and accreditation standards including JCAHO, NCQA\n- License, Registration, Certificate, or Professional Affiliation:\n- RN in state of Oregon and Washington. Certification in clinical specialty or nursing administration\n- Member of professional organization\nAnnual Salary $113,600 - $151,400", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687478/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director, Critical Care", "reqid": "130547", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27687478}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: RN - High Risk OBGYN Advice\nLocation: Portland, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/She works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\nA. Professional Competencies\n- Demonstrates personal commitment to service and to socially relevant practice\n- Demonstrates ethical and legal behavior in all professional activities\n- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions\n- Understands and provides competent care to a diverse population\n- Practices health care team building and leadership skills\n- Participates in population-based care activities\n- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems\n- Participates in ongoing continuing education activities and shares knowledge\nB. Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Oversee obstetrical care management for defined high risk OB patient undergoing care for high risk conditions and associated chronic diseases\n- Work with regional OBGYN RNs when identifying, triaging or enrolling in Preterm Birth Prevention (PTBP) programs\n- Communicate changes in patient care or symptoms to providers\n- Provide MD support for CVS, Amnio, and Amnio- reduction\n- Make recommendations based on nursing assessment findings for adjustment to care plan designated by the provider\n- Collaborate with Sonography, Genetics and Social Work in order to promote patient care coordination\nC. Clinical Competencies\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner\n- Plans, implements, manages, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care across the care continuum\n- Facilitates member wellness and function and identifies needs for health care interventions\n- Utilizes appropriate assessment tools, processes, clinical pathways and guidelines to manage patient care\n- Integrates theory and research-based knowledge in the provision of direct and indirect nursing care\n- Performs and modifies therapeutic and preventive nursing measures and administers treatments and medications as authorized by law and determined by the State Board of Nursing\n- Performs skilled nursing tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment\n- Performs triage and telephone advice independently and within scope of the Oregon and/or Washington Nurse Practice Acts\n- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for staff, patients and family members\n- Provide telephone advice and triage for both low risk/high risk obstetrical patients\n- Perform nursing screening assessments for obstetrical patients\n- Provide Diabetes/GDM education, insulin adjustments and monitoring for PNS patients\n- Monitor Patients with Preeclampsia/hypertension\n- Administrative support for first trimester program when needed to include tracking and reporting testing done per first trimester protocol\n- Perform NSTs with limited ultrasound (AFI/BPP)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years of experience in an outpatient setting for high risk prenatal, preterm labor, preeclampsia and other maternal and fetal co-morbities\n- Minimum of 3 years of previous L&D setting experience within last 5 years\n- Minimum of 2 years of experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last 5 years\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current RN license in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire. Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Experience with Non-Stress Testing (NST) with limited ultrasound. (EFM and AFI) for singletons and twins NSTs for triplets\n- Experience with first trimester screening for Downs' Syndrome\n- Experience in gestational diabetes education and management; including insulin starts\n- Experience providing telephone advice and triage for the high risk OB member and coordination of care with internal and external specialists\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience with electronic medical record technology\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45- $46.67", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687479/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN - High Risk OBGYN Advice", "reqid": "130575", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27687479}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Union City", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - Ergonomics\nLocation: Union City, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Service Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary functions:\n- Conducts ergonomic assessments, generates evaluation reports related to training and provides expert consultation to physicians and all employees regarding workplace safety matters to reduce the risk of human injury, potential liability and loss of company assets pertaining to ergonomic/body mechanics workplace safety matters\n- Apply ergonomic/body mechanic expertise for the control of exposures which have caused or may cause RMIs including work station redesign, adjustable fixtures and tool redesign by determination and application of technically and economically feasible means of abatement.\n- Works to train all levels of employees regarding safety training including the proper use of and procedures for tools and equipment as well as general training on risk factors contributing to ergonomic hazards.\n- Assist in identifying the nature and location of workplace ergonomic hazards, and implementation of measures to reduce or eliminate such problems.\n- Provides body mechanics education and training.\n- Provides tracking/trending information and recommendations to mitigate workplace injuries and illnesses and maintains associated database.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of level two reports/evaluation\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n- Participates in quality assurance activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in an acute/ambulatory care setting preferred\n- Evidence of active, current participation in continuing education preferred\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal\n- Working knowledge of JCAHO, OSHA, Title 22, EEOC, DFEH, ADA, FMLA AND CFRA.\n- Position requires considerable walking, standing, sitting and moderate lifting.\n- Experience to provide training regarding body mechanics and ergonomics.\n- Demonstrated knowledge regarding ergonomic workstation.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of California laws and regulations as they apply to workplace safety, worker's compensation and disability management.\n- Must be service oriented and demonstrate caring and professional behaviors to reflect a high degree of courtesy and respect to members, patients, and fellow employees\n\nSchedule: The job requires the successful candidate to travel between multiple sites within the GSAA (e.g., Hayward, Fremont, Union City, etc.) Kaiser Permanente", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687468/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - Ergonomics", "reqid": "129926", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Union City, CA", "uid": 27687468}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Service Unit Department Manager RN\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPR certification.\n- Clinical specialization in Oncology.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687469/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Department Manager RN", "reqid": "130002", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27687469}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gilroy", "description": "Title: Assoc Staff Asst\nLocation: Gilroy, CA\nUnder immediate supervision, provides clerical support to department manager or staff as part of a team. Tasks are generally recurring and require minimal deviation from established procedures.\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains supervisor's calendar, arranges appointments, meetings, and travel itineraries.\n- May take minutes at a variety of meetings, distribute agenda, and follow-up materials.\n- Answers telephones, takes and relays messages.\n- Greets visitors.\n- Types letters, correspondence, and forms.\n- Uses a variety of word-processing software to type letters, reports and presentation materials.\n- May compose correspondence on own initiative for supervisors review, may include confidential information.\n- Sorts and delivers departmental mail.\n- Performs straight data input and may maintain established databases.\n- May create simple spreadsheets/graphs using departmental software.\n- May track/monitor budgets and post data to ledgers.\n- Reconciles invoices and resolves discrepancies.\n- Maintains and stocks department office supplies.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Help to maintain conference room calendar for classes and meetings.\n-Assist in ordering lunches for appropriate meetings.\n-Tracks & monitors budget, post data to ledgers.\n-Reconciles invoices and resolves discrepancies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- High School Diploma or GED required.\n- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.\n- Well organized and detail oriented.\n- Basic knowledge of MS Office _ Word, Excel and PowerPoint.\n- Familiar with office equipment.\n- Strong customer service skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nSkills Testing: Typing 40wpm, microsoft word and excel\n\nSchedule: Part-time, Regular; 20 hrs/week; Day shift; Wed - 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Thrs & Fri - 8:30am to 5:00pm", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687476/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assoc Staff Asst", "reqid": "130251", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Gilroy, CA", "uid": 27687476}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Anesthesia Technical Assistant - Grade 520 [Tech 005]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nUnder direct supervision of the Anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), sets up, troubleshoots, and provides general maintenance on all anesthesia equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- On a daily basis and in accordance with department standards, maintains and services all electronic and mechanical equipment used by Anesthesia Department personnel.\n- Sets-up transducers, calibrates and zeros monitors.\n- Assembles pediatric and adult ventilator circuits.\n- Prepares procedural equipment such as the CVP, arterial line, Swan-Ganz and routine intravenous lines.\n- Operates, calibrates and performs routine maintenance on a variety of technical equipment used in the operating room such as the Drager and/or Narkomed anesthesia machines, HP Monitors, pulse oximeter and rapid infusion/transfusion systems.\n- Identifies malfunctioning equipment, troubleshoots equipment problems and refers more serious equipment problems to appropriate technical repair personnel when there are no established guidelines.\n- Assists in the establishment and maintenance of a regular schedule of preventive maintenance and calibration of monitors utilized in the administration of anesthesia, including the BP physiological monitors, Datascope, Propac monitor and Nellcor pulse oximeters.\n- Assists in positioning and supporting patients for regional anesthesia procedures such as spinal and epidurals.\n- Supports the Anesthesia Provider during insertion of arterial catheter lines and internal jugular catheters.\n- Applies monitoring devices to the patient and operates all common physiological monitors (Datex, pulse oximeter, C02 monitor, BP monitors cuffs).\n- Removes and disposes of all relevant supplies and equipment following use, exchanging soiled for clean parts between cases and restocking room carts with supplies and drugs.\n- Assists in monitoring and ordering supplies for the department.\n- Maintains an inventory in the main anesthesia workroom.\n- Orders from the pharmacy and stocks all 'non scheduled drugs'.\n- May order and stock 'non-scheduled drugs.'\n- Cleans and decontaminates equipment per Sterile Processing Department protocols; this includes the disassembly of equipment and sterilization in accordance to the Center for Disease Control guidelines to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases.\n- Performs related duties as assigned.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Hospital experience with an understanding of the function and operation of various kinds of anesthesia equipment.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- BLS required.\n- American Society of Anesthesia Technologist and Technicians, preferred.\n- Working knowledge of Anesthesia department operations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of basic instruments and treatment procedures commonly used in the administration of anesthesia.\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic anatomy.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must possess an understanding of aseptic and infection control.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687463/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Anesthesia Technical Assistant - Grade 520 [Tech 005]", "reqid": "129336", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 27687463}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lincoln", "description": "Title: Optical Dispenser - Grade 25 [BR-13 (12)] - Temporary\nLocation: Lincoln, CA\nUnder general supervision of the optical sales branch manager, is responsible for all dispensing and optical activities. This includes all technical procedures of fitting, necessary bench work and allied optical procedures. Included also will be any necessary clerical functions required to satisfy patient needs which may include acting as liaison between pertinent departments.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists patient with selection of eyewear, making such facial measurements and adjustments as are necessary to properly fit glasses to the patient.\n- Interviews patient to determine visual needs.\n- Interprets refractionist's prescription.\n- Instructs and counsels patient on proper methods of eyeglass care.\n- Enters prescription and sales information into computerized system and performs all other clerical functions required to satisfy patient needs.\n- Verifies Optical Benefit coverage.\n- Dispenses and adjusts optical product.\n- Inspects final product for accuracy in accordance with prescription requirements, original order and ANSI Z80 standards.\n- Reconciles patient's concerns to their satisfaction.\n- Performs all other dispensing functions consistent with the accepted professional.\n- Practice as authorized by the California Board of Medical Examiners and organizational policies and practices.\n- Conducts daily inventory of frames and accessories as requires.\n- Perform necessary shop work as required, including but not limited to cutting, edging, dyeing, and mounting of lenses.\n- Repairs frames as required.\n- Completes all required forms.\n- Dispensers may also repair; solder; check out prescriptions; edge; mount and complete eyeglasses for final delivery to patients.\n- Dispensers may sell other products or perform other services as deemed necessary by the Employer.\n- Recommend to branch manger improvements in sales and service.\n- Maintain written and verbal communication with lab as required.\n- Will perform customer service and floor coordinating duties.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) years as an Optical Dispenser (Optician).\n- Contact lens fitting experience preferred.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- American Board of Optician (ABO) certification, preferred.\n- Demonstrated excellent customer service skills.\n- Computer knowledge and ability to enter prescriptions into computerized system and place retail eyeglass orders.\n- Typing 25 wpm.\n- 50 mile travel.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSkills Testing: Typing 25WPM\n\nSchedule: This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.\n\nMust be able and willing to travelto all other facilities within 50 miles based on operational needs.Hours subject to change with short notice.Some evenings and/or Saturdays may be required.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687465/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Optical Dispenser - Grade 25 [BR-13 (12)] - Temporary", "reqid": "129530", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lincoln, CA", "uid": 27687465}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687458/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary", "reqid": "129018", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27687458}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (AI333)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687457/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (AI333)", "reqid": "129003", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27687457}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687459/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary", "reqid": "129019", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27687459}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687460/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary", "reqid": "129022", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27687460}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Analysis/reading of medical record for release of information to non Kaiser Health Care provider\n- Provide assistance and support to coworkers, physicians, facility manager\n- Photocopying, open mail, clerical support, responsible for incoming and outgoing faxing\n- Processing AB610's and insurance requests for copy services\n- Maintenance of completed and pending requests\n- Orders charts, answers phones and assist with walk in requests\n- Assist medical secretaries as required\n- Additional duties as assigned by manager or Senior medical secretary\n- Requires answering of telephones and use of CRT and MRMS for processing of medical records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School degree or equivalent, College Degree preferred\n- Demonstrated 25 WPM typing speed\n- Competent in medical terminology, medical abbreviations and chart abstraction\n- Ability to function independently with little or no supervision and part of a team in a high need, high volume, production oriented department.\n- Compliance to the confidentiality of patient and employee policy\n- One or more years experience (within the past 5 years) in a medical correspondence, medical secretary or medical records departments, emphasis on typing, filing, forms processing, data entry and automated systems\n- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between customers and clients (patients, Physicians, coworkers, facility departments, organizational department, etc.) to understand, research, analyze, and make decisions within the parameters of the job with minimal supervision\n- Knowledge of state law and AB610's\n- Knowledge of mainframe applications including MRMS,CIPS, MED CORR2 and Health Connect.\n- Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to understand and carry out verbal/written directions\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers and clients\n- Must be customer service oriented and exhibit a professional manner\n- Must be able to sit for long periods of time\n- Must be able to meet and adhere to the facility/department service standards and expectations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to consistently exhibit a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise when interacting with customers, patients, coworkers, physicians and staff.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (25WPM) and Medical Terminology.\n\nThis position will be moving to the Park Shadelands Facility.\n\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:09:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687462/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Records Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary", "reqid": "129030", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27687462}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Radiologic Technologist IV, Grade 817 ( CT )\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, performs radiographic diagnostic imaging procedures to assist physicians in the diagnosis of disease and injuries. Operates the radiographic equipment to produce radiographic recorded images of the body. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs specialized and routine diagnostic radiology procedures.\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for diagnostic imaging procedures.\n- Adjusts immobilization devices to obtain optimum views of specified area of body requested by physician.\n- Determines exposure factors based on height, weight, portion of body involved, and degree on penetration required.\n- Moves imaging equipment into specified position.\n- Adjusts equipment controls to set exposure factors and produce images of proper detail, density, and accuracy.\n- Operates mobile radiologic equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.\n- Assists radiologists and other qualified physicians who have a valid CA DHS RHB Supervisor Operator Permit for Fluoroscopy in fluoroscopic and special x-ray examinations.\n- Prepares images for reading by radiologist or requesting physician.\n- Processes images and reviews for proper identification and quality control.\n- Performs routine maintenance, diagnoses malfunctions, and makes minor repairs on radiologic equipment, arranging for repairs as needed.\n- Practices radiation protection techniques to minimize radiation to patient and staff.\n- Completes forms and maintains records, logs, and reports of work performed.\n- Orients new hires and trains students.\n- Fills in as necessary in the absence of the Supervising Radiology Technologist.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in a Specialty (IR, CT, Mammography, Quality Management) OR one (1) year of experience in a Specialty with an American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Certification in that Specialty.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Certified Radiologic Technologist License (CRT).\n- California State Fluoroscopy Permit.\n- California Venipuncture Certificate (1).\n- California Mammography Certificate, when required for the position.\n- BLS certification required. (ACLS when required for the position.)\n- Ability to perform all general diagnostic and routine fluoroscopic duties on patients of all ages as determined by the employer.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n- (1) Radiologic Technologists without Venipuncture Certification - Working in a Modality where Venipuncture is NOT performed: Radiologic Technologists working on or before October 2005 at Kaiser Permanente WITHOUT California Venipuncture Certification in a Modality where it is NOT performed as part of their work assignment will not be required to obtain it. For promotions, transfers or training in a Specialty that requires Venipuncture, the Technologist must obtain CA Venipuncture certification on or before the date of application. The employer will provide the Technologist with education opportunities in order to pass the California permit test at the Technologist's request.\n\nSchedule: Part-Time Regular, 32 hours per week, Evening/Night shifts. Tuesday/Wednesday: 4:00pm to 12:30am, Thursday/Friday: 11:30pm to 8:00am.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:08:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687454/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiologic Technologist IV, Grade 817  ( CT )", "reqid": "125894", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27687454}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Clinical Operations Manager, RN\nLocation: Largo, MD\nCoordinate the delivery of quality patient care to facilitate member satisfaction with the care experience.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages clinical operations, including staffing schedules, phone access to the health care team, and patient flow.\n- Responsible for all appropriate documentation and reporting requirements, such as QA reports, performance evaluations, time sheets, and budget variance reports.\n- Ensures the appropriate level and mix of staff and effective staff utilization to meet staffing and workload requirements and support the delivery of quality patient care and services, within budgetary guidelines.\n- Develops staffing plans; works with Human Resources staff to recruit and hire staff; and coordinates comprehensive orientation of new staff.\n- Establishes accountabilities and performance goals and provides counseling, coaching, feedback, recognition, training and development to staff.\n- Develops and manages quality improvement initiatives for areas of responsibility and ensures compliance with HEDIS indicators and other mandated standards.\n- Collaborates with physician managers and providers to coordinate day-to-day patient care, ensure balanced provider panels within the health care team, and facilitate appointment access for members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 year of current clinical experience plus 2 years supervisory experience required.\n- BSN or bachelor's degree in health care administration, other health related field, or equivalent years of related experience required.\n- Current RN license.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Demonstrated clinical and managerial competence appropriate to area(s) of responsibility; familiarity with all pertinent laws, regulations, and standards of nursing practice; demonstrated competence with financial management principles and standard software applications in a Windows environment required.\n\nPreferred Skills: This position will be supporting Kensington, Largo and Camp Springs Urgent Cares. Weekend work as needed to cover administrative oversight.", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:08:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687442/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Operations Manager, RN", "reqid": "130393", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 27687442}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Tucker", "description": "Title: Coordinator, Vascular Ultrasound - Crescent Center - FT (40)\nLocation: Tucker, GA\nUnder the direction of the vascular lab medical director, and diagnostic imaging supervisor maintains the standard requirements for lab accreditation. Participates in leadership training and development. Maintains effective relationships with staff and medical director. Participates in strategic planning for future growth and development performs vascular imaging studies encompassing, carotid duplex, transcranial doppler, peripheral arterial physiologic tests, peripheral arterial duplex, venous duplex and visceral vascular duplex ultrasound. Ability to perform required studies in both laboratory and emergency settings. Skills to make effective judgments and decisions based on objective criteria.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- All laboratory duties delegated by the Medical Director\n- Leadingthe day-to-day operations of the vascular laboratory\n- Providinginput into the long-range clinical and administrative operations of the Vascular Laboratory\n- Ensuring all activities are conducted in accordance within standards as well as regulatory, legal, and accreditation agency requirements\n- Assures the provision of quality patient care services and efficient operations\n- Monitoring of supplies\n- Maintain equipment to assure conformance with specific operational standards. Maintain equipment in working order, making minor adjustments and repairs, perform routine cleaning and preventive maintenance, and report any equipment malfunction to supervisor and/or medical director\n- Develop and implement quality assurance programs relating to calibration and maintenance of equipment. Coordinate maintenance personnel, cleaning services, and vendor visits\n- Develop safety, training courses for equipment operators\n- Responsible for coordinating information systems data management activities\n- Evaluates studies performed in the Vascular Laboratory and provides additional technical education as needed\n- Performs vascular examinations:\n- Assess patient's condition/information and determine the appropriateness of procedures to be performed as required by the Intersociety Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories and to establish medical necessity as mandated by HCFA\n- Evaluate patients for the presence or absence, severity and location of peripheral vascular disease by selecting the most effective procedure(s) from an array of anatomic, hemodynamic and physiologic procedures including duplex scanning, plethysmography, doppler ultrasound, pressure measurements and active or passive hyperemic challenge\n- Record test results and report the results to the physician upon completion of testing. Document and prepare patient records for review and interpretation by physician, including the selection, recording, cross-referencing of significant or representative studies. Prepare a complete and accurate written report for subsequent review and signature of the medical director or his/her designee\n- Maintain confidentiality of patients, employees, and related activities. Participate in quality improvement activities: evaluate procedure results for technical quality and accuracy; maintain appropriate logs, files, and records\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT)\n- Registered Vascular Specialist (RVS)\n- Registered Technologist Vascular Sonography [RT(VS)]\n-Minimum of 3years of clinical experience in peripheral vascular imaging to include:\nVascular Laboratory Testing Areas Minimum Number of Cases\n1. Carotid duplex ultrasound 100 cases\n2. Transcranial Doppler 100 cases\n3. Peripheral arterial physiologic 100 cases tests (e.g., extremity pressures,\n4. Doppler waveforms, exercise testing, reactive hyperemia)\n5. Peripheral arterial duplex 100 cases\n6. Ultrasound\n7. Venous duplex ultrasound 100 cases\n8. Visceral vascular duplex 75 cases\n- Current CPR certification\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Preferred experience in setting up new vascular programs to include accreditation", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:08:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687437/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Coordinator, Vascular Ultrasound - Crescent Center - FT (40)", "reqid": "130364", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Tucker, GA", "uid": 27687437}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: LPN - Geriatrics - Cumberland/Southwood\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nProvides support for team and provider(s) during facility encounters. Manages patient traffic flow. Performs follow-up care per provider instructions and in accordance with scope of practice. Assists with patient education. Documents clinical information into the medical record.\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepares patient for exams by reviewing history, collecting current information and appropriate vital signs, documenting in the medical record according to guidelines (e.g., hearing, vision, blood pressure)\n- Provides intervention ordered by practitioner (e.g., medication, dressings, specimen collections, irrigations, suture removals, and IVs) and documents patient response\n- Prepares room and equipment for procedures and assist physician as needed\n- Initiates interventions and health education according to prevention guidelines\n- Assist with monitoring and management of patient and physician electronic messages as delegated by the RN and within scope of practice\n- Educates patient and provides preparation materials for diagnostic studies according to guidelines\n- Schedules appointments for patients with lab, radiology, consultants and follow-up appointments as ordered by practitioner\n- Effectively provides prevention, early intervention and ongoing health education for panel, patient and family\n- Resolves patient concerns promptly\n- Participates in process of interviewing, selection, orientation and training of new team members\n- Participates emergency care as necessary and as directed by physician and registered nurse.\n- Maintains department Quality Improvement standards\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- Current Georgia LPN License\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment", "date_new": "2012-04-06 05:08:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27687436/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Geriatrics - Cumberland/Southwood", "reqid": "128441", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27687436}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Downey Triage - 4:30pm - 1am - Per Diem\nLocation: Downey, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS certification.\n- One (1) year recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN.\n- Current California Driver's License and a clear driving record for the past two years.\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN, MSN, PHN.\n- Home care experience.\n- Knowledge of Title 22 for Home Health.\n- Knowledge of Home Health Care philosophy.\n\nNotes:\n- Able to travel to member's homes.\n- Dependable car required for home visits.\n- On-call responsibilities.\n- Will rotate weekends and holidays", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671152/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Downey Triage - 4:30pm - 1am - Per Diem", "reqid": "129174", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27671152}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Inglewood", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic - Per Diem\nLocation: Inglewood, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years current nursing care in outpatient setting, including aseptic techniques, EKGs, IV administration, minor surgery, patient teaching.\n- Experience in Family, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics preferred.\n- Strong leadership skills, ability to work in high volume clinic with competing priorities, ability to anticipate provider and patients needs and prioritize accordingly.\n- Experience handling medical emergencies, medical assessment and triage, including telephone triage and message handling.\n- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.\n- Strong organization skills and self motivated with an emphasis on customer focus.\n\nNotes:\n- Must be able to work flexible expanding hours and rotate to theMedical Office Buildings (Playa. Culver Marina).\n- This is an eight (8) hour position.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671154/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Clinic - Per Diem", "reqid": "129204", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Inglewood, CA", "uid": 27671154}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Emergency Rm RN - Clinic\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in ED or successful completion of a KP or equivalent ED training program within prior twelve (12)months.\n- Current ACLS & PALS card required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option is chosen, shift will be 11:00PM - 11:30AM with a back up eight (8) hour shift 11:00PM - 7:30 AM", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671155/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Rm RN - Clinic", "reqid": "129297", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27671155}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ PT Day O110 Float 8hr Shift\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS certification\n- One(1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control #O110\n- This is a Part-time, eight (8) hour day shift position\n- Works 'Payday' weekend", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ PT Day O110 Float 8hr Shift", "reqid": "128886", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27671142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff RN - Hospital/ PT NIght O325 Float Pool\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS certification\n- One(1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute care setting.\n\nNotes:\n- Position Control #O325\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 pm-7:30 am, back up 8 hour shift will be 11:00 pm-7:30 am.\n- Works 'Payday' weekend", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671140/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff RN - Hospital/ PT NIght O325 Float Pool", "reqid": "128895", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27671140}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Surgical Tech II\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nUnder the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or physician and in accordance with the legal scope of competency and within established standards of care, policies and procedures: assists the physician during surgical procedures by performing scrub duties.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- The Certified Surgical Technician demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors.\n- Leadership\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Demonstrates a professional, supportive attitude.\n- Identifies and supports new ideas.\n- Utilizes effective communication strategies, including chain of command and issue escalation, which result in intended outcomes.\n- Participates in problem identification and resolution in collaboration with the Registered Nurse.\n- Prioritizes work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities and notifies Registered Nurse if unable to complete assignments.\n- Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, procedures, and standards of practice.\n- Nursing Process\n- Correctly identifies patient and scheduled procedure.\n- Performs patient care activities, within the scope of competency, considering age-related needs of the patient as assigned.\n- Reports unusual findings to the Registered Nurse.\n- Collects data and provides information in a timely manner to the registered Nurse which may assist within the revision of the plan of care.\n- Discharge barriers are discussed with the Registered Nurse and intervention taken as directed.\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Applies standard precautions; keeps a safe environment for self and others.\n- Observes patient/family conditions and reports to Registered Nurse sudden changes or unusual findings.\n- Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing by completion of departmental competency validation.\n- Transports patients, equipment, supplies, and specimens throughout the medical center utilizing proper body mechanics.\n- Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing and improving.\n- Assembles and ensures all equipment/supplies/instruments are appropriate, available, calibrated, and adjusted, in working order, sterilized per protocol and organized for upcoming procedure.\n- Sets up and organizes room.\n- Performs scrub role (e.g., anticipates surgeon's needs, pass instruments, cut sutures, hold retractors, obtain/process tissue samples) according to standard. Assists physician within scope of competency.\n- Assists with transfer, transport, and stabilization of patient within the scope of competency.\n- Cleans instruments, containers, and equipment according to established guidelines and reassembles packs, prepares for sterilization and/or returns to Central Processing.\n- Operates sterilization equipment.\n- Operates equipment safely and reports defective equipment upon discovery. Cleans, lubricates, and performs preventive maintenance.\n- Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently.\n- Customer Service\n- Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specific department.\n- Anticipates the customer's desires, takes proactive steps to meet those needs by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.\n- Assists members who are less than satisfied with their experience by listening and taking responsibility within their scope to ensure that the issue is resolved.\nQualifications:\nPay Grade: 26\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years within the last three years operating room scrubbing experience, including a variety of surgical procedures.\n- Graduate of approved surgical technologist program.\n- Certification from the Association of Operating Room Technologists/Liaison Council for Certification for the Surgical Technician.\n- BLS, Healthcare provider level.\n- Experience requirements may be waived or modified when an appropriate program or course is available and successfully completed.\n- Maintains required certifications as applicable.\n- Communicates in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the development stage of the patient. Has full command of the English language (written and verbal).\n- Position requires considerable walking, standing, moderate lifting, exposure to patient elements, and handling of emergencies and patient incidents within their scope of competency.\n- Some positions may be posted as bilingual Spanish required on a position-by-position basis.\n- May be expected to float to other areas within their scope of competency.\n- Willing to be trained on computer systems.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to take calls within 30 minutes response time.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Works every other weekend\n- One (1) year of acute hospital experience scrubbing in a variety of surgical specialties.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:45", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671147/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgical Tech II", "reqid": "129127", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27671147}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Marketing Comm Proj Mgr II - San Francisco, CA\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe Marketing Communications Project Manager supports the Consulting Services team in ensuring that project results fulfill client objectives, reflect Kaiser Permanente brand standards, meet all required criteria for accuracy and compliance, and are completed in a timely, cost-effective manner. The Project Manager manages communications projects for multiple marketing and member retention programs for program-wide, regional, and/or service area clients. This position supports the Communications Consultants in problem-solving, decision-making, and client contact. This position also collaborates with Brand Management, Creative Services, Operations and Production, and other Consulting Services staff to promote and support Shared Services Marketing Communications goals.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides creative direction & tracks progress against objectives to ensure that project solutions are appropriate for the targeted audience, meet project specific criteria, reflect brand standards & are consistent w/ strategic marketing & member retention goals\n- Develops communications project plans of a strategic or complex nature, which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics & resources required, & designs processes to address these problems\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships w/ clients either alone or in cooperation w/ a Consultant\n- Instructs & educates clients on all aspects of project. Accountable for the development\n- of project documentation for executives & other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes & best practices\n- Assists Consultants in developing Marketing Communications plans that support strategic marketing efforts. In support of the Consultant, may meet w/ clients to analyze short & long-term business requirements\n- Assists in the development of training & mentoring new Project Managers & Project Coordinators\n- Cultivates & reinforces appropriate group values, norms, & behaviors. Provides guidance to team on performance & productivity issues\n- Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resource allocation\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis, & leads the assessment of the collected data & development of action plans\n- Plans & facilitates meetings, making formal presentations to various audiences that establish the procedures regarding the implementation of project outcome\n- Provides leadership to communication project teams in support of high-impact, multifaceted marketing & member retention programs\n- Projects are typically divisional, regional & (in some cases) multiregional in scope; they are also strategic & complex, requiring in-depth evaluation of key issues\n- Project outcomes must serve to effectively differentiate Kaiser Permanente's market position to a broad array of targeted member, prospective member and/or purchaser audiences\n- Project results must meet strategic objectives as well as demonstrate appropriate & consistent application of Kaiser Permanente brand identity standards\n- Drawing on extensive experience & skills, may lead multidisciplinary, interdepartmental teams on high-visibility, complex member, marketing & new media projects designed to increase recognition of Kaiser Permanente as a leader in quality health care\n- Plays a pivotal role in identifying key issues, formulating project direction, facilitating problem-solving & bringing projects to closure\n- Assume other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5)+ years of experience in writing and editing, leading marketing communications projects for diverse market segments, audiences & industries (consumer and business-to-business), and developing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in communications, marketing, advertising or design required or other related field\n- Fluent in Spanish, reading, speaking, and writing\nExperience in project management, attention to details, provide creative direction and tracks progress against objectives\nEstablish effective professional business relationships with clients either alone, or in cooperation with a Consultant\nCritical Thinking skills preferred, will seek supervisor or manager to provide guidance for difficult issues\nAbility to works independently, and be a good team player\nDemonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis\nKnowledge of health care industry dynamics and trends\nAbility to produce reports by using basic computer programs, like word, excel, and powerpoint", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671099/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Marketing Comm Proj Mgr II - San Francisco, CA", "reqid": "130250", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27671099}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Product Management II\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nJob Description - Product Managment II\n\nDrive day-to-day program management activity on the implementation of large-scale changes to KPIF product portfolios in all regions so that it is consistent with national KPIF strategy in response to Health Care Reform (grandfathering, closing, opening new plans, benefit and contract changes, etc.)\n\nDrive day-to-day management of several projects/work streams responsible for implementing consistent, standardized KPIF product portfolio management, benefit design and pricing decision-making processes in all regions\n\nCollaborate with program office and ROC regional partners to capture and analyze market data, including competitor and customer trends, and product performance data and metrics to help regions develop annual and multi-year product plans; establish metrics, tracking and reporting on performance of product plans.\n\nLead cross-functional and cross-regional teams in a matrixed-managed environment, of diverse regional and national functions and disciplines, such as business line leaders, market strategy, market research, product, finance, marketing, sales, IT/systems, compliance/regulatory, training, operations and administration.\n\n\nDrive program-level project management for work streams of Health Care Reform\nimplementation, KPIF portfolio management, and KPIF National 3-Year Strategic Plan,\nincluding\na) create, monitor and report on status of project workplans and performance metrics/dashboards\nb) facilitate operational feasibility assessments, including detailed research of questions and issues; and development of proposed solutions\nc) coordinate and facilitate meetings, and associated documentation including presentation material, meeting agendas, action items and issues logs\nf) provide assistance in development of business cases\n\nDevelop and regularly update program-wide product management processes and tools, including\na) Product Guardrails that define requirements and decision boundaries for regions on product portfolios\nb) Analytics ('Databooks') required for product and price planning\nc) Product lifecycle management process frameworks\nd) Product plan documentation and templates\ne) Performance metrics, dashboards, and reports\n\nIn collaboration with Program Office and Regions Outside California (ROC) business line and product partners, evaluate external market data and analyze product portfolio performance to make recommendations for regions' annual and longer-term product portfolio changes to achieve the correct product mix to meet membership and margin goals.\n\nAccountable for membership and financial performance of KPIF products against expectations in the National and Regional product plans or business cases, for remediation of all key issues/problems necessary to move a product initiative from critical status (red) to on-track (green).\n\nServe as subject matter expert for specific Product Management Program policies, processes, and projects/initiatives; and routinely present proposals and recommendations to cross-functional leadership.\n\nDrive creation of integrated work planning efforts with all regions and program office staff that results in greater speed and efficiency in ROC product development and implementation cycle times.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nMinimum: 2-5 years related experience.\nWorking knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\nFrequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and standards.\nGeneral application of concepts and principles.\nFull use and general application of standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.\nWorking knowledge of benefits, benefits administration and health care delivery from either or both a provider and payor perspective along with insurance industry practices and systems.\nFrequent use and general knowledge of insurance industry practices, techniques, and standards.\n2-5 years of experience of key customers and/or healthcare industry Product/Market needs analysis with a focus in a specified market segment.\n2-5 years of Health Insurance, Health Plan Administration, Healthcare, Benefit Administration, or Benefit Policy Experience a plus\n4-year degree in related field or equivalent experience.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:28:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671101/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Product Management II", "reqid": "130318", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27671101}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cleveland Heights", "description": "Title: PRN Registered Nurse, ED/CDU\nLocation: Cleveland Heights, OH\nThe ED/CDU RN position exists to give direct, primary patient care to Kaiser Permanente members and non-members seeking care in the Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit.\nEssential Functions:\n-Demonstrate and apply required skill sets and clinical knowledge/practice in the patient care setting which can include administration of medications, treatments, and interventions at the direction of the Physician, participate in the discharge process, assist with performing ADL's (bathing, repositioning, feeding, ambulation, safe transfer, and transportation of patients of any acuity). Will delegate to ancillary personnel per their Scope of Practice and evaluate outcomes\n-Respond to emergent/crisis situations following BCLS/ACLS/PALS guidelines and as directed by the Physician. Will utilize all available equipment to assist in the stabilization of critically ill or injured patients\n-Must demonstrate compassion and empathy to their patients and families. Must have a 'customer first' attitude. Must work well with other department disciplines\n-Demonstrate critical thinking in the patient care setting. Must recognize when to report to the Physician when patient outcomes change, are questionable, or improves\n-Demonstrate sound pharmacological knowledge. Assess for desired/unexpected post-medication outcomes and react accordingly\n-Knowledgeable of the requirements for transfer of patients to other Emergency Departments, in-patient acute-and chronic-care facilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Graduate of NLN-accredited School of Nursing\n-Current, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio is required\n-Current BCLS certification from the American Heart Association is required\n-Must have ACLS certification from the American Heart Association within six months of hire\n-Must have PALS certification from the American Heart Association within twelve months of hire\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-One year of emergency department or critical care experience preferred to qualify for ED position\n-One year of clinical nursing in the previous five years preferred to qualify for the CDU position\n\n*Position is a PRN Night position", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671083/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PRN Registered Nurse, ED/CDU", "reqid": "128114", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Cleveland Heights, OH", "uid": 27671083}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cleveland Heights", "description": "Title: PRN Registered Nurse, ED/CDU\nLocation: Cleveland Heights, OH\nThe ED/CDU RN position exists to give direct, primary patient care to Kaiser Permanente members and non-members seeking care in the Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit.\nEssential Functions:\n-Demonstrate and apply required skill sets and clinical knowledge/practice in the patient care setting which can include administration of medications, treatments, and interventions at the direction of the Physician, participate in the discharge process, assist with performing ADL's (bathing, repositioning, feeding, ambulation, safe transfer, and transportation of patients of any acuity). Will delegate to ancillary personnel per their Scope of Practice and evaluate outcomes\n-Respond to emergent/crisis situations following BCLS/ACLS/PALS guidelines and as directed by the Physician. Will utilize all available equipment to assist in the stabilization of critically ill or injured patients\n-Must demonstrate compassion and empathy to their patients and families. Must have a 'customer first' attitude. Must work well with other department disciplines\n-Demonstrate critical thinking in the patient care setting. Must recognize when to report to the Physician when patient outcomes change, are questionable, or improves\n-Demonstrate sound pharmacological knowledge. Assess for desired/unexpected post-medication outcomes and react accordingly\n-Knowledgeable of the requirements for transfer of patients to other Emergency Departments, in-patient acute-and chronic-care facilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Graduate of NLN-accredited School of Nursing\n-Current, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio is required\n-Current BCLS certification from the American Heart Association is required\n-Must have ACLS certification from the American Heart Association within six months of hire\n-Must have PALS certification from the American Heart Association within twelve months of hire\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-One year of emergency department or critical care experience preferred to qualify for ED position\n-One year of clinical nursing in the previous five years preferred to qualify for the CDU position\n\n*Position is a PRNDay position", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671084/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "PRN Registered Nurse, ED/CDU", "reqid": "128115", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Cleveland Heights, OH", "uid": 27671084}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lakewood", "description": "Title: Documentation Specialist - Benefits Administration\nLocation: Lakewood, OH\nThis position exists to support the Benefits Administration department through the management of member and group level contract documents and is responsible for timely creation and preparation for filing of the Evidence of Coverage (EOC) to regulatory bodies. This includes collaboration with KPIC to prepare and finalize the Certificate of Insurance for the Added Choice and OOA products. This position is also responsible for the creation and ongoing maintenance of the Group Agreements; document maintenance including design, version control, and BETS updates impacting document production; review and interpretation of state and federal regulations affecting EOCs and Group Agreements; and revising the documents to keep KP in compliance with applicable regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Revises existing EOCs (at least yearly, but more often as needed), prepares for filing with regulatory bodies, and creates new documents to support new products.\n- Medicare Plan Benefit Package preparation and filing\n- Revises Group Agreements (at least yearly) and works with Pricing and Underwriting to assure timely distribution to Groups.\n- Maintains document production fields on BETS and assures availability of documents to internal customers via KP intranet site.\n- Supports other positions within the department with document needs (i.e., PnPs, etc.).\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of experience with contract review and preparation.\n- Bachelor's degree in business, health care administration, or equivalent work experience.\n- Must possess the ability to read and interpret legal documents\n- Analytical ability, problem solving skills, and ability to work independently required\n- Ability to prioritize, attention to detail, and ability to deal with ambiguity required\n- Must be computer proficient (Excel, Microsoft Word 2007)\n- Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification in Microsoft Office suite of applications\n- Experience with contract writing and /or policy/procedure development", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:49", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671086/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Documentation Specialist - Benefits Administration", "reqid": "130123", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Lakewood, OH", "uid": 27671086}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Asst Director Imaging Services-Evening- Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages the daily operations of the diagnostic imaging department. Manages all administrative, technical and clerical operations of the diagnostic imaging department to ensure quality, access and budget goals are achieved. Manages full service inpatient and outpatient departments (7 days, 24 hours) which generally includes Radiology, MRI, CT, I/R, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography, Cardiac Cath Labs and Imaging Files.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Imaging Service Director in meeting the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members.\n- Supports and actively develops a strategy to achieve an integrated service line for diagnostic imaging.\n- Manages the daily operations of department by maintaining appropriate schedules (both staffing and patient), and monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality and regulatory standards.\n- Participates in the planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures equipment and procedures are safe, functional, and capable of meeting the diagnostic needs of the medical staff in a timely manner.\n- Develops and monitors payroll and non-payroll budgets for the department.\n- Identifies and implements opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages union supervisors and staff and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety issues.\n- Selects and trains technical and administrative imaging staff.\n- Monitors staff performance and participates with the Chief and Director in the development of competencies, performance standards and imaging protocols for the department.\n- Develops and implements a plan for equipment procurement, maintenance and replacement.\n- Keeps abreast of new developments in diagnostic imaging technology and makes recommendations on the acquisition and implementation of new technology.\n- Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance programs.\n- Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission, MQSA, federal, state and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Prior experience, three (3) to five (5) years as a Diagnostic Imaging Technologist.\n- Previous recent supervisory experience in a full service imaging department required.\n- Previous experience in a union environment strongly preferred.\n- Working knowledge and experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care, business OR equivalent experience required.\n- Certification as CRT and/or CNMT preferred.\n- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations and human relations skills essential.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards required.\n- Strong computer skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671074/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Asst Director Imaging Services-Evening- Oakland, CA", "reqid": "129900", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27671074}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Service Unit Department Manager RN, (Temporary)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Expected length of employment: April 2012 to March 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671075/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Department Manager RN, (Temporary)", "reqid": "129912", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27671075}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Worker's Compensation Examiner\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nManages workers compensation indemnity claims from inception to closure or reassignment which do not exceed specified aggregate reserves per claim.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Makes determination to accept, delay, or deny claims based upon valid medical, factual, or statutory reasons.\n- Determines probable monetary value of case and assigns appropriate reserves; reviews reserves regularly to ensure adequacy.\n- Assigns claims for investigation as necessary to help resolve compensabiltiy issues.\n- Ensures payment of benefits in accordance with California Labor Code, Administrative Rules and Regulations, and departmental policies and procedures.\n- Controls and manages medical aspects of each claim.\n- Manages all aspects of litigated cases in accordance with client specifications.\n- Assigns cases to rehabilitation counselor as needed.\n- Meets with assigned clients at least quarterly to review claims and discuss any pertinent issues.\n- Negotiates cost effective settlements.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Responsible for the daily management of a workers compensation caseload of approximately 135 cases.\n- Determines if a case should be accepted, delayed or denied based on medical, factual and legal aspects of each individual case.\n- Controls and manages medical aspects of all cases in their caseload.\n- Determines probable monetary value of each case and assigns a reserve amount.\n- Ensures payment of benefits in accordance with the California Labor Code and department policies and procedures.\n- Manages all aspects of litigation and negotiates settlements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a workers compensation claims administration, preferably as a claims assistant, claims examiner, or medical only representative, or workers compensation para-legal.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in Business or Social Behavioral Science.\n- Insurance Education Associations Certificate Program in Workers Compensation or equivalent required.\n- Strong written and verbal communication skills.\n- Proficient in a variety of computer software.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Proven workers compensation claim technical expertise preferred.\n\n\nSkills Testing: Technical Workers Compensation Claim Exam", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671077/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Worker's Compensation Examiner", "reqid": "130079", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27671077}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (PL239)\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff.\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neurosurgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS\n- **Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to perform under general supervision frequently, do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Basic computer skills\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671067/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Surgical Technician - Grade 675 (PL239)", "reqid": "128815", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27671067}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist II - Grade 870 [ROS.MRI-14] - Temporary\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nOperates magnetic resonance imaging equipment to produce cross-sectional images (photographs) of patient's body for diagnostic purposes. Under the direction of the Chief of Radiology and the Imaging Services Director, with latitude for independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative, performs related technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs patient studies according to set protocol including placing specified coil close to area of interest.\n- Operates imaging and other equipment devices so that quality diagnostic services are provided, including keying commands to specify scan sequences into computer, adjusting transmitters and receivers, and keying in data on keyboard of camera to photograph images.\n- Interviews patient to explain magnetic resonance imaging procedures to address patient concerns and exhibits a high degree of tact, courtesy and poise when interacting with patients, staff, and visitors.\n- Ensures patient and staff safety, including explaining safety protocol, requesting removal of hazardous metal objects, alerting staff of danger or carrying metal around magnet, and monitoring patients via closed circuit TV.\n- Orients new hires and trains MRI Technologist, students, trainees.\n- Trains MRI Technologists I in MRI procedures.\n- May be required to direct, check and train other MRI employees in absence of MRI Supervising Technologist.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- -This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Have two (2) years of regular (twenty (20) hours or more per week) continuous recent experience as a MRI Technologist and be fully proficient in all the duties required of a MRI Technologist II to the satisfaction of the department manager.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Venipuncture Certificate (must be obtained with 6 months of hire).\n- CRT - California Radiologic Technologist License\n- BLS.\n- Must have demonstrated proficiency in teaching other Technologists.\n- May be required to direct, check and train other MRI employee.\n- Must be fully proficient in MRI to the full satisfaction of the department manager and have knowledge of the required protocols in performing complex MRI procedures.\n- Effective oral and written communications skills.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671069/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist II - Grade 870 [ROS.MRI-14] - Temporary", "reqid": "128936", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 27671069}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Sr Surgical Technician - Grade 675 [101211A]\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nUnder direct supervision, assists surgical team before, during, and after surgery and provides expert support, assistance, and maintenance of instruments and equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Specifically and regularly assigned to direct, check, review, assign, organize, coordinate, train and reporting on the work of one (1) or more other Surgical Technicians; or who have a least two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Demonstrates ability to perform, and under general supervision frequently do perform, the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Coordinates configuration of equipment to provide ease of use\n- Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to instructions\n- Checks instruments and equipment for sterility, cleanliness, and functionality prior to the start of the case\n- Assists with set up and use of equipment during procedures\n- Assists with allocation of equipment for procedures on a daily basis\n- Assists team members to place and position patient on table\n- Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves and scrub procedures as primary or secondary staff.\n- Aids team to don gowns and gloves and dons personal protective equipment when required\n- Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, and performs other tasks as directed by surgeon and circulating nurse during operation\n- Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation per hospital policy\n- Puts dressings on patient following surgery\n- Actively participates in meeting patient safety goals in promoting quality and safe patient care\n- Cleans operating room and assists in room turnover and washes and sterilizes equipment\n- Recommends to manager guidelines for use of equipment, purchase of new/replacement equipment, additional parts and supplies\n- Assembles/complies case carts with supplies, instruments, and equipment in preparation for the procedure\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- This job motivates and provides work direction to other employees, but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of current acute Operating Room experience\n- Senior level classification for Surgical Technician shall apply only to Surgical Technicians who are specifically and regularly assigned by the Employer to direct and check the work of one (1) or more Surgical Technicians; or who have at lease two (2) years experience as a Surgical Technician\n- Strong experience with minimally invasive, general, ENT, eyes, plastics, orthopedics, vascular, open heart-thoracic, spine, urology, GYN, podiatry, maxillofacial, and neurosurgery specialties. Including video, orthopedic and all other needed equipment to do the above surgeries preferred\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- Surgical Technicians certified by the Association of Operating Room Technicians, affiliated with the Association of Operating Room Nurses shall qualify as Senior Surgical Technicians upon presentation of their certificate\n- BLS required.\n- **Certification in Surgical Technology preferred\n- Must be willing to participate in training of RNs and other disciplines in the scrub role\n- Ability to perform under general supervision frequently, do perform the most complex techniques and procedures of the classification in accordance with the specifications set by the department head\n- Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos\n- Ability to write simple correspondence\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization\n- Basic computer skills\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n\nSchedule: On-Call, Evenings, 0hrs.\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671070/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Surgical Technician - Grade 675 [101211A]", "reqid": "128958", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27671070}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing (10302) - 24/night - ICU/CMU\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- FLOAT POOL - Three years experience as a Staff Nurse and demonstrated certifications and competency in bed units of assignment as outlined below.\n- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: 11:00pm - 7:30am\n\nWeek 1: Mon, Tues, Sat\nWeek 2:Sun, Thurs, Fri\n\nThis position will float between the CMU and ICU departments. Scheduled days and times are contingent upon department need.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671060/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II Float - Inpatient Nursing (10302) - 24/night - ICU/CMU", "reqid": "125348", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27671060}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Credentialing Coordinator\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo coordinate, monitor & maintain the credentialing & re-credentialing of all practitioners employed &/or contracted w/ the KP of the MAS.\nTo assure that only credentialed practitioners & providers render care to KP members & that all practitioners, providers & delegates meet KP regulatory & accreditation standards.\nEssential Functions:\n- Process Management \u2013 Initiates & follows through on all aspects of credentialing including the initial & re-credentialing process for all practitioners employed &/or contracted w/ Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States. In addition, initiates & follows through on all aspects of the privileging & re-privileging of Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group physicians w/ Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) privileges.\n- Initiates & conducts primary source verification of practitioner's background, education/training & malpractice history through the use of on-line systems, written correspondence, telephone inquiries & printed reference guides, rosters & reports.\n- Identifies & evaluates potential red flags & works in collaboration w/ department Manager/Director, &/or Physician Managers to determine next steps.\n- Performs List Validation & Reporting (LVAR) queries per the National Compliance Office & Regional Compliance department & in compliance w/ federal & state regulations.\n- Performs analysis of report data & state board sanction information in compliance w/ regulatory on-going monitoring requirements.\n- Is responsible for preparation of materials & files for presentation & review by the Mid-Atlantic States Credentialing & Privileging (MASCAP) committee.\n- Coordinates approval of identified clean files at weekly electronic meetings of the MASCAP committee & initiates notification of committee decision to practitioner w/ appropriate follow-up to Provider Relations & Provider Contracting.\n- Collaborates w/ inter-departmental peers, including Quality Management, Provider Relations, & Provider Contracting & Data Management to identify & implement best practices & to ensure an integrated, timely, & consistent product.\n- Partners w/ MAPMG Human Resources to ensure timely credentialing of new physicians prior to employment. Reviews \u201clocum tenen\u201d profile information & coordinates notification of approval to department service chiefs.\n- Customer Focus/Communication Skills \u2013 Provides assistance & determines resolution to practitioner issues &/or triages appropriately, via verbal/written communication in response to both internal & external customers.\n- Functional Skills \u2013 Ensures compliance w/ NCQA standards & other regulatory agencies. Assists in the development of policies & procedures to support the credentialing process.\n- Technical Skills - Responsible for the accuracy & integrity of the credentialing database. Able to run database queries & reports to support efficiencies & prioritization of work flow.\n- Problem Solving Skills \u2013 Identifies & responds pro-actively to issues & concerns assuring complete solutions in a timely manner.\n- Organizational Skills \u2013 Ability to juggle multiple priorities & perform expedited credentialing upon request.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of credentialing experience in a managed care setting required.\n- Bachelor\u2019s degree / 4 years of relevant experience required.\n- Proven ability to function independently w/ minimal direct supervision required.\n- Significant working knowledge of Federal & State regulatory requirements & accreditation standards, including NCQA, CMS, COMAR & MCHIP required.\n- Strong organizational & communication skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of Visual Cactus preferred.\n- Certification as Certified Provider Credentialing Special (CPCS) preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671035/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Credentialing Coordinator", "reqid": "130334", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27671035}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: Radiology Supervisor - FT\nLocation: Reston, VA\nTo assure the provision of Radiology Services in an efficient & cost effective manner w/in an effective working relationship w/ the Radiologists.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises assigned staff to include interviewing, hiring, training, disciplining, counseling, & termination in conformance w/ established EEO/AA goals, personnel policies, & appropriate union contracts.\n- Develops procedures, systems, & performance standards for the Radiology Department staff. Promotes good employee relations & an environment conductive to job satisfaction & a high level of motivation. Coaches staff in the performance of their jobs, setting realistic, specific, & measurable goals & objectives to ensure that performance standards are met. Provides meaningful, subjective feedback. Develops & implements the Service Management Plan for the Department.\n- Collaborates w/ other supervisors, managers, & medical staff as a member of the medical facility management team to plan & facilities the delivery of efficient & responsive health care to patients.\n- Maintains high level of clinical skill to oversee specialty areas w/in the department.\n- Reviews procedures, techniques, quality of work, safety procedures, & other factors, recommending or instituting changes supported by written plans as appropriate. Implements new procedures & assists staff as necessary to ensure a complete understanding & a smooth transition from former practices.\n- Assists in the development of, & ensures implementation of quality control standards. Oversees record keeping which documents compliance w/ Health Plan, state, & federal standards. Monitors procedures utilized for all medical facilities using the full service Radiology Department.\n- Ensures that the department is in compliance w/ all relevant laws, state & federal standards, licensing & accreditation requirements, coordinating all aspects of licensure & accreditation for Radiology suites w/in the region. Evaluates budgetary needs foe Radiology providing recommendations to the Medical Facility Administrator.\n- Develops & manages resources to include payroll, non-payroll, & capital equipment budgets as well as space requirements.\n- Reviews staffing needs for Radiology on a regular basis. Assists in the projection of future needs, taking into consideration productivity, utilization, operating costs, & budgetary data as requested.\n- Assures compliance w/ organizational policies to include monitoring outside radiology referrals.\n- Plans & conducts orientation programs for all new department staff to facilitate their assimilation & skill development, coordinates, & provides ongoing training & in-service education for medical facilities utilizing the full service Radiology Department.\n- Coordinates appointment scheduling w/ Radiologists to assure adequate appointment availability & assimilate to all tests when accessibility falls below standards, & initiates appropriate stops toward resolution.\n- Maintains historical & demographic statistics for use in analyzing of services & developing long range plans for radiology services.\n- Orders supplies, ensuring adequate levels are maintained in the facility. Contacts appropriate technical representatives to arrange for necessary equipment maintenance & repair, & new purchases.\n- Performs other related duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n-Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years of experience as a technologist required.\n- Experienced certified radiological technologist, familiarity w/ state regulations governing radiology use & safety required.\n- Bachelor's degree in health care, related field, or equivalent combination of education & years of experience required. - National radiologic technologist certification required.\n- Familiarity w/ PASS, purchasing, payroll procedures as well as quality assurance policies & procedures required.\n- Familiarity w/ all equipment in the department required.\n- Familiarity w/ Anatomy & Physiology required.\n- Effective oral & written communications skills required.\n- Familiarity w/ management theory & principles required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience in a health care setting preferred. - Master's degree in health care administration, business administration, or related field preferred. - State registration preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671038/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Radiology Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "130344", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 27671038}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Network Security Engineering, Senior\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Network Security team is part of the Information Security (KP IS) Organization within Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT).\n\nPosition Overview: As a member of the Network Security Team you will utilize your technical skills to ensure the successful engineering and implementation of security solutions to meet business needs. Your responsibilities may include;\n - Network firewall changes at Perimeter, Internet or KP Facility isolation zones to support business changes\n - Network IPS changes /updates for sensors deployed throughout the KP Network\n - Firewall and VPN configurations in support of external business connections\n - Security Infrastructure component hardware/ software upgrades\n - Network vulnerabilities research and investigation\n - Threat monitoring, analysis, triage, and remediation / mitigation of rogue devices on the network\n - Development of detailed security documentation and procedures, strong team skills, the ability to work independently, the ability to multi-task assignments, and the communication of technical information to team members, clients and business partners.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n-A minimum of 8 years of network and/or telecommunications engineering experience.\n-Excellent communications and network problem solving skills are required for this position.\n-The candidate should have detailed working knowledge of networking, with a CCNA or related experience.\n-Engineering experience with any of the following network security technologies and configurations related to: Network Firewalls, Network Intrusion Prevention, Wireless Security, or VPN connections\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Knowledge of Windows, Linux, and Solaris is also desirable.\n-Experience working in a very large environment and can work well under pressure.", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671021/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Network Security Engineering, Senior", "reqid": "130256", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27671021}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Senior MEDICARE BUSINESS ENGINE PRODUCTION SUPPORT\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nKaiser Permanente's HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers are the organization's center of excellence for the integration, development, maintenance, and support of local, regional, and national software solutions that support Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide quality, affordable care. It's all part of an immense and on-going migration to a national IT systems strategy to better serve our millions of members across the country. Thousands of professionals are committed to keeping both our local and national channels of clinical, insurance, financial, and administrative information flowing efficiently and cost-effectively. Supporting many mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems, we are simultaneously moving toward Web-enabled technologies utilizing SOA methodology in an MVS and UNIX-based operating systems. Oracle and DB2 are our enterprise database standard. Working in the HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.\n\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nIntake, triage, and remediate production issues in a 24/7 environment.\n\nWork with offshore and onshore contractor staff.\n\nDetermine key business issues and develop effective action plans. Using effective leadership and project management, meet with clients and intra-departmental teams to lead patch and out-of-cycle releases.\n\nAssist in mentoring and training other development and production support staff like FTEs and contractors. \n\nConsistently demonstrate effective leadership, knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to our customers.\n\nPerform and guide, assist or mentor others in software coding and testing. Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes and parameters in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.\n\nParticipate in peer code reviews as appropriate.\n\nReview and participate in Translating business and functional requirements into incident specification design documents. Write unit test scripts. Perform unit tests and clearly document results.\n\nReview and approve Remedy tickets to ensure Sorbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance parameters. Provide timely SOX documentation for SOX audits.\n\nWork with Medicare Business Engine Quality Center database to create Change Request, specification design documents and identify maintenance, repair, and optimization items.\nQualifications:\nBachelor's Degree or 4 years of equivalent experience\n\n3 years experience working in IT and healthcare industry as a programmer/analyst in a development and production support environment.\n\n3 years experience development and production support using PERL, Win32, Tivoli, and SFTP technologies. \n\nBatch Role\n\nRequired Skills and Experience\nPERL\nWin32 API Development and Support (DLLs, Batch files etc)\nTivoli\nSFTP\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nMedicare and/or HealthPlan experience.\n\nSOX knowledge and ability to ensure SOX compliance in Remedy and documentation.\n\nUnderstanding and ability to work on SOX processes and procedures when working with production issues.\n\nKnowledge of working in Lotus Notes database to work on Medicare Business Engine incidences.\n\nWorking knowledge of RPM reporting.\n\nPrevious experience with production support and Kaiser business membership knowledge is strongly preferred.\n\nStrong analytical skills/problem solving and effective leadership experience\n\nExperience in bringing in collaboration and consensus to staff members, business partners, clients, and other cross-functional teams.\n\nExcellent relationship building, customer services, consulting and communication (verbal, written and presentation) skills with all levels of staff and leadership.\n\nAbility to work in a team environment in a large, matrix, geographically diverse organization.\n\nDemonstrated leadership abilities with a deep business process and change management acumen.\n\nExperience using facilitative leadership and project management methodologies.\n\nExperience developing needs assessments and documenting customer requirements.\n\nAnalyzing customer specifications to established process.\n\nSkilled in Microsoft Suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio).\n\nDesired Skills and Experience\nGolden Gate Replicator\nCrystal Reports\nOracle(via Perl DBI, SqlPlus and Sql Loader)\nSSL\nCitrix\nStarTeam", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671022/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior MEDICARE BUSINESS ENGINE PRODUCTION SUPPORT", "reqid": "130300", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27671022}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Applications Programming and Analysis Lead MEDICARE BUSINESS ENGINE PRODUCTION SUPPORT Java\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente's HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers are the organization's center of excellence for the integration, development, maintenance, and support of local, regional, and national software solutions that support Kaiser Permanente's mission to provide quality, affordable care. It's all part of an immense and on-going migration to a national IT systems strategy to better serve our millions of members across the country. Thousands of professionals are committed to keeping both our local and national channels of clinical, insurance, financial, and administrative information flowing efficiently and cost-effectively. Supporting many mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems, we are simultaneously moving toward Web-enabled technologies utilizing SOA methodology in an MVS and UNIX-based operating systems. Oracle and DB2 are our enterprise database standard. Working in the HP BIO/ Membership Systems & Contact Centers group not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.\n\n\nResponsibilities:\n\nIntake, triage, and remediate production issues in a 24/7 environment.\n\nLead and work with offshore and onshore contractor staff.\n\nDetermine key business issues and develop effective action plans. Using effective leadership and project management, meet with clients and intra-departmental teams to lead patch and out-of-cycle releases.\n\nMentor and train other development and production support staff like FTEs and contractors. \n\nConsistently demonstrate effective leadership, knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to our customers.\n\nIndependently perform and guide, assist or mentor others in software coding and testing. Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes and parameters in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.\n\nLead and participate in peer code reviews as appropriate.\n\nLead, review, and participate in Translating business and functional requirements into incident specification design documents. Write unit test scripts. Perform unit tests and clearly document results.\n\nReview and approve Remedy tickets to ensure Sorbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance parameters. Provide timely SOX documentation for SOX audits.\n\nWork with Medicare Business Engine Quality Center database to create Change Request, specification design documents and identify maintenance, repair, and optimization items.\nQualifications:\nBasic/Minimum Qualifications:\n\nBachelor's Degree or 4 years of equivalent experience\n\n5 years experience working in IT and healthcare industry as a programmer/analyst in a development and production support environment.\n\n5 years experience development and production support using Java technologies and developed SOA services in a production support environment.\n\nExperience leading and directing the workload of a group of onshore and offshore developers. This also includes experience facilitating, teaching, and mentoring.\nMust be willing to learn, work and lead in a production support environment.\n\nJava Role\n\nRequired Skills and Experience\nJava 1.5 or better\nIBM Websphere 6.1 or better. Development and Administration\nWebsphere MQSeries\nJ2EE (JAX-WS, JMS, JDBC, SOAP, XML)\nSSL\nSOA\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nMedicare and/or HealthPlan experience.\n\nSOX knowledge and ability to ensure SOX compliance in Remedy and documentation.\n\nUnderstanding and ability to work on SOX processes and procedures when working with production issues.\n\nKnowledge of working in Lotus Notes database to work on Medicare Business Engine incidences.\n\nWorking knowledge of RPM reporting.\n\nPrevious experience with production support and Kaiser business membership knowledge is strongly preferred.\n\nStrong analytical skills/problem solving and effective leadership experience\n\nExperience in bringing in collaboration and consensus to staff members, business partners, clients, and other cross-functional teams.\n\nExcellent relationship building, customer services, consulting and communication (verbal, written and presentation) skills with all levels of staff and leadership.\n\nAbility to work in a team environment in a large, matrix, geographically diverse organization.\n\nDemonstrated leadership abilities with a deep business process and change management acumen.\n\nExperience using facilitative leadership and project management methodologies.\n\nExperience developing needs assessments and documenting customer requirements.\n\nAnalyzing customer specifications to established process.\n\nSkilled in Microsoft Suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Visio).\n\nDesired Skills and Experience\nSpring\nOracle\nStarTeam\nAIX\nCitrix", "date_new": "2012-04-05 20:27:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27671024/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Applications Programming and Analysis Lead MEDICARE BUSINESS ENGINE PRODUCTION SUPPORT Java", "reqid": "130346", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27671024}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL LEAD - San Diego\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nSupervision of assigned IT staff & the leadership of other team members in the development & maintenance of application system, including integrated software & hardware applications configurations. Accountable for organizing, directing, & monitoring staff work assignments, training & coaching, & the completion of administrative requirements. Responsible for determination of scope of work, definition of deliverables, staff & task schedules, & delivery of quality results. Works under general direction, submitting recommendations, & escalating issues & concerns as needed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans & organizes the work of immediate staff & may direct the work of other associated application systems teams members such as business analysts, applications consultants, contractors, etc\n- Assigns work, set individual incentive objectives, & monitors & controls progress through continuous assessment & feedback\n- Ensures the effective coordination of work activities & objectives w/ other internal departments & client entities as required\n- Responsible for recruitment of employees & contractors, coaching & performance evaluation, essential employee skills development, & compliance w/ KPMCP HR policies & procedures\n- Works w/ clients to develop partnerships, identify IT solutions which support business processes & business objectives, & to contract for IT services\n- May work w/ Vendors as needed in a variety of different roles from contract manager to joint development partner\n- May direct the analysis & definition of efficient, cost effective application solutions which support client business processes & functional requirements\n- Works w/ internal departments to provide associated deliverables required for the successful completion of development & maintenance assignments (e.g., database development, job scheduling, CICS support, network support, help desk orientation, client implementation readiness, etc)\n- May perform or direct the analysis of client business processes & functional requirements & prepares appropriate documentation to communicate & validate the information\n- Ensures completion of administrative requirements in an accurate & timely manner (e.g., time reporting, status reporting, etc )\n- Ensures appropriate on call support for defined mission critical systems\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous in a leadership, supervisory, or management capacity required\n- Substantial (usually seven (7) plus years) experience in all phases of application software development/maintenance life cycles in a large mainframe or client server environment required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required in computer science or related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Knowledge about software development alternatives among mainframe, distributed, or client server programming development and computing environments required\n- Strong skills required in leadership, critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, and interpersonal interactions (e.g., partnering, conflict management, consulting, etc.)\n- Understanding of health care business and care delivery processes preferred\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Extensive experience contributing to the development of a National Language Processing (NLP) engine applied in Healthcare field.\n- Extensive experience in the integration and application of terminology based systems as ontologies for NLP engines and application.\n- Extensive experience in developing and writing NLP applications in healthcare field, including coding and data mining.\n- Published research papers on NLP, terminology-based knowledge systems, their application in healthcare, or their integration as ontologies for NLP engines and application.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644700/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL LEAD - San Diego", "reqid": "129597", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27644700}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Granada Hills", "description": "Title: Director Hospice Patient Care Services - Panorama City\nLocation: Granada Hills, CA\nAssists an Area Home Health/ Hospice Administrator in planning, developing, managing, delivering, & evaluating/improving hospice nursing & other direct patient care treatment /clinical services provided in the home setting by a multi-disciplinary professional staff. Accountable to the Region & assigned Service Area for delivery of Hospice program(s) & service(s) to patient population. Ensures that quality, utilization, access, patient care, & financial standards/goals are achieved or exceeded. Integrates patient care services w/ departmental, service line, & organizational/strategic goals & objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates & supervises the delivery of hospice services, activities & patient care provided by an interdisciplinary staff/team in the home setting; formulates & monitors quality & performance criteria, policies procedures & service standards\n- Staff may include RNs, PHNs, Social Workers, Physical/Occupational Therapists & Aides\n- Establishes, implements, & maintains patient care & service standards to meet member service needs & expectations\n- Monitors & facilitates workflow, maximizing utilization of resources to provide the highest quality of care\n- Manages staff, provides clinical supervision & implements, delivers & evaluates/improves assigned programs & services\n- Ensures compliance in meeting all regulations & standards related to hospice, Medicare, TJC, Title 22, & other federal, state, & local requirements\n- Ensures accuracy & completeness of patient records\n- Identifies service delivery/quality issues & implements corrective actions/plans for improvement\n- Determines the appropriate staffing requirements & develops processes to interview, hire, train & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Assesses professional development needs of staff & plans for training/continuing education of professional staff\n- Provides clinical leadership & support to patient care team\n- Serves as a role model for professional practices & development\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Interprets & explains the program benefits to members & caregivers\n- May provide liaison, monitoring, consultative expertise, orientation, & continuing education to contract agencies\n- Participates in special projects; attends and/or conducts meetings, committees in the department & medical center(s)\n- Conducts a quality management/improvement/assurance program to ensure compliance w/ standards for hospice services/programs & external regulatory agency requirements\n- In collaboration w/ the Area Home Health/ Hospice Administrator, Continuing Care Leaders & other appropriate medical & non-medical staff, evaluates clinical outcomes & performance of programs/services & makes appropriate recommendations for new modalities/programs or modification/improvement of existing programs\n- Ensures practices, services & operating procedures comply w/ administrative, legal, & regulatory requirements of the Health Plan & governmental & accrediting agencies\n- May perform other duties as assigned\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of supervisory/program management experience required in a hospice or home health agency\n- Supervisory/management experience in an acute care hospital-based hospice agency, preferred\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing, public health, health services or business administration, or related field such as public administration required OR usually four (4) years of equivalent relevant work experience in hospice or home health supervision/management or supervising/managing medical-surgical nursing in an acute care hospital\n- Valid and current California RN license\n- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and to apply state, federal andTJC standards and requirements regarding hospice operations, services and programs\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication skills, as well as management skills such as problem solving, budget/ program planning, performance improvement, organizational planning, implementing, and monitoring performance standards\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Hospice or Palliative Care experience", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644703/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director Hospice Patient Care Services - Panorama City", "reqid": "129735", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Granada Hills, CA", "uid": 27644703}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1339)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1339\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644704/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1339)", "reqid": "129800", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644704}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1340)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1340\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644705/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1340)", "reqid": "129803", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644705}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1341)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1341\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644706/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1341)", "reqid": "129804", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644706}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1342)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1342\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644707/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1342)", "reqid": "129805", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644707}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1343)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1343\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644708/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1343)", "reqid": "129806", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644708}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1344)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1344\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644709/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1344)", "reqid": "129808", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644709}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1345)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1345\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644710/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1345)", "reqid": "129810", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644710}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1346)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1346\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644711/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1346)", "reqid": "129812", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644711}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1347)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1347\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644712/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1347)", "reqid": "129813", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644712}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1348)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1348\n- Work schedule to vary as required.\n- Physical work location will be in Downey.\n- Must be willing to travel within the California Regions as well as other KP Regions outside California.\n- Duration of position is until approximately August 2013.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644713/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1348)", "reqid": "129815", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644713}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (MT-1349)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# MT-1349\n- Work schedule to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644714/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (MT-1349)", "reqid": "129818", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27644714}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Downey", "description": "Title: Project Manger II (ZS-0616)\nLocation: Downey, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nNotes:\n- PR# ZS-0616\n- Work schedule to vary as required.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644716/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manger II (ZS-0616)", "reqid": "129822", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Downey, CA", "uid": 27644716}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Panorama City", "description": "Title: Manager Optometry\nLocation: Panorama City, CA\nUnder the general supervision of Chief of Service and the Assistant Medical Group Administrator, plans, develops, implements, evaluates, and supervises the Optometry service delivery and quality assurance program. Develops and implements programs of peer review and inservice education. Participates in short and long range planning for improving delivery accessibility of service in the Optometry department. Provides comprehensive vision services case management to members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Coordinates central planning, development, implementation and evaluation of Optometry programs with appropriate input from the Chief of Service and Assistant Medical Group Administrator.\n- These include Optometrist and departmental goal setting, optometry projects, literature, supplies and continuing education, peer review and productivity, quality of care and service.\n- Responsible for the coordination of the development, implementation, evaluation and revision of Optometry and departmental policies, clinical practice agreements and quality assurance program.\n- Ensures Optometrists' compliance with all licensure requirements.\n- Oversees orientation and training for Optometrists.\n- Plans, coordinates and schedules the office hours and leaves for Optometrists.\n- Participates in the interviewing and selection process for all Optometrist candidates, as well as completion of performance assessments of current staff.\n- Performs other administrative responsibilities such as collection and compilation of Optometrist statistics, budget development and monitoring.\n- An Optometry Coordinator also provides direct optometry care and services to members as listed: provides visual examinations, including for pathology.\n- Conducts detection and differential diagnosis of abnormal visual, ocular and/or systematic conditions.\n- Provides additional specialized testing and therapy such as contact lens examinations, visual fields (perimetry), tonometry, orthoptics (for therapy of amblyopia, suppression, diplopia, extraocular muscle problems and associated conditions), low vision evaluation for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with subnormal vision not correctable with standard opthalmic appliances, fluorescein angiography for diagnosing and documenting ocular conditions, ocular photography for photo examination of the external and internal structures of the eye under the direction of Ophthalmology.\n- Provides treatment of the visual system within the scope of optometric licensure, including writing prescriptions for ophthalmic spectacles, contact lenses, orthoptics and non-optical aids.\n- Works effectively as a team member/leader of other areas of Vision Services which includes Optical Lab and Optical Dispensing.\n- Promotes member satisfaction by ensuring the provision of a high level of quality of service and care.\n- Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years of recent experience as an Optometrist required.\n- Leadership and supervisory experience preferred.\n- Graduate of a school or college of Optometry accredited by the State Board of Optometry.\n- Current California license from the State Board of Optometry.\n- California certificate to use topical diagnostic pharmaceutical agents.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Knowledge of optometric practice, including anatomy, physiology, pathology and mechanics of the human eye and visual processes.\n- Detailed knowledge of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics.\n\nNotes:\n- This is a 4 10hr days.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644718/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Optometry", "reqid": "129878", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Panorama City, CA", "uid": 27644718}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Lvl II Staff RN - Blood Donor PT\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in Blood Donor Center in apheresis and hemapheresis.\n- Must be able to perform all functions necessary for the collection of whole blood and apheresis. \n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in all aspects of blood collections within a blood Donor Center.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must travel to other facilities for satellite blood/platelet drives.\n- Must be able to label and package blood bags and supplies.\n- May be required to work weekends, evenings and holidays.\n- Duties may include lifting of large quantities of blood units.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644697/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lvl II Staff RN - Blood Donor PT", "reqid": "129057", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27644697}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Case Mgr Cont Care Coord RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nCoordinates with physicians, staff, and non-Kaiser providers/facilities regarding patient care/ population based management for patients in specifically defined geriatric or other specifically defined patient populations in order to plan and implement a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to manage health conditions, utilization of resources and protocols, patient self-care, implementation and evaluation of treatment plan across the care continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary and continued care). In conjunction with physicians, develops treatment plan, monitors care, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols and care paths and develops guidelines for care that may require coordination across systems of multiple providers/services. Complies with other duties as described. Must be able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, and evaluates care provided to members.\n- In conjunction with primary care and specialist physicians, evaluates and develops baseline medical and psychosocial evaluations and individualized patient care/treatment plans.\n- Recommends alternative levels of care and ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Develops individualized patient/family education plan focused on self-management.\n- Delivers patient/family education specific to a disease state.\n- Encourages member to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Coordinates care/services with utilization and/or quality reviewers and monitors level and quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals/transfers as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services and outside providers.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical and benefit treatment to patients, families and outside agencies.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment, hospitalization or referral to support services or placement.\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments. Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care.\n- Develops and collects data; trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Produces population based reports on outcomes specific to defined patient populations; participates with healthcare team/providers in actualizing outcomes by planning, evaluating and implementing decisions and strategies to achieve predetermined cost, clinical, quality, utilization and service outcomes.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Acts as liaison for outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers.\n- Participates in committees, teams or other work projects/duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience as an RN in an acute care setting, plus two (2) years of clinical experience as an RN in a licensed home health or hospice agency required.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or healthcare related field preferred OR current equivalent related work experience.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.\n- Current and valid California RN license required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize/apply the general and specialized principles, practices, techniques and methods of utilization review/management, discharge planning and case management.\n- Working knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards (JCAHO, Medicare, Medi-Cal, etc.).\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking and problem-solving skills required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish).\n- Experience working with the elderly/disabled\n- Psychiatric Background/Experience\n- PHN Cert\n\n\nNotes:\n- Some home visits required\n- This is a temporary position", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644699/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Mgr Cont Care Coord RN", "reqid": "129556", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27644699}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "West Covina", "description": "Title: Home Health RN/PHN - Baldwin Park - Per Diem\nLocation: West Covina, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year of recent (within past three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in a licensed Home Health and/or Hospice agency as an RN/PHN\n- Current California driver's license & a clear driving record for the past two (2) years\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law\n\nNotes:\n- This is a Per Diem position,hours will vary between 8:00 am - 6:00 pm\n- Reliable transportation\n- Work locations: Baldwin Park Medical Centerand West Covina Pkwy. Mental Health", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:09:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644694/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health RN/PHN - Baldwin Park - Per Diem", "reqid": "128199", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "West Covina, CA", "uid": 27644694}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bellflower", "description": "Title: Biomed Equip Tech\nLocation: Bellflower, CA\nUnder general supervision, the Biomedical Equipment Technician provides & documents preventive & corrective maintenance on a variety of mechanical, electrical, & electronic biomedical equipment.\nEssential Functions:\n- Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws\n- Performs & documents biomedical equipment repairs as well as tests all new & repaired biomedical equipment before it is put into use\n- Performs & documents scheduled inspections & maintenance, as well as electrical safety tests of biomedical equipment necessary to maintain conformance to code requirements\n- Investigates & recommends remedial action on incidents involving biomedical equipment\n- Ensures that an inventory of biomedical equipment, replacement parts & standby equipment necessary to minimize disruption of patient care is maintained\n- Assists in training medical, nursing & paramedical staff in the safe use of biomedical equipment\n- Provides technical support on new & replacement biomedical equipment & reviews work performed by outside service vendors to ensure defined specifications are met & results are properly documented\n- Keeps abreast of current developments in biomedical equipment & systems, as required\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations when interacting w/ other personnel, Health Plan members & the public\n- Performs other related duties as required\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 123794\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of electronic medical repair experience\n- Associate of applied science degree in electronics technologyOR equivalent\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of two (2) years of hands-on experience with an AA/AS Electronics Degree\nwith course work in biomedical equipment technology, in the performance of\nscheduled and corrective maintenance on patient care equipment in a hospital setting.\n- Minimum of two (2) years of hands-on experience with an equivalent military\neducation with advance courses in medical equipment maintenance, in the\nperformance of scheduled and corrective maintenance on patient care equipment in a\nhospital setting.\n- Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience without an AA/AS Electronics\nDegree or an equivalent military education with advance courses in medical\nequipment maintenance, in the performance of scheduled and corrective maintenance\non patient care equipment in a hospital setting.\n- Familiarity with general biomedical equipment technologies, including but not limited\nto physiological monitoring devices, general patient care devices, specialized patient\ncare devices and Electrical Safety in a healthcare environment.\n- Good troubleshooting skills\n- Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and\nhave a working knowledge of typical office applications ( Word, Excel, Outlook and/or\nLotus Notes)\n- Good verbal and written communication skills.\n- Good organizationalandCustomer/People skills.\n- Experience maintaining a variety of biomedical equipment technologies, including\nPatient Monitoring, Dialysis, Respiratory Ventilators, Lasers and PC based medical\nequipment.\n- Networking and Connectivity Technology is a plus.\n- CBET certification is a plus.\n- Lotus Notes\n\n\nNotes:\n- Must possess and maintain a valid California Drivers license\n- Occasional travel to attend training seminars and meetings.\n- Duties may require limited travel, temporary shift and/or work assignments at other\nlocations within the service area\n- A work record which demonstrates good attendance, reliability, and maintenance\nprogram ownership\n- Medical device manufacturer's training's in a specialized area will be considered in\nlieu of a degree or formal education at the discretion of Kaiser Clinical Technology to\nmeet specific business needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644685/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Biomed Equip Tech", "reqid": "124522", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bellflower, CA", "uid": 27644685}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst nVision Reporting - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst nVision Reporting\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is undertaking a major initiative to standardize business processes and replace Financial and Supply Chain systems with an integrated state-of-the-art system that will be used throughout the Program. The initiative represents a major transformation in the manner in which back-office functions are performed. The initiative will include program-wide process standardization and implementation of a single PeopleSoft Financial and Supply Chain System. The transformation will also impact the existing decision support systems. The project will shift the emphasis of back-office functions from transaction processing to value-add activities, such as analysis and decision support. The project will be supporting a national data warehouse utilizing PeopleSoft's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) product, and Cognos ReportNet. As a Business Reporting Analyst, within the Support Organization, you will provide end-user report development support, for business clients of the PeopleSoft Finance & Supply Chain application. In this role you will be responsible for servicing requests for new capabilities by gathering business requirements from requesters, documenting those requirements in a functional specification, and then using Cognos ReportNet or PeopleSoft Query to service report requests. To be successful in this position you must have a detailed knowledge of PeopleSoft Finance & Supply Chain (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and Inventory) in order to efficiently complete analysis, design, and development of new report requests, and be sufficiently knowledgeable in PeopleSoft Tools to determine when report development must be transitioned to KPIT for SQR or ETL development. This position consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting noncompliance, and adhering to the applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years experience using PeopleSoft nVision\n- Experience in Query\n- 5 years experience in PeopleSoft G/L module.\n- Strong experience PeopleSoft Tools\n- Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.\n- Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience \n50% travel required.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644662/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst nVision Reporting - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129786", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644662}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nWork closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements\nWork tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application\nAssist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nCreate, update, and review business requirement and functional documents\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nAssist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nExperience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9\nComprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Purchasing/ePro module\nComplete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.\nExperience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nAbility to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained\nBe solution minded and be able\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft GL, KK, IN, AP, and AM modules\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow\nPeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644667/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129963", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644667}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: IT Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nIT Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services (IAS)\nOakland, CA\n\n\nAs an IT Senior Auditor at Kaiser Permanente, you will be responsible for performing various and diverse operational and financial integrated audits, reviews and special projects as assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Contribute to the audit planning process. Assist in the development of audit objectives and detailed test procedures that effectively address key controls and risks.\n - Plan and perform reviews of IT general and application controls. This includes supporting integrated audits and system implementation reviews.\n - Provide IT technical audit services and consulting relative to IT internal control practices for PC-Client, web and legacy applications in distributed network and multi-platform environments (e.g. mainframe and server-based operating systems, database management, and data and telecommunications network technologies).\n - Develop work papers that address the objectives of the audit program and support the conclusions reached during testing. Adhere to the IIA Standards and IAS guidelines for workpaperdocumentation.\n - Assess business systems/processes to identify key control points and risks. Document using narrative and/or flowcharting techniques.\n - Draft audit conclusions, discuss potential issues with clients, and prepare and deliver other summary communication documents as required.\n - With supervision, successfully execute all phases of the audit process for moderately complex projects.\n - Contribute to the development of the assigned practice area by participating in risk assessment activities, creation of audit tools, establishing client relationships, and identifying and sharing relevant information.\n - Other duties as assigned.\n - Travel up to 35% of the time.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Typically less than 5 years of professional auditing or comparable experience\n - Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, information systems or related field or4 additional years of equivalent experience\n - Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and experience in applying the principles & practices of internal auditing in accounting, financialand operational environments, including auditing business functionsand information technology systems\n - Demonstrated knowledge of IT internal control and security practices\n - Demonstrated general accounting, financial, andbusiness skills, knowledge,and experience\n - Demonstrated skills in the identificationand resolution of business problems within a team setting\n - Ability to researchand identify best practices\n - Demonstrated ability to effectively utilize general audit software such as ACL, TeamMate, etc.\n - Demonstrated ability to understandand document business processes & related internal controls in narrative and/or flowchart formats\n - Basic project management skills\n - Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing demandsand environment,and rapidly develop in-depth knowledge of new audit areas\n - Excellent verbaland written communicationand presentation skills\n - Ability to persuade, articulate, anddefend positions\n - Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access) and Lotus Notes\n\nCertifications:\nOne of the following certifications is required (or actively pursuing):\n - Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)\n - Certified Public Accountant (CPA)\n - Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - 2+ years of IT auditing experience\n - Audit experience within a large, complex organization", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644668/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "IT Senior Auditor, Internal Audit Services (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129983", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27644668}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Supervisor, AP Customer Service (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSupervisor, AP / Customer Service\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Accounts Payable (AP) Supervisor in Oakland. This person will be responsible for overseeing the Northern California Customer Service function. The Supervisor reports to the Buy to Pay Customer Services Manager within the Financial Services Operation (FSO). The role is responsible for maintaining customer interface via email, phone calls and/or any other means of notification of questions or issues with invoice processing. The Supervisor will ensure that the department operations meet customer service targets, rigorous quality standards and comply with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles and regulatory requirements.\n\nEssential Functions\nApplies metrics to develop, direct and monitor staff work schedules and workflow to achieve FSO goals and objectives, as well as the Vision, Standards and Norms.\nSupervise and schedule work for approximately 10-15 AP employees and union staff. Know and understand the labor contract and what that means for daily work and appropriate disciplinary action.\nBuild and strengthen relationships with staff. Train, develop and assist staff in their work. Leads and helps front-line staff to complete project tasks as required by manager.\nEnsure your staff complies with all SOX controls, as well as organizational, state and federal regulations.\nWorks closely with vendors and internal customer to resolve various invoicing issues.\n - Gathers, analyses, prepares and summarizes metric information to manage and monitor the success of the organization.\n - Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in implementing process improvements within the organization to reduce the number of customer issues or streamline our communication with vendors/customers.\n - Responds in a professional manner to all inquiries, providing the highest level of customer service.\n - Works on issues of limited scope.\n - Receives assignments as objectives with the processes necessary to fulfill those goals.\n - Requires moderate planning and direction setting.\n - Monitors daily operations of a team.\n  Develops and directs work schedules and monitors work flow to achieve established goals and objectives.\n - Develops and manages to customer service metrics\n - Ensures that credit hold issues are resolved in a timely manner and understands when it is necessary to escalate the situation\n - Responsible for recommending changes in guidelines, procedures and policies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Two (2) years of related experience and some supervisory experience.\n  Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience. Strong communication and presentation skills\n - Must be able to influence positive change in a Labor/Management Partnership environment (i.e. organized labor)\n - Knowledge of the procurement to payment processes\n - Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, workflow analysis and internal accounting controls\n - Familiarity with software applications, databases, and spreadsheets including Visio, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and mainframe systems\n - Preferred Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) with emphasis in Accounting, Finance\n - Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma experience\n - Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment\n - Involvement in systems implementation and/or integration", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644669/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, AP Customer Service (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129985", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27644669}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Senior Data Analyst - Marketing (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Data Analyst\nBurbank, CA\n\nThe Data Analytic Consultant provides support in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing and reporting data. These positions function both as a consultant and as a high-level data analyst. The position works with clients to develop the right set of questions/hypotheses, using the appropriate tools/skills to derive the best information to address customer needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides direction for assigned components of project work\n- Coordinates, team/project activities & schedules\n- With some feedback and mentoring, able to develop proposals for clients, project, structure, approach, & work plan\n- Given scope of work, minimal feedback/rework is necessary\n- Evaluates effectiveness of actions/programs implemented\n- Researches key business issues, directs the collecting and analyzing of quantitative and qualitative data\n- Proactively records workflows, deliverables, and standing operating procedures for projects\n- Developing specified QA procedures to ensure accuracy of project data, results and written reports & presentation materials\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives\n- Results usually contribute to the completion of projects and department objectives\n- Typical errors would cause moderate delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses\n- Typically involves interpreting and carrying out general guidelines\n- Requires judgment to develop alternatives\n- Provides information to others to be used in the decision-making process\n- Requires limited to moderate decision making\n- Able to make business judgments within scope of projects\n- Determine efficient and effective approaches to data collection and validation\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using judgment within defined practices and procedures\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity using judgment within defined practices and procedures\n- Assesses information to identify the best solution from existing alternatives\n- Exchanges and interprets non-routine information and/or collaboration of work\n- Open to suggestions and input from team members\n- Actively participates and provides meaningful contributions\n- Works with clients/sponsors to clarify goals & priorities\n- Works effectively in groups\n- Follows established directions\n- Works under general supervision\n- Exercises some discretion within defined boundaries\n- Will seek a supervisor or manager to provide guidance and/or solve problems for difficult issues\n- Functions independently in some areas\n- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to and training of team members with less experience\n- Has no formal supervisory responsibility\n- Participates in the coaching/mentoring of new hires and other departmental activities\n-Working knowledge of membership, rates, financial, economic and competitive data\n-Frequent use and general knowledge of market strategy practices, techniques and standards. General application of concepts and principles. Full use and application of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Four (4) year degree in related field OR equivalent experience\n- Minimum: Bachelor's and two (2) - five (5) years of work experience\n- Preferred: Bachelor's and two (2) or more years OR master's\n- Working knowledge of policies, practices and systems\n- Frequent use and general knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and standards\n- General application of concepts and principles\n- Full use and application of standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques\n- Knowledge of healthcare industry preferred\n- Familiarity with Kaiser Permanente healthcare system preferred\n- Education concentrations in Industrial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Math or Finance/Business is preferred.\n- Advanced user in MS Excel, Access and other databases. Must know how to manipulate databases such as MS Excel and Access as well as manipulating reports and generating reports. SAS programming or knowledge of programming languages preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644670/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Data Analyst - Marketing (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "130017", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27644670}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Marketing Comm Proj Mgr III (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nMarcom PM III\nBurbank, CA\n\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, client service, and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the third level, a Project Manager III may lead a marketing communications team that impacts a multiple functional areas or service areas. It is responsible for working on problems of complex scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\nLead development and execution of marketing communications to deliver on brand strategy and business line sales and marketing goals and objectives.\nProvide marketing communications expertise to clients and other cross-functional groups.\nDevelops communication plans and creative briefs that identify background, key issues, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\nDesigns processes to address identified problems.\nEstablishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\nFacilitates team meetings.\nActs as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\nProvides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\nAccountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\nPlans and facilitates meetings.\nMakes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\nAssesses project impact on the workforce.\nMay include developing training programs for different levels of audiences.\nConsistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelors degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n5+ years of experience in specified technical area;\n2+ years of project lead and/or staff supervision experience;\nproject management experience in health care preferred.\nAbility to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\nDemonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\nGood project management and consulting skills.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills. Experienced writer preferred.\nKnowledge of project management, marketing communications practices, fulfillment and distribution systems, processes and data.\nKnowledge of marketing campaigns, sales principles, health care industry.\nAbility to juggle multiple priorities, develop project timelines, and have clear and consistent communication.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644671/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Marketing Comm Proj Mgr III (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "130074", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27644671}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Supervisor, AP / Customer Service (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSupervisor, AP / Customer Service\nPasadena, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Accounts Payable (AP) Supervisor in Oakland. This person will be responsible for overseeing the Northern California Customer Service function. The Supervisor reports to the Buy to Pay Customer Services Manager within the Financial Services Operation (FSO). The role is responsible for maintaining customer interface via email, phone calls and/or any other means of notification of questions or issues with invoice processing. The Supervisor will ensure that the department operations meet customer service targets, rigorous quality standards and comply with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles and regulatory requirements.\n\nEssential Functions\nApplies metrics to develop, direct and monitor staff work schedules and workflow to achieve FSO goals and objectives, as well as the Vision, Standards and Norms.\nSupervise and schedule work for approximately 10-15 AP employees and union staff. Know and understand the labor contract and what that means for daily work and appropriate disciplinary action.\nBuild and strengthen relationships with staff. Train, develop and assist staff in their work. Leads and helps front-line staff to complete project tasks as required by manager.\nEnsure your staff complies with all SOX controls, as well as organizational, state and federal regulations.\n - Works closely with vendors and internal customer to resolve various invoicing issues.\n - Gathers, analyses, prepares and summarizes metric information to manage and monitor the success of the organization.\n - Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in implementing process improvements within the organization to reduce the number of customer issues or streamline our communication with vendors/customers.\n - Responds in a professional manner to all inquiries, providing the highest level of customer service.\n - Works on issues of limited scope.\n - Receives assignments as objectives with the processes necessary to fulfill those goals.\n - Monitors daily operations of a team.\n  Develops and directs work schedules and monitors work flow to achieve established goals and objectives.\n - Develops and manages to customer service metrics\n - Ensures that credit hold issues are resolved in a timely manner and understands when it is necessary to escalate the situation\n - Responsible for recommending changes in guidelines, procedures and policies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - Two (2) years of related experience and some supervisory experience.\n  Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience. Strong communication and presentation skills\n - Must be able to influence positive change in a Labor/Management Partnership environment (i.e. organized labor)\n - Knowledge of the procurement to payment processes\n - Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, workflow analysis and internal accounting controls\n - Familiarity with software applications, databases, and spreadsheets including Visio, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and mainframe systems\n - Preferred Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) with emphasis in Accounting, Finance\n - Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma experience\n - Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment\n - Involvement in systems implementation and/or integration\nPreferred Qualifications\n - Bachelor's degree (BS or BA) with emphasis in Accounting, Finance\n - Sarbanes Oxley and Six Sigma experience\n - Previous direct supervisory experience in an organized labor environment\n - Involvement in systems implementation and/or integration\n - Familiarity with ERP systems such as Peoplesoft or Oracle", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644675/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, AP / Customer Service (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "130122", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644675}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Assistant II (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nExecutive Assistant II\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nThe Care Management Institute has outstanding opportunity for a sharp, confident and energetic Executive Assistant to support a Vice President, Performance Improvement. The ideal candidate will have a 4-year college degree with 10-12+ years of administrative and executive experience, preferably in a healthcare organization. The Executive Assistant will support the executive by scheduling meetings, arranging and preparing materials for meetings and events, taking minutes, preparing reports and tracking projects and events to ensure their accurate and timely completion. The Executive Assistant is a team player and must be able to independently prioritize a variety of duties, with minimum supervision. Success in this position depends on the ability to employ tact, intelligence, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills. This position is vital to departmental growth and success of our national initiatives and demands flexibility, customer-focus and strong attention to details.\nEssential Functions:\nThe executive assistant works directly with the Vice President to coordinate scheduling and department administration in support of the VP role. Most critical attributes for success include:\n- customer orientation - courtesy and meeting our customers' needs\n- discretion - calm, organized and confidential attitude never let them see you sweat\n- flawless execution - schedule and attendance accuracy, supporting team execution against deadlines and business execution\n\nAccountabilities\n\nScheduling\n- Regular recurring meetings (Exec sponsors, PI leadership, regional leadership, PI team meetings, Lisa attendance at Ops and mentor meetings) annual schedule set in 3Q each year for following year\n- Individual meeting request\n- Use of excel grid and monitoring for special circumstances and complex decisions including prioritization\n- Important requests (level 1,2) scheduled within 30 days of requests, lower importance scheduled within 6 weeks of requests (level 3)\n\nManaging staff time and exception submission\n- Regular reminders to all staff\n- Submitting time for team to administration\n\nInvoice management\n- Monitor expenses\n- Once product ordered receive invoice, process, submit to AP\n- Use excel grid to monitor status of each invoice and payment, contract totals and YTD expenditures\n\nMeeting management\n- 48 hr confirmation attendees (phone call if executives) and conference room\n- 48 hr reminder submission with materials via email (cc VP on reminder)\n- IHI and other meeting set up and manage hotel, travel, etc with IHI and KP travel\n- Lisa has all meeting materials in advance of each day's meetings (pm before)\n\nTravel and itineraries\n- Scheduling all travel and confirmed with attachment in lotus notes invite\n- Insuring directions to site and accuracy of site\n- Insuring mode of travel (prefer cabs to car rentals)\n- Packet with travel and meeting information including cover page itinerary with key confirmations, places and contact numbers\n- KPERS expense submission accuracy with receipts and explanations to prevent AP refusals\n\nKey dates and reminders\n- HR evaluation reminders\n- Compliance deadlines and reminders\n- ASE review update reminders\n- Quarterly report reminders for Lisa reporting to NLT/RPG/QHIC\n\nMaterial preparation\n- Edit power point and other documents for professional and legible formatting\n- Prepare reports in easy to read format for VP management\n- Management tools listed above to be used by VP and EA as a team\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Ten (10) - twelve (12) + years of administrative & executive assistant experience w/ increasing levels of scope & discretion.\n- Demonstrated success providing executive support w/in a complex work environment.\n- High School Diploma, GED or related experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Ability to learn & apply thorough knowledge of KP's policies, practices, business, theories & systems.\n- Ability to effectively use in-depth knowledge of company practices, techniques, & standards to work autonomously.\n- Applies advanced business theories/concepts to accomplish significant department projects and/or initiatives.\n- Extreme attention to detail & ability to coordinate & provide support to an executive w/ a highly dynamic/complex role at KP.\n- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative & effective ways.\n- Uses intermediate to advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint) to create more difficult presentation materials w/ graphs/illustrations, & proofreads content for accuracy & KP established formatting.\n- Uses advanced verbal & written communication skills to compose more complex, detailed correspondence & reports, recommends updates to department/functions, & represents dept/function.\n- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, stressful environment.\n- Demonstrated ability to be resourceful & independently make key decisions.\n- Requires ability to learn & apply an expert understanding of a large complex organization & its customers.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644656/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Assistant II (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129611", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27644656}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Asset Management - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nAsset Management Functional Business Analyst\nOneLink Production Support Team\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Asset Management Module. The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the Asset Management users to provide support in the following areas: Asset Management issue/transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nResponsibilities:\nWrite business, functional requirements and work with the Technical Team to translate the business requirement\nWork on User Acceptance testing for any development work that is to be migrated to production. Also Work and coordinate with Release Management for production Migration\nWork with Users to gather business requirements and translate them into functional requirements\nWork on prioritizing tickets and managing the production tickets, resolving them and providing status as and when required.\nWork on Month End close, ensure support is available to users to resolve any issues related to production transactions or reconciliation to ensure a smooth close.\nWork on configuration Changes, Setup of PeopleSoft Asset Management.\nMonitor batch schedule Jobs in AM and respond to any job failures, ensure all transactions are processed successfully and not interrupted by batch failures.\nTrain users when new functionality is introduced and work with training team in providing guidance with the new functionality\nWork with other modules in FIN and SCM or third party systems to make sure all transactions make it to AM from AP and ePro/Purchasing\nMonitor inbound and outbound interfaces to make sure all transactions incoming to PeopleSoft AM are loaded successfully and third party systems get the outbound files on time\nQualifications:\nBasic Minimum qualifications:\n\nBachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience\nExtensive experience with PeopleSoft Asset Management version 8.9 or higher, with an emphasis on Finance Modules.\nStrong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management\nComplete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Asset Management and General Ledger\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nExperience with AM configuration like defining asset books, asset categories, cost type, depreciations terms and asset profiles.\nShould be familiar with Asset Interfaces, trasanction edit, transaction Loader, retiring assets, asset transfers and converting lease information.\nFamiliar with end to end transaction flow in Asset Management and have a good understanding on Asset Management reports.\nShould have thorough understanding of Capital Acquisition, consolidate and unitlitze assets.\nExperience is issue resolution of daily production issues on AM delivered processes.\nDemonstrated data analysis expertise\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.\nUnderstanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment\nAvailable for up to 10% travel to other locations\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft KK, GL and PC modules\nAccounting knowledge\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644657/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Asset Management - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129780", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644657}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr Business Analyst PeopleSoft G/L - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nGeneral Ledger Functional Business Analyst,\nOneLink Production Support Team\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Asset Management Module.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the Asset Management users to provide support in the following areas: Asset Management issue/transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\nResponsibilities:\nWrite business, functional requirements and work with the Technical Team to translate the business requirement\nWork on User Acceptance testing for any development work that is to be migrated to production. Also Work and coordinate with Release Management for production Migration\nWork with Users to gather business requirements and translate them into functional requirements\nWork on prioritizing tickets and managing the production tickets, resolving them and providing status as and when required.\nWork on Month End close, ensure support is available to users to resolve any issues related to production transactions or reconciliation to ensure a smooth close.\nWork on configuration Changes, Setup of PeopleSoft Asset Management.\nMonitor batch schedule Jobs in AM and respond to any job failures, ensure all transactions are processed successfully and not interrupted by batch failures.\nTrain users when new functionality is introduced and work with training team in providing guidance with the new functionality\nWork with other modules in FIN and SCM or third party systems to make sure all transactions make it to AM from AP and ePro/Purchasing\nMonitor inbound and outbound interfaces to make sure all transactions incoming to PeopleSoft AM are loaded successfully and third party systems get the outbound files on time\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience\nExtensive experience with PeopleSoft Asset Management version 8.9 or higher, with an emphasis on Finance Modules.\nStrong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management\nComplete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Asset Management and General Ledger\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nExperience with AM configuration like defining asset books, asset categories, cost type, depreciations terms and asset profiles.\nShould be familiar with Asset Interfaces, trasanction edit, transaction Loader, retiring assets, asset transfers and converting lease information.\nFamiliar with end to end transaction flow in Asset Management and have a good understanding on Asset Management reports.\nShould have thorough understanding of Capital Acquisition, consolidate and unitlitze assets.\nExperience is issue resolution of daily production issues on AM delivered processes.\nDemonstrated data analysis expertise\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.\nUnderstanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment\nAvailable for up to 10% travel to other locations\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft KK, GLand PC modules\nAccounting knowledge\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644658/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Business Analyst PeopleSoft G/L - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129779", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644658}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Inventory - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst\nPeopleSoft Inventory\nKaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nWork closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements\nWork tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application\nAssist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nCreate, update, and review business requirement and functional documents\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nAssist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nExperience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9\nComprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Inventory module\nComplete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.\nExperience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nAbility to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained\nExperience with AtPar handheld application to assist users with handheld inquiries and issues for cart count, cycle count, bin to bin transfers, picking, receiving, and stock requests\n\nExperience with the following is a plus (Not required):\nPeopleSoft GL, KK, PO, AP, and AM modules\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow\nPeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644660/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Inventory - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129782", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644660}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Inventory - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst\nPeopleSoft Inventory\nKaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nWork closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements\nWork tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application\nAssist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nCreate, update, and review business requirement and functional documents\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nAssist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nExperience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9\nComprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Inventory module\nComplete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.\nExperience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nAbility to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained\nExperience with AtPar handheld application to assist users with handheld inquiries and issues for cart count, cycle count, bin to bin transfers, picking, receiving, and stock requests\n\nExperience with the following is a plus (Not required):\nPeopleSoft GL, KK, PO, AP, and AM modules\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow\nPeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644659/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Inventory - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129781", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644659}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application.The Functional Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, both adhoc and delivered reporting, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nWork closely with users to resolve break fixes and capture new business requirements\nWork tickets through a queue and be able to resolve tickets quickly and thoroughly with little supervision\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or changes to the PeopleSoft SCM application\nAssist in providing full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, development, quality assurance, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nCreate, update, and review business requirement and functional documents\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nAssist with delivered and custom reports, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nExperience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9\nComprehensive knowledge and experience working in the Purchasing/ePro module\nComplete understanding of the interaction between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, and General Ledger.\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system enhancements/process changes.\nExperience working with users and all levels of management to resolve problems and capture business requirements\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nAbility to manage tickets through the system development life cycle and escalate issues as needed to ensure production release dates are maintained\nBe solution minded and be able\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft GL, KK, IN, AP, and AM modules\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow\nPeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644661/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst - PeopleSoft Purchasingv2, Support Org - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129784", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644661}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Brooklyn Heights", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Health Information Services\nLocation: Brooklyn Heights, OH\nThis position exists to plan and coordinate HIS activities to ensure timely and accurate availability and release of health information as needed for care of the member, or to meet state and federal regulations. HIS areas include; Record Quality and Maintenance, Manual Indexing, Transcription, Medical Correspondence.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervise staff to include; hiring, training, coaching, discipline, performance management\n- Provide regular performance feedback to direct reports\n- Develop, implement and evaluate department policies and procedures to ensure accuracy, availability and release of health information\n- Implement and maintain a quality program and performance standards\n- Collaborate with IT, Health Connect, Clinical Operations, Compliance, and other departments to identify and resolve systems or workflow issues that may impact the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of the health record\n- Develop, implement and evaluate departmental policies and procedures to ensure the accuracy, availability, and the release of health information. Ensure compliance with state and federal agency requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-4 years experience in health information management\n- 2 years supervisory experience in health information management\n- Experience working with electronic medical record systems\n- Associate's degree in Health Information Systems\n- Registered Health Information Management Technician (RHIT) or Registered Health Information Management Administrator (RHIA) required within six months of hire\n- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills\n- Excellent verbal/written communication skills with the ability to coach and train others\n- Current knowledge of federal, state and local requirements for confidentiality and release of information", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644647/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Health Information Services", "reqid": "126333", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Brooklyn Heights, OH", "uid": 27644647}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Parma", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse, ED/CDU\nLocation: Parma, OH\nThe ED/CDU RN position exists to give direct, primary patient care to Kaiser Permanente members and non-members seeking care in the Emergency Department and Clinical Decision Unit.\nEssential Functions:\nDemonstrate and apply required skill sets and clinical knowledge/practice in the patient care setting which can include administration of medications, treatments, and interventions at the direction of the Physician, participate in the discharge process, assist with performing ADL's (bathing, repositioning, feeding, ambulation, safe transfer, and transportation of patients of any acuity). Will delegate to ancillary personnel per their Scope of Practice and evaluate outcomes\nRespond to emergent/crisis situations following BCLS/ACLS/PALS guidelines and as directed by the Physician. Will utilize all available equipment to assist in the stabilization of critically ill or injured patients\nMust demonstrate compassion and empathy to their patients and families. Must have a 'customer first' attitude. Must work well with other department disciplines\nDemonstrate critical thinking in the patient care setting. Must recognize when to report to the Physician when patient outcomes change, are questionable, or improves\nDemonstrate sound pharmacological knowledge. Assess for desired/unexpected post-medication outcomes and react accordingly\nKnowledgeable of the requirements for transfer of patients to other Emergency Departments, in-patient acute-and chronic-care facilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nGraduate of NLN-accredited School of Nursing\nCurrent, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio is required\nCurrent BCLS certification from the American Heart Association is required\nMust have ACLS certification from the American Heart Association within six months of hire\nMust have PALS certification from the American Heart Association within twelve months of hire\nMust pass Core Competency and ED/CDU competency Skills Validation.\nMust successfully complete ED/CDU RN Orientation Program within the specified time frame.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nOne year of clinical nursing in the previous five years preferred to qualify for the CDU position. One year of emergency department or critical care experience preferred to qualify for ED position\n\nPart-time 24 hr night position.\n7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Monday and Wednesday", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644649/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse, ED/CDU", "reqid": "128300", "state": "Ohio", "state_short": "OH", "location": "Parma, OH", "uid": 27644649}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Acute Care Patient Coordinator\nLocation: Portland, OR\nAcute Care Patient Coordinators are Registered Nurses who independently assure patients are admitted to the correct level of care for accurate billing & reimbursement, provide quality, cost effective clinical coordination/care management in the acute care & emergency care settings, manage patients with routine & complex discharge planning needs by independently assessing needs, developing & implementing plans of care for transitions across care settings. Acute Care Patient Coordinators also serve as expert resource consultants & educators for physicians & other health care team members in discharge transition of care, coordination of internal & community resources, & support the evaluation & improvement of systems of care to support the optimal utilization of health care resources, while maintaining quality of patient care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Ensures review of all KP patients admitted to service area hospitals for appropriateness of admission; admission to the appropriate level of care status; length of stay consistent with medical &/or surgical criteria; &, ensures authorization for hospitalization is received from non-Kaiser payer sources\n- Provides timely & accurate notification to Patient Billing Services verifying correct admit status\n- Facilitates care & services for non-Kaiser patients in the hospital setting approved by their payer source\n- Facilitates entries in patient charts that reflect & support definitive diagnoses & coding\n- Ensures coordination of care toward timely discharge for routine & complex medical/surgical patients in hospital setting\n- Independently & proactively completing assessments which are thorough, timely, age appropriate, & reflect psychosocial support systems, care needs, benefit array, level of care determinations, & document same for designated population of patients\n- Developing safe discharge plans by working with patients, families, & health care teams to develop a mutually agreeable plan of care that creatively optimizes the use of all available & appropriate resources to support the unique & particular needs of each patient on a case by case basis\n- Implementing care plans by ordering, brokering, & advocating for the patient & family, while educating the patient, family, & health care team about options & alternatives. Completing all necessary documentation for referrals & handoffs between care settings to ensure a seamless transition to another level of care\n- Acting as KP 'ambassador' to provide member information to care facilities (SNF, ICF, assisted living, adult foster homes, residential care facilities) & problem-solve/facilitate any issues which present barriers to safe transfers & the provision of quality care, such as: special equipment needs, symptom/behavior management, financial assessment & plan, clinical instability & complex care needs (IV therapy, enteral feedings, wound care, therapy needs)\n- Ensuring efficient utilization of health care resources by: ensuring that the plan for an acute care stay for individual patients is well understood by the patient, family & health care team, & that the plan is progressing effectively & efficiently toward resolution & transition to a lower level of care; by assuring that patient/family receive right care at the right time so that quality & utilization are simultaneously enhanced\n- Ensures systematic & ongoing contact with hospital staff/other Kaiser departments (CCS, LTC, Expanded Care, DME, HH, Hospice) to share information regarding care coordination role & ongoing responsibility for acute care/ED patients\n- Performs other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years ofacute hospital experience with progressive levels of responsibility\n- BSN\n- Licensed in Oregon and Washington; requires license in primary state, (Oregon or Washington) prior to first day of employment. Application for licensure in secondary state must be made within six (6) weeks of start date. Licenses in both states required within six (6) months of hire\n- Valid driver's license\n- Basic Life Support CPR card for Health Care Provider; valid card must be obtained prior to patient contact and within two weeks of hire\n- Current BLS with AED certification within 30 days of hire\n- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and work as a constant patient advocate\n- Demonstrated ability to interrelate with physicians, nurses, support staff, and patients in interdisciplinary approach\n- Basic physical, psychosocial, functional assessment skills\n- Familiar with care processes and systems in settings internal and external to Kaiser Permanente\n- Familiar with and able to collaborate with Kaiser Permanente and community resources\n- Thorough knowledge of principles of teaching and delegation, physical assessment and care planning and appropriate utilization of acute hospital, long-term care and home care resources\n- Able to document concise yet thorough clinical documentation of patient assessment and care needs\n- Highly effective problem solving, written and verbal communication, organizational and time management skills\n- Familiarity with and ability to use computers\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent experience in Home Health Agency or role responsibility for inpatient discharge planning\n- Medical/Surgical or Critical Care Nursing experience\n- Documented three years recent experience in one or more of the following areas: Hospital Inpatient Discharge Planning, Community Health, Home Health and/or Utilization Management\n- MSN\n- Current Certification as a Certified Case Manager (CCM) or Accredited Case Manager (ACM)\n- Demonstrated ability to interrelate with physicians, nurses and patients\n- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills\n- Good clinical judgment to assess the needs of patients as they relate to next level of care\n- Knowledge of the principles of patient teaching, disease prevention measures, physical assessment and appropriate utilization of acute hospital resources\n- Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations related to eligibility requirements: hospital, nursing facilities, home health and hospice eligibility requirements\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente resources\n- Able to type 30 WPM with accuracy\n\nSalary Range:\n$35.19 to 59.90 per hour based upon experience", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644644/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Acute Care Patient Coordinator", "reqid": "129846", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27644644}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Service Unit Director RN - G.I.\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nIn conjunction with Chiefs of Service, directs, coordinates, facilitates, leads, and evaluates ambulatory patient care services. Oversees staff, ensures compliance with regulatory compliance, consults on patient care issues, and manages the budget.\nEssential Functions: This position will oversee G.I. Functions for the Central Valley. Peri-Op experience highly preferred.\n- Directs development and implementation of quality and utilization standards for ambulatory services.\n- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services and cost effective utilization of resources and services.\n- In conjunction with Chiefs of Service manages the daily operations of the ambulatory services.\n- Designs and implements policies, procedures, protocols, efficient program outcomes, and timely provision of support to TPMG providers.\n- Directs the budget and resource allocations and manages the financial performance.\n- Identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care services.\n- Interprets and facilitates the application of Nursing Scope of Practice within ambulatory services, which includes making skill-mix decisions based on needs, service, financial considerations, and legal constraints.\n- Directs and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n- Coordinates and monitors the quality improvement program for nursing services.\n- Develops and implement new programs or best practices and strategies which improve the quality of care and services and reduces costs.\n- Develops and presents training programs.\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes and the delivery of patient care and member services.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, local and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial management experience, usually seven (7) years.\n- Demonstrated human relations and labor relations experience.\n- Bachelor's degree in nursing or health care required.\n- Master's or equivalent years of experience in business or health care.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Demonstration of progressive nursing admin experience in an ambulatory setting.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BLS.\n- Experience in managing/directing endoscopy or perioperative suites.\n- Experience in all areas of endoscopy compliance and regulations including Title 22 and Join Commission Standards.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644634/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Director RN - G.I.", "reqid": "129680", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27644634}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Assistant Director of Rehabilitation Services (120184)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director, assumes administrative responsibility for physical therapy/rehabilitation services (e.g., Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech for hospital and outpatient services). Provides input into planning, organizing, budgeting and reporting to achieve consistency and a high level of member satisfaction of services throughout the Facility and/or Service Area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Supports the Director in the development of physical therapy/rehabilitation services programs that identify and meet member needs.\n- Identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of service.\n- Supports operations within the department to assure consistency, including implementation of new services, clinical practices and initiatives.\n- Assists the Director with development and administration of the operating and capital budgets.\n- Participates in the planning and implementation delivery of care strategies for Rehabilitation Services.\n- Working with the Director, develops new products and services to meet members expectations within a competitive healthcare market.\n- Implements and monitors service line policies and procedures which support strategic initiatives, goals, and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Assists the Director in planning, monitoring and adjusting resources for the Rehabilitation Services.\n- Coordinates staffing, labor relations and compensation activities at the regional services level, to include input and preparation for labor contract negotiations.\n- Promotes a work environment which supports team performance and communicates the goals and vision of Rehabilitation Services and support staff in meeting these goals.\n- Responsible for assuring the quality, safety and efficiency of the care provided by the Rehabilitation Services staff.\n- Develops partnerships with external constituencies, the community, academic programs and other groups.\n- Provides direct therapy/rehabilitation patient care services as needed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant supervisory experience (generally five (5) years) in a clinical physical therapy setting.\n- Previous management experience in a union environment required.\n- Experience in staffing, program development, budgeting and quality improvement.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's degree or master's degree.\n- Master's degree in Health, Business Administration or related field preferred.\n- Certification in Physical Therapy required.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- BLS required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Strong organizational and communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644639/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Director of Rehabilitation Services (120184)", "reqid": "129763", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27644639}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Service Unit Dept Manager RN OBGYN\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nThis position has the responsibility for the daily operations of planning, organizing, supervising, staffing, budgeting and monitoring the resources allocated to deliver routine and acute OBGYN ambulatory care and services. The position utilizes resources effectively and works cohesively with other departments. This position encourages innovation and teamwork in a Service oriented environment. Must be flexible, work well in a changing environment; enjoy project management, and team development. This position will have over-sight of the NPs and the Module RN work. The department includes Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Medical Assistants, technical and clerical staff. The Unit Manager works in collaboration with Physician Module Leaders and reports directly to the Director of OBGYN.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to demonstrate effective human relations skills and knowledge of labor relations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge and application of fiscal principles.\n- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple and complex tasks.\n-Demonstrated ability to work with multi-level staff.\n- BSN Degree.\n- OBGYN experience preferred.\n\nSchedule: Varies Sun - Sat, some weekend covergage needed. 40hrs per week.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644641/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Unit Dept Manager RN OBGYN", "reqid": "129816", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27644641}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Web Coordinator\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nManages the content of the web site.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Maintains existing web content and creates new applications that add value to the web site.\n- Evaluates the use of new integrated content and implements as applicable, works with end users and stakeholder groups to address change requests, as well as defines future functionality.\n- Works with IT communications and other areas to coordinate content and ensure adherence to national web standards.\n- Participates in cross functional groups to identify and document functional requirements, workflow and information sources for the web site.\n- Performs related duties as assigned or requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Typically three (3) plus years experience in the computer industry with one (1) year experience programming in C, PERL, Visual Basic or other programming languages\n- One (1) year experience with Web technology including HTML and CGI programming preferred\n- AA degree in computer science or equivalent experience\n- Familiarity with basic concepts behind HTML\n- Familiarity with Netscape Enterprise Server, MS Internet Information Server, or other Web servers\n- Understands the authoring languages, relevant Web technologies, content/application pieces, and graphics in sufficient detail to coordinate, design, and structure Web sites\n- Strong MS Word skills to format documents before feeding into the automatic HTML conversion software\n- Ability to assist non-technical end users to format documents in Word to facilitate the automatic conversion process\n- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644640/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Web Coordinator", "reqid": "129842", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27644640}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 04)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/ Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation. Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nSonographer I, II, III, IV,V:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers).\n- BLS required.\nIn addition to the qualifications above:\nSonographer I\n- Must have 1 ARDMS registry in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.\nSonographer II\n- Must have 2 ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform both specialties routinely.\nSonographer III\n- Must have equivalent of 3 years (6,240 hrs) continuous ultrasound experience within the last 6 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must have 3 ARDMS registries in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 3 specialties routinely.\nSonographer IV\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 4 specialties routinely.\nSonographer V\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 5 specialties routinely.\n\nSchedule: 2:30 PM - 11:00 PM\n\nWeek 1: Wed - Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Wed - Fri", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644613/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 04)", "reqid": "128727", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 27644613}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Disability Claims Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nProcess a variety of disability forms, interact w/ members, physicians & third parties to expedite the completion of disability forms. Review all forms for appropriate signatures & completeness.\nEssential Functions:\n- Processes state disability (SDI) & private disability claims, to include extensions & other forms requesting medical information\n- Reviews all forms/letters to release medical information for completeness &/or signatures as may be required by law or policy\n- May process Paid Family Leave (PFL) & FMLA claims\n- Reviews medical record & verification of treatment (VOT) record as necessary to abstract applicable information for claim forms\n- Assigns ICD code(s) to claim(s)\n- Interacts w/ members, third party entities, physicians & insurance companies\n- Must be able to process claims in a timely & accurate manner & meet deadlines\n- Logs disability claims in database\n- Views/runs reports as necessary for follow-up of outstanding claims\n- Accepts & makes phone calls from patients, third party entities, physicians & other staff\n- Makes copies & file as necessary\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Experience in medical office setting preferred\n- Experience w/ ICD (Internal Classification of Diseases) coding preferred\n- High school diploma or GED\n- 30 wpm or keystroke equivalent\n- Must be able to pass medical terminology test, typing test & PC skills tests\n- Knowledge of medical terminology required & International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding preferred\n- Must have basic PC & keyboard skills, ability to enter data in database\n- Ability to work independently, organize & complete work w/ minimal supervision\n- Must be service oriented w/ strong customer service skills & ability to communicate effectively\n- Must be able to work in Labor Management Partnership\n\nSkills testing:PC skills, Typing (30WPM) or keystroke equivalent, & Medical Terminology\n\nExpected length of employment: Up to 90 days.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644621/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Disability Claims Clerk - Grade 4 - Temporary", "reqid": "128819", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27644621}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [PL232]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- Main Operating Room - Two years recent (within the last 3 years) experience circulating and/or scrubbing surgical procedures in an acute care hospital operating room. Available for call back within 30 minutes of the facility.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644623/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing [PL232]", "reqid": "128860", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27644623}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Support Services Representative, (No. RCH.), Grade 325\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nEssential Functions:\n- Prepare and distribute time schedules for all shifts and areas based on contractual provisions and staffing guidelines.\n- Ensures sufficient, appropriate qualified staff is backfilled according to departmental needs and operations and that time off requests are processed.\n- Interprets collective bargaining agreements to: minimize the cost of overtime/and or other premium payments; ensure seniority in vacation selection or other time off; creates ranking systems for regular staff in accordance with seniority provisions of contracts and availability forms filed by employees; documents/maintains discussions with staff and management to ensure that contract provisions are followed; in accordance with individual facilities guidelines, negotiates with staff to cover vacant shifts; addresses all urgent staffing situations.\n- Provide time off balance and other reports as required and process TIME (timecard) records system as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-High School graduate or equivalent required\n- Must have effective oral and written communication skills in the English language, organization and problem solving.\n- Ability to work effectively as an individual and in a group setting, in order to negotiate necessary coverage for the medical clinics.\n- Strong problem solving skills allowing individual to develop creative alternatives to staffing.\n- Ability to effectively perform in a high volume setting while handling multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy.\n- Detail oriented to ensure that discussions with staff and decisions regarding selection of staff are documented in case of disputes.\n- Must be able to write neatly and accurately.\n- Must be decisive with the ability to work independently and make decisions regarding staffing requests or challenges\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Excel preferred.\n- Knowledge of healthcare environment preferred\n- Must be flexible to meet the needs of the department\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n\nSkills Testing: Typing speed 40wpm, Word, Excel\n\nSchedule: Short Hour, 16 hours per week, Evening shifts. Sunday and Saturday: 3:30am to 12:00pm, and every other Friday: 7:00am to 3:30pm.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644608/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Support Services Representative, (No. RCH.), Grade 325", "reqid": "128183", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 27644608}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "South San Francisco", "description": "Title: Chronic Condition Management Program Assistant - Grade 400 (010)\nLocation: South San Francisco, CA\nThe Program Assistant works under the direction of the CCM Manager &/or care/case managers to support the delivery & daily operations of CCM Population & care/case management programs. Support includes, but is not limited to, clerical duties, managing office logistics; facilitating communication w/ members, primary care team staff, & other departments & services, processing & maintaining databases, & maintaining program resources.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides logistical support for classes, group visits, & clinics\n- Confirms schedule w/ providers & presenters & provides reminder calls/letters to patients\n- Assists in preparing charts & supplies & assists patients in completing program questionnaire or log as needed\n- Checks blood pressure, pulse, respiration's, height, weight, peak flows, & spirometry or downloads glucose meters as needed\n- Conducts visit registration & scheduling of telephone & clinic visits\n- Coordinates or provides resources for patient-specific prevention activities\n- Registers members for visits & generates OSCR forms per medical facility policy\n- Processes referrals, schedule classes, & follow-up appointments as directed by care/case managers\n- Contacts overdue patients by phone or letter at direction of care/case managers\n- Maintains computer databases, adds, & deletes patients into the Patient Alert System using program guidelines\n- Manipulates & utilizes data in current patient population, management report system.\n- Enters patients in care/case management software programs & maintains data as appropriate, e.g., AmCare, Lotus Notes Case Management System, Cholesterol Management Program, MULTIFIT Program, etc.\n- Maintains Access or Excel patient logs if used in conjunction w/ care/case management software applications\n- Manipulates & utilizes data to generate reports & queries as needed.\n- Maintains daily program operations & prepares, maintains, & provides member packets for enrollment, group visits, classes, &/or clinics\n- Sends letters to patients and patients' providers & makes copies of program materials, send faxes as needed\n- Establishes & maintains a department filing system\n- Answers phone & voice mail, routes messages to appropriate person, & provides call backs to patients relaying responses from care/case manager\n- Sorts & routes department mail & orders & transfers charts at the direction of care/case managers\n- Sends memos & progress notes to patient's MD/NPs\n- Contacts patients by phone or by letter at direction of care/case managers for follow-up\n- Upon program completion, places patients on booking list for routine follow-up appointment w/ their primary care MD/NP per medical center policy\n- Orders office & program supplies & works w/ care/case managers & other staff to maintain patient education resources, including inventory, ordering, & distribution\n- Communicates w/ Schedule Maintenance Department regarding care/case manager schedules\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one-year secretarial and/or medical setting/front office experience required.\n- High School Diploma/GED .\n- MA certificate preferred and may be required in certain circumstances.\n- BLS may be required per medical center policy\n- Skills and knowledge of Medical Assistant preferred and may be required for a specific program per medical center policy.\n- Proficient and legible advanced writing, reading, and arithmetic skills required.\n- A minimum of intermediate tested proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel required, and ability to learn complex software programs, including databases, required.\n- Keyboarding at least 40 wpm required.\n- A service orientation and openness to creative and innovative approaches to providing service characterized by cultural sensitivity, respect, and polite communication with patients, staff members, and visitors required.\n- Strong organization and task management skills required, multi-tasking skills in a busy environment required.\n- Ability to be self-motivated, to work independently, and to work as a team member required.\n- The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to be self motivated, to work independently, and to work in a busy environment.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- AA in Business or Health related field strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of KP systems (e.g., PARRS, RegPlus, CIPS) strongly preferred.\n- Knowledge of ordering materials and monitoring inventory strongly preferred.\n- Good attendance strongly preferred.\n\nSkills testing: Typing (40 WPM), intermediate testing in Microsoft Word and Excel", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644603/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chronic Condition Management Program Assistant - Grade 400 (010)", "reqid": "127157", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "South San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27644603}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapist Assistant, Psychiatric Social Work Assistant\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW): Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT): Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.\nOR\n- Marriage & Family Therapist Assistant: Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college of university.\nOR\n- Psychiatric Social Work Assistant: Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college of university.\n\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nSchedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week, Day shifts. Monday: 8:00am to 4:00pm, Tuesday/Thursday: 10:00am to 7:00pm, Wednesday: 9:00am to 4:00pm, Friday: 10:00am to 5:00pm. Regular Evening hours required for at least 20% of the time.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644605/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, Marriage and Family Therapist, Marriage and Family Therapist Assistant, Psychiatric Social Work Assistant", "reqid": "127582", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 27644605}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker II [ES224]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe primary role of the MSW II is to assist patients & families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues & practical arrangements related to the patient's illness. Under general direction of Social Work Manager/LCSW, delivers age-appropriate care to patients/caregivers in accordance w/ agency policy & procedure & state/federal regulations. The MSW II is a member of the healthcare team providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information & referral to community resources & other social work services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.\n- Provide counseling for disease acceptance & understanding.\n- Responsible for developing & implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients/families to cope &/or restore social, emotional, financial & environmental factors which affect(ed) by illness.\n- Completes psychosocial assessments. Partners w/ patient to identify needs & develop/implement treatment plan.\n- Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources & external community/government resources to assist patient/family in developing short/long term care plans.\n- Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.\n- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services w/in Kaiser & community.\n- Assist patient/family w/ care & discharge planning.\n- Takes, reviews, evaluates & prioritizes written/oral referrals & maintains documentation.\n- Functions as part of the SNF Team to assure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members.\n- Collaborate w/ internal/external resources in Kaiser/community.\n- Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members & skilled nursing facilities.\n- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits.\n- Participates in UM/Quality Assurance.\n- Coordinate communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, field staff, members/families.\n- Works w/ referral sources to clarify/complete clinical & psychosocial information.\n- Critical Care: Exp w/ issues pertaining to death, dismemberment, disfigurement & disability.\n- Medical Surgical: Exp in crisis, grief, family counseling.\n- Oncology: Exp in crisis, grief, family counseling.\n- HIV: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling, including counseling related to issues specific to HIV/AIDS.\n- Maternal/Child: Exp providing clinical counseling related to high risk pregnancy, diabetes, genetic defects, & substance abuse.\n- Exp w/ adoption/surrogate birth laws.\n- Pediatrics: Exp providing clinical services to children w/ acute/chronic medical conditions.\n- Knowledge & exp w/ child abuse reporting laws, procedures & agencies.\n- Alzheimer/Dementia: Exp working w/ the elderly & others diagnosed w/ dementia, including community resources.\n- Chronic Conditions: Exp providing clinical services to patients w/ more than one ongoing health condition.\n- Palliative Care: Exp in initiating & participating in end of life discussions w/ patients/families, & hospice referrals, providing home visits.\n- Geographic Managed Care: Exp in crisis intervention, counseling & referral services to socially high risk women who are pregnant &/or parenting children under 5 yrs.\n- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Step I: Less than two (2) years' social work experience (M.S.W. field work not included).\n- Step II: Two (2) to four (4) years of social work experience within the last five (5) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- Step III: Four (4) or more years of social work experience within the last ten (10) years (M.S.W. fieldwork not included).\n- At least one (1) year post MSW experience in a health care setting preferred- MSW internship may be considered in lieu of this requirement.\n- Master's Degree (M.S.W.) LCSW preferred. Master's in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.\n- Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary team.\n- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills.\n- Knowledge of chronic and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family functioning.\n- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication skills and written documentation.\n- Must be computer-literate and, preferably, experienced in automated clinical information systems.\n- Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple tasks.\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.\n- Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nSchedule: Scheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644591/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker II [ES224]", "reqid": "125488", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27644591}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Health Education Instructor III (11097)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThis position conducts specialized health education classes using moderately difficult or varied curriculum designed for the improvement of health of Kaiser Members & non-members & may serve as content & resource expert in the development of class curriculum.\nEssential Functions:\n- Teaches & models self-management skills, concepts, resources, & tools related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification to class participants.\n- Assists participants in developing specific behavioral goals.\n- Provides individual instruction & counseling, as needed.\n- Assesses needs of class participants & modifies class content to meet those needs.\n- Applies evidence based education techniques in teaching methods.\n- Sustains a high level of expertise & assures cutting-edge knowledge in specific topic area.\n- May coordinate health information projects such as program catalogs, newsletter, informational displays, community health events, etc.\n- May support staff education training related to specific content area.\n- May consult w/ physicians & staff regarding related health education services.\n- May be called on to review & develop or recommend high quality, culturally appropriate, written, & audio-visual health education materials to better meet class needs.\n- Arranges & coordinates room set-up, availability of materials, & audio/visual equipment.\n- Maintains records of training activities, including attendance rosters, homework assignments, class evaluations, & timesheets or phone TIME system.\n- Administers & collects class evaluation forms & class fees.\n- Conducts follow-up phones calls to participants including those who missed sessions to determine reason for absence, monitor progress of participants, & answer related questions.\n- Completes required continuous training & education such as; those related to workplace safety, legal & regulatory compliance, accreditation & license requirements, & department specific requirements.\n- Maintains & promotes knowledge & utilization of resources related to health, lifestyle change, & behavior modification offered by Kaiser Permanente & through the community.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Represent Kaiser Permanente at companies in Santa Clara County.\n- Conduct educational seminars at worksite to a group of 20-40 participants.\n- Health education seminar topics range from Cholesterol Management, Diabetes Basics, Exercise Prescription, to Quit Tobacco.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 4 years of experience teaching classes or conducting training programs.\n- Bachelor's degree.\n- Master's degree in Public Health Administration or equivalent preferred.\n- Licensed or professional credentials or certification as appropriate for the course instruction.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory & group process.\n- Current knowledge of health concepts, preventive health care, & behavior change.\n- Must possess excellent communication & interpersonal skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in teaching techniques & presentation.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead & facilitate diverse groups of people w/ understanding of group dynamics.\n- Ability to function independently & exercise professional judgment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience facilitating health education seminars to an audience of 40 people.\n- Demonstrated ability to apply principles of behavior change in group setting.\n\nSchedule: Day/evening/weekend shifts. Hours may vary to meet operational needs.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:08:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644593/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Health Education Instructor III (11097)", "reqid": "125817", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27644593}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II [ORT1]\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures; provides blood transfusion information; performs surgical peri-operative procedures; locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines: Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records; assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery; reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies; assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist; dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical exam and compiles patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examination.\n- Orders diagnostic tests, such as xray, EKG, and laboratory tests and interprets test results for deviation from normal.\n- Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care and managing infection.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education. Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures; provides blood transfusion information; performs peri-operative procedures.\n-Performs Fist Assists duties including retracting tissue, cutting sutures, tying sutures, applying clamps to superficial vessels above the fascia and other duties when specifically assigned or delegated by the operating surgeon.\n- Performs post-operative procedures including transcription of standard post-operative orders, assisting with evaluation and management during recovery.\n- Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in the provision of continuity of care.\n- Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, emotional problems and health maintenance.\n- Provides coverage as appropriate for other PA providers when needed.\n- Maintains a stable, excellent attendance record.\n- Carries out duties and responsibilities in a competent and professional manner.\n- Demonstrates customer service skills.\n-Communicates clearly, both verbally and written.\n- Demonstrates creative and innovative ways of providing excellent service to Health Plan members.\n- Individuals may perform other related duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year previous experience in the last five years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAt least 1 year of experience with demonstrated competence to:\n- Function as first assist in the OR\n- Conduct daily rounds and document patient care orders\n- Order and evaluate laboratory, radiology and screening tests\n- Perform evaluative consults with physicians and other health care providers\n- Manage Orthopaedic surgical and non-surgical problems within scope of practice\n- Perform therapeutic procedures as outlined in the Delineation of Services\n\nSchedule:\nAbility to support department call schedule.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644584/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II [ORT1]", "reqid": "122244", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 27644584}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Rafael", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II [ORT2]\nLocation: San Rafael, CA\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures; provides blood transfusion information; performs surgical peri-operative procedures; locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines: Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records; assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery; reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies; assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist; dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical exam and compiles patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examination.\n- Orders diagnostic tests, such as xray, EKG, and laboratory tests and interprets test results for deviation from normal.\n- Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care and managing infection.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education. Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures; provides blood transfusion information; performs peri-operative procedures.\n-Performs Fist Assists duties including retracting tissue, cutting sutures, tying sutures, applying clamps to superficial vessels above the fascia and other duties when specifically assigned or delegated by the operating surgeon.\n- Performs post-operative procedures including transcription of standard post-operative orders, assisting with evaluation and management during recovery.\n- Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in the provision of continuity of care.\n- Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, emotional problems and health maintenance.\n- Provides coverage as appropriate for other PA providers when needed.\n- Maintains a stable, excellent attendance record.\n- Carries out duties and responsibilities in a competent and professional manner.\n- Demonstrates customer service skills.\n-Communicates clearly, both verbally and written.\n- Demonstrates creative and innovative ways of providing excellent service to Health Plan members.\n- Individuals may perform other related duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year previous experience in the last five years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAt least 1 year of experience with demonstrated competence to:\n- Function as first assist in the OR\n- Conduct daily rounds and document patient care orders\n- Order and evaluate laboratory, radiology and screening tests\n- Perform evaluative consults with physicians and other health care providers\n- Manage Orthopaedic surgical and non-surgical problems within scope of practice\n- Perform therapeutic procedures as outlined in the Delineation of Services\n\nSchedule:\nAbility to support department call schedule", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644585/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II [ORT2]", "reqid": "122245", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Rafael, CA", "uid": 27644585}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: Patient Care Coordinator, SH\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nThe Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for utilization review, discharge planning & transitions in care, in collaboration w/ MAPMG rounder in acute or alternative settings of care.\nEssential Functions:\n- Utilization Review. According to department policy, procedure & protocols, consistently apply & verbally communicate approved utilization review criteria & guidelines for services delivered in acute or alternative care settings.\n- Eligibility & Benefit Verification. Confirm eligibility status & ensure the appropriate administration of benefits in accordance w/ department policies & procedures.\n- Assessing Right Venue of Care w/ Hospitalist. Collaboration w/ Hospitalist to assess the appropriate level of care for patients (i.e., Medical Unit, Surgical Unit, Tele Unit, TCU, ICU) & post- (Home, Continuum or Community-based Services) hospitalization.\n- Coordination of Care. Driving patient care plan through assuring daily plan is executed, & management of transitions & post-hospital care.\n- Effective Discharge Planning. Prompt, clinically appropriate discharge planning beginning at time of admission.\n- Variance Management. Timely steps in identification of delays in throughput, escalation to correct delays, & recording delays to identify patterns & trends that will require corrective actions.\n- Quality Screening. Demonstrate competency to assess all aspects of care across the continuum for variations from quality & utilization standards.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in acute hospital utilization review or equivalent required.\n- RN License in jurisdiction where assigned required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- New Hire:\no Successful completion of PCC Orientation & Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Annually:\no Successful completion of PCC Assessment of Critical Skills.\no Passing score on inter-rater reliability.\n- Ability to effectively communicate.\n- Ability to conform to established policies & procedures.\n- Ability to analytically problem solve & make decisions.\n- Ability to tolerate & cope w/ ambiguity.\n- Ability to work as a team member.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively & clearly present information through the written word, to influence or persuade others through oral presentation in positive or negative circumstances, & to listen well.\n- Demonstrated ability to write clearly, legibly, & effectively, to present ideas & document activities, to read & interpret written information.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Recent acute care, case management, or home health experience preferred.\n- B.S.N. preferred.\n- This position will be required to work at HCH and/or Suburban Hospital as operations dicatate and primarily for weekends.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644572/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Patient Care Coordinator, SH", "reqid": "130145", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 27644572}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodbridge", "description": "Title: Psychotherapist - FT\nLocation: Woodbridge, VA\nTo be responsible for evaluation, treatment planning, referral, care management, individual follow-up, & group therapy based on clinical evaluations of targeted populations; & acts as a consultant & liaison to physicians & clinical staff as well as outside agencies.\nEssential Functions:\n- Completes mental status & psychosocial assessment of members.\n- Provides individual & group psychotherapy & classes implementing goal specific & measurable treatment plans.\n- Evaluates, counsels & refers members to more appropriate mental health provider(s) or to community resources when indicated.\n- Provides urgent care & crisis intervention as indicated.\n- Provides more specialized treatment modalities when qualified by special training.\n- Consults regularly w/ psychiatrists on member care.\n- Communicates w/ Behavioral Health colleagues, Primary Care providers, & other Kaiser Permanente providers & agencies as needed to facilitate integrative care.\n- Prepares & submits reports on mental health activities as requested.\n- Participates in staff development meetings & in quality of care activities on a regular basis.\n- Manages panel & practice management within departmental guidelines.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Ability to work at other NOVA Medical Office Buildings as required.\n- Possible evening hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of Post Master's clinical experience in mental health required.\n- 1 year of experience providing individual & group therapy required.\n- 1 year of experience providing urgent care or crisis intervention required.\n- 1 year of experience providing CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) required.\n- master's degree in Social Work or Social Science required.\n- Practitioner Discipline Listed as being Accepted by Medicare\n- Licensed as a clinical social worker by the state in which the service is performed - LCSW in VA, LCSW-C in Maryland, or LICSW in DC required\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required\n- Strong Assessment & Diagnostic Skills\n- Treatment Planning Expertise\n- Strong Individual & Group Therapy Skills\n- Efficient & Effective Practice Management in a Fast Paced Clinical Setting\n- Customer Focus & Strong Ability to Function as a Team Member\n- Flexibility\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience providing DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) preferred.\n- Experience working w/ Borderline Personality Disorder Populations preferred.\n- Experience working in an IOP.\n- Experience in DTB.\n- Experience working with OCD, Borderline Personality Disorder Populations, ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Eating Disorders,Sexual Identity Disorders, Sexual Dysfunction.\n- Bilingual.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644565/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychotherapist - FT", "reqid": "129160", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Woodbridge, VA", "uid": 27644565}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Manager, Infrastructure Cabling Engineering (ICE\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe Manager, Infrastructure Cabling Engineering will beresponsible for a teamthat handles IT spaces in all KP facilities for cabling, cooling, power, rack design. This work is at the request of our National Facility Services, Infrastructure Program and other investment projects throughout our organization. This individual manages a staff of highly qualified IT Facility designers and cabling experts across the enterprise.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Manage a large team of Engineers. The engineering staff are highly skilled and a very technical staff.\n - In conjunction with the other Network Engineering groups as well as the National Facilities Services and Infrastructure Program groups provide survey information and designs for all projects that these areas have in their pipeline.\n - Develops and manages external relationships with Value-Added resellers and outside carriers to ensure that designs provided me the standards and criteria of the organization.\n - Provides detailed engineering services and direction for field-based engineering staff aligned with Long Range strategies, business input, and technology lifecycle. Provide\n  standards, guidelines and detailed engineering for projects, initiatives and activities supporting BIO and BP teams.\n - With other Network Services groups, develop and manage design review process to ensure Designs are in compliance with network standards and long range initiatives.\n - Participate in the research and review of new technologies, equipment, and services.\n - Work with Cabling and other industry vendors and Network Planning teams to understand and incorporate new features and potential new products.\n - Effectively manage the Engineering and Implementation facets of projects and personnel, including those of managed services providers.\n - Follow industry trends and participate in industry forums.\n - Use proven leadership techniques and interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships.\n - Manage team workflow and record and monitor statistics to ensure that department and team's goals are met, and supporting metrics are produces.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - BA/BS degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in following areas: planning, budget/financial management and staffing.\n - A minimum of 5 yearsdata network engineering industry experience\n - Experience managing Value-Added resellers and/or Managed Services Providers.\n - The proven ability to manage a team of multiple engineers (15+)\n - Excellent customer service, decision making and analytical skills.\n - Experience working with Telecom vendors, cabling contractors, managers and end users.\n - Back ground in Low voltage cabling including copper, fiber, Wireless LAN, DAS, Security, CATV and other low voltage systems.\n - Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with technical and nontechnical people. Skills in writing concise, understandable, technical documentation.\n - Ability to work independently, keeping track of a number of continuing problems, requests, and projects.\n - Ability to maintain a positive attitude and contribute both as a leader, an individual and a team member to achieve the goals of the Enterprise.\n - As an essential function of this position, the Manager must be able to handle high levels of stress satisfactorily and be congenial with other employees and customers at all times.\n - Skilled in process documentation and process improvement concepts.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Basic knowledge of networking including: Routers, Switches, VoIP, Wireless LAN, etc.\n - Prior Healthcare experience would be helpful.\n - Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) and any other BICSI certifications.\n - Knowledge of Telecommunications Carrier Circuit Types and carrier networks.\n - Experience with SQL queries would be helpful.\n - Experience working with Telecom vendors, managers and end users.\n - Ability to travel\n - Ability to manage remote staff.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644551/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, Infrastructure Cabling Engineering (ICE", "reqid": "129802", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27644551}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Intern Grad Infrastructure Finance Strategic\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nAre you looking for an Internship where you will:\n- Be exposed to Business Analysis, Strategy, Information Technology?\n- Learn how to present& communicate complex information& ideas to senior management?\n- Learn how technology is changing the way health care is delivered?\nIf you are, then this is a position is for you!\nWe are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working w/in a health care environment w/ an emphasis on technology.\nKaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting& improving health care for its 8.6M members,& to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments& learn new business tools. In addition, you will participate in enrichment activities for your professional development. KP has a wealth of online, self-paced learning available in all areas of Enterprise IT systems, management methodologies,& application development. Many opportunities will be available to take advantage of not only online material, but to gain real-world knowledge from experts in IT management, process automation, information management& business intelligence. At the end of the Internship, the intern would have learned about the various activities involved in project management& business analysis.\n\n\nEssential Functions\n\nFinancial strategic thought partner. Provide financial recommendations on business cases, forecast, budget and long range financial planning. Deliver analysis on projects and ad hoc requests to drive financial discipline.\n\nMBA intern will work on several projects: (1) Supplier Services Management: Streamline and automate information from the new BRAIN system. (2) Assist with financial cost and pricing modeling, processes and procedures for the Utility Funding Model.\n\nUpdate of the Impact of Investment (IOI) analyses on software and hardware maintenance. Help create scenario based process and procedures to reconcile the various treatment of IOI.\n\nCompetencies and Skills the intern will Develop:\n\nThe MBA intern will acquire financial analysis experience in a dynamic IT organization within the health care industry\n\nThe team is comprised of MBAs, CPAs and other financial professionals\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - 1st or 2nd year MBA student\n - Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment\n - Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint\n - Analytical, critical thinker, problem-solver, professional, enthusiastic, open-minded, out-going.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644553/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intern Grad Infrastructure Finance Strategic", "reqid": "129927", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644553}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cupertino", "description": "Title: Project Management Senior\nLocation: Cupertino, CA\nThe Sr. Project Manager in the Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) National Facilities Services Business Information Office (BIO) is responsible for IT capital construction projects in the South Bay Program in Northern California. This program spans from Fremont and Hayward in the Southern East Bay to San Jose and up to South San Francisco. The Project Manager is accountable for meeting financial and schedule commitments for all IT capital construction projects on each of the campuses in the Southern program and to communicate effectively with team members, KP-IT management and Kaiser Permanente National Facilities Services (NFS) to ensure that IT services are delivered according to scope, schedule and budget. .\n\nYou will be required to know or learn KP-IT's program and process methodology, execute it within the established KP and KP-IT organizational framework and mentor other project managers and team members\nAdditionally, the Sr. Project Manager will be required to effectively understand and communicate with team members responsible for both IT infrastructure (networks, servers, desktops) and applications.\n\nYou must also be a self starter, who is a dynamic and energetic team leader, to identify needed resources, define roles and responsibilities, and ensure assignment of key project participants. \nEssential Functions:\nResponsible for overseeing all aspects ofa project in the South Bay Program, ensuring the delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of capital construction projects.\nProject planning, Project financial management, Project schedule management,Project resource management, communication,\nThe ability to manage highly complex, large-scale project with overlapping schedules with multiple inter-dependencies is expected.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.\n - Minimum 5 years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of both IT infrastructure and application projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n - Mini experience as a program/project manager that includes managing implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets.\n - Demonstrated track record in leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects.\n - Demonstrated strong customer focus and client relationship building skills\n - Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - 5 years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of both IT infrastructure and application projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n - Experience as a program/project manager that includes managing implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets.\n - Capital Construction experience is preferred\n - Healthcare experience is a plus\n - PMI certification is a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644554/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Management Senior", "reqid": "129972", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cupertino, CA", "uid": 27644554}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: IT Portfolio Manager Health Plan and Corporate Services\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nPosition Title: IT Portfolio Manager Health Plan and Corporate Services\n\nJOB DESCRIPTION:\nThe Office of the Mid-Atlantic States Business Information Officer (MAS BIO) is Kaiser Permanente's regional front door to all delivered IT products and services. While different groups within KP-IT become involved with project solutions and delivery, the MAS BIO assumes overall accountability to ensure the delivery of IT solutions and services for the region. This includes overseeing medical center IT operations, IT strategic planning alignment with regional business goals, facilitating systems transition, maintaining business relationships and making investment decisions. The MAS BIO group also serves as the primary point of contact across the other Business Information Office portfolios (Business Infrastructure, Care Delivery, and Health Plan) and is charged with understanding regional strategic direction and priorities.\nEssential Functions:\n\nManages, through subordinate individual contributors, (including but not limited to consultant specialists, leads, project managers) the successful delivery of projects within the Health Plan and Corporate Services group of the KPIT MAS Program and Release Management department.\nParticipates with other managers to establish change, implement strategic plans and objectives.\nMakes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures operations' effective achievement of objectives.\nWorks on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of the company, business objectives and project portfolio.\n\nEstablishes and ensures budgets and schedules meet KPIT requirements\n\nRegularly interacts with senior or executive levels on matters concerning project portfolio.\n\nInteractions normally involve controversial situations, negotiations, or influencing other senior management.\n\nRequires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain the acceptance of, others in extremely difficult matters.\n\nDiscusses and presents information and issues internally and externally and potentially controversial issues within IT and KP.\n\nDrives change, process improvements and cultural transformation and acts as change leader.\n\nEncourages management development by providing opportunities for leadership and working with leaders throughout the IT organization. Recommends sponsorship opportunities and acts as sponsor.\n\nEnsures plans in place to accomplish area goals, results tracked and resources appropriately allocated across area of responsibility.\n\nProviding status report that depicts progress, issues, and risks.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\nBA/BS degree in related field or equivalent experience\nTypically requires a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible management experience in following areas: planning, budget/financial management, staffing, and\n5 years of related IT experience including IT Project Management, and\nAdvanced knowledge of health plan operations and working knowledge of other IT functions. \nHealthcare IT experience\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Health Care Administration, Management, Information Technology, or other related field.\nExperience in Health Care IT specifically focusing on health plan operations.\nPMP certification or equivalent certification strongly preferred.\nManagement Consulting background strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644555/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "IT Portfolio Manager Health Plan and Corporate Services", "reqid": "129998", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 27644555}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: SOA Analyst\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Enterprise Integration Services/SOA (EIS/SOA) Team is responsible for End-to-End Management of Kaiser Permanente (KP) systems integration projects. The team manages client engagements and delivers components that provide enterprise-wide integration solutions throughout the IT portfolios, including Care Delivery, Health Plan, Business Infrastructure, as well as those that support KP HealthConnect, the electronic heath record for Kaiser Permanente. Work products for EIS/SOA include direct project management and on-going relationship management for all KP Business Information Office Portfolios (BIOs). The organization drives the successful delivery of integration products from definition through production support.\n\nThe Integration Analysts within EIS/SOA, analyze business requirements, gather needed data, and create documentation for use by development, testing and implementation teams. In support of the proposed integration solution, the analyst is responsible for business process knowledge, requirements and detailed data analysis.\n\nJOB DESCRIPTION\nThe SOA Analyst is primarily responsible for analyzing integration requirements based on business needs required to deliver quality interface documentation. This includes both traditional message type interfaces (e.g. HL7, x12 or flat file) as well as web service collaborations. The SOA Analyst will partner with the teams within EIS as well as inter-departmental teams within the KP-IT community, including regional resources. He/she plays the critical role of gathering of business requirements, facilitating and leading meetings to obtain interface requirements at the detail level, documenting detail interface requirements, issue resolution and communications between teams.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Facilitate and lead communication between business stakeholders and technical resources for each application endpoints.\n - Serve as the single point of contact to the interface project stakeholders.\n - Facilitate the interaction between internal departments.\n - Communicate and address project concerns/issues as they relate to the defined interface documentation.\n - Lead interface meetings to obtain interface requirements between two endpoints at the detailed level.\n - Analyze and document detailed interface requirements.\n - Troubleshoot problems and conduct analysis in support of production, certification and testing activities.\n - Provide guidance to lower-level teammates.\n - Communicate individual project status and progress for integration into overall A&S project plan.\n - Ensure adherence to KP IT project processes for EIS services.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - BA or BS Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline, or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required\n - 6 years experience in Programming Analysis\n - 8+ years job related experience in IT or equivalency\n - Excellent communication skills\n - Strong leadership skills\n - Strong organizational skills\n - Strong customer focus\n - Experience working with application teams and associated business sponsors to produce successful collaborations\n - Proven ability to perform technology needs assessment and evaluate solution options\n - Proven ability to perform interface analysis at the detail level\n - Prior experience in documenting requirements, negotiating commitments\n - Strong project lifecycle experience\n - Strong planning and coordination skills\n - Solid understanding of software development life cycle\n - Broad-based knowledge of application systems technologies\n - Prior systems integration experience for large scale systems\n - Familiar with a variety of middleware and endpoint infrastructures\n - Experience in general web-services concepts required\nPreferred experience:\n - Experience in Health Care Industry\n - Knowledge of HL7\n - Business Process Management concept knowledge\n - Experience in Epic application suite a plus", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644556/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "SOA Analyst", "reqid": "130008", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644556}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Application Environment Build Specialist\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe Enterprise Environment Services (EES) group provides expertise in technical planning, building and supporting of application environments (including in-house and vendor developed applications), evaluating configurations and application architecture while assessing impact on KP platform environments; Supporting many mainframe and client-server systems, and Web-enabled technologies utilizing MVS, UNIX, and LINUX-based operating systems. This position for an Environment Build Engineer has as specific focus on the Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) technologies that are supporting the KP Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). \nEssential Functions:\n\n - Direct the work of the technical team supporting pre-production & production environment builds & maintenance. Ensure that the team prepares and maintains environment related build documentation.\n - Coordinate the work of other team members to provide daily maintenance and technical support activities associated to the operations of pre-production environments (development, QA test, workflow integration, UAT, training and staging/production support). Work with internal IT organizations and/or vendor to find resolution to system failures, and provide a root cause analysis.\n - Provide occasional 24x7 production support/coordination as assigned in an on-call rotation.\n - Map technical requirements to the application environment and infrastructure requirements, coordination of equipment sizing, acquisition and application environment build-out with infrastructure engineers, system administrators, and internal IT groups.\n - In addition to internal IT groups coordination with vendor supported applications is required to assess conformity with Kaiser Standards and determine fit into the target application architecture and perform environment operational testing. Monitor application performance and recommend performance improvements.\n - Install and configure application software onto Windows and/or Unix servers, monitoring file system utilization, DNS changes, scheduled job setup and manage application security for pre-production environments.\n - Strong knowledge of code migration services and the ability to implement code packaging and deployment procedures is required.\n - Provide automated alternatives to repetitive manual processes by creating scripts for installs, job monitoring, code drops, and backup or replication jobs.\n - Contribute to project planning and scheduling, preparation of work effort estimates, and coordinate the execution of project build activities across multiple teams and individuals. Align project plans with the EES Environment Strategy.\n - Some off-hours and weekend work may be required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Eight or more years progressively complex experience working with infrastructure planning, design, and provisioning, application installation, configuration and support experience for Unix, Linux or Windows servers, and Windows desktops.\n - Experience with Windows administration, and Unix or Linux administration, including command scripting.\n - Working knowledge of software applications including but not limited to MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, & MS Visio.\n - Flexible and quick to learn new technologies without the benefit of formal classroom training.\n - Excellent analytical skills and ability to effectively communicate with clients. Ability to work through alternative solutions and ideas with multiple departments and then present findings/ideas.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience with UNIX application installation, configuration and support, or experience with UNIX shell scripting (or VB scripting or equivalent on Windows environment).\n - Experience working with SOA-related technologies, web services development and implementation, or J2EE application servers such as WebSphere or JBoss.\n - Good understanding of DB2, Oracle, or MS SQL RDBMS technologies.\n - Experience with Remedy Problem Tracking software.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644557/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Application Environment Build Specialist", "reqid": "130020", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27644557}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Lead Service Designer\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nYou are the lead Service Designer & Builder for an enterprise Service Catalog. You mentor and train other Service Designers and continually look for ways to improve your efficiency as you manage a comprehensive and dynamic portfolio of services for a large and complex healthcare provider. You actively engage with Kaiser Permanente (KP) stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to define customer-facing services from an end-to-end perspective. You provide critical leadership and guidance to service owners and Subject Matter Experts through facilitated working sessions. You effectively manage multiple work streams, while navigating a complex, distributed environment. You have excellent people, relationship, meeting facilitation, and communication and leadership skills! You also have an extensive process design and engineering background, a working knowledge of the IT Infrastructure Library framework (ITIL), and previous experience in developing an enterprise Service Catalog. You will be working with a Core team of Kaiser Employees, managers and subject matter experts across multiple departments and functions to develop and manage a portfolio of services. \nEssential Functions:\n - Lead the service lifecycle management operation for an enterprise Service Catalog (Service Request Management) tool that supports the delivery of IT services for over 160,000 Kaiser Permanente employees\n - Manage the pipeline of incoming requests for new services, modifications to existing services and retirement of obsolete services\n - Create and maintain training documentation for new service builders\n - Coach/mentor more junior team members in developing services for Kaiser Permanente\n - Serve as a subject matter expert on the enterprise Service Catalog team\n - Develop cross-initiative/service integration plans; facilitate complex discussions across multiple departments and functions to arrive at simple, customer-facing descriptions of IT services\n - Lead review and design concept work for new services and develop and document designs for solution integration and implementation.\n - Define services from an end-to-end, bundled perspective and be able to describe the inputs, outputs, deliverables, resources and timelines required for each task\n - Manage the execution of multiple deliverables for each service to include a high-level process diagram, cost model, service description, support model, Operational Level Agreements (OLAs), and fulfillment process\n - Work with Subject Matter Experts, Business Owners and Customers to help negotiate estimated fulfillment times (OLAs) for services at a task and service level\n - Work independently to identify Subject Matter Experts for each service, schedule and facilitate multiple working sessions, and track/manage deliverables, while being extremely collaborative in the process (by working closely with process team, customers, Subject Matter Experts, Service Owners and other team members)\n - Drive service definitions to completion by being proactive throughout the service definition lifecycle\n - Write, review, edit and modify service descriptions to meet and exceed established standards and definitions\n - Consult on business process reengineering; recommend innovative approaches to streamline service fulfillment and leverage automation capabilities where possible\n - Identify opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process\n - Identify other initiatives that exist and ensure that efforts are not duplicated\n - Participates in and may plan/coordinate planned service releases\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 8 years of solution consulting experience.\n - 3-5 years of process improvement experience\n - Broad knowledge of process improvement methodologies (e.g. ITIL, Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen)\n - Bachelor's degree\n - Undergraduate/Graduate degree (or clearly demonstrated equivalent work experience)\n - Management consulting experience is highly desirable with specific expertise in Process Improvement (ITIL, Six Sigma, Lean), and Service Catalog a plus\n - Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills\n - Ability to manage and coordinate multiple concurrent projects, perform under pressure and meet deadlines\n - A strong familiarity with IT product management, IT service management, and ITIL, and a broad understanding of the kinds of IT products and services in place in a health care organization, are highly desirable\n - Demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical concepts in a manner understandable and useful to a lay/business audience\n - Demonstrated code of ethics and professional responsibility\n - Expert in Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), and skilled with Microsoft Project\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - 6-8 years of process improvement, consulting, or related business experience\n - Lean or Kaizen experience\n - Six Sigma Black Belt highly preferred (or relevant experience using Six Sigma)\n - Knowledge of ITIL v3 and experience implementing ITIL Framework in a large organization\n - Superb meeting facilitation skills\n - Previous health care or health insurance experience preferred\n - Detail-oriented with extensive experience in documenting processes; demonstrated excellence in analysis, documentation, and presentation tools", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644559/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Service Designer", "reqid": "130076", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27644559}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Lead IT Business Analyst (Lead Business Consultant)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\n\nWorking in the SCAL BIO RAD Health Care & Outcomes Team, not only demands top technical knowledge, it also taps the best in 'emotional intelligence' because improving the lives of millions takes people who can connect with the day-to-day challenges of caring for them. Leading the revolution of the information age in health care at Kaiser Permanente, you can make a difference.\nIn this position you will serve as a lead business consultant. You will provide not only analysis work for technical and business processes on all existing applications but also on new projects and applications that fall into your scope to lead. You will also be assigning tasks, monitoring tasks and assisting staff in all aspects of application support ensuring that deliverables and SLA's are not only met but exceeded in most cases. You will report to the Manager of SCAL BIO RAD Health Care & Outcomes. You will work closely with the group manager and will be assigned to projects/applications within its definition and/or development or ongoing Production support phase. As a lead you will also be assigned applications that will become your responsibility to identify and provide all aspects of end to end support.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Independently perform and Guide, assist or mentor others team members in 24x7 application support and testing.\n - Report up to the team manager both written and verbally on all aspects of tasks and application 24x7 support.\n - Work with various onshore and offshore resources to support application tasks and projects.\n - Work with Business Partners to maintain and enhance our efforts to provide the very best IT experience possible.\n - Maintain/track task list by application and those staff members assigned to complete them as well as your own task work.\n - Participate in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.\n - Work with team to estimate work effort for application changes and new projects.\n - Identify and escalate any issues that arise; communicate technical issues and project assignment statuses clearly.\n - Record actual time spent on assignments and tasks.\n - Responsible for Vendor management, support, maintenance and development for 6 - 10 IT clinical applications.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n - A minimum of 8 years of experience in analysis of business processes and business case development to support IT solutions.\n - Minimum of 2 year of experience managing vendor applications.\n - Demonstrate working experience with Microsoft SQL Server components and database management.\n - Working experience with SQL tools, ability to analyze SQL stored procedures/scripts.\n - Working experience with IIS and Websphere infrastructure application.\n - Working experience with CITRIX environment\n - Minimum of 4 years of experience participating in analysis and troubleshooting of problem definitions within business processes in order to define functional requirements and technical specifications.\n - Minimum of 1 year of experience creating and maintaining basic to complex project plans.\n - Demonstrated ability to meet project deadlines.\n - Proven ability to communicate well, both orally and in written form, with senior management, business partners and staff.\n - Ability to perform as a team player with the motivation to take on multiple challenging tasks.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - The ideal candidate understands Kaiser Methodology for defect/incident reduction and change release management. Workflow and business knowledge of our Kaiser Permanente's Foundation System application is a plus. The natural ability to perform as a team player with motivation to take on multiple challenging tasks with good written and verbal skills is essential for the successful candidate\n - Experience in Healthcare IT clinical systems environment.\n - Knowledge of mandatory Compliance-related requirements (SOX, HIPAA, PCI etc.).\n - Prior experience with change management systems.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:07:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644561/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead IT Business Analyst (Lead Business Consultant)", "reqid": "130207", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27644561}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Laboratory Assistant - Glenlake - PT (18) weekends\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nA Laboratory Assistant is responsible for the proper collection and processing of laboratory specimens under the task direction of the laboratory supervisor, senior technologist and/or lead lab assistant. He/She is expected to be competent in the use of the laboratory information system, to assist in the handling of test reports (i.e., filing, distributing) and to maintain supplies associated with assigned duties.\nEssential Functions:\n- Collect laboratory specimens:\n- Perform venipuncture proficiently on all age groups\n- Escort members for urine specimen collection to the rest room and explain collection procedure\n- Follow department policies/procedures for specimen collection, including Universal Precautions/Protocols\n- Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor while collecting specimens\n- Collect appropriate specimen for the test requested\n- Address members properly, collecting specimens efficiently with compassion\n- Clearly explain, ensure understanding of collection/storage instructions for patients with take home tests\n- Promptly respond to requests for venipunctures to be performed in areas outside of the lab\n- Be familiar with emergency codes and be able to execute appropriate emergency procedures\n- Shred all unused labels\n- Keep work area/phlebotomy room clean and stocked with in date supplies\n- Deliver great customer service:\n- Show care and respect for members at all times, resolving issues or finding someone who can\n- Establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers\n- Prioritize work to meet member/customer needs; e.g., be mindful of wait times\n- Perform necessary front desk functions:\n- Greet members promptly using good customer service skills (make eye contact, smile)\n- Exhibit competency in Cerner, the laboratory information system\n- Exhibit competency in HealthConnect\n- Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor while checking in members\n- Use good telephone etiquette (give name, location, no eating)\n- Process infertility orders/payments accurately\n- Monitor the waiting area for members waiting\n- Keep front desk and waiting area neat and stocked with in date supplies & patient information\n- Process specimens:\n- Process stats, coagulation and other time sensitive specimens immediately\n- Notify the technologist when stats are brought into the technical area\n- Follow through with add-on requests\n- Follow department policies/procedures for processing specimens\n- Monitor pending functions daily to ensure all collected specimens have been processed\n- Keep accessioning work area clean and stocked with in date necessary and appropriate supplies\n- Be informed/provide information:\n- Complete all mandatory training, policy/procedure review and competency requirements\n- Participate in internal DHR inspections, being prepared to answer inspectors' questions\n- Attend department and facility meetings as well as applicable in-service education programs\n- Responsible for reading and complying with information communicated in weekly laboratory newsletters\nDocument quality issues and communicate to supervisor\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School diploma or GED\n- American Heart Association BLS certification\n- One year of phlebotomy experience with children and adults\n- Must demonstrate good customer service skills\n- Must be able to work independently\n- Must have a history of punctuality\n- Must have a history of good attendance\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of a phlebotomy training program", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:06:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644536/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Assistant - Glenlake - PT (18) weekends", "reqid": "129247", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27644536}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kennesaw", "description": "Title: RN, Sedation - Same Day Surgery/Pre/Post Op- Town Park/Gwinnett FT(40)\nLocation: Kennesaw, GA\nThe Licensed registered nurse who has completed training in the care of Specialty procedure patients (i.e., Pain Management, General Surgery, Ophthalmology and Gastroenterology) which require conscious sedation. Incumbent utilizes a high level of knowledge of the procedure process and effectively communicates medical issues with physicians. He/She coordinates multidisciplinary care with ACC, CDU and External Specialty care groups as needed. He/She interpret data received prior to treatment and utilize nursing judgment that is in line with treatment and the physician. The Licensed registered nurse has the ability to be self-directed and act independently and to intervene as appropriate to resolve issues.\nEssential Functions:\n- Basic knowledge of the disease process, coordination of multidisciplinary care, high level of judgment, ability to interpret data received, coordinate and integrate information and communicate medical issues with physicians. Directs, initiates, and implements patient care plan based on established protocols for the respective specialties of Pain Management, General Surgery, Ophthalmology and Gastroenterology. Collaborates with practitioners, nurses, patients and families.\n- Intravenous catheter care, central line care, medication administration, cardiac monitoring, continuous VS assessment. May be required to work in Prep/Recovery or Procedure Room.\n- Assist physicians in the performance of medical procedures, venipuncture, patient and family education, emergency care of procedural suite patients and patient follow-up.\n- Monitors and evaluates patient condition and response to procedure and sedation during procedure and post procedures.\n- Administers Conscious Sedation i.e., Demerol, Versed, Fentanyl IV Push. Will also monitor patients receiving Propofol.\n- Assess side effects of treatment and identifies additional health problems that may require medical attention.\n- Reviews laboratory data for abnormal or unusual results.\n- Confers with the physician as needed based on the medical status of the patient.\n- Documents patient information in the medical record.\n- Provides emotional counseling and ongoing support to patients and their families in matters relating to the pre and post operative care of Specialty procedures, surgical intervention, the prognosis, and follow up care as needed.\n- Work closely with the medical, nursing, and ancillary staff of the institution to provide quality and safe care. Continuity between AAC, CDU and specialty services is emphasized.\n- Acts as liaison with the nursing and medical staff when outpatients are admitted to the hospital.\n- Maintenance of records pertaining to patient care.\n- Continuing education: is required and will be determined by each Specialty Clinical Supervisor.\n- Float as necessary to the other CMC Procedural Suite.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current Georgia RN License. Associate's degree in nursing.\n- Basic life support (BLS) certification required (infection control and fire and safety courses) and ACLS certification is required within six months of employment.\n- 3 years of RN clinical nursing experience.\n- 1 year of experience in Conscious Sedation and/or 2 years experience in critical care.\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BS in Nursing preferred.\n- Membership in critical care nursing organizations and the achievement of nursing certification preferred.\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment.", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:06:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644539/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "RN, Sedation - Same Day Surgery/Pre/Post Op- Town Park/Gwinnett FT(40)", "reqid": "129792", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Kennesaw, GA", "uid": 27644539}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Advice Nurse - RN - PRN - Buckhead Location (flexible shift-1p - 10p)\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nAn Advice Nurse is responsible for providing telephone advice and education utilizing guidelines approved by the medical staff and for communicating advice given via an automated system. The Telephone Advice Nurse is an experienced, registered nurse who utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient needs over the telephone while adhering to organizational policies, procedures and guidelines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, triages, and responds to telephone calls from members requiring medical and nursing advice by assessing the patient's problem utilizing approved guidelines. Directs access to care to include emergent care, urgent care, routine and same day appointments. Follow-up and self home care are based on outcomes of nursing assessment. Documents all calls according to established standards.\n- Communicates to physician, Health Care Teams (HCT) or modules: member calls requiring physician involvement, intervention, or follow-up by the physician, HCT, or modules.\n- Provides instruction and education on health maintenance and disease prevention utilizing appropriate guidelines.\n- Responds to emergencies according to Call Center and organizational policies and procedures.\n- Documents calls regarding lab results in accordance with established work flow\n- Instructs the patient or caller to call back if interventions discussed are not helpful or if additional signs and/or symptoms develop. Ensures caller understands and accepts advice/recommendations given.\n- Contributes to the development of guidelines, procedures, patient education, and training as assigned.\n- Participates in peer review and quality improvement and committee functions as assigned.\n- Understands, interprets and acts on a variety of statistical measurement of individual and call center performance. Self-directs own work based on analysis of statistics of self-performance.\n- Is proactive in identifying ways Kaiser Permanente can improve customer service. Works in collaboration with other Kaiser Permanente departments.\n- Recommends changes to the information systems to improve quality and speed of response to customers and ease-of-use for call center personnel.\n- Demonstrates progressive proficiency with the utilization of available computer technology.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current RN licensure in the State of Georgia\n- Maintain current CPR certification\n- Basic keyboarding skills\n- Three to five years of current experience as an RN in a clinical setting.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One year of experience in emergency, critical care or ambulatory telephone triage nursing strongly preferred.\n- BSN preferred\n- Working knowledge of CRT and PC preferred", "date_new": "2012-04-04 20:06:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27644527/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Advice Nurse - RN - PRN - Buckhead Location (flexible shift-1p - 10p)", "reqid": "121768", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27644527}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Business Analyst Accounts Payable - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nSr. Business Analyst Accounts Payable\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nCarries out major components of the assigned project work, including: Identification and documentation of current 'As-Is' processes, identification and documentation of best practices, development of future 'To-Be' standard processes for General Ledger processes, and coordinates key changes and communications between business stakeholders, business subject matter experts, and application development team members. During the implementation phase, works with local stakeholders and business subject matter experts to ensure the project solutions are successfully deployed.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Primary role will be as a Production Support Analyst and as needed will be able to participate in the design phase of new enhancements and/or projects. As a production support analyst, must be able to communicate with users comfortably in-person, via email and telephone to resolve issue(s) as quickly as possible. As needed, analyst will assist in the design phase of new projects or enhancements.\n - Must be familiar with SDLC process.\n - Develops high-level mapping of business processes for Accounts Payable (including, batching of invoices, entering and maintenance of vouchers, approval process, matching invoices to associated procurement documents, payment processing, period end processing, reconciliation, reporting, and vendor set up and maintenance) and define framework for common business practices; assure processes meet policies/standards.\n - During implementation, facilitate series of requirement sessions and prototype workshops with functional experts.\n - Communicate business needs to applications development team. Guide Conference Room Pilot process to finalize business requirements through critical stakeholder and end user perspectives. Interface with Team Leads and Design Managers to ensure standardization of proposed processes across all regions.\n - Assist trainers in developing training rollout.\n - Participate in definition of job roles and responsibilities for new processes.\n - Develop/produce written materials for senior executives and other stakeholders.\n - Plan/facilitate meetings; make formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelors Degree in Business or relevant field or equivalent experience.\n - 5 - 8 years experience in accounts payable or finance; healthcare experience preferred.\n - Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft Accounts Payable.\n - Customer service experience.\n - Experience mapping workflows preferred.\n - Strong organizational, analytical/problem-solving, and communication skills.\n - Strong interviewing skills.\n - Proficiency in basic Microsoft applications.\n - Understanding of PeopleSoft solution. E-mail, Lotus Notes, and strong internet/web capability, process mapping software (e.g., Visio or MS PowerPoint).\n\nREQUIRED COMPETENCIES:\n - Production support experience.\n - Ability and experience to map processes for an enterprise-wide technology initiative. Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues/functional requirements and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n - Demonstrated aptitude to become a team leader.\n - Demonstrated ability to achieve results with teams.\n - Ability to convert business requirements into process designs.\n - Ability to work well with a team in a fast-paced environment.", "date_new": "2012-04-03 00:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27594189/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Business Analyst Accounts Payable - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129785", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27594189}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Project Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead - Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nProject Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Finance application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Controllers and users to provide support in the following areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Asset Managememt customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nManage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst\nParticipate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements\nProvide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations\nProvide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, Finance tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger and Travel and Expense\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience\nExtensive experience with PeopleSoft Financials version 8.9, with an emphasis on General Ledger consolidations, Travel and Expense , Asset Management and Accounts Payable\n5+ years management or supervisory experience\nStrong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management\nComplete understanding of the integration between financials and Supply Chain\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nDemonstrated data analysis expertise\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nUnderstanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment\nAvailable for up to 10% travel to other locations\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft PO, E-Pro, IN, Nvision and EPM\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow", "date_new": "2012-04-03 00:41:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27594190/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager, PeopleSoft Finance Lead - Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "129787", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27594190}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kennesaw", "description": "Title: Staff Pharmacist - Town Park - FT(40)\nLocation: Kennesaw, GA\nUnder supervision of Pharmacy Manager, the Staff Pharmacist performs general Pharmacist duties. This position maintains pharmacy services in accordance with departmental policies and standards as well as state and federal laws and regulations. He/She works in concert with Medical Office administration to ensure effective delivery of pharmacy services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs general pharmacist duties including compounding and dispensing drugs and medicines; reviewing prescriptions to identify overdoses and potentially toxic compounds, bottling and packaging prepared compounds and maintaining records of legend and controlled substances.\n- Provides Pharmaceutical Care for our members including prospective, concurrent and retrospective drug utilization review, screening for drug allergies, monitoring interactions and duplications, following-up with physicians as appropriate, and counseling patients.\n- Interacts and consults with physicians and associate providers when necessary to improve quality of care and improve value; educates physicians and associate providers regarding cost effective therapy and drug utilization goals (e.g., target drug programs and formulary).\n- In conjunction with Pharmacy Manager orients and instructs new pharmacy personnel regarding departmental policies and procedures. Provides drug-related training for pharmacy and other Health Plan employees and providers.\n- Participates in patient education programs and coordinates the development of educational materials as appropriate.\n- Maintains efficient inventory control and purchasing habits.\n- Serves members in a friendly, courteous and expeditious manner, which promotes member satisfaction and retention.\n- Partners with clinical pharmacists in medical office.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS and Graduate of Accredited School of Pharmacy.\n- Current GA Pharmacy license in good standing.\n- Current BLS.\n- Knowledge of formulary systems, inventory control systems, cash control and budgetary procedures for a high volume pharmacy.\n- Ability to deal pleasantly and effectively with medical staff and patients.\n- Ability to lift and carry a minimum of 15 pounds.\n- Complete a Customer Service Assessment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service Assessment.", "date_new": "2012-04-03 00:40:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27594168/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Pharmacist - Town Park - FT(40)", "reqid": "127189", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Kennesaw, GA", "uid": 27594168}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license and AHA BLS Certification.\n- One (1) -year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures or completion of a KP or approved equivalent OR course within prior 12 months.\n- Ability to scrub as required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CNOR\n- Nursing degree\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time or part-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, scrubbing, and circulating on a variety of surgical procedures.\n\nNotes:\n- If twelve (12) hour option chosen, shift will be 7:00 am - 7:30 pm, back up 8 hour shift will be 7:00 am - 3:30 pm.\n- Will be working consecutive weekend.", "date_new": "2012-04-01 23:00:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27573212/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "125014", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 27573212}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Sr Physical Therapist SH [Oncall Sr PT2012]\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Director of Rehabilitation Services or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects.\n- Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two (2) years of experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- BLS Required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n+++This on-call position will require both outpatient and inpatient care with occasional weekends & holiday hours+++", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:26:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572789/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr Physical Therapist SH [Oncall Sr PT2012]", "reqid": "129689", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27572789}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Lead Consultant\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position provides leadership for the delivery high of quality & cost-effective consulting services/products to issues of key organizational importance. In addition, it is recognized as a content expert for technical areas.\nEssential Functions:\n- Serves as the content expert of the responsible technical area & provides technical assistance & advice\n- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of programs related to the expertise area\n- Expected to lead precedent-setting projects, never done before in the department, facility, CA Division, service area or region\n- May lead a group of consultants, analysts, or programmers focused on the delivery of related service/products\n- Acts as a liaison w/ applicable government agencies, regulatory agencies, other organizations & the media\n- Provides leadership & direction in accordance w/ the overall strategic direction of the department, facility, CA Division, service area or region\n- Ensures that reports & information are accurate, timely, & consistent, & that they satisfy the clients' needs\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Partner with senior medical group leadership to facilitate the integration of finance and operations to support regional strategies in the delivery of tertiary and specialty care services.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum ten (10)years of experience in one of the technical areas required\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Proven leadership skills in project management & consulting\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation\n- Understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, & any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area\n- Ability to determine the key business issues & develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Ability to lead professionals through influence & collaboration\n- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Experience working with physicians and familiarity with clinical operations highly preferred\n- Strong EXCEL skills, familiarity with Access preferred\n- SAS, SQL, Cognos a plus\n\n\nSkills Testing: Excel", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:26:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572791/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Consultant", "reqid": "129732", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27572791}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Manager - Primary Care\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages a large unit or multiple units providing ambulatory services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.\n- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Provides on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.\n- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CPR Certification.", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:26:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572793/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Manager - Primary Care", "reqid": "129747", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27572793}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Senior Physical Therapist (120181) - Temporary\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nProvides independent physical therapy management of patients under the direction of the Rehabilitation Services Director or designee. Provides physical therapy services in specialized patient care clinics, and assists in the development, implementation and review of departmental patient care programs.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- This position will be for outpatient physical therapy.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two years experience in physical therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Ability to work both inpatient and outpatient setting and willing to work in either setting to meet operation needs.\n\n***NOTE: This is a temporary benefited position. Expected length of employment: Up to 90 days.***", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:26:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572787/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Physical Therapist (120181) - Temporary", "reqid": "129552", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27572787}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, LMFT, PhD [Child Therapist - No. 162]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nProvides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and crisis intervention as needed to members who present themselves for psychiatric evaluation. Collaborates with treating physician, psychiatric and allied health professional team to plan and direct each individual member's treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.\n- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.\n- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.\n- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.\n- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.\n- Interprets psychiatric treatment to member's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment if asked to do so by member.\n- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.\n- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.\n- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.\n- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.\n- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nIn all interactions with patients, members, physicians, staff and visitors, demonstrates service-oriented behaviors that include culturally sensitive good manners, respect, and polite communications. Demonstrates openness to creative and innovative approaches to providing services. Possesses a strong desire to learn new skills. Job includes performing crisis interventions and specific focused treatment with children and families. To provide psychiatric consultation and on-call services to ED and Medical Center/Hospital licensed. To provide individual and group psychotherapy and teach parenting classes. To treat and work with children and families, especially children/adolescents with eating disorder problems and/or diagnosed as ASD.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Psychologist (963005): PhD, PsyD, or EdD in clinical or counseling required from an accredited college or university, Current valid license to practice psychology in the State of California, and Minimum of two years professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist or board certified psychiatrist. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n\nOR\n- MFT (963007): Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science required, Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years). Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality. Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n\nOR\nLCSW (963010):\n- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.\n- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.\n- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.\n- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker\n- Working in an inpatient setting, a minimum of three years post licensure experience in acute inpatient psychiatric settings and with the use of psychosocial assessment and psychotherapeutic methods and measures in a hospital, clinic or agency preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.\n- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Two years minimum demonstrated experience providing psychotherapy to children, families, and adults.\n- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Short Term Therapy with general adults, children and families.\n- Has experience and skills to do phone and in person triage, crisis intervention, cognitive behavioral treatment, and general short term treatment.\n- Familiarity with psychotropic medications and working knowledge of patients on medication.\n- Experience and skillful in evaluating and treating children with ADHD, conduct disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, psychosis, trauma, and family problems.\n- Experience and interest in providing group treatment to children and adolescents, and parenting classes.\n- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a team and has effective communication skills.\n- Experience or interest in working with eating disorder problems.", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:25:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572785/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Social Worker LCSW, LMFT, PhD [Child Therapist - No. 162]", "reqid": "128697", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27572785}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Technical Lead Programming Analyst, Sprints Developer, Pharmacy BIO\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nPosition can be located in either Pasadena, CA or Pleasanton, CA\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Conducts analysis regarding program/application/system and provides technical design to the development teams.\n - Mentors 4-5 developers and provides hands-on help with development as required\n - Serves as team advisor regarding technical design, approach, and strategy.\n - Helps with technical design using UML, and helps create logical/physical solution design\n - Acts as the team's contact person for technical decisions.\n - Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.\n - Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.\n - Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.\n - Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.\n - Provides performance input and recommendations to management for development/training plans and/or performance reviews.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - A minimum of 6 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.\n - Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems; deep technical expertise in SOA/Java/JEE and broader understanding of all technologies.\n - Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.\n - Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Prior experience with SOA and Java/JEE application development/deployments\n - Prior experience with development using IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM MQ, and other SOI components\n - Experience in web service development/deployment using application frameworks including Spring Application framework, and other predominant Java application frameworks and design patterns\n - Experience with database development\n - Prior experience with Agile development methodologies, and SDLC\n - Master's degree or equivalent experience.\n - Technical certifications preferred and/or required, where applicable.", "date_new": "2012-04-01 22:11:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27572526/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Technical Lead Programming Analyst, Sprints Developer, Pharmacy BIO", "reqid": "129783", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27572526}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Director of Finance NMF Colorado\nLocation: Denver, CA\nThe role of Finance Director in the Colorado region provides the financial leadership role for the Medicare Line of business in the Colorado region. The position is accountable for preparation, support, and influence of strategies, financial plans, operational improvements, and governmental regulatory filings that strongly contribute to the success of the Medicare line of business in the Colorado region. The Finance Director provides management responsibility for the team located in the Colorado region and supports national Medicare Finance initiatives.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides financial leadership for the Medicare line of business in the CO region.\n-Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of National Medicare Finance (NMF) and KP objectives that strongly contribute to long-term success of the Medicare Line of Business in the CO region.\n-Oversees development of Medicare revenue budgets and forecasts to include all components of Medicare reimbursement.\n-Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers to support development of strategy and direction for the Medicare line of business consistent with overall strategic direction.\n-Provides leadership and influence with the development and execution of risk adjustment related initiatives in cooperation with key business partners including KP medical group, coding, information systems, and national risk adjustment teams.\n-Directs budget to actual reporting and variance analyses on a monthly basis; accountable for management and support of preparation, analytic support, and monitoring of CMS contracts (e.g., Medicare bid) in coordination with other regional and national partners.\n-Maintains current knowledge of changes in Federal Medicare and HMO regulations and requirements.\n-Leads, directs, and participates cross regional/national work teams as necessary.\n-Promotes sharing and implementation of best practices both regionally and nationally.\n-Manages the resolution of diverse and complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of multiple functions and KP objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-Bachelors Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics or related area.\n-Ten or more years of finance or related experience.\n-Five or more years of management experience.\n-Leadership skills and experience in managing goals through collaboration and teamwork.\n-Demonstrated ability to lead financial reporting, financial variance analysis, product line analytics, and product development analyses.\n-Demonstrated ability to coordinate with regional and national peers/stakeholders and manage multiple projects, and manage to metrics.\n-Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving and decision making skills.\n-Excellent written and oral communication skills.\n-Experience with staff development.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Master's degree in related field, CPA/ CMA,\n-Knowledge of laws and regulations governing Medicare reimbursement.\n-Strong understanding of systems.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:58:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540445/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director of Finance NMF Colorado", "reqid": "129573", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Denver, CA", "uid": 27540445}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Senior Financial Analyst, MSSA Finance (Burbank, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Financial Analyst\nBurbank, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst in Burbank. This position will support the Marketing Sales and Service Administration (MSSA).\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Provide finance support for thesales function throughbudgeting, forecasting, month-end closing and reporting processes and be responsible for oversight ofinternal controls and performance managementimprovement.\n - Willprovide, develop, interpret and implement financial concepts for financial planning and control.\n - Perform financial analysis to determine present and future financial performance.\n - Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial plans, future requirements, and operating forecasts.\n - Accountable for the coordination, compilation, and distribution of financial data\n - Prepares financial reports and conducts comprehensive analyses with written summaries to management.\n - Up to 5% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 5+ years of financial analysis or related experience that focused on forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and accounting work\n - Bachelor's degree in finance related field or 4 years of additional equivalent experience\n - Broad application of financial analysis principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields\n - Advanced proficiency in PC based word processing and spreadsheet applications, including advanced functions such as graphics, pivot tables, and database management\n - Team player, ability to see the big picture, and detail oriented\n - Strong oral, written, and presentation skills\n - Proactive business partner with a track record for great customer service", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:58:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540448/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Financial Analyst, MSSA Finance (Burbank, CA)", "reqid": "129688", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27540448}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager, AP -Document Controls (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nManager, Accounts Payable Controls\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Manager, Accounts Payable Controls in Oakland.The Managerwill manage the APDocument Controls area and will demonstrate the ability to lead by metircs, plan, schedule and direct day-to-day activities.\n\nEssential Functions:\nMake sure your team achieves FSO's strategy, goals and objectives, and Vision, Standards and Norms, on time and in budget.\nBuild a high-performing team. Know the labor contract and what that contract means to building a high-performing team and the operation's daily management.\nManage all aspects of the operation, including hiring, training, assigning/directing work in a labor and non-labor environment. As necessary, lead a project team to improve operational performance.\nBuild strong, effective relationships with key business partners and vendors with input from the director. Resolve operational issues and problems in consultation with the director.\nEnsures that the operation complies with all SOX controls, as well as organizational, state and federal regulations.\n - Responsible for the timely opening, sorting, prepping, scanning and records retention of incoming mail (including printing electronic images)\n - Responsible for timely queue management (dup images and bad images)\n - Reviews accounts payable operational performance metrics and ensures established performance goals are achieved\n - Provide high level of customer service to internal/external customers to ensure KP objectives are accomplished.\n - Promotes a team environment and provides work direction and guidance\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nTwo (2) + years of management experience and five (5) + years of related experience.\nFour (4) + year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\nRequires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAbility to motivate a team\nKnowledge of document management\nVendor management experience\nExperiencesupervisingunion employees", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:58:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540447/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, AP -Document Controls (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129774", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27540447}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Manager, AP - Data Entry (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nAccounts Payable Manager - Data Entry\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Accounts Payable (AP) Manager in Oakland. This person will be responsible for overseeing the Northern California Data Entry function. The Manager reports to the Buy to Pay Data Entry Sr. Manager within the Financial Services Operation (FSO). The role is responsible for managing timely and accurate processing of various types of invoices, ensuring any prompt payment discounts are taken. He or she will demonstrate the ability to lead, plan, schedule and direct the day-to-day activities. The Manager will ensure that the department operations meet processing targets, rigorous quality standards and comply with Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures, generally accepted accounting principles and regulatory requirements.\n\nEssential Functions:\nMake sure your team achieves FSO's strategy, goals and objectives, and Vision, Standards and Norms, on time and in budget.\nBuild a high-performing team. Know the labor contract and what that contract means to building a high-performing team and the operation's daily management.\nManage all aspects of the operation, including hiring, training, assigning/directing work in a labor and non-labor environment. As necessary, lead a project team to improve operational performance.\nBuild strong, effective relationships with key business partners and vendors with input from the director. Resolve operational issues and problems in consultation with the director.\nEnsures that the operation complies with all SOX controls, as well as organizational, state and federal regulations.\n- Review accounts payable ledgers, operational performance metrics and ensure established performance goals are achieved.\n- Provide high level of customer service to internal/external customers to ensure KP objectives are accomplished.\n- Monitor records of amounts owed and ensure prompt payment of invoices.\n- Promote a team environment and provide work direction and guidance.\n- Provide managerial responsibility for one or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.\n- Accomplish results through subordinates who exercise significant latitude and independence in their assignments.\n- Develop and administer schedules and performance requirements. - May have budget responsibilities.\n- Works on issues of diverse scope.\n- Receives assignments as objectives and determines how to use resources to meet these goals and schedules.\n- Requires significant planning and direction setting to coordinate with other divisions or resources.\n- Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect the immediate function.\n- Monitors projects to ensure completion on schedule and within budget.\n- Significant impact on functional objectives and goals.\n- Responsibilities impact the integrated achievement of functional and company objectives, that strongly contribute to short-term success or failure.\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations or failure to achieve results cause inefficiencies, increased costs, and may impact the short-term goals of the function.\n- Generally involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of somewhat obscure or inconclusive data.\n- Requires a high level of judgment to make appropriate decisions for diverse and undefined issues.\n- Requires significantly complex decision-making.\n- Works on issues of diverse scope where significant analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of complex factors including an understanding of current and projected functional trends.\n- Interprets operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions.\n- Problem-solving continually involves new concepts and creativity where precedents are limited.\n- Requires the exchange of complex information.\n- Must gain cooperation, acceptance or approval, in resolving problems, and/or negotiating with other parties to arrive at an agreement.\n- Often must lead a cooperative effort among members of a project team.\n- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.\n- Managerial direction is available, but work is normally reviewed at time of completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.\n- Review and analysis of events by senior management is critical to the completion and attainment of goals.\n.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) +years of management experience and five (5) + years of related experience.\n- Four (4) year degree in related field or equivalent experience.\n- Requires full knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and working knowledge of another function.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Accounts Payable experience\n- Experience managing large AP teams.\n- Experience within a large matrix organization.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:58:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540449/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager, AP - Data Entry (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129775", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27540449}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Beaverton", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse - NST Qualified - Dual License/BLS\nLocation: Beaverton, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Demonstrates personal commitment to service and to socially relevant practice\n- Demonstrates ethical and legal behavior in all professional activities\n- Utilizes a critical thinking approach to problem solve and make decisions\n- Understands and provides competent care to a diverse population\n- Practices health care team building and leadership skills\n- Participates in population-based care activities\n- Demonstrates technological literacy in using computerized information systems\n- Participates in ongoing continuing education activities and shares knowledge with other health care team members\nClinical Competencies\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner\n- Applies effective oral and written communication skills in interacting with patients, families and members of the health care team. This includes effective negotiation and conflict management skills\nOrganizational Competencies\n- Recognizes the impact of systems on health care delivery\n- Acts as an advocate for individuals and groups with unmet health needs\n- Applies the knowledge and tools of continuous improvement in clinical practice and the delivery of health care\nAdditional Accountabilities\nClinical Activities\n- Perform electronic fetal monitoring\n- Perform limited obstetrical ultrasound testing\n- Perform medical screening exams for obstetrical patients\n- Assist with obstetrical procedures\n- Manage advice nurse functions for gynecological and low risk/high risk obstetrical patients\n- Leadership/Coordination Activities\n- Oversee obstetrical care management of high risk OB patient undergoing repeated non stress tests with limited ultrasound component\n- Communicate changes in patient care or symptoms to providers\n- Make recommendations based on nursing assessment findings for adjustment to care plan designated by the provider\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 3 years of nursing experience with prenatal and post partum patients in an acute care setting within the last 5 years\n- High school diploma or GED. Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current RN license in Oregon and Washington. Requires Oregon or Washington license at time of hire. Licenses in both states are required within 6 months of hire\n- Current BLS w/AED certification\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\nAdditional Skills and Abilities:\n- Competent conduction of fetal monitoring tests and recognition of rhythms requiring possible intervention\n- Demonstrated competency in provision of limited ultrasound by attendance at annual employer sponsored event\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\n- Certification as competent in performing antenatal testing including limited ultrasound\n- Experience caring for prenatal and post partum patients in an out patient setting\n- Well versed in care of pregnant diabetic patient\n- Demonstrated ability to function utilizing the nursing process\n- Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540443/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse - NST Qualified - Dual License/BLS", "reqid": "129567", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Beaverton, OR", "uid": 27540443}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse - Primary Care (Skyline Medical Office)\nLocation: Salem, OR\nThe RN participates as a member of the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients, which supports Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision and values. The RN provides a variety of nursing services both in person and by phone utilizing the nursing process and leadership skills to address acute and chronic needs of Health Plan members and other patients of the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Program. He/she works under the general direction of the designated supervisor.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides evidence-based, clinically competent nursing care in a culturally sensitive manner\n- Plans, implements, manages, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care across the care continuum\n- Facilitates member wellness and function and identifies needs for health care interventions\n- Utilizes appropriate assessment tools, processes, clinical pathways and guidelines to manage patient care\n- Integrates theory and research-based knowledge in the provision of direct and indirect nursing care\n- Performs and modifies therapeutic and preventive nursing measures and administers treatments and medications as authorized by law and determined by the State Board of Nursing\n- Performs skilled nursing tasks competently and demonstrates operational knowledge of procedures and equipment\n- Performs triage and telephone advice independently and within scope of the Oregon and/or Washington Nurse Practice Acts\n- Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for staff, patients and family members\n- Participates in the research process\n- Documents the nursing care provided which demonstrates the application of the nursing process and complies with departmental and/or organizational standards\n- Facilitates coordination of care across all settings with particular attention to transitional needs\n- Functions within interdisciplinary teams in a manner that promotes coordination, mutual respect and timely response to the patient's health care needs\n- Acts as an advocate for individuals and groups with unmet health needs\n- Applies the knowledge and tools of continuous improvement in clinical practice and the delivery of health care\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two years of experience in acute care or ambulatory care/clinic setting within the last five years\n- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing\n- Current state RN licensure\n- Current BLS/AED certification upon hire and to continue employment\n- Demonstrates clinical nursing and leadership skills\n- Able to type 20 words per minute\n- Demonstrates effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills\n- Willingness to learn computerized information systems\n- Demonstrates ability to work within teams and within a dynamic work environment\n- Customer focused\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience with population care/case management, triage and advice\n- Current or future bachelor's degree in nursing or related field\n\nSalary Range:\n$32.45 - $46.67", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540442/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse - Primary Care (Skyline Medical Office)", "reqid": "129578", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 27540442}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Tualatin", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist - In-House Agency\nLocation: Tualatin, OR\nUpon referral and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, the PT/OT uses clinical judgment skills to treat patients with actual or potential health problems. The PT / OT is responsible for implementing PT / OT programs to prevent disability from immobilization, surgery, following disease, injury, or loss of body part; to restore function and return patient to maximum potential. The PT / OT will coordinate therapy activities with other health care disciplines.\nEssential Functions:\n- Delivers quality treatment programs to patients ranging in age from pediatric to geriatric in compliance w/competency checklists.\n-Evaluates the physical status, functional abilities, & age-specific needs of patients to determine the current level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence, & quality of life.\n-Develops & implements a treatment plan which involves the patient, family & social support systems: identifies interventions to reach reasonable goals; coordinate & collaborates on treatment options; advocates to enhance patient's social support systems, facilitates environmental modifications, & creates new support systems\n-Integrates discharge planning early in treatment based on continuing assessments & stated expectations for achieving treatment goals & objectives\n-Provides treatments based on established departmental guidelines & protocols; demonstrates competency in managing patients based on competency checklists.\n-Utilizes all equipment appropriately & safely per established protocols, manufacturer's guidelines, & competency checklists.\n- Completes all chart documentation according to the criteria of the record review checklist.\n- Provides written documentation, departmental & interdepartmental, that is legible, complete, & timely.\n- Provides patient handouts that are effective & appropriate for patient understanding.\n- Maintains professional competency by attending continuing education applicable to the specific patient population treated.\n- Presents one in-service per year to PT / OT staff.\n- Supports organizational mission statement & goals.\n- Complies w/departmental safety precautions/procedures.\n- Demonstrates time mgmt skills by meeting productivity standards, using patient treatment time effectively, & utilizing time between patient treatments efficiently.\n- Coordinates therapy activities w/other health care disciplines when appropriate.\n- Participates in maintaining a clean, safe, & organized dept.\n- Performs duties in a professional manner demonstrating dependability, flexibility, & teamwork.\n- Provides quality customer service\n- Demonstrates problem solving by taking ownership of patient & organizational problems & working to resolve them when they occur.\n- Demonstrates initiative by independently beginning new projects &/or resolving departmental issues.\n- Demonstrates leadership by volunteering & completing new projects &/or resolving departmental issues when needed.\n- Demonstrates decision making by evaluating, establishing & adapting treatment plans & making recommendations to providers as needed to provide effective therapy.\n- Communicates orally w/patients/families/caregivers, peers & supervisors in an appropriate & effective manner.\n- Demonstrates professional interpersonal relationships w/fellow therapists, providers, & supervisors.\n- Accepts supervision in an open & professional manner, & implements recommendations/suggestions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited program in Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy\n- Licensed Physical or Occupational Therapy within the States of Oregon and Washington upon hire\n- BLS with AED Certification within 60 days of hire\n- Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology\n- Equipment operation\n- Basic to moderate computer skills to complete documentation.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced degree in specialty\n- Knowledge of patient assessment and treatment specific to patient load.\n- Orthopedic skills\n- Group dynamics\n\nSalary Range:\n$38.49 - $51.01", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540439/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist - In-House Agency", "reqid": "129456", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Tualatin, OR", "uid": 27540439}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Ophthalmic Tech- On-Call\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nAssist with the provision of patient care within established policies and procedures to serve the needs of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care program. Provides care to a population with predictable ophthalmic needs and assists the providers in caring for more needs that are acute.\nEssential Functions:\n- Take and record patient vitals when indicated in the EMR.\n- Visual fields: Must perform calibration of automated perimeters, and must be able to perform automated perimeter. Maintain a working knowledge of automated perimeter, and be able to perform Ambler Grid testing.\n- Must be able to perform OCT and HRT. Must be able to use IOL master and any other a scan programs for biometry readings\n- Assist doctors during examination as needed. Prepare for, set up and assist in minor surgery, and all types of laser procedures. Must be familiar with preoperative and pre-laser patient education, Apply eye dressings, and protective shields as directed by the doctor\n- Set up and provide physician assistance with intravitreal injections.\n- Clean exam lanes and minor surgical instruments. Prepare for the sterilization process either utilizing the clinic sterilizer following sterilizing protocol, or preparing instruments sent for sterilization per standard protocol. Responsible for room maintenance including routing cleaning of exam lanes, and daily validation of expiration dates of dilating and other ophthalmic drops. Keep exam rooms well stocked with appropriate instruments, as well as patient handouts, and any other equipment, etc., as required by physicians.\n- Maintain instruments and triage appropriately when instruments are in need of repair or replacement. Provide administrative assistance and support as required, assisting administrative team as necessary. Assist in other clinic functions as necessary, including making appointments, preparing retina photography charts, or any other general duty as needed.\n- Perform clerical duties to assist in maintaining departmental records and as directed by the assigned provider. Ensure that all relevant sections of the EMR are completed, and always kept up to date and current.\n- Communicate via telephone with patients, other departments and other physicians as necessary. Record messages and refer to appropriate person as required. Answer patient service questions. Report patient complaints, or unusual symptoms, questions regarding treatment, medications, etc., and other questions to licensed personnel, Complete and distribute forms regarding patient examinations and treatment, medical information, consultations, etc. Prepare basic support care duties following established policies and procedures. Maintain adequate quantities of medical and clerical supplies. Assist with pharmacy order as required; relay prescriptions to any pharmacy as directed by physician.\n- Prepare examining rooms for next patient after each use. Set up for examination or treatment following established procedures. Ensure sterile condition of examination, treatment, and testing instruments as appropriate.\n- Complete and maintain Compliance and Safety modules and KPNW Behavior Standards as required. Maintain current confidentiality documentation. Adhere to Regional and Departmental policies and procedures.\n- Perform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two years full time employment functioning in an Ophthalmic Technician capacity under the supervision of an Ophthalmologist and/or successful completion of a JCAHPO accredited Ophthalmic Medical Technology program.\n- CPR required (within 30 days of hire).\n- Broad knowledge base of ophthalmic terminology\n- Basic computer knowledge and skills\n- Proficient and accurate keyboarding skills\n- Must be able to communicate both in writing and orally in English\n- Proven record of attention to detail, ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5+ years functioning in an Ophthalmic Technician capacity under the supervision of an Ophthalmologist/or in a Group Ophthalmologic practice/environment.\n- Broad based ophthalmic technician experience preferred.\n- Ability to perform Goldman visual fields COA, COT, or COMT certification through JCAHPO (Joint Commission on Allied Health Professionals in Ophthalmology)\n- Familiarity with Epic Care or electronic based medical records system preferred\n- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suites preferred.\nSalary Range- $20.48 - $24.69 per hour", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540433/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ophthalmic Tech- On-Call", "reqid": "129366", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27540433}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Stockton", "description": "Title: Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager\nLocation: Stockton, CA\nProvides inpatient and intensive outpatient case management for high-risk, high-utilizing members with acute and/or chronic psychiatric conditions across the continuum of care. Develops treatment and care plans for the specific population.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, coordinates, assesses, and evaluates services provided to members to promote quality and cost effective outcomes.\n- Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures to assure optimal and appropriate member utilization of services.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/ approvals for outside services.\n- Participates in the development of care paths.\n- As an Intensive Case Manager coordinates the care of a large caseload of high risk patients and provides assessments and interventions in the community including in-home visits.\n- Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning, and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments.\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and quality of care improvements across the continuum.\n- Develops and collects reports and data, and trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Develops and presents in-service training and communication to both internal and external stakeholders.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates the transmission of clinical and benefit information and treatment to patients, families and outside agencies including issuing Non-Coverage and Denial of Benefits letters consistent with Health Plan Regulations.\n- Acts as liaison to psychiatry clinics outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers.\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care.\n- Provides administrative case management oversight to Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Crisis Residential Programs and IMDs to ensure that services delivered to our members meet Kaiser's Quality and Utilization expectations and guidelines.\n- Provides administrative on-call to the RSR/Sub-regional Office.\n- Provides Clinical and Administrative documentation in accordance with Kaiser Regional Psychiatric Standards including the Inpatient/Integrated Urgent Services Guidelines.\n- Travel is required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience, usually two (2) years in an inpatient psychiatric setting or psychiatric emergency service.\n- Previous experience, usually two (2) years of care management or clinical experience, and responsibility for a large caseload (50-100) for an extended period of time.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization data collection and cost benefit analysis.\n- Master's (Social Work or Psychology), or PhD (Psychology) required.\n- LCSW, MFT or Psychologist License required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Demonstrated expertise in crisis management.\n- Knowledge of TJC, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Partnership Environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540407/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager", "reqid": "129378", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Stockton, CA", "uid": 27540407}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: Senior Staff Assistant\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nUnder limited supervision, supports the head of a department by providing advanced level administrative support and general office duties of a highly responsible and confidential. Frequently handles highly confidential and sensitive information and files. Communicates with contacts at all levels in and outside of the organization. Typically reports to a director or vice president.\nEssential Functions:\n- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.\n- Initiates any follow-up action.\n- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.\n- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.\n- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.\n- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.\n- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.\n- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.\n- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.\n- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.\n- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.\n- Assists with tracking the department budget.\n- Tracks and compiles expenses.\n- Prepares monthly expense reports.\n- May address issues to department manager.\n- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.\n- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.\n- High School Diploma or GED.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Excellent customer service.\n- Lotus Notes skills preferred.\n- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.\n- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540408/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Staff Assistant", "reqid": "129393", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 27540408}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Antioch", "description": "Title: Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 03)\nLocation: Antioch, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/ Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation. Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nSonographer I, II, III, IV,V:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers).\n- BLS required.\nIn addition to the qualifications above:\nSonographer I\n- Must have 1 ARDMS registry in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform the specialty routinely.\nSonographer II\n- Must have 2 ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform both specialties routinely.\nSonographer III\n- Must have equivalent of 3 years (6,240 hrs) continuous ultrasound experience within the last 6 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must have 3 ARDMS registries in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 3 specialties routinely.\nSonographer IV\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 4 specialties routinely.\nSonographer V\n- Must have equivalent of 5 years (10,400 hrs) recent ultrasound experience within the last 10 years with no more than 1 year break in experience within the last 4 years.\n- Must be registered and competent in 5 ARDMS registries that are performed by the Lab.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all 5 specialties routinely.\n\nSchedule: 2:30pm - 11:00pm\n\nWeek 1: Sun - Tues\nWeek 2: Mon, Tues, Sat", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540405/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer I, II, III, IV, V (12 AMCRAD-US 03)", "reqid": "128640", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Antioch, CA", "uid": 27540405}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Roseville", "description": "Title: Chief Nursing Officer [NA101]\nLocation: Roseville, CA\nDevelops strong collaborative leadership relationships with TPMG. This role provides strategic leadership as the patient care executive position responsible for all nursing and other designated patient care functions/services within the hospital organization. The Chief Nursing Officer provides direction, leadership, planning, organization and general management for all aspects of patient care ensuring integration of services and compliance with long range objectives and strategies, including the provision of excellent quality services and responsible fiscal management. This role represents nursing/patient care on the hospital executive leadership team, at the medical executive committee and medical staff committees. The Chief Nursing Officer has oversight for the professional practice of nursing and the provision of nursing care in all licensed or surveyable areas of the medical facility. Oversight is defined as having responsibility for regulatory, quality, service, resources, nursing staff competency and evaluation of the overall delivery of nursing care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops effective working relationships with key stakeholders and operational leaders. Manages organizational relationships in a way that builds and maintains a climate of trust and inspires commitment from others to achieve organization goals.\n- Works collaboratively with labor partners to achieve organization goals and objectives.\n- Maintains strong collaborative relationship with medical director and medical staff leadership and coordinates with medical group partners to provide for the seamless transition of patients across the continuum of care.\n- In conjunction with medical facility leadership groups, determines the most cost-effective and efficient levels of patient care clinically and operationally; implements such locally. Participates in hospital strategic planning process and collaborates with facility management team and the medical staff to develop the overall financial plan for the medical facility.\n- Assures short and long-range financial goals are met by establishing and controlling the budgets. Monitors and assesses trends, external environment and internal practices; makes recommendations to develop/adjust strategy to meet the changing business and market conditions.\n- Develops and implements quality and utilization standards for patient care services to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, delivery of services that meet members needs, and the cost-effective utilization of necessary services. Utilizes and maximizes effective systems for resource management in nursing, including patient acuity and staffing applications.\n- Develops a succession plan for nursing leadership.\n- Guides the operational implementation of quality improvement initiatives using innovation and evidence-based practice. Generates and encourages innovation and creative solutions to issues or problems. Is able and willing to solve problems from various points of view and make difficult decisions.\n- Serves as change agent when patient care work/workflow is redesigned.\n- Understands, articulates, and ensures compliance with patient care standards reflected in federal and state regulation, The Joint Commission, California Nurse Practice Act, and organizational policies and procedures.\n- Understands the impact of legislation at the state and federal level on nursing and the organization.\n- Ensures that nursing practice and clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and updated and are consistent with current standards and evidence-based practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 7 to 10 Years of progressive experience in clinical, management and leadership roles within hospital operations.\n- Academic degree in nursing required (Bachelor's or Master's degree). Master's degree in Nursing or related field required (Health Administration,\nBusiness, Public Health, or management).\n- National certification in nursing administration or advanced nursing administration required within 3 years for an incumbent Chief Nursing Officer assuming position, and within 1 year of a newly hired Chief Nursing Officer assuming position.\n- Demonstrated skills to work in a union environment.\n- Active and current registered nurse license in the state of California.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive (typically 10+ years) progressive experience in clinical, management and leadership roles in a multifaceted health care system and multi-service provider setting.\n- Executive level communication, presentation, leadership, analytical and problem solving skills.\n- Ability to lead and manage through influence and change.\n- Thorough knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations such as: Knox-Keene Act, Federal HMO Act, JACHO, and all applicable Medicare and Medi-Cal regulations.\n-Significant leadership experience in regulatory surveys.\n- Proven ability to deliver results for meeting organizational objectives.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:57:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540399/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Chief Nursing Officer [NA101]", "reqid": "126472", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Roseville, CA", "uid": 27540399}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Infection Control Nurse, RN\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nIn order to advance patient safety & to prevent infections within MAS Region Service Area (NOVA, SDSM, or Baltimore), invasive procedures will be monitored per the Region-wide Infection Control Annual Strategic Work Plan. Infection Preventionist coordinates an integrated & comprehensive infection surveillance, prevention, & process improvement program. Objectively & systematically assesses, monitors, evaluates & improves the processes that affect the quality of patient care while ensuring compliance w/ all standards, regulatory & accreditation requirements. Improves patient outcomes by preventing infections.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages, organizes & implements the Regional Infection Prevention Program for the Service Area of responsibility to include ambulatory surgery services, invasive diagnostic procedures & any procedures performed in procedure & treatment rooms in collaboration w/ the Director of EBM, EH&S, Infection Control & Employee Health & Regional Manager of IC & EH.\n- Assists in the development & implementation of an annual Regional Infection Control Annual Strategic Work Plan in coordination w/ the goals & priorities established by the Regional Infection Control Committee & EH&S/Infection Control/Employee Health Department.\n- Develops & implements an annual ambulatory surgery services (ASC) Infection Control Annual Strategic Work Plan specific to ASC & in coordination w/ the goals & priorities established by the Regional Infection Control Committee & EH&S/Infection Control/Employee Health Department.\n- Develops plans, offers recommends, & or coordinates implementation of infection prevention initiatives; presents infection prevention educational programs; provides immediate advice or coaching to staff or practitioners directly involved in a situation that may present potential an infection control risk or exposure to members & or the organization; & manages & secures the identification, investigation & corrective action planning/implementation process relating to infection prevention practices or issues.\n- Promotes compliance w/ accreditation standards & other federal & state laws & regulations, as well as internal KP requirements relating to infection prevention & control.\n- Participates, collaborates & represents the organization on external infection prevention projects & participates in program office-sponsored infection prevention initiatives; maintains effective communication w/ all individuals involved in infection prevention initiatives or projects; involves key stakeholders, as indicated, w/ such projects, keeping them informed as to project status, barriers encountered, completion, etc.; and promotes the replication of successful 'best practices' from other regions within the program, or other health care organizations.\n- Serves as a member or ex officio member on the a) Regional Infection Control Committee; b) Ambulatory Surgery Quality Committees; c) Medication Safety Committee; d) Regional Product Review Committee; e) Service Area Quality Improvement Committees; & f) Accreditation Readiness Team.\n- Completes other duties as assigned.\n- Please see full length job description for additional functions.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience or combination of experience in an acute care hospital or ambulatory setting with knowledge of medical and surgical procedures, treatments, and patient management required.\n- Background in infection prevention or control, employee health, risk management, and patient safety required, preferably in a managed care setting.\n- Bachelor's degree in Nursing (or must complete within 6 months of employment).\n- Licensure as RN in VA, MD or DC required in applicable jurisdiction.\n- Certification in Infection Prevention and Control required within 18 months of employment.\n- Knowledge of federal and state health care laws and regulations required.\n- Demonstrated knowledge and experience applying quality improvement techniques, and facilitating compliance with accreditation standards required.\n- Proficiency in computer applications, including MS Office Suite required.\n- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills required.\n- Skilled in problem-solving and collaborating with other professionals required.\n- Previous demonstrated experience in successfully implementing major patient safety and/or quality improvement initiatives or projects required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in a related area preferred.\n- Familiarity with KP preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540391/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Infection Control Nurse, RN", "reqid": "129675", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27540391}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hyattsville", "description": "Title: Associate Coding Educator (Auditor)\nLocation: Hyattsville, MD\n11 Open Positions\n\nTo provide professional service assistance to the Lead Coding Educator & Coding Educators as it relates to, consultation, audit & feedback to clinicians on their documentation & coding to ensure the KPMAS receives appropriate reimbursement & conforms to applicable guidelines & regulation. This position is a supportive role to that of the Lead Coding Educator & Coding Educators.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs daily surveillance of encounters performed in locations external to KPMAS MOBs to ensure charges entered into the KPHC charging system are valid. Verifies the accuracy, completeness, & precision of ICD-9-CM, CPT-4, & HCPCs coding, including modifiers, units, & other variables impacting workload accountability & billing. This requires independently re-coding the encounter from source documentation, completing supporting worksheets documenting rationale for coding decisions, recording discrepancies, & recording the rationale for changes in codingdecisions.\n- Provides External Service Capture training to clinicians on documentation of services & appropriate coding of level of service (CPT-4), diagnoses (ICD9-CM), procedures (CPT-4) & HCPCS coding associated w/ charge capture w/ potential to impact workload accountability & billing. This covers settings external to that of KPMAS MOBs.\n- Maintains current knowledge to ensure that KPMAS coding & documentation meets regulatory guidelines & audit standards & results in appropriate reimbursements. Maintains professional competency in professional services coding & documentation requirements.\n- Collaborates w/ the Coding Educators team to develop & implement strategies to make appropriate documentation & coding easier for clinicians.\n- Present providers w/ training materials & information derived from audit findings as instructed by Lead Coding Educator, for feedback to physicians.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n-2 years of experience in a health care setting is required.\n- 2 years of coding experience is required.\n- 2 years of medical terminology required.\n- 2 years of customer service experience is required.\n- 2 years of knowledge in coding practices is required.\n- High School diploma is required.\n- CPC or CCS-P is required.\n- 2 years of knowledge of compliance & regulatory requirements is required.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:54", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540390/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Associate Coding Educator (Auditor)", "reqid": "129726", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Hyattsville, MD", "uid": 27540390}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": null, "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician I - OC\nLocation: \nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- Must be available to work variable shifts and at the Fredericksburg and Woodbridge centers, the hours of operation for Woodbridge are Mondayto Friday 8:30am - 1:00am and Saturday & Sunday 9:00am - 9:00pm. The hours of operations for Fredericksburg are Monday - Friday 8:30am - 7:00pm.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience in pharmacy.\n- High school diploma or GED.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacy nomenclature & calculations.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- Effective interpersonal & communication skills.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540385/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician I - OC", "reqid": "129650", "state": null, "state_short": null, "location": "Virtual, USA", "uid": 27540385}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Technician II - OC\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nGreets members at front desk, enters information about prescriptions into computer system, receives payment from members, & prepares medications for approval by pharmacist. May perform the duties of a Pharmacy Inventory Technician or a Pharmacy Admixture Technician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Greets members at counter or over the telephone, verifies member's eligibility status, & receives prescriptions from members for pharmaceuticals.\n- Enters prescription information into computer system & prints labels for use by pharmacist.\n- Receives payment according to terms of members' plan.\n- Selects requested drugs from Baker cell dispenser or counts drugs from pharmacy shelf.\n- Reconstitutes medications by mixing w/ fluids.\n- Prepares intravenous prescriptions, topical ointments, & other drugs by mixing prescribed dosages.\n- Attaches labels to container for review by pharmacist.\n- Calls members to pick-up completed prescription.\n- Receives payment for over-the-counter medications & medical supplies selected by members.\n- Answers routine inquiries from members regarding health plan drug coverage, prices, & related issues.\n- Identifies situations when patient should speak w/ pharmacist regarding use of drugs & asks pharmacist to speak to member.\n- Orders & stocks drugs & supplies, assembles drugs & supplies for clinical departments, stocks crash carts, & performs other inventory duties.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician required.\n- High school diploma or GED required.\n- Successful completion of an accredited pharmacy technician training program or US Military program OR one year of experience as a Pharmacy Technician preferred.\n- Compliance w/ all state board of pharmacy rules & licensing requirements where applicable required.\n- Active CPHT certification required. (Pharmacy students are exempted from the CPHT requirement where applicable).", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540387/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Technician II - OC", "reqid": "129656", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 27540387}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Silver Spring", "description": "Title: HealthConnect (Epic) Application Coordinator\nLocation: Silver Spring, MD\nKP HealthConnect is an integrated clinical & administrative information management system that integrates the patient's electronic medical record w/ their appointments, registration & billing information. The system will link KP departments & as well as facilities nationwide, providing KP physicians & care teams access to current & comprehensive patient information & providing KP members 24/7 online access to key portions of their medical record. SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for achieving in-depth knowledge of KP Health Connect application software & business operations to ensure that the application is configured to support business requirements.\n- Configures EPIC applications by translating business requirements into software specifications.\n- Acts as a liaison between KP Health Connect & other departments regarding configuration issues.\n- Executes test plans for configuration testing; performs problem resolution of configuration.\n- Performs in-depth analyses of workflows, data collections, report details, & other technical issues associated w/ the use of KP Health Connect software.\n- Develops & documents internal decisions that the form the basis for the design decisions w/in the Health Connect applications.\n- Collaborates w/ process design, interfaces, testing & implementation teams.\n- Conducts comprehensive evaluations & tests new releases.\n- Prioritizes & implements system updates & changes; communicates changes to users prior to granting access to new releases.\n- Performs other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of configuration, application implementation, detail analysis, & installation experience required\n- 3 years of progressively responsible experience performing detailed analysis & in-depth knowledge of health care information management systems required. However, additional training on Applications configuration & implementation will be provided.\n- bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health care, & or Business or comparable application experience required.\n- Travel for product training & certification followed by occasional travel required.\n- Database management & basic software configuration skills required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience w/in the Health care Industry preferred.\n- EPIC application experience preferred.\n- Expertise in data structures, content & interpretation of specific data elements preferred.\n- Certification of the EPIC application must be obtained.\n- Maintenance of certification required.\n- Licensure as a Registered Nurse preferred for Clinical - Electronic Medical Record Clinician AC Role.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540388/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "HealthConnect (Epic) Application Coordinator", "reqid": "129671", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Silver Spring, MD", "uid": 27540388}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: Medicare Solutions Consultant - Specialist\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nNo matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of our members. All9 million of them. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.\n\nDescription\nKaiser Permanente is heavily investing in new capabilities to support Health Plan Membership. The HP Medicare Sub-Portfolio Solution Design Consultant will be responsible for all aspects of computer system design related to the implementation of the Medicare Business Engine (MBE) solution. The ideal candidate will be a thought partner to internal business partners, information technology professionals and vendors. This is a technology position, but requires a strong business-focused background. The Solution Design Consultant will collaborate with business and IT partners in key areas:\n - Understanding current KP systems and their functional capabilities\n - Elicit Requirements from multiple Business teams and CMS publications\n - Create / maintain documents capturing Business & System processes\n - Perform gap analysis, Solution Alternate Analysis, Cost benefit analysis and Logical Solution Design\n - Capture Functional / System requirements for multiple Application Delivery teams.\n - Review Application Specific design documents, Test plans and Triage defects\n - Ensure solution is in alignment with Enterprise system Strategy & Industry best practices\n - Managing cross functional design teams\n - Working with development organizations to ensure successful implementations of designed solutions.\nThe ideal candidate will be able to work as part of the team when required as well as have the capability to lead technical tracks as needed.\n\nThis position will require 25-50% travel.\n\nResponsibilities:\n - Identify, design and facilitate the delivery of IT based solutions to meet KP Medicare business needs\n - Develop solution approaches, guidelines and provide IT strategic viewpoint associated with MBE solution design activities\n - Communicate issues and resolution options to both other IT stakeholders and the business team\n - Provide subject matter expertise associated with Medicare and KP's membership IT environment through the entire project development life cycle\n - Effectively document, communicate (oral and written) and explain technical material\n - Perform root cause analysis, uncover critical business requirements, and facilitate solution delivery\n - Create and maintain templates, schedules, estimates and models\n - Coordinate activities of vendor and subject matter experts and assist in development of SLAs\n - Establish and sustain strong ongoing relationships with KP-IT and business partners\n - Ensure the effective partnerships and alignment of the various systems strategies\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n - A BA/BS in any field or equivalent years of work experience\n - 10 years of progressive IT experience, with demonstrated success in software development, design and implementation of software applications - preferably in health plans or managed care organizations.\n - 3 years of experience in a solutions design / consulting role using software development life cycle methodologies including: Eliciting and documenting business and systems requirements from business partners and applying structured software life cycle & development methodologies (RUP, RM-ODP, RAD, etc.).\n - Self Motivated, Independent work capability\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Candidate should have a solid understanding of Health Plan business and systems in a specific area or areas (e.g. membership, benefits, claims & customer service)\n - Deep technology acumen particularly in system and application architecture, Web services/SOA, Java and Oracle\n - Demonstrated experience in a solutions design or integration architect role using industry standard system development life cycle methodologies.\n - Demonstrated facilitation, collaboration, documentation, and presentation skills.\n - Demonstrated capability to work with both Technical and Business resources.\n - Demonstrated capability to lead a technical team towards a common project goal.\n - Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with Business and IT resources.\n - Excellent oral and written communications skills.\n - Excellent problem solving and 'decision making' skills.\n - Must have demonstrated success working in a matrix team environment for a large organization\n - Ability to understand business needs and translate them into solutions.\n - Results orientation - Demonstrated ability to execute in a fast paced environment.\n - Experience working at a major consulting organization with an emphasis on delivery of complex enterprise solutions.\n - Experience evaluating software packages and working with application vendors and system integrators on Request for Information/Request for Proposals\n - Experience working with vendors and systems integrators.\n - Medicare Market Prominence Experience.\n - Must be flexible and have the ability to work in a complex and constantly changing environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 19:56:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27540379/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medicare Solutions Consultant - Specialist", "reqid": "129771", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27540379}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Home Health Physical Therapist - PD\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nIn accordance with agency policy and state/federal regulations, provides independent, age-appropriate physical therapy to patients in their place of residence. Teaches patient/family and caregivers preventative and rehabilitative procedures. Develops and coordinates the plan of care and provides case management.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction\n- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals\n- Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy\n- Implements the plan of care through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy\n- In accordance with agency policy, provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management\n- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy\n- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department\n- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs\n- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects\n- Supervises the work of Home Health Aides according to regulation and agency policy\n- Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent\n- Current license to practice as a physical therapist in California\n- American Heart Association approved BLS\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required\n- Current CA Driver's license & a clear driving record for the pasttwo (2) years\n- Proof of automobile insurance as required by law\n- Must have at least two (2) years of experience in physical therapy\n- Experience in an automated clinical information system, preferred\n- Clinically skilled to detect early warning signs of complications including medical assessments of skin integrity, mentation\n- Ability to differentiate emergent versus non emergent patient care status\n- Ability to look at patient holistically, not just body part or functional ability\n- Competency to remove staples/sutures in the home\n- Commitment to service orientation\n- Effective written and oral communication skills\n- Good interpersonal skills\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n- Computer literate preferred\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission Standards, Federal Conditions of Participation, and State Regulations for Hospice and/or Home Health.\n- Hospice, Palliative Care and Symptom Management, Oncology or Home Health experience\n- Computer knowledge of MS Word and Excel applications\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule includes working rotating weekends\n- Car travel for supervisoryvisits", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531257/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health Physical Therapist - PD", "reqid": "129399", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27531257}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Practice Leader Consultant Revenue Cycle\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nResponsible for the delivery & management of consulting services in areas of key organizational importance. Supports leadership in the definition & attainment of organizational goals.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads large-scale process redesign/ improvement efforts designed to facilitate attainment of key organizational objectives\n- Provides leadership & expert consultation on the design, development, & implementation of process & programs related to practice areas\n- Sets the overall direction of the practice to address key organizational issues\n- Staffs projects to ensure that teams are composed of individuals w/ appropriate skills & expertise\n- Ensures that client & organizational needs are met consistently\n- Collaborates w/ other Practice Leaders to provide support to regional & CSA leadership in the pursuit & attainment of organizational goals\n- Support will include setting priorities for strategically focused areas, identifying opportunities for improvement, & advising on specific areas of expertise\n- Provides leadership in the development & dissemination of best practices across regional departments\n- Establishes effective working relationships w/ peers both internal & external to KP\n- Fosters a customer oriented work environment w/ emphasis on dedication to helping customers, respect for individuals, highest standards of quality, innovation, empowerment, & teamwork by developing & implementing policies & practices that reflect the vision of KP\n- Supervises & develops staff\n- Coaches & develops employees according to their strengths; creates a structure that will promote self-directed work\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Substantial experience, typically seven (7) or more years, three (3) of which is in health care consulting and project management\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree strongly preferred\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals through influence and collaboration\n- Proficient in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and budget management\n- Demonstrated ability to define the strategy of and provide overall direction to a specified practice area\n- Excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, change management, and group process\n- Understanding of KP operations and competitors, and economic, social, and legal environment\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Health care experience\n- Highly skilled in Project, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Access\n- Excellent communicator\n- PMP Certificate", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:53", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531258/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Practice Leader Consultant Revenue Cycle", "reqid": "129435", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27531258}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Perioperative\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN license & AHA BLS Certification\n- One (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) full-time equivalent experience in an acute hospital OR, circulating on a variety of surgical procedures or completion of a KP or approved equivalent OR course within prior 12 months.\n- Ability to scrub as required.\n- The ability to take call within a 30 minute response time.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- CNOR & ACLS\n- BSN\n- Associate Degree in Nursing\n- At least two (2) years current experience circ and scrubbing various surgical cases in an acute care hs.\n- Knowledge of AORN standards, recommendations and practices.\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, Excel, Powerpoint\n\nNotes:\n- Ability to take weekend and night call.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:51", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531248/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Perioperative", "reqid": "128310", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27531248}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Team Manager\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nPerforms planning and direction setting. Manages customer service representatives and/or billing or enrollment representatives. Handles personnel issues with a team approach. Ensures that service standards are achieved. Acts as a patient advocate. Jointly responsible for the daily operations in order to develop and maintain a superior call center or membership service center. Lead the business processes. Ensure best practice customer service and/or membership administration while maximizing revenue. Responsible for the implementation of operational and technology best practices to improve compliance capabilities and efficiencies. Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements in an effort to avoid paying out department performance guarantees of over three million dollars. Responsible for large-scale24 hour seven day a week call center that provides customer service for California and for the Regions outside of California.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day to day operations of a line of business that provides customer service and/or membership, enrollment or billing services to members of the health plan\n- Represents the Health Plan within the local community on benefits and service matters\n- Collaborates with Benefits, Contracts and Government Program divisions of KP to interpret contract language and handle member concerns\n- Ensures the timely intervention of member issues in order to enhance member satisfaction, member recruitment/retention\n- Partners with KP departments, salesand marketing, customers and other stakeholders\n- Manages a team of customer service representatives or member services representatives\n- Develops schedules\n- Assigns and monitors work\n- Gathers resources\n- Measures and monitors service performance quality standards to ensure customer satisfaction and to comply with regulatory agencies\n- Recommends changes in guidelines, procedures, policies\n- Provides operational direction to team and resolves operational issues\n- Attracts, selects and maintains a qualified, motivated staff which involves interviewing, coaching, counseling, disciplining, advising, monitoring, training, terminating\n- Implements line of business strategies\n- Performs financial management, tracking, analysis and management of accounts receivables to ensure financial goals for the line of business are met\n- Conducts analysis of data and reports to improve employee performance\n- Impacts the achievement of department and/or functional objectives\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations or failure to achieve results may cause delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources and additional funds\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing administrative or technical concepts\n- Judgment is required to make decisions for less defined issues\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and member / customer\n- Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors\n- Requires considerable amount of analysis to consider all alternatives for identified, yet complex, problems\n- Follows operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions\n- Information to solve the problem comes from a variety of sources which may not be readily available\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires one (1) to three (3) years supervisory or management experience in member services, health care, call center, or financial fields. Other education or training (beyond the bachelor's degree) can suffice in place of a portion of the required supervisor experience. Satisfactory completion of a twelve (12) week course in Principles of Management offered by the Member Service Call Center can suffice in place of six (6) to nine (9) months required experience\n- Experience in administration requiring extensive complex problem solving and high-level negotiations preferred\n- Experience in preparing and conducting audits preferred\n- Experience in a Labor/Management partnership environment strongly preferred\n- Experience using mainframe or personal computer database, word processing, and statistical analysis software packages preferred\n- Four (4) year degree in business administration, health care, or related field or equivalent experience required.\n- The equivalent experience must be additional experience beyond the minimum work experience required above.\n- Requires knowledge of membership management and working knowledge of another functional area.\n- Knowledge of labor contracts and HR/Organization/Department policies and procedures\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; excellent written and verbal skills\n- Call Center knowledge or related knowledge", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531229/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Manager", "reqid": "129520", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27531229}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fremont", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist Clinical Specialist (4609)\nLocation: Fremont, CA\nFor their areas of specialty, acts as a consultant to staff members for the management of patients and is a resource for on-going, professional development of the staff in their specialty. Assesses staff competencies, clinical judgment, and education, and training needs in their specialty. Provides direct patient care, especially for patients with complex problems related to their specialty. Under supervision of the Director of Rehabilitation Services or designee.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assumes all responsibilities as outlined on the Senior Physical Therapist job profile. Provides consultation and mentoring to the physical therapy staff in their specific area of specialization.\n- Provides education to physical therapists through formal and informal education in their specific specialty both locally and regionally.\n- Provides consultation and education to other Kaiser facilities upon request.\n- Provides education to other health care professionals in their area of specialization both locally and regionally.\n- Assists in the development and implementation of new clinical practice models for the delivery of care to members who require their expertise.\n- Provides a leadership role to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of physical therapy services.\n- Assumes responsibility for the management of a high volume of patients, including those with complex problems or special needs in their area of specialty.\n- Demonstrates behavior consistent with the criteria for professional practice.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Treat external and internal customers in a respectful, friendly, helpful, and professional manner at all times.\n- Adhere to the service expectations of the department and facility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant (usually 3-5 years) experience in the area of specialty practice.\n- Must have demonstrated evidence of advanced education and experience in specialty area.\n- Demonstrated teaching experience in specialty area at an intermediate or advanced level required.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree and certification in physical therapy or foreign trained equivalent.\n- Physical Therapist license from the State of California.\n- APTA Specialist certification in area of specialty preferred.\n- Membership in the APTA preferred.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Demonstrated effective public speaking and lecture skills in past positions required.\n- Evidence of on-going professional development required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531201/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist Clinical Specialist (4609)", "reqid": "129234", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fremont, CA", "uid": 27531201}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Richmond", "description": "Title: ECHO TECH INSTRUCTOR - KAISER SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES\nLocation: Richmond, CA\nResponsible for the daily operation and instruction of students enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences (KPSAHS) educational program. Ensures that proper educational requirements are met, monitors examination and classroom scheduling, provides instruction in assigned classes, problem solves, and facilitates activities related to the functioning of the Radiology Imaging/Therapy Educational Program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, implements, and monitors program curriculum for specified courses.\n- Ensures that all required didactic and clinical educational needs are met.\n- Monitors and evaluates the performance of program students.\n- Provides instruction, counseling, and guidance for students.\n- Acts as liaison as required with all clinical training site instructors and ensures that educational standards are met and records are maintained.\n- Supervises the daily operation of the Radiology Imaging/Therapy Educational Program.\n- Substitutes for other instructors as needed.\n- Assists in the testing and interviewing of program applicants.\n- Gives recommendations for and monitors the program budget.\n- Interprets the National and State of California Department of Health Services standards for accreditation for Radiology Imaging/Therapy Education programs.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors policies and procedures necessary for compliance with these standards.\n- Assists in the acquisition and maintenance of both national and state accreditation for the training program.\n- Meets with the accrediting agencies to discuss program operation and development.\n- Incorporates all necessary operational functions to comply with accreditation requirement.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 2 years of previous experience as a classroom or clinical instructor (preceptor) in an accredited training program\n- Equivalent of two years full-time experience in the professional discipline\n- Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Healthcare Services, Education, Business Administration, or related field.\n- ARRT, NMTCB, ARDMS, RDCS/RCS or equivalent certification/registration in the pertinent discipline\n- BLS certificate required\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:11", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531203/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ECHO TECH INSTRUCTOR - KAISER SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES", "reqid": "129396", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Richmond, CA", "uid": 27531203}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Dedicated Lab Sonographer I, Grade 852\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes. A Dedicated Specialty Sonographer is defined as a Sonographer I or II, registered in one or two disciplines performed by the lab, whose permanent work assignment is in an area where the scope of practice and work is limited to ultrasound exams and procedures in one or two registry disciplines as defined by the ARDMS.\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation.\n- Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination.\n- Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test.\n- Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Must have one ARDMS (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) registry in any specialty.\n- Must demonstrate competence and perform the specialty routinely.\n- BLS.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers.\n- Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531195/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Dedicated Lab Sonographer I, Grade 852", "reqid": "127928", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27531195}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vacaville", "description": "Title: Vision Services Assistant II - Grade 355\nLocation: Vacaville, CA\nA Vision Services Assistant (V.S.A.) is a member of the Eye Services team, providing direct support to the providers (ophthalmologists and optometrists) and the Eye Services operation, while working under the direct supervision of the Chief of Ophthalmology or designee(s). The V.S.A.'s primary role will be to enhance to provider interactions with their customers utilizing specific knowledge, objective ophthalmic testing and practicing special technical skills in the Eye Services specialty. The VSA will maximize opportunities for flexible operations within vision services by assisting with provider visits as well as supporting department operations with clerical services (e.g., making appointments, scheduling surgical procedures, taking messages, registering patients, etc.).\n\nEssential Functions: - Measures and records intraocular pressure (tonometry), neutralization of spectacles (lensometry), automated visual fields, autorefraction (in preparation for the subjective refraction by the provider), autokeratometry, anterior chamber angles, vital signs, and pupillary response and other objective ophthalmic testing procedures.\n- Measures complete visual acuity's for all ages and ocular diagnoses, including Snellen charts, HOTV charts, color vision, and stereopsis. Administers topical eye medications per specific physician order in preparation for testing as permitted by state law and regulation. Performs other objective ophthalmic testing and automated image capture, as indicated.\n- Makes and cancels Optometry, Ophthalmology, medical clearances, and diagnostic appointments. Obtains and prepares the appropriate medical information (records, files, forms, diagnostic results) for the provider. Records relevant medical information for the provider (i.e., assessments, plans, interventions, and spectacles) completes forms and other necessary data entry. Documents concise and relevant medical and ocular histories in the medical record.\n- Electronically, set up lab, x-ray and other requisitions, as needed. Labels specimen and Pathology requests forms. Documents the specimens using departmental specific procedures.\n- Sets up and assists with minor surgical procedures of the eye, as needed by setting up supplies, handling instruments, etc. Anticipate provider needs (preparation of supplies, instruments, and equipment).\n- Cleans (changing cleaning solutions, as needed), wraps, labels and re-stocks instruments. Maintains equipment and orders/stocks supplies. Orders and maintains inventory par levels of supplies, forms, medications, etc. as needed. Keeps work area clean.\n- Sets-up and assists with minor surgical procedures of the eye, as needed, by setting up supplies, handling instruments, etc. Anticipates provider needs (preparation of supplies, instruments and equipment).\n- Calls patients with messages from providers and documents disposition. Documents, updates and processes records relating to provider appointments. Performs surgical scheduling functions, as needed.\n- Participates in training and orientation of new personnel.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must be certified by JCAHPO as an Ophthalmic Assistant (effective 1/1/01) and have a minimum of two (2) years (1,000 hours or more per year) recent experience in conducting objective ophthalmic testing on a regular basis, including but not limited to, experience in several of the following procedures: visual acuity testing, non-contact or contact tonometry, visual fields testing, lensometry, testing or color deficiency and depth perception or autorefraction.\n- High School Diploma/GED\n- BLS.\n- Must be proficient in ophthalmic procedures and testing as required by the employer.\n- Must have knowledge of medical and ophthalmological terminology.\n- Must successfully complete PARRS II, AutoReg (where applicable), and be able to work with electronic medical record system.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills, including legible handwriting.\n- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.\n- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams required.\n- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531186/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Services Assistant II - Grade 355", "reqid": "125680", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vacaville, CA", "uid": 27531186}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Project Manager II (PMD40) ***Temporary***\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three (3) level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Synthesize information from peer project managers to develop detailed project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required to meet transition project goals.\n- Read, understand and review CPM schedules. Expert in CPM scheduling techniques.Synthesize CPM schedules from a variety of sources into one master schedule. Independently develop detailed MS Project CPM schedule (2003 - 2010).\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues through the use of coordinated CPM schedules.\n- Coordinates with construction team (including the importation of information from Primavera project schedules), transition team, and functional implementation teams to develop and ensure adherence to detailed project plans.Translate and communicate CPM project schedule in detailed and summary form for Executive leadership, Transition Team, and front line staff.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project scheduling process and outcome.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation, specifically CPM schedules and schedule risk assessments, for seniorexecutives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices to meet project objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field.\n- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelors' degree in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, Construction Management, Project Management, Architecture, Engineering or other related field or equivalent work experience. - CPM scheduling knowledge\n***NOTE: This isa3 year temporary benefitedposition***", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:14:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531181/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II (PMD40) ***Temporary***", "reqid": "122859", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27531181}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Gaithersburg", "description": "Title: Polysomnographic Technologist - PT\nLocation: Gaithersburg, MD\nAssists patients referred to the sleep disorder clinic to obtain appropriate diagnosis & treatment. Under direction of physicians in the Sleep Medicine Department, provides information regarding study procedures, diagnostic findings, & recommended treatments.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Schedules appointments for patients to visit sleep disorder clinic.\n- Conducts initial education & orientation session as per department guidelines.\n- Enters referrals into HealthConnect.\n- Provides patients w/ home diagnostic equipment & instructs them on its use.\n- Downloads home studies, scores raw data & forwards the results to the physician.\n- Reviews results from outside laboratories.\n- Under direction of physician, communicates sleep study results & recommendation to patients.\n- Assists patients to understand their covered benefits & obtain therapeutic equipment.\n- Dispense CPAP & related equipment:\n- Performs CPAP auto titration;\n- Dispense CPAP equipment & accessories & performs mask fittings; & assists patients w/ equipment problems.\n- Maintains equipment & supplies used by clinic for diagnostic & therapeutic purposes.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- High school diploma or GED.\n- Associate's degree in respiratory therapy or polysomnography or equivalent years of directly related work experience.\n- Licensed Polysomnographic Technologist in the corresponding jurisdiction required.\n- Certified RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist) must be obtained w/in six (6) months of hire.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n- In order to work effectively w/ patients, must have effective interpersonal & communication skills & be able to stand, walk, bend, lift at least 50 pounds, hear, speak, & see.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as a sleep apnea technician or polysomnographic technologist, preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531163/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Polysomnographic Technologist - PT", "reqid": "129499", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Gaithersburg, MD", "uid": 27531163}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Baltimore", "description": "Title: Admixture Pharmacy Supervisor - FT\nLocation: Baltimore, MD\nSupervises & promotes Clinic Infusion Services for patients requiring infusion therapies & provides process & compliance expertise in sterile product preparation, & assures that pharmacists & technicians provide appropriate, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients of Office Infusion Clinics.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the day-to-day operations of Office Infusion Clinic pharmacy & staff to ensure timely completion of workload & completion of tasks.\n- Manages the budget & does benchmark analysis of Infusion Services which assures use of most technologically advanced & cost efficient processes & services; incorporates defined best practices into the service.\n- Assists in providing recommendations & implementation which assures regulatory compliance to sterile product preparation.\n- Maintains policies & procedures relating to Infusion pharmacy operations & professional practice standards.\n- Provides qualitative & quantitative results related to operational areas & contributes to organizational cost effectiveness & performance.\n- Helps manage the planning, operation, & problem-solving guidelines to meet the required service levels, standards, & goals of the department.\n- Proactively provides accurate resolution to inquiries, concerns, & potential complaints w/ a focus on quality, safety, & member retention; continuously strives to improve provider satisfaction.\n- Assists in development of performance standards & on-going reporting mechanisms to evaluate staff operational performance.\n- Assists in establishment & implementation of departmental performance reports.\n- Demonstrates adherence to universal precautions & aseptic technique.\n- Maintains & increases standards of performance & education.\n- Assures customer/personnel safety by maintaining a safe & therapeutic environment & by adhering to company safety programs.\n- Takes initiative to increase job knowledge through additional training, cross training skills development, & continuing education.\n- Manages staffing needs of the infusion pharmacy. Position will require routine staffing duties by the supervisor.\n- Obtains, interprets, & evaluates all physician medication orders for appropriateness, cost effectiveness, accuracy, safety, & completeness.\n- Accurately compounds & checks compounded sterile products.\n- Communicates clinical & technical information & monitoring to other members of the health care team.\n- Other duties as assigned.\n- Collaborates w/ facility personnel on infusion pharmacy services.\n- Oversees pharmacists & pharmacy technicians in the clinical activities of the infusion/oncology department.\nSecondary Functions:\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience mixing & distributing intravenous therapy preferably in managed care settings required.\n- BS or Pharmacy D degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy required.\n- Pharmacist licensure in appropriate jurisdiction(s) required.\n- Knowledge of technological & business developments & trends in Infusion Therapy & Hospital relations, particularly as related to managed care environments, required.\n- Familiarity w/ IV therapy procedures & technologies; sterile technique & infection control procedures & software applications related to infusion & customer satisfaction tracking required.\n- Ability to set priorities for self & staff in a rapidly growing, highly technical service.\n- Ability to design & manage processes & systems to assure program efficiencies & cost-effectiveness in a competitive business environment\n- Knowledge of infusion pharmacy business practices & qualitative & quantitative practice measures.\n- Demonstrated ability to build effective teams & to delegate & motivate appropriately to ensure success of the program.\n- Demonstrated customer focus & customer satisfaction success in previous work environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Management or supervisory experience & demonstrated ability to manage budgetary resources in a cost effective manner preferred.\n- Previous supervisory or experience in a lead position preferred.\n- Oncology &/or Home Infusion pharmacy experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531167/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Admixture Pharmacy Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "129509", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Baltimore, MD", "uid": 27531167}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "McLean", "description": "Title: Admixture Pharmacy Supervisor - FT\nLocation: McLean, VA\nSupervises & promotes Clinic Infusion Services for patients requiring infusion therapies & provides process & compliance expertise in sterile product preparation, & assures that pharmacists & technicians provide appropriate, cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients of Office Infusion Clinics.\nEssential Functions:\n- Supervises the day-to-day operations of Office Infusion Clinic pharmacy & staff to ensure timely completion of workload & completion of tasks.\n- Manages the budget & does benchmark analysis of Infusion Services which assures use of most technologically advanced & cost efficient processes & services; incorporates defined best practices into the service.\n- Assists in providing recommendations & implementation which assures regulatory compliance to sterile product preparation.\n- Maintains policies & procedures relating to Infusion pharmacy operations & professional practice standards.\n- Provides qualitative & quantitative results related to operational areas & contributes to organizational cost effectiveness & performance.\n- Helps manage the planning, operation, & problem-solving guidelines to meet the required service levels, standards, & goals of the department.\n- Proactively provides accurate resolution to inquiries, concerns, & potential complaints w/ a focus on quality, safety, & member retention; continuously strives to improve provider satisfaction.\n- Assists in development of performance standards & on-going reporting mechanisms to evaluate staff operational performance.\n- Assists in establishment & implementation of departmental performance reports.\n- Demonstrates adherence to universal precautions & aseptic technique.\n- Maintains & increases standards of performance & education.\n- Assures customer/personnel safety by maintaining a safe & therapeutic environment & by adhering to company safety programs.\n- Takes initiative to increase job knowledge through additional training, cross training skills development, & continuing education.\n- Manages staffing needs of the infusion pharmacy. Position will require routine staffing duties by the supervisor.\n- Obtains, interprets, & evaluates all physician medication orders for appropriateness, cost effectiveness, accuracy, safety, & completeness.\n- Accurately compounds & checks compounded sterile products.\n- Communicates clinical & technical information & monitoring to other members of the health care team.\n- Other duties as assigned.\n- Collaborates w/ facility personnel on infusion pharmacy services.\n- Oversees pharmacists & pharmacy technicians in the clinical activities of the infusion/oncology department.\nSecondary Functions:\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience mixing & distributing intravenous therapy preferably in managed care settings required.\n- BS or Pharmacy D degree from an accredited college of Pharmacy required.\n- Pharmacist licensure in appropriate jurisdiction(s) required.\n- Knowledge of technological & business developments & trends in Infusion Therapy & Hospital relations, particularly as related to managed care environments, required.\n- Familiarity w/ IV therapy procedures & technologies; sterile technique & infection control procedures & software applications related to infusion & customer satisfaction tracking required.\n- Ability to set priorities for self & staff in a rapidly growing, highly technical service.\n- Ability to design & manage processes & systems to assure program efficiencies & cost-effectiveness in a competitive business environment\n- Knowledge of infusion pharmacy business practices & qualitative & quantitative practice measures.\n- Demonstrated ability to build effective teams & to delegate & motivate appropriately to ensure success of the program.\n- Demonstrated customer focus & customer satisfaction success in previous work environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Management or supervisory experience & demonstrated ability to manage budgetary resources in a cost effective manner preferred.\n- Previous supervisory or experience in a lead position preferred.\n- Oncology &/or Home Infusion pharmacy experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531172/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Admixture Pharmacy Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "129537", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "McLean, VA", "uid": 27531172}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lake Oswego", "description": "Title: Technical Program Manager-Financial Planning and Analytics\nLocation: Lake Oswego, OR\nKaiser Permanente's Financial Planning & Analytics area in IT continues to expand at a rapid pace. We seek a technical Program Manager with strong data warehousing and business intelligence experience to manage Inpatient Analytics, Program Offices Financial Planning Applications, ICD-10 remediation for the analytics environment and overall Analytics support. This will be a strategic, client facing role that brings thought leadership from the future direction perspective as well as provide tactical solutions to add incremental value. We expect the Program Manager to lead:\n - Release management and schedule for all the analytics projects\n - Production support (performance and process improvements, problem resolution etc.)\n - Strategic Planning\n - Project planning and management, estimations and resource planning\n - Follow SDLC Methodology and AGILE\n - Financial Management (Investment and Core)\nPrimary Functions:\n - Direct the activities of the analytics and decision support department, including responsibility for planning, financials and budgeting, implementing key projects, developing strategies and skill sets of employees, and managing general operations. \n - Plan and manage the delivery support of Financial Planning and Analytics systems solutions and associated technical solutions in support of business objectives and ongoing operations.\n - Work closely with the business functional areas, and external customers in defining systems/project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements, timing deliverables, managing change and funding.\n - Manage application and systems project teams, estimating, tracking and management of project deliverables.\n - Effectively plan, prioritize and administer work tasks.\n - Provide leadership and direction to project teams.\n - Effectively manage project budgets and time lines to deliver results on-time and under budget.\n - Coordinate the delivery of multiple projects, developing cost benefit analyses for the program, communicating to an executive committee, creating and reporting program status utilizing a dashboard, allocating resources across the multiple projects, defining project governance policies and managing the financial concerns of the program.\nQualifications:\nMinimum Qualifications:\n - 8 or more years of Program/Project Management experience.\n - Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - Experience leading 10 or more employees and contractor staff; responsible for over $2m in core budget.\n - Solid technical expertise in Informatica, Oracle, Cognos and associated toolsets with deep expertise in Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence Area: Concepts, ETL, RDBMS, BI Tools, etc.\n - Proven ability to deliver system strategies, solutions, designs, and business outcomes in conjunction with business stakeholders. \n - Experience managing large complex programs or national strategic initiatives.\n - Proven ability to partner with business areas, including senior leaders, to create business case and associated deliverables for submission through governance and approval committees.\n - Deep knowledge and experience in business or technical judgment/decision making to create solutions for thought-provoking, diverse and highly complex issues.\n - Must be self motivated, well organized and have strong innovation and facilitation skills.\n - Proven oral and written communication skills; excellent business presentation skills.\n - Excellent analytical skills.\n - Ability to interface effectively with all levels and across organizational lines, including the business units.\n - Ability to effectively utilize external vendors and resources throughout the organization.\n - Demonstrated success at building team relationships and partnerships across organizational lines.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Advanced knowledge of business intelligence, analytics and decision support systems in the health care setting.\n - Health care background or experience.\n - Cost accounting/Financial Analytics knowledge.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531154/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Technical Program Manager-Financial Planning and Analytics", "reqid": "129575", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Lake Oswego, OR", "uid": 27531154}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Principal Application/Integration Architect\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nNo matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well-being of our 8.9 million members. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.\nWe are currently seeking a Principal Application Integration Architect for an opportunity within the Health Plan Business Information Office (HP-BIO). Kaiser's HP-BIO delivers systems and technologies that span the broad and diverse portfolio of Marketing, Sales, Benefits, Membership, Claims, and Contact Centers. You will be responsible for performing software application integration strategy & planning, architecture, goals & roadmap alignment, and provide leadership in the development and operations of SOA methodologies, policies, and practices. You will also work closely with other senior technology team members as you lead and manage high-level solution architecture reviews. This opportunity requires the skills and experience of a senior-level Principal Architect who can work collaboratively and effectively with key staff throughout the HP-BIO organization, including IT Executive Directors, VPs, Application Architects, Data/Information Architects, Enterprise Architects, Development Managers, Program/Project Managers, Design Engineers, outsourced Service Providers, and Business Function Management.\n\nEssentialFunctions:\n\n- Perform the role of a portfolio-level Application Integration Architect to apply application integration architecture principles, guidelines, and standards, to help guide and influence the direction of HP-BIO programs, key initiatives, and investment projects.\n- Own the development and evolution of the application integration architecture & strategies for the HP-BIO, including all integration technologies and methods (e.g., SOA, web services, direct app interfaces, integration plug-ins, pub-sub, eCommerce, etc.).\n- Establish and maintain effective working partnerships with Architects throughout the HP-BIO, across other BIOs, and also with Enterprise Architects to address the challenges of application architecture issues that cross organizational and application boundaries.\n- Work together with BIO leadership on improving high-level, cross-functional architecture reviews for key initiatives and strategic application integration priorities (Solution Architecture Governance).\n- Lead and coordinate a matrixed team of senior architects across the portfolio in performing the high-level, cross-functional architecture reviews.\n- Also participate in the cross-functional architecture reviews as a subject matter expert in application integration.\n- Lead SOA governance processes and procedures for the various systems across the HP-BIO, and ensure proper alignment to shared SOA strategies and goals.\n- Align cross-functional solution architecture review scope, methods, and techniques with the broader scope of enterprise-level reviews by Kaiser's Enterprise Architecture function.\n- Provide application integration solution consulting on HP-BIO's highest-priority initiatives and projects.\n- Effectively communicate integration architecture guidance using established communications channels and methods to staff at all levels of the BIO from software engineers to senior VPs.\n- Articulate the integration architectures/designs in various UML/non-UML diagrams, and guide the development teams and/or other architects on how to implement them.\n- Provide application integation content within current state and future state architectures and strategies, and also specific roadmaps and planning on how to successfully proceed from current-state to future-state.\n- Develop research on emerging integration technologies, and help IT leaders incorporate them where appropriate into long-term integration strategy and planning.\n- Create executive-level summaries from detailed architectures up to high level abstract strategies and goals.\nQualifications:\nRequired Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.\n- 10 years of experience and a proven track record in Application Integration Architecture leadership roles with Fortune 500 companies.\n- 5 years experience as a thought leader and subject matter expert on application integration technologies, strategies, and best practices.\n- 3 years experience developing IT strategic roadmaps that are driven by and integrated with business strategies\n- 3 years experience creating executive-level summaries from detailed architectures up to high level abstract strategies and goals.\n- 4 years experience as a subject matter expert on past, present, and future application integration frameworks and technologies (with an emphasis in SOA, web services, integration brokers, eCommerce, and B2B integration standards).\n- Able to connect technology and concepts to financial impacts resulting in Total Cost of Operations (TCO) estimates and projections.\n- Extensive experience in leading new technology evaluations, RFI/RFPs, prototyping, and leading Proof of Technology efforts.\n- Capable of providing guidance to programs and projects on the use of technologies with hands-on approaches, when and where needed.\n- Strong oral and written communication and documentation skills. Ability to create and provide presentations to Executive leadership.\n- Experience working in large organizations with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field.\n- Extensive experience in both business unit and enterprise-level architecture methodologies and practices (in Fortune 500 companies) with solid understanding and utilization of different architecture frameworks in addressing organization-wide business and IT challenges.\n- Experience in application integration within the Health Care Insurance industry, and also associated softwae applications (e.g., membership, claims, etc.).\n- Extensive knowledge of Health Care Industry business processes and functions, standards, and regulations.\n- Experience with Healthcare Reference terminology (LOINC, CPT, SNOMED, ICD-10) and HL7 standards groups.\n- Knowledge of current and emerging technologies within the overall Health Care industry.\n- Experience in integrating emerging technologies, such as cloud and mobile, with large-scale, complex, and regional legacy applications.\n- Strong leadership skills to bring together diverse stakeholders in reaching concensus and agreement.\n- Be able to quickly understand and synthesize the business requirements and help the various stakeholders in visualizing the solution.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531160/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal Application/Integration Architect", "reqid": "129635", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27531160}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: IT Project Management for Information Security, Cnslt/Spec\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nInformation Security at Kaiser Permanente has a large portfolio of projects managed by a small team of project managers. Because of our small size, our project managers must have the ability to manage multiple projects, interface with many groups simultaneously, and navigate the complex processes required to complete work. They must have the ability to think outside the box, and must be proficient in managing projects in a complex IT environment.\n\nThe PM will represent projects regularly to executive leadership, and must have solid communication skills and the ability to convey strategic value of technical projects to business. Most projects within Information Security are national, so the ability to work with teams across regions is required. This requires presenting to executive leadership at a regional level, and getting buy in from regional IT representatives. Communication skills are key in this environment, so the ability to develop communications plans and execute them is very important.\n\nIn addition, the PM will need to work with the team on continuous team and individual improvement, as we mature our PMO, and be ready and willing to teach and mentor as needed with our staff. Further training in security may be required, so any successful PM will be required to learn and certify in security as the need arises.\n\nProject managers in Information Security also manage the finances around their projects. Complete competence in financial forecasting, tracking, and reporting is required. A grasp, at all times, of the financial status of your project is required.\n\nInformation Security utilizes Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint. A successful PM is required to have experience with SharePoint, and have an expert level understanding of both MS Project, and the MS Office Suite.\n\nFinally, a successful PM in Information Security must be professional, yet personable. As a small team, we expect the PMs to have a close relationship of support. The expectation is that you are there to help the other team members, and can expect the same in return.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages large complex projects or multiple projects of moderate to high complexity.\n- Total Managed Project Budget up to $15 million.\n- Project Complexity can be multiple sites and up to 20integrated work sites.\n- Manages development of project plans and/or coordinates development of project plans across multiple independent projects.\n- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business.\n- Responsible for accurate time reporting for a project.\n- Provides consulting for business partners for business case development.\n- Directs the quality/testing strategies for the project. Evaluates best practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios to enhance the Project Quality Plan.\n- Determines program resource requirements and procures resources.\n- Assigns work, sets priorities, provides guidance in the completion of tasks and review of program deliverables.\n- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project interdependencies.\n- Responsible for applyingthe risk management process.\n- Develops requirements and technical specifications for RFPs.\n- Manages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects.\n- Determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.\n- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.\n- Designs communication plan frameworks to be used by project managers within context of overall program/project being managed.\n- May manage 4 - 7 project managers across regions.\n- Manages a combined project team of up to 100 resources.\n- Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others.\n- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.\n- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.\n- Recognized as authority in project management across IT.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of Project Management experience.\n- Demonstrates understanding of, and knowledge in IT methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project.\n- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.\n- Advanced knowledge of MS Project, MS Office, and MS SharePoint\n- Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.\n- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.\n- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.\n- Leverages project management experience and knowledge by acting as tutor on relevant training or by providing on-project PM learning to team members.\n- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.\n- Ability to influence others and build strong partnership with others.\n- Team and Service oriented.\n- Service Oriented.\n- Demonstrate strategic thinking.\n- Ability to deal with people dynamic with minimal guidance.\n- Ability to resolve conflict with minimal guidance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Healthcare industry knowledge\n- Information technology experience\n- Should have managed project budgets of up to $15 million\n- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (Highly Preferred).\n- Identifies individuals who can competently practice as a project manager leading and directing project tasks.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531153/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "IT Project Management for Information Security, Cnslt/Spec", "reqid": "129408", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27531153}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Regions Outside of California (ROCs), Program Manager (Consultant / Specialist) - IT Infrastructure Programs (WAN/LAN/VoIP/WLAN)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nProgram Manager - Consultant/Specialist - Regions Outside of California (ROCs)\n\nThe Program Manager in the Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) Infrastructure Program is responsible for IT Infrastructure projects, including Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies in the Regions Outside of California. This includes the following Regions: Hawaii, Northwest, Colorado, Ohio, Georgia, and Mid-Atlantic.\n\nThe Program Manager is accountable for meeting financial and schedule commitments for all IT projects on each of the campuses in the Region and to communicate effectively with team members, KP-IT management, and Kaiser Permanente National Facilities Services (NFS) to ensure that IT services are delivered according to scope, schedule and budget. This person will lead approximately 5 to 7 Project Managers and ensure that all the technical / engineering resources receive clear direction and support to deliver these technology projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\nThis position is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the projects in the Hawaii, Northwest, Colorado, Ohio, Georgia, and Mid-Atlantic Regions ensuring the delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of the IT Infrastructure Program.\n\nThis includes:\n - Program planning, program financial management, program schedule management, program resource management.\n - Excellent verbal and written communications.\n - Mentoring and management of project managers assigned to projects within the program portfolio.\n - Risk management, quality control, implementation leadership.\n - Collaborating with regional leadership to develop a multi-year, regional implementation plan.\n - Gaining agreement on scope of work required at each site.\n - Prioritizing program changes within region.\n - Coordinating program and regional resources to develop detailed implementation and communication plans.\n - Coordinating regional execution.\n - Removing any local barriers impeding progress.\n - Providing program status reporting.\n - Developing business case to secure facilities funding.\n\nThe Program Manager is responsible for leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects. The ability to manage highly complex, large-scale projects with overlapping schedules with multiple inter-dependencies.\n\nThe Program Manager will be required to know or learn KP-IT's program and process methodology, execute it within the established KP and KP-IT organizational framework and mentor other project managers and team members. Additionally, the Program Manager will be required to effectively understand and communicate with team members responsible for both IT infrastructure (networks, servers, desktops) and applications.\n\nThis position requires a self starter, who is a dynamic and energetic team leader, to identify needed resources, define roles and responsibilities, and ensure assignment of key project participants.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - B.S. degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n - 10 or more years of information technology experience that includes a broad understanding of both IT infrastructure projects through professional services consulting and/or project/program management.\n - 7 or more years of progressive experience as a program/project manager that includes managing implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets.\n - Strong understanding of the following technologies: Networking (WAN, LAN, VoIP, WLAN).\n - Demonstrated track record leading multiple teams through both overlapping and sequentially related projects.\n - Demonstrated strong customer focus and client relationship building skills.\n - Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n - Excellent oral and written communication skills - ability to influence at all levels.\n - Excellent management consultation skills and ability to manage client relationships.\n - Ability to work well with others with diverse backgrounds and at various organizational levels.\n - Superior skills in managing/building relationships.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Understanding of Telephony (e.g., ACD, PBX, Voice Mail) technologies.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531151/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regions Outside of California (ROCs), Program Manager (Consultant / Specialist) - IT Infrastructure Programs (WAN/LAN/VoIP/WLAN)", "reqid": "125505", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27531151}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Membership Systems, KPIT\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Membership Systems Executive Director is the IT executive accountable for planning & full system lifecycle leadership for the set of applications supporting key business functions & stakeholders.The responsibilities include:\n-Strategic planning, Multi-Year IT planning, project planning, scheduling & budgeting, both long range & annual\n-Application software acquisition, integration, development, testing & implementation\n-Application production support, performance, cost, system transition & retirement\n-Executive relationship management with the business leaders responsible for the operations supported by these application sets\n\nThe Executive Director is part of a team reporting to a VP, Medicare, Membership & Cross-portfolio programs. This position is responsible for coordinating the planning across the national & regional constituencies to develop multi-year and project plans & schedules for applications supported. This executive is the single point of contact for the business leaders & is accountable for business partner satisfaction related to IT support for these business functions. The Executive Director oversees a team comprised of business consultants, designers, application project & product managers, application development teams, testing teams & production support staff to provide end to end service for their business partners. The Membership Systems Leader oversees 4 direct reports & a team of approximately 165 staff comprised of business consultants, designers, application project & product managers, application development teams & production support staff to provide end to end service for their business partners. The annual operating budget for this area is approximately $24 million, which includes $14m for core maintenance activities & $10 million (more like $28M) of investment projects (investment is much higher).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- The Executive Director will have strong industry experience leading IT teams in planning, IT governance, project delivery & production support. Their team will provide expertise to the business with end-to-end accountability for delivery of IT services.The ability to integrate strategic planning across the other sub-portfolio groups & to chart a systems plan for the business across the regions is a key capability. The Executive Director will collaborate with the staff under the Chief Architect to develop the technology solutions to meet business needs.\n- The Executive Director will develop the IT Multi-Year plan to support all business functions & will identify interdependencies across the application suites. This plan will form the framework for IT governance through the Health Plan Portfolio Approval Council (PAC) & will support a disciplined demand process to ensure resources are available for projects.\n- Develop strong planning relationships with business & IT partners & bring regional plans & perspectives fully into the planning process\n- Deliver application roadmap that meets portfolio architecture strategy\n- Manage integrity & extensibility of application architecture\n- Track industry best practices associated with application capabilities\n- The Executive Director will lead the Membership Strategy product selection work, the sequencing of deployment & all phases of implementation. The Executive Director will be responsible for building the business case, leading the program & working with key business leaders to improve overall automation within Membership Administration. This is envisioned to be a significant multi-million dollar program ($150-175M) spanning several years for full implementation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS degree in computer science or related technical field, or equivalent experience\n- Demonstrated track record of significant accomplishment in a senior leadership role preferably with healthcare (health plan, clinical, care delivery, business infrastructure) and full lifecycle development experience with the sub-portfolio system. 10 year experience required.\n- Seasoned IT leader experienced in leading successful development and implementation of multi-million dollar Programs/Projects in complex matrix organizations with numerous constituents.\n- Demonstrated experience in successfully managing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple business units/regions. Includes the identification and articulation of problems, influencing decision-making process as well as delivery of expected results.\n- Experience in negotiating and managing relationships with outsource providers.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's level graduate degree and/or MBA preferred but not required.\n- Minimum of 15 years of experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531145/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Membership Systems, KPIT", "reqid": "129565", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27531145}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Digital Center of Excellence (DCoE), KPIT\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe Executive Director (ED), Digital Center of Excellence (DCoE) will report to the VP, Strategic Initiatives & Operations within Kaiser Permanente IT. This position will be responsible for leading the definition of an enterprise-wide, multi-year digital strategy. The digital strategy will respond to the business requirements of consumers, members, caregivers, including clinicians and nurses, employer groups, brokers and the workforce of Kaiser Permanente. The digital strategic roadmap will include, but not limited to the Intranet, Mobile, and Social Media channels. In addition, the strategy will address underlying infrastructure and integration requirements. The ED, DCoE will also deliver mobile standards, accreditation/certification of mobile solutions, ongoing support of services related to mobility, mobile app release management, and/or other functions as determined.\n\nThe individual will be a senior member of the SI&O leadership team and expected to oversee processes, tools and best practice deliverables to increase KP lT's effectiveness as a services organization.In addition, this individual will be responsible for leading teams of individuals - those with both direct and/or indirect reporting relationships. The ED, DCoE will oversee a team of developers, designers, testers and vendor resources to support IT and business deployment of mobile applications, social media and Intranet solutions. These resources will include both onshore and offshore personnel.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Create and manage a Digital Center of Excellence, as an IT shared service that provides enterprise mobile application development & management, reusable services/tools, intranet development & management, utilization of social media to support business processes, & standardized processes to support mobile applications development, operations & end-user support. These applications will support members, business partners & clinical partners. The DCoE will contain a variety of skills & will work closely with other IT organizations to ensure appropriate business, application & infrastructure support is present to support mobility, intranet & social media.\n-Develop a digital strategy for KP, define & implement programs that progress the digital strategy. The digital strategy may include, but not limited to, the following elements: digital roadmap for the Intranet, social media, mobile & infrastructure, mobile platform, social media, Intranet solutions, marketing/promotion, user experience, user interface, & mobile apps - including consumer, eCommerce, & clinical.\n-Partner in the development & implementation of other components of the Digital Strategy, including, but not limited to, Internet strategy & foundational components - such as infrastructure, process integration, system integration & standards.\n-Develop & implement a mobile app product roadmap that includes new releases, major upgrades & minor upgrades to address bug fixes. The mobile app release roadmap will be integrated with other technology releases including Internet, Social Media & infrastructure changes.\n-Provide leadership & participate in additional 'digital' areas as defined by the VP, SI&O.\n-Recruit, motivate & develop a high performance staff that is geographically dispersed. Understand existing staff technical competencies & build employee skill sets based upon technical & business requirements.\n-Define staffing/resources strategy for the execution of the Digital Strategy. Manage contract delivery of onshore & offshore resources, including activities in development, testing, & maintenance of applications.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A college degree is required plus relevant IT industry experience.\n-The successful candidate will bring a minimum of 8 years of progressive IT solutions experience in roles of increasing responsibility, expertise in large system implementations and application development/management, and proven experience developing and leading new organizations. The individual must have demonstrated success in working in highly-matrixed, program/product development areas. Experience developing mobile applications or managing mobile application development work is required.\n- The candidate should have proven experience in leading the creation, oversight and ongoing operationalization of shared service environments. This includes extensive experience in advanced/sophisticated IT end to end life cycle management, leading application development and/or application management team(s). His/Her career is characterized by a track record of increased responsibility (promotions) based on performance.\n- Understanding of the mobile industry and alignment with business strategies. Understanding of the Intranet technology and tools; business needs for various Intranet tools.\n- Experience in leading a team of designers, developers and testers focused on mobile apps - for both iOS and Android platforms.\n- Knowledge of Search engines that support Intranet sites.\n- The demonstrated ability of creating and leading teams to produce high quality, efficient application processes and tools for development, testing and support. The ability to reinforce consistent application development and support methodologies while dealing with the ambiguity and all of the challenges associated with a large-scale, complex company.\n- A background/experience with application architecture, information management, SOA, and mobile applications including advanced technical skill sets such as object-oriented design and development, iterative development methodologies such as Agile, Open Source Software (OSS), and highly scalable, distributed systems.\n- Ability to manage alternative staffing arrangements (i.e., contract and offshore staff). The ability to lead and energize multi-disciplined work teams to learn to apply new technologies to respond to business needs and deliver results. Strong team work and interpersonal skills are required, and this leader must have the ability to communicate and persuade at all management levels.\n- Business process knowledge. He/She must have certain acumen for business modeling, business case design, workflow analysis, process redesign, etc.\n- Strategic technical leadership. Proven ability to work closely with both senior executive management and in-depth technical resources in developing needs, plans and strategies to achieve the objectives of the organization. He/She will create an environment that fosters strong relationships throughoutKP to support on-time, on-budget project delivery with exceptional quality, reliability, availability, and customer satisfaction. Ability to work effectively in matrixed and at times, ambiguous areas, as part of the maturation process of working with emerging and innovative technologies.\n- Demonstrated ability to recruit and build a high performance organization. A proven track record in assessing and selecting talent. He/She must be a strong mentor and developer of talent.\n- Brand preservation. The leader must be cognizant of branding and how it attracts users (or turns them away) through effective application design and deployment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- A strong working knowledge of SOX and audit compliance practices is preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531144/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Digital Center of Excellence (DCoE), KPIT", "reqid": "129563", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27531144}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lafayette", "description": "Title: Registered Nurse-OBGYN\nLocation: Lafayette, CO\nPractices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions in accordance w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation and performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, and physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, and behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members and responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- (Adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103) Evaluating health status through the collection and assessment of health data CRS 12-38-103 (10).\n- Collects subjective and objective data.\n- Analyzes reports, and record data.\n- Uses data to identify health care problems and create plan.\n- Prioritizes patient's needs.\n- Triage patients either in person or via telephone and implements proper course of action in accordance w/ established protocol/guideline or in consultation w/ provider.\n- Conducts telephone calls backs to patients requiring follow-up care.\n- Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions.\n- Health teaching and health counseling to patients and/or their families.\n- Executing delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement and are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician's delegated authority.\n- Administers intravenous therapy and other medications.\n- Providing therapy and treatment that is supportive and restorative to life and well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules and regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others.\n- Referring to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance.\n- Review and monitor therapy and treatment patient plans.\n- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly.\n- Facilitates the coordination and integration of care between health care services.\n- Manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources.\n- Leads health care team by influence and role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation and providing outstanding support for physician practices.\n- Patient advocate.\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives.\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous OB/GYN experience required.\n- Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program and completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience and guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.\n- Currently licensed as a RN in the State of Colorado.\n- BLS strongly preferred.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire.\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities and the ability to understand KP customer needs.\n\nPreferred Skills:\nEmployee must have experience with NST/AFIs, IV skills. Position will float to other Departments/Facilities. Position requires flexibility to work on-call/same day and some pre-scheduled shifts to meet the staffing needs of the departments. Will be a shared position between Rock Creek, Westminsterand Baseline. Position will be used to backfill FMLA, Sick Calls and vacation per budgeted replacement and in emergency situations.\n\nSalary Range: $31.84 - $37.46 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531141/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Registered Nurse-OBGYN", "reqid": "128358", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Lafayette, CO", "uid": 27531141}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Technical Laboratory Asst\nLocation: Denver, CO\nUnder direct supervision, performs a variety of pre & post analytic duties to support the laboratory w/ the receipt, processing, distribution, testing & resulting of specimens to a variety of departments to include Chemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, Hematology & Histology\nEssential Functions:\n- Receives, tracks, unloads, sorts & delivers specimens to appropriate department for testing\n- Stores specimens at the appropriate temperatures & ensures that specimens are discarded according to laboratory procedures\n- Checks specimen integrity, & processes specimens to include, labeling, centrifugation, aliquoting, racking, creating work-lists & loading instruments\n- Performs maintenance on equipment & responsible for equipment start up & shut down\n- Stocks laboratory supplies & prepares reagents as appropriate\n- Packages reagents & controls & sends to other laboratories as needed\n- Prepares specimens for special testing (RMA, LDL's, etc)\n- Investigates, troubleshoots & resolves pending logs\n- Communicates results (including critical values) to clinical staff & documents communication in laboratory information system\n- Performs front end processing of all occult blood specimens\n- Creates batch lists & packages specimens, to be sent to other laboratories\n- Orders & processes add-ons daily\n- Pulls STD paperwork & sends to appropriate provider\n- Provides the state w/ necessary information\n- Fills out pathology review paperwork, clover slips specimens & delivers to pathology\n- Matches paperwork & slides for laboratory techs\n- Prints & submits Quality Assurance reports to technologists\n- Performs other duties as assigned to include plating specimens, pulling blood cultures, generating reports, staining, & other specimen testing as required\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\n- Supports compliance & Kaiser Permanent's Code of Conduct by adhering to federal & state laws & regulations, accreditation & license requirements, by policies & procedures\n- Responds appropriately to observed fraud & abuse\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of previous experience in a medical laboratory or closely related environment\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Completion of a recognized medical training program or equivalent including, but not limited to phlebotomy or medical assistant programs\n- An additional 6 months of coursework or direct medical laboratory experience may be substituted for a formal training program\n- Must have knowledge of general medical laboratory processes, medical terminology, reporting of test results, & the ability to communicate clearly & accurately w/ medical providers & staff regarding test procedures & results\n- Proficient in high-volume, detail oriented tasks & demonstrated ability to accurately perform multiple tasks within a limited timeframe\n- Experience in operating computer terminals, printers, & multi-line phone system & fax machines\n- May be required to work evenings, weekends & holidays\nPreferred Skills: Order Entry, Processing, Data Entry, Multi-taking.\n\nRotate schedule. Floats between departments/facilities/locations.\n\nSalary: $16.57 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-03-31 03:13:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27531143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Technical Laboratory Asst", "reqid": "129237", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27531143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nResponsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction & supervision of the Rehabilitation Services.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature & extent of dysfunction.\n- Establishes treatment goals & plans treatment to achieve established goals.\n- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.\n- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.\n- Coordinates the treatment program w/ other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provides advice & education to patient & family.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs & symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals & treatment.\n- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelor's or Master's degree with certification in Occupational Therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required as of May 23, 2007.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- NICU experience\n\nNotes:\n- One (1) year pediatrics experience\n- Scheduled hours and days may change to meet department needs\n- May be requested to work at other locations as well as weekend hospital rotations\n- Scheduled hours: 20+", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:10:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493458/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist", "reqid": "129133", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27493458}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Staff Educator RN\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nCollaborates with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients' departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs. Participates in competency assessments and evaluations of new and existing staff. Contributes to ongoing employee performance appraisals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, coordinates, and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental, and discipline-specific needs.\n- Designs, develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.\n- Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development, and learning.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality, and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.\n- Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.\n- Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.\n- Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.\n- Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience (within last 3 years) in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5) years).\n- Bachelor's degree required; BSN preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- AHA BLS instructor preferred\n- Adult learning knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\nNotes:\n- Schedule may vary", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:10:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493460/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Educator RN", "reqid": "129200", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Harbor City, CA", "uid": 27493460}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Alameda", "description": "Title: Peoplesoft Data Analyst\nLocation: Alameda, CA\nThe HR Operations DataAnalyst will have the demonstrated ability to effectively gather data, analyze and report on a variety of metrics, working with a diverse team of professionals who support the HR organization. The individual selected for the Analyst role must be an exemplary professional and demonstrate the ability to accomplish the following at the Kaiser Permanente HR Service Center.\n\nThe HR Operations Data Analyst will pull data from multiple systems to produce the analysis requested, with little direct guidance and an understanding that the results may be iterative. You must be able to illustrate complex analysis in a concise and simple fashion using tables, charts, and graphs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - The ability to integrate and analyze data from multiple, disconnected, and complex data sets. This requires the ability to review and clean for data integrity, identify and address inconsistencies in data, develop solutions for dealing with non-linking and missing data, and build and run queries to efficiently clean and analyze information across data sources, including correlation and regression analysis where appropriate.\n - Work independently on major analytic, technical and/or strategic projects that successfully bring complex data-driven information about HR, finance and operations to leadership.\n - Collaborate with the HR Service Center leadership team to gather metrics, requirements and needs related to building reports.\n - Design and implementation of reports and dashboards on People Soft and Cognos platforms.\n - Work closely with leadership to monitor service levels, and maintain cost effective delivery of services.\n - Translate business goals into measureable and actionable objectives and make recommendations on tracking, reporting, benchmarking and analysis in order to measure performance against objectives.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Bachelor's degree in related field (Business Admin, Health Admin, Statistics, etc), or 4 years of additional work experience.\n - 5 or more years of experience in data mining and analysis and/or information indexing knowledge of and experience in PeopleSoft CRM and HCM systems.\n - The ability to design innovative techniques for working with imperfect data sets and translate outputs of self-directed data analysis into easily digestible, insightful, and high-level findings for both compliance and practical applications.\n - Expert skill writing SQL queries and the designing and managing of relational database(s).\n - Expert skills in efficiently moving data among varied repositories (databases, websites, email, flat files, web services etc.).\n - Excellent writing and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills and the proven ability to influence and communicate effectively.\n - Must be comfortable working under pressure and able to produce quality work on multiple high profile matters under tight deadlines.\n - Excellent Excel, Access and PowerPoint skills with a deep understand of graphs and visuals.\n - Possess strong analytical reasoning skills with the ability to recognize and evaluate facts, to objectively analyze situations, and to synthesize and organize data/information from multiple sources and highlight salient facts.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience with Java Script and Web Development.\n - 1-2 years HR analysis experience.\n - 8 or moreyears of advanced business analytics, data mining, and data warehousing.\n - Must be able to proactively communicate status and identify risks.\n - Experience with statistical tool such as Minitab or QI Macros.\n - Ability to communicate effectively with different levels of management, as well as the business and technical communities.\n - Extremely adept at integrating disparate information, correlating data, and understanding data trends.\n - Experience with data quality assessment and implementing solutions to improve the data quality.\n - Must be able to proactively communicate status and identify risks.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:09:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493425/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Peoplesoft Data Analyst", "reqid": "129176", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Alameda, CA", "uid": 27493425}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Assistant I, Strategic Planning (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nExecutive Assistant\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for an Executive Assistant in Oakland. This position is responsible for advanced administrative and business operations support for the SVP/Chief Strategic Planning Officer and the VP, Strategic Planning.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Answers phones and email, and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; responds to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.\n - Manages heavy calendaring to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.\n - Coordinates closely with Office of the CFO, Strategic Planning and other Finance teams\n - Arranges travel, completes expense reports, organizes SVP/VP offices including paper and electronic filing systems\n - Drafts complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed. Facilitates the preparation of presentations, and proofreads documents/presentations. Uses comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint to support these activities.\n - Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.)\n - Monitors & resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.\n - Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.\n - Supports meeting planning for key stakeholders meetings; manages meeting logistics, tracks agenda topics and follows-up with next steps items\n - Works in conjunction with executives to advance critical strategic and operational initiatives.\n - Coordinates administrative workflow of the executives; recommends new processes as needed.\n - Provides backup coverage and works collaboratively with other Strategic Planning assistants.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 8+ years of administrative and/or executive assistant experience with increasing levels of scope and discretion\n - High school diploma or GED\n - Strong organizational and interpersonal skills\n - Strong customer service values\n - Able to maintain calm demeanor in high stress situations\n - Strong verbal and writing skills\n - Solid project management skills\n - Proactive and interactive approach to working with SVP/VP\n - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office; heavy use of Lotus Notes required\n - Typing speed of 60-70 wpm with high accuracy", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:09:38", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493429/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Assistant I, Strategic Planning (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129332", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27493429}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Laboratory Services Supervisor\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nSupervises an 8-hour shift in the laboratory. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Implements and maintains clinical practice standards, budgets, and staff development.\n\nEssential Functions: - Oversees a laboratory shift.\n- Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care and are in compliance with CLIA, The Joint Commission, Title 22, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Assists in developing, implementing, and maintaining service standards to meet members and internal clients expectations.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve department systems.\n- Monitors budgets and resource allocations. Identifies strategies to reduce costs, control utilization, and improve quality of care/service.\n- Maintains adequate supplies.\n- Assists Manager in hiring, training, and maintaining the competency of the staff.\n- Monitors workflow and turnaround time.\n- Presents inservice programs.\n- Implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Monitors the quality control/assurance programs, test results, and equipment.\n- Ensures tests are being completed according to approved procedures.\n- Identifies and implements processes to improve the quality of tests.\n- Maintains the RILIS system as needed.\n- Consults with clients in resolving service issues.\n- Recommends processes to correct the problems.\n- Collaborates with Manager in resolving human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis.\n- At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status.\n- Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Directs and controls the day-to day operations for his/her specific area of responsibility, which includes all personnel activities, technical oversight, general workflow, and budget.\n- Ensures staff provides the quality of care and are in compliance with CLIA88, Title 22, CAP, JCAHO, NCQA, AABB, local, state, and federal requirements.\n-Supports, consults, and participates with facility and regional QA programs to ensure internal and external regulatory compliance.\n- Assists manager with regulatory inspections, corrective actions, and compliance issues.\n- May be assigned to oversee the Safety Program, including Hazardous Waste Management and Chemical Hygiene Plan in Clinical service.\n- Participates in department, inter-department and inter-facility projects which help the laboratory achieve its goals of providing quality service and client supports in a cost-effective manner.\n- Maintains staffing.\n- Maintains multiples tasks, timelines, and resources.\n- Demonstrates competence to operate the Region-wide Integrated Laboratory Information System (RILIS).\n- Maintains cross training and multitasking; seeks education for continued self-development.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of reference and critical ranges. (Refer to each department procedure manual.) \n- Maintains knowledge of filing and record retrieval systems; performs these and other clerical duties, as required.\n- Complies with Laboratory General, Infection Control, and Health/Safety policies and procedures. Notifies manager of health/safety issues.\n- Complies with Local Medical, California Division Standard, and Human Resources policies and procedures.\n- Complies with and enforces all department and organization policies and procedures; when appropriate, counsels, documents counseling and informs Lab manager/designee.\n- Oversees Lab/Path Infection Control Program and attends bimonthly Infection Control Committee meeting.\n- Oversees material management.\n- Schedules daily assignments, ensuring fair adequate rotation of personnel to maintain skills; may create the master Clinical Lab Scientist (CLS) schedule or assist in planning coverage for vacations, leaves, etc.\n- Directs activities of CLS and other Lab personnel as appropriate to achieve efficient use of personnel, effective workflow, and satisfactory turn-around times. Takes action when necessary to send out specimens for completion of work.\n- Coordinates orientation/training of new CLSs, LAs, phlebotomy students, care partners, and pathology residents.\n- Documents technical competency of testing personnel; initiates remedial instruction for employees observed to be lacking in competency; provides input for performance appraisal.\n- Promotes professionalism; encourages staff to attend continuing education programs.\n- Reviews timecards for accuracy and completeness; informs Lab manager/designee of attendance issues/problems.\n-Maintains technical policy and procedure manuals; writes and updates; reviews and signs annually; submits for pathologist approval. Reviews and documents changes in procedures with staff.\n-Investigates and evaluates new test procedures, techniques, and equipment per Regional protocol; makes recommendations; if approved, implements, in-services staff and documents training.\n- Keep records required by regulatory agencies in a neat and orderly fashion; stores and retrieves records according to SOP.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a high volume acute care hospital clinical laboratory required (usually 3 years).\n- Previous management experience required (usually 2 yrs).\n- Bachelor's degree in Clinical Science required or equivalent experience.\n- California Clinical Lab Scientist License required.\n- ACSP registry preferred.\n- Knowledge of CLIA, Title 22, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Phlebotomy Certificate.\n- Master's degree.\n-Significant supervisory/management experience in a high volume acute care clinical laboratory.\n- Background in use and application of computer information systems (Cerner PathNet preferred) and of personal computer software.\n- Knowledge and experience in budgeting, purchasing, staffing, scheduling, quality assurance, employee counseling and discipline, interfacing with medical center staff and physicians.\n- Knowledge of applicable Federal and State Laws and accreditation agency regulations related to clinical laboratory industry.\n- Knowledge of CLIA88, Title 22, CAP, JCAHO, NCQA, AABB, local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrable skills in creating a collaborative work environment and experience in project management method development, and total quality management.\n- Demonstration ofhigh level of initiative, good judgment, a record of responsibility, and interpersonal skills.\n- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.\n- Demonstration of a service oriented philosophy.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:09:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493407/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Laboratory Services Supervisor", "reqid": "129168", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27493407}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Regional Director Hospital Coding Audits and Education\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThis position will support the Revenue Cycle HIM department in overseeing the Regional Hospital Coding Quality, assisting with Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) and ICD-10 education and audit functions. The Regional Director Hospital Coding Audits and Education will establish strategic direction and determine operational vision for Regional HIM audit, CDI, and CDI QA and education to strive for excellence in coding quality and accuracy. The position assures compliance with regional and national coding policies and procedures as well as overseeing and developing education to ensure education requirements are met and audit correction plans for improvement are implemented and monitored. This position is responsible for generating and reviewing monthly reports of coding quality metrics, identifying education initiatives, and provides subject matter expertise and support to the department. This position will share knowledge of MS-DRGs, APCs, HCCs, APR-DRGs, etc.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n1.Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations and standards, as well as confidentiality, information security, financial accountability and related regional coding audits, CDI & education functions. Develop and recommend changes to policies and processes that affect Revenue Cycle and the HIM Coding audits (internal and external), CDI and education functions. Collaborate with ICD-10 Education and Audit Manager, Coding Review Manager, and CDI Management, as well as the local hospitals, regional leadership and staff members to ensure regional HIM Coding initiatives and goals are met. (25%)\n\n2.Direct the coordination and monitoring of all Regional HIM Coding audits, CDI, and education initiatives throughout Northern California. Work with Regional HIM to implement and monitor department policies and procedures that support organizational goals, business objectives, coding accuracy, and data quality. (25%)\n\n\n3.Generate and assess reports to achieve and sustain audit, education, and CDI metrics for effectiveness through quality coding. Monitor performance results through observations, audits, statistical data analysis and operational reports to identify deficiencies that will be addressed by developing and implementing action plans, process improvement and employee development. (5%)\n\n4.Conduct interviews, make recommendations to hire, and provide on-boarding of management team. Develop staff performance through training, coaching, and monitoring to ensure staff is trained to perform their job functions. (5%)\n\n\n5.Develop short and long range department goals and objectives. Participate in the preparation of and is responsible for on-going management of department budgets to meet fiscal goals. This includes involvement in strategic planning and review. (5%)\n\n6.Represent Regional HIM Coding Audit, Education, and participate with CDI at all required meetings including but not limited to Compliance, Revenue Integrity, Quality and Core metrics. (5%)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n - Bachelors degree or equivalent in Health Information Management or Allied Healthcare, Public Health or Business Management.\n - At least 10 years experience in health information management field. Significant experience (5+ years) as a healthcare HIM Director/Coding Director/DRG Coordinator, Coding Supervisor, Coding Auditor or similar job title.\n - RHIA or RHIT and CCS\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - 3-5 years experience working with MS-DRGs, APR-DRGs, APCs and HCCs.\n - 1-2 years experience with CDI program.\n - CCDS Certification", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:09:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493392/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Director Hospital Coding Audits and Education", "reqid": "126819", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27493392}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist II - Grade 870 [02022012-2] - South Sacramento\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nOperates magnetic resonance imaging equipment to produce cross-sectional images (photographs) of patients body for diagnostic purposes. Under the direction of the Chief of Radiology and the Imaging Services Director, with latitude for independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative, performs related technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs patient studies according to set protocol including placing specified coil close to area of interest.\n- Operates imaging and other equipment devices so that quality diagnostic services are provided, including keying commands to specify scan sequences into computer, adjusting transmitters and receivers, and keying in data on keyboard of camera to photograph images.\n- Interviews patient to explain magnetic resonance imaging procedures to address patient concerns and exhibits a high degree of tact, courtesy and poise when interacting with patients, staff, and visitors.\n- Ensures patient and staff safety, including explaining safety protocol, requesting removal of hazardous metal objects, alerting staff of danger or carrying metal around magnet, and monitoring patients via closed circuit TV.\n- Orients new hires and trains MRI Technologist, students, trainees. Trains MRI Technologists I in MRI procedures.\n- May be required to direct, check and train other MRI employees in absence of MRI Supervising Technologist.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n-This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Have two (2) years regular (twenty (20) hours or more per week) continuous recent experience as a MRI Technologist and be fully proficient in all the duties required of a MRI Technologist II to the satisfaction of the department manager.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- California Venipuncture Certificate (must be obtained with 6 months of hire).\n- CRT - California Radiologic Technologist License\n- BLS.\n- Must have demonstrated proficiency in teaching other Technologists. May be required to direct, check and train other MRI employee.\n- Must be fully proficient in MRI to the full satisfaction of the department manager and have knowledge of the required protocols in performing complex MRI procedures.\n- Effective oral and written communications skills.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:09:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493380/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist II - Grade 870 [02022012-2] - South Sacramento", "reqid": "122973", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27493380}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: DSS Lead Cost Analyst\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nResponsible for coordination in the development & maintenance of the Decision Support System through analysis of medical utilization data, appropriate mapping of this data to industry standard codes, & directing the costing process w/in the system.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists central DSS staff in the alignment of general ledger cost centers & accounts w/ the department codes where utilization occurs. This must be monitored & reviewed on a monthly basis.\n- Evaluates the costs per unit as calculated in the monthly costing process & the costs per RVU to ensure that utilization & costs have been matched accurately & correct statistics have been used in the costing process.\n- Analyzes general ledger accounting practices to understand the appropriate allocations of overheads, following national guidelines. Validates the accuracy of statistics used to allocate overheads w/in Decision Support & ensures that these statistics are provided on a timely basis to central Decision Support Staff to support the monthly costing process.\n- Oversees the monthly DSS production cycle, ensuring that all monthly tasks are completed in the timeline provided by the Service Level Agreement w/ Central DSS.\n- Consults w/ medical analytic staff in the areas of LAB, Radiology, Pharmacy, Office visits, Ambulatory Surgery, claims, etc. to understand utilization data & map this data for loading to the Decision Support System. This requires a close collaborative relationship to understand the implications of any changes in how this data is coded in the source systems.\n- Collaborates w/ general accounting staff & medical analytic staff to ensure that utilization is mapped correctly to general ledger accounts to accurately determine the cost of medical services w/in Decision Support.\n- Frequently reviews general ledger accounting practices to ensure that all insurance related costs are separated from medical related costs as they are loaded to the system. This requires an understanding of what functions are supported by each of these costs.\n- Reviews on a monthly basis the balancing of the DSS system to ensure that costs w/in DSS match the statements of operation for all regional Kaiser entities.\n- This position will provide guidance to the National DSS Group as it relates to the costing of regional utilization.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of experience working in an accounting related function or a medical analytic related field.\n- Bachelor's degree w/ a concentration in a medical operation related field, accounting, business administration, finance or a related field.\n- Good microcomputer skills, excellent knowledge of spreadsheets & a solid understanding of database applications & use of end-user tools such as MicroSoft Access or Business Objects to access database tables & write reports required.\n- Outstanding analytical skills to analyze revenue data, & to review & audit revenue in the allocation process required.\n- Superior communication skills both verbal & written to communicate clearly w/ regional counterparts required.\n- Requires a good understanding of medical terminology & codes.\n- Excellent organization & documentation skills w/ a strong attention to detail is required.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience w/ cost accounting is preferred.\n- Master's degree w/ a concentration in a medical operation related field, accounting, business administration, finance or a related field. preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:08:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493365/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "DSS Lead Cost Analyst", "reqid": "129407", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27493365}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Java Developer - Business Process\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThe Enterprise Integration Services/SOA (EIS/SOA) Team is responsible for End-to-End Management of Kaiser Permanente (KP) systems integration projects. The team manages client engagements and delivers components that provide enterprise-wide integration solutions throughout the Care Delivery, Health Plan, Business Infrastructure, and HealthConnect portfolios. Work products include direct project management and on-going relationship management for all KP Business Information Office Portfolios (BIOs). The organization drives the successful delivery of integration products from definition through production support.\n\nThe EIS/SOA Services Development Team is responsible for developing electronic interfaces across disparate platforms using several technologies. Within this organization, the Process Orchestration Engineer bears primary responsibility for business process automation and the related design documentation. The resource that fills this role will serve as the subject matter expert for the deliver team and architects related to Process Orchestration and Kaiser's chosen tool, WebSphere Dynamic Processor Edition. The engineer will validate logical workflow models and determine the feasibility of implementing the models.\n\nThe SOA Process Orchestration Engineer is a seasoned engineer, primarily responsible for compiling process orchestration flow diagrams and for implementing orchestrations for business customers. This individual will leverage their knowledge of industry best practices, web services, and KP infrastructure to streamline design, development and testing of orchestrations. As needed, this individual may be called upon to assist the testing and support organizations when troubleshooting implemented solutions. In this position you will support and perform a wide range of technical activities in support of Kaiser's SOA middleware and web service applications.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Support modeling of business process workflows and business entity lifecycles (ex. SPMP/SPDP)\n - Design and implement human tasks\n - Design and implement BPEL orchestration and business process definitions within WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) or similar application\n - Design and implement solutions using BPM with in Lombardi or similar tool.\n - Demonstrate ability to modify business process elements (logic, rules, orchestrations) via configuration changes\n - Document project lessons learned for use in follow-on projects\n - Work with integration architects to identify opportunities for new business and current client expansion\n - Assist internal testing team, as needed, to ensure stable operating platforms and solutions\n - Perform deployments of J2EE applications on WebSphere platform.\n - Communicate effectively with the Development Leads, internal managers, business, project management and other Kaiser Permanente-IT teams to review project documentation and determine testing needs\n - Participate in internal design reviews\n - Contribute to production readiness/hand-off review before go-live\n - Work on large, complex projects that have enterprise impact and require subject matter expertise of multiple electronic systems\n - Be an expert technical resource to the team, to management and to peers.\n - Contribute to task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules.\n - Ensure work processes and products meet KP IT standards\n - Train or mentor others as appropriate on specific area of systems expertise; assist in development of training materials and/or conduct training\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - Five (5) or more years of hands on experience implementing Business Process Orchestrations\n - At least 3 of the years using IBM WebSphere Process Server or WebSphere Dynamic Processor Edition\n - At least 2 years of using BPM Lombardi experience.\n - Extensive experience interfacing with business users to elicit functional requirements and leading developers to implementation\n - Well-versed in BPM terminology and processes. Ability to leverage BPM tools to full capacity\n - Ability to lead / mentor a team of developers toward delivery of solutions to meet business requirements\n - Hands on experience using java script and DOJO based UI.\n - Hands on experience with at least one database platform (ex. Oracle, DB2, Sybase)\n - Ability to decompose documents to identify deployment requirements and configurations for complex integrations\n - Proven ability to facilitate task breakdown and scope discussions, and can lead technical discussions with 5 or more contributors\n - Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; good listener\n - Ability to prioritize work load and consistency meet deadlines\n - BA or BS Degree or equivalent in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience is required\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience working with RUP and Agile teams\n - Knowledge of DataPower, WebSphere Services Registry and Repository (WSRR), ITCAM for SOA, PKI, WS-Security, SAML and various web services standards\n - Hands-on experience building, deploying and/or supporting distributed applications built with EAI and SOA technologies (ex. J2EE on WebSphere, JMS, EAI, MQ)", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:08:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493356/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Java Developer - Business Process", "reqid": "129494", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27493356}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Hilo", "description": "Title: LPN - Clinic (Meds)\nLocation: Hilo, HI\nUnder direction of Registered Nurse and medical orders of the Practitioner, provides direct and indirect nursing care in outpatient setting. Orients and serves as a resource to LPN Clinic/Meds II as needed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Reviews and prepares medical records for assigned patients; initiates follow-up for medical record as requested; reviews patients' needs; identifies and prepares orders for needs of patient for authorization by practitioner and may accept verbal orders per policy; observes, collects, and documents new information on patient; informs RN or practitioners regarding incomplete data, new observation or abnormal/unusual data\n- Demonstrates and applies competency in basic nursing skills and use of equipment; maintains current knowledge and skills needed to perform position; attends and participates in staff meetings as needed; participates in projects as requested\n- Assigns basic nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel as appropriate and according to department/unit standards; provides clear directions; acts as resource person to unlicensed staff; follows-up on assigned care to ensure it is given per standards, policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines\n- Follows discharge plan developed by Physician or RN; processes and/or follows-up with referrals as directed by practitioners; provides instruction and pre-printed information to patients as directed by RN and/or Practitioners, observes and documents patient/family response to instructions and reports any concerns\n- Provides educational materials to patients and reviews printed instructions with patients; collaborates with RN to revise teaching plan when needed\n- Implements basic nursing procedures per plan of care; administers treatments and medications as prescribed practitioner; performs point of care testing as authorized; provides laboratory, x-ray and other reports to practitioner for review; notifies patients of normal results as directed by practitioner; considers special needs of different age groups when providing care; sets priorities of care based on acuity of patients\n- Orients and serves as a resource to LPN Clinic/Meds II and unlicensed personnel as needed; demonstrates and instructs other team members in use of vendor specific products and /or department/unit standards and procedures\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Twelve months (2080 hours) of LPN experience\n- Hawaii State Board of Nursing approved curriculum for LPN licensure\n- Valid Hawaii LPN License (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in conflict resolution, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Acute care nursing experience\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing and spreadsheet PC applications", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:08:25", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493351/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Clinic (Meds)", "reqid": "123372", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Hilo, HI", "uid": 27493351}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Executive Director, Business Operations, KPIT\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nResponsible for the day-to-day business operations of the Regional BIO organizations.Analyzes and reports on financial measures, develops and implements organizational score cards, assures compliance with internal and external auditing bodies.Indirectly oversees business operations of the Regional BIOs to ensure performance and delivery of business value across KP.\n\nIn partnership with the BIO leadership team, develops strategic and operational plans that will improve service and deliver value to our business partners. Act as Chief of Staff. Ensure effective linkages from BIO to other parts of the organization.\n\nResource Management : coordinate resource management (harvest skills, redeploy staff, etc.) within the BIO that could be leveraged within and across the IT organization (other BIO mega programs, shared services for integration testing, etc.). Manage overall utilization and resource supply and demand for BIO resources.\n\nValue and Operational Performance Measurement: Monitor and oversee operating performance through the development and delivery of quality services, strong performance planning and tracking, and alignment of shared service processes and objectives.\n\nDecision Support: Ensures clear accountability and decision processes for multiple business operations throughout the BIO and that tools and processes are place, and functioning, to make effective, informed strategic decisions.\n\nAdministrative Effectiveness: Ensure planning exists for headcount reporting and employee performance processes.\n\nProcess alignment and support: In coordination with the VP for SOX and Compliance, manage and monitor process standards and improvement opportunities.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Operations\nResponsible to ensure the planning and execution of daily business operations of the Regional BIO and compliance with all IT business requirements.\n- Processes\nEnsure and monitor the adherence to process implementation across all regions for IT business initiatives.\n- Strategic Planning\nOperational planning, including development of market, service delivery, capital and facility, information technology, and people plans to support strategic business plan. Internal consulting and project management support of IT business initiatives.\n- Value & Performance Management\nDevelop and implement standard performance monitoring process that reflects overall view of the HPHO BIO performance objectives. Track and report performance against objectives.\n- Program/Regional Management\nBuild credible and effective relationships within region and across Program to maximize success of the HPHO BIO.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Operations or other related field.\n- Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT with strong management of administrative functions. Experience in health care or managed care environment highly desirable.\n- Demonstrated track record in providing financial and strategic leadership in a complex, large sized business.\n- Experience as a financial leader on a senior team.\n- Experience planning and implementing policies and procedures to improve business operations of a business unit.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 20:08:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27493346/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Executive Director, Business Operations, KPIT", "reqid": "129278", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27493346}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Consultant - Revenue Cycle\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\nProvides high quality and cost effective project management, management consulting, and analytic support services or technical expertise. Has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.\n- Interfaces regularly with senior management to produce timely and valuable results.\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects.\n- Determines goals and priorities with management team sponsors.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach and work plan.\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients. Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assists, as needed, in planning and coordinating with other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.\n- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, and other departmental activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree strongly preferred.\n- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.\n- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.\n- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-High School Diploma.\n-Revenue Cycle experience.\n-Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Visio a plus.\n-Epic experience.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:04:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471806/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr.  Consultant - Revenue Cycle", "reqid": "128991", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27471806}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Staff Educator RN\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nCollaborates with Education Consultants, Managers, CNS staff and Physicians to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients' departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs. Participates in competency assessments and evaluations of new and existing staff. Contributes to ongoing employee performance appraisals.\nEssential Functions:\n- Develops, coordinates, and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental, and discipline-specific needs.\n- Designs, develops, coordinates, and evaluates activities for continuing professional education for staff.\n- Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development, and learning.\n- Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.\n- Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality, and cost outcomes and performance measures.\n- Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff and students.\n- Evaluates performance issues and develops strategies for remediation.\n- Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improve organizational performance.\n- Participates in leadership projects, meetings, committees and improvement activities.\n- Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience (within last 3 years) in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2)to five (5) years).\n- Bachelor's degree required; BSN preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- AHA BLS instructor preferred\n- Adult learning knowledge required.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.\n- Computer literacy required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One (1) year teaching experience, simulation lab experience, MSN or equivalent completed or in progress\n- Computer literacy, develop & teach staff SCPMG, American Heart Assn Administration\n\nNotes:\n- Travel to all SD KP Location", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:04:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471808/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Educator RN", "reqid": "129000", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27471808}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - (JMV-6812)\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder the direction of the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager, provides supervision and direction to subordinate Pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees at identified Outpatient Pharmacy location(s). Ensures compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, Statewide Pharmacy Operations objectives, policies, and procedures. Responsible for day-to-day operations of assigned work area(s)/functions(s)/ services(s). Provides supervision in a large volume pharmacy and/or 24-hour pharmacy operation. Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives.\n- Responsible for the supervision of day-to-day services/activities/functions, including drug distribution, drug education, pharmacist clinical activities, retail business expansion, inventory management, performance measurements, regulatory compliance, employee development and multi-disciplinary team development, in a large volume and/or 24-hour pharmacy location.\n- Supervises departmental personnel and operational practices to ensure compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, T.J.C., O.S.H.A., SBOP, Statewide and Departmental policies and procedures.\n- Collaborates with the Inpatient Pharmacy Management and Medical Group departments to provide continuity of care and compliance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations governing hospitals.\n- Sphere of influence includes Pharmacy Staff, Providers, other members of the Pharmacy Management Team.\n- Provides personnel management activities (e.g. recruits, hires, trains and evaluates, and/or terminates subordinate hourly personnel).\n- Works with Human Resources in handling employee grievances.\n- Completes/administers performance evaluations and ensures adherence to departmental plan for completion of performance evaluations.\n- Responsible for the preparation and assignment of department staff's work schedules and assignments.\n- Makes staffing and scheduling adjustments to meet volume/workload demands and in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.\n- Prepares and/or approves the biweekly payroll.\n- Provides regular communication and feedback to the staff.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to monitor personnel utilization in accordance with operating budget.\n- Responsible to monitor financial parameters and to operate within budgetary targets.\n- Participates in designing, implementing and evaluating systems, processes and methods designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.\n- Directs, assesses and alters dispensing and point-of-sale workflow to achieve desired service outcomes.\n- Assists the Outpatient Pharmacy Manager - Hourly or Outpatient Pharmacy Operations Manager to collaborate with providers, department heads, and the Outpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate and improve quality management programs.\n- Provides resolution to service complaints by Health Plan members, other Kaiser health care professionals, department heads, and employees.\n- Administers organizational and department policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Performs the duties of all subordinate employees and other duties as required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience or courses completed, in pharmacy business management or related subjects preferred.\n- B.S. in Pharmacy required, Pharm. D. preferred.\n- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License.\n- Ability to demonstrate and apply knowledge of contemporary outpatient pharmacy operations principles and standards, including clinical, professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.\n- Must have a working knowledge of applicable Federal and State pharmacy regulations.\n- Ability to extract pertinent information from patients, or other sources, to apply to the patient's medical management plan.\n- Demonstrated abilities and skills in pharmacy business management, customer problem-resolution, leadership and supervision.\n- Must possess self-initiative, innovative and collaborative skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate proficiency in oral and written English-speaking communication skills.\n- Proficiency in various databases and other computer usage.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nMUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK\n\nNotes:\n- PC # JMV-6812\n- Work schedule to vary as needed\n- Position requires occasional travel to other KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:04:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471812/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor - (JMV-6812)", "reqid": "129043", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27471812}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nInformation will be added based on hiring manager submission\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Under the direction and supervision of a physician:\n- Utilizes e-script for medication refills.\n- Provide medication information to patients.\n- Participate with psychiatrist during medication clinics with responsibility for documentation and case management.\n- Other related duties as directed.\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience in relevant clinical nursing setting.\n- Worked with psychiatric patients.\n- BA preferred.\n- Degree in Nursing.\n- Current CA RN license required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/Spanish)\n- Prior work experience with psychiatric patients and substance abuse patients\n\nNotes:\n- Will work at Pt.Loma Clinic until Vista Chemical Dependency clinic opens\n- Will work 50% at Pt. Loma and 50% at Vista", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:04:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471795/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric Nurse, R.N.", "reqid": "127921", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27471795}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nAs the leader of the health care team, provides professional nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with established standards of care, policies, and procedures. Demonstrates performance consistent with the Medical Center Vision, Mission, and Strategic Plan of the organization. Remains flexible to changing systems; is expected to demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice; and treats co-workers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.\nEssential Functions:\nThe Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:\n- Leadership\n- Nursing Process\n- Documentation\n- Clinical Outcomes\n- Workplace Safety\n- Patient Care Experience\n- Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment\n- Team Commitment\n- Fiscal Responsibility\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current CA RN licenseand AHA BLS certification.\n- One(1) year recent (within the last three [3] years) full-time equivalent experience in Critical Care or completion of a Kaiser Permanente (KP) or equivalent Critical Care course within prior 12 months.\n-Current ACLS card required.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-BSN preferred\n-NLN or RN Approved\n\n\nNotes:\n-This is a per diem position.\n-Must be able to work alternate weekends and variable days during the week.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:04:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471798/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sp Unit Staff RN - Hospital", "reqid": "128123", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27471798}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Woodland Hills", "description": "Title: LVL IV Senior RN - Family Medicine Clinic\nLocation: Woodland Hills, CA\nFunctions as a Lead of the healthcare team, coordinates departmental operations that ensure quality patient care in a safe, healing environment that is patient and family centered. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. Has appropriate clinical skills to be an expert resource. Is available and supportive to employees and understands priorities/needs of the department. Is a staff role model for professional nursing practice. May recommend to management in efficient resource allocation by assuring appropriate patient assignments, staffing, and scheduling. Demonstrates performance consistent with the strategic plan of the organization and the KP nursing mission and values.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Directs, reviews, assigns & organizes the work of at least three (3) or more employees, of which at least one (1) must be another RN OR if the RN is the only RN assigned to the medical office OR a RN in a dept where the supervisor is not a RN to ensure completion of patient care/dept activities.\n- Provides professional leadership & direction of dept personnel in order to maintain efficient delivery of effective patient care.\n- Is an excellent staff role model for professional nursing practice (e.g. RN/MD Collaborating for Outcomes, Just Culture, Quality, Service, Safety).\n- Facilitates interprofessional/interdisciplinary communication & collaboration.\n- Supports & enhances the leadership skills of the staff RNs, LVNs & MAs.\n- Acts as a resource, preceptor & mentor to new employees, registry, students, & other team members in dept specific operations & patient care activities.\n- Collaborates w/ or refers to mgr/clinical nurse specialist any outstanding issues or concerns on the unit.\n- Serves as a resource for clinical concerns, scope of practice & applicable state & federal regulations as well as operational concerns of providers & staff.\n- Demonstrates flexibility in work schedule to meet the dept demands of the day; facilitates & relieves staff breaks.\n- Encourages completion & distribution of After Visit Summary (AVS) plan including barriers & patient/family education.\n- Conducts audits & ensures that documentation reflects thorough assessments, incorporates physical & psychosocial findings, diagnostic tests, learning needs, barriers, multidisciplinary education plans & age appropriate care.\n- Coordinates paramedic & emergency medical mgmt of 911 & ACLS transport.\n- Provides input on employees' performance evaluations through daily observation & monitoring of performance.\n- Performs medication verification for MAs & assists/performs audits.\n- Adjusts/Identifies staffing needs of the dept, in coordination w/ dept mgr, to assure quality patient care, patient & staff safety, efficiency, productivity & working conditions of providers & staff.\n- Identifies & supports staff professional/clinical development needs (i.e.certification, presentations, reward/recognition).\n- Collaborates & assists w/ the Dept PIC or Chief of Service, DA, ADAs & Supervisors in staffing, workflow & throughput to promote quality patient care, patient & staff safety, efficiency, productivity & working conditions of providers & staff.\n- Monitor in-basket mgmt to ensure timely completion of messages.\n- Ensures use of nurse advice protocols for medical problem, same day & symptom-based messages.\n- Assists or ensures completion of in basket messages in collaboration w/ Providers & other staff i.e. in basket support staff, module LVN & MA's.\n- Takes responsibility for professional growth & development.\n- Attends Charge Nurse Educational programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of a Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) approved nursing program or equivalent curriculum that meets the requirements of a BRN approved nursing program.\n- Current and valid California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) Registered Nursing license.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card\n- One (1) year recent (within the last 3 years) full-time equivalent experience in acute care or ambulatory care.\n- BSN preferred.\n- AAACN certification preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471784/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LVL IV Senior RN - Family Medicine Clinic", "reqid": "119473", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Woodland Hills, CA", "uid": 27471784}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Lead Functional Business Analyst, Production Support (Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nPosition Summary:\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a highly skilled PeopleSoft Lead Functional Business Analyst to support the PeopleSoft ERP Supply Chain Management application and manage a group of approximately 10 professional Functional Business Analyst.The Functional Lead Analyst will be a part of Kaiser's OneLink (PeopleSoft) Production Support staff and work directly with the nationwide Material Directors and SCM users to provide support in the following areas: procurement life cycle transactions, customizations, interfaces, and enhancements.\nResponsibilities:\nManage a staff of 10 Functional Business Analyst\nParticipate/lead cross-functional teams to identify and document functional requirements, issue resolution, and business requirements\nProvide management with staff resource planning that encompasses ticket resolution, projects, enhancements, and customizations to meet production release dates\nProvide hands-on analysis of requested upgrade, enhancements, or customizations to the PeopleSoft SCM application\nProvide full life-cycle support in requirements definition, system analysis, design, documentation, user acceptance testing, and production support\nProvide knowledge transfer and training to users to include implementations/upgrades, SCM tables, PeopleSoft functionality, and configuration\nAssist with entry events and the interaction of the Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nQualifications:\nMinimum qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related area, or equivalent experience\nExtensive experience with PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 8.9, with an emphasis on purchasing and eProcurement\n5+ years management or supervisory experience\nStrong verbal, written communication and presentation skills to large and diverse audiences including all levels of management\nComplete understanding of the integration between Purchasing/ePro, Inventory, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger\nExperience using PeopleSoft Query Manager and SQL tools to assist users with reporting, research, and data extracts.\nDemonstrated data analysis expertise\nAbility to create, update, review, and present functional documents for proposed system customizations/enhancements/process changes.\nComfortable conducting meetings with management, business partners, cross pillar teams, and vendors as needed\nUnderstanding of SOX controls pertaining as they apply to an ERP environment\nAvailable for up to 10% travel to other locations\n\nKnowledge and experience with the following is a plus, but not required:\nPeopleSoft GL, KK, IN, AP, and AM modules\nPeopleSoft Tree Manager and Workflow\nPeopleSoft Supply Chain Management version 9.1\nSQL Developer", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471775/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Lead Functional Business Analyst, Production Support (Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "129188", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27471775}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Manager, Application Lifecycle Management Program (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nSenior Manager, Business Process Management - AALM\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Process Management in Oakland. This position will support the Application Access Lifecycle Management (AALM) Program, whose aim is to enable KP workforce access to and termination from KP information systems appropriately and timely. The Senior Manager will report to the Director for AALM.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Activities to manage include planning, performing, and implementing process improvement initiatives to achieve organizational effectiveness and regulatory compliance. Activities managed will have a specific focus on business application automation activities undertaken or supported by AALM and as requested by the Executive Director of the AALM Program.\n - Process management functions include data gathering and analysis, process mapping, benchmarking, best practice research, metrics development and implementation, obtaining stakeholder involvement, obtaining leadership agreement, implementing improvements, monitoring ongoing and post-process improvement, assisting in planning and managing budgets, and documentation of standards and performance for the initiative.\n - Activities are undertaken and executed in support of organizational goals and are accountable for providing business process solutions to meet internal and external customer needs and expectations across the program. The Senior Manager may supervise a team of KP workforce members and consultants providing technical support to program-wide research and analysis of strategic options for the automation of business applications and systems; provide technical assistance to business application owners regarding AALM activities to support automation projects; and developing and providing training and guidance related to AALM activities.\n - Management of 10-15 consultants.\n - Travel up to 35% of the time.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n - 3+ years of management experience\n - 8-10 years of process and/or project management, consulting, or related business experience.\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of equivalent experience\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n - Experience in managing projects related to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations and HIPAA\n - Experience in health care management or consulting in the area of health information technology or health information security and security operations\n - Project management experience and working knowledge of project management methodologies", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471776/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Manager, Application Lifecycle Management Program (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129195", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27471776}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burbank", "description": "Title: Intermediate II Project Manager, National Medicare Administration (Oakland, Burbank, or San Diego, CA)\nLocation: Burbank, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nIntermediate II Project Manager\nOakland, Burbank, orSan Diego\n\n\nTheNational Medicare Administration groupis looking for an Intermediate II Project Manager to manage and coordinate Medicare projects and/or administrative processes with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional, cross-regional impact. Key tasks will include creating and maintaining project documentation and facilitating meetings for assigned projects to drive the work forward. This may involve the development of engagement letters, work plans, critical path monitoring, detailed task management, status reports, sponsor engagement, and risk and issues management. The Project Manager will work with management to frame and develop project approaches that will achieve the stated objectives, and will develop subject matter expertise based on the projects assigned.\n\nEssential Functions:\n - Responsible to the project leadership for building project approaches, project plans, creating project management and monitoring infrastructure/processes, and implementing ongoing management and monitoring activities.\n - Must be able to lead and frame work activities in partnership with an accountable manager or executive.\n - Responsible for the identification of emerging risks and working with functional or regional business leaders and staff to create mitigation plans.\n - Tracks project budgets, resource planning, and timeliness to deadlines for assigned projects.\n - Provides project status reporting and communication activities which includes executive reporting, and cross team reporting and program wide reporting.\n - Interacts with key KP leaders, IT managers and business project managers to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.\n - Directs/leads the efforts of up to 15 employees.\n - 10-20% travel.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n2+ years of Project Management experience using industry standard project management tools and techniques.\nUnderstands all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one phase of the project delivery life cycle.\nUnderstands theuse of change management process.\n4-year degree in related field or additional equivalent experience.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nAdvanced proficiency with project plan creation, maintenance, and conceptualization of project components and deliverables.\nAbility to facilitate project planning meetings to articulate project components and deliverables.\nExperience in healthcare operations.\nMedicare experience in a health plan setting.\nFormal project management training.\nHands-on planning and execution of data, systems or reporting projects at a large health plan.\nAdvanced knowledge of information technology and applications.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471779/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intermediate II Project Manager, National Medicare Administration (Oakland, Burbank, or San Diego, CA)", "reqid": "129329", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Burbank, CA", "uid": 27471779}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Team Manager\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nPerforms planning and direction setting. Manages customer service representatives and/or billing or enrollment representatives. Handles personnel issues with a team approach. Ensures that service standards are achieved. Acts as a patient advocate. Jointly responsible for the daily operations in order to develop and maintain a superior call center or membership service center. Lead the business processes. Ensure best practice customer service and/or membership administration while maximizing revenue. Responsible for the implementation of operational and technology best practices to improve compliance capabilities and efficiencies. Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans and performance requirements in an effort to avoid paying out department performance guarantees of over three million dollars.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the day to day operations of a line of business that provides customer service and/or membership, enrollment or billing services to members of the health plan\n- Represents the Health Plan within the local community on benefits and service matters\n- Collaborates with Benefits, Contracts and Government Program divisions of KP to interpret contract language and handle member concerns\n- Ensures the timely intervention of member issues in order to enhance member satisfaction, member recruitment/retention\n- Partners with KP departments, salesand marketing, customers and other stakeholders\n- Manages a team of customer service representatives or member services representatives\n- Develops schedules\n- Assigns and monitors work\n- Gathers resources\n- Measures and monitors service performance quality standards to ensure customer satisfaction and to comply with regulatory agencies\n- Recommends changes in guidelines, procedures, policies\n- Provides operational direction to team and resolves operational issues\n- Attracts, selects and maintains a qualified, motivated staff which involves interviewing, coaching, counseling, disciplining, advising, monitoring, training, terminating\n- Implements line of business strategies\n- Performs financial management, tracking, analysis and management of accounts receivables to ensure financial goals for the line of business are met\n- Conducts analysis of data and reports to improve employee performance\n- Impacts the achievement of department and/or functional objectives\n- Erroneous decisions/recommendations or failure to achieve results may cause delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources and additional funds\n- Involves interpreting and analyzing administrative or technical concepts\n- Judgment is required to make decisions for less defined issues\n- Requires moderately complex decision-making\n- Recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and member / customer\n- Works on issues where analysis of situation or data requires review of relevant factors\n- Requires considerable amount of analysis to consider all alternatives for identified, yet complex, problems\n- Follows operational policies in selecting methods and techniques to determine the best solutions\n- Information to solve the problem comes from a variety of sources which may not be readily available\n- Assume other duties as directed\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Requires a minimum one (1)year supervisory or management experience in member services, health care, call center, or financial fields. Other education or training (beyond the bachelor's degree) can suffice in place of a portion of the required supervisor experience. - Experience in administration requiring extensive complex problem solving and high-level negotiations preferred\n- Experience in preparing and conducting audits preferred\n- Experience in a Labor/Management partnership environment strongly preferred\n- Experience using mainframe or personal computer database, word processing, and statistical analysis software packages preferred\n- Four (4) year degree in business administration, health care, or related field or equivalent experience required.\n- The equivalent experience must be additional experience beyond the minimum work experience required above.\n- Requires knowledge of membership management and working knowledge of another functional area.\n- Knowledge of labor contracts and HR/Organization/Department policies and procedures\n- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; excellent written and verbal skills\n- Call Center knowledge or related knowledge", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471778/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Team Manager", "reqid": "129243", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27471778}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Hospital Clinical Educator - RN MST/Peds/Oncology (CEPI.CIE.2012-1)\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nPromotes professional development through the application of principles of adult learning in broad-based program development. Leveraging expertise in KP's electronic medical record, KP HealthConnect (KPHC), responsible for identifying, prioritizing, & evaluating, the educational & professional development needs of a clinical area; develops & delivers clinical educational programs, including specialty training, new graduate/hire training, continuing education for staff, & training for upgrades & changes to KPHC. Coordinates nursing competence & professional development programs for Patient Care Service Area for an assigned/defined clinical area. Conducts ongoing assessments of proficiencies for PCS staff & mgmt & provide feedback & formal action plans mgmt. Serves as the KPHC expert & applies this knowledge into clinical & operational workflows.\n\nEssential Functions: Specific Unit - MS-T/Oncology/Peds\n- Provides educational opportunities that benefit nurses at all stages of career development\n- Assists learners in assessment of needs & identification of outcomes\n- Incorporates principles of adult learning in implementation of education programs\n- Identifies & evaluates high quality, culturally diverse instructional materials in all types of media & formats\n- Adjusts content & teaching strategies to meet learner needs\n- Provides ongoing assessment of individual performance in clinical & KPHC proficiencies for PCS staff & mgmt & reports to Dir of Clinical Education, Practice, & Informatics\n- Identifies individuals who do not meet established competency expectations & recommends a formal action plan to PCS Mgmt\n- Develops, designs, evaluates, & manages professional development programs based on principles of adult learning that foster the development of competence in the nursing staff\n- Conducts ongoing evaluation of the quality & effectiveness of educational activities to ensure they maintain & enhance professional development & promote the delivery of cost-effective high quality healthcare\n- Develops/coordinates education plans related to orientation of new staff to the organization, initial & ongoing competency validation, core education to address patient population specific nursing care, & development of beside leaders\n- Develops programs to support changes in nursing practice/nursing theory\n- Conducts research into professional & community practice standards, technology, clinical informatics, & clinical innovations for improved patient care\n- Ensures that KPHC is leveraged for the benefit of nursing practice & improved excellence in patient care systems & processes\n- Assesses opportunities to support clinical practices through the use of KPHC by analyzing clinical workflow to determine current practices & facilitating improvement of nursing practices & processes\n- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends & advances in the field of Nursing & Healthcare Informatics, nursing practices, regulatory standards, organizational priorities as well as new developments in hardware & software technology\n- Consults staff & leadership in areas of clinical expertise (e.g. workflow & clinical use recommendations), provides information on current clinical practice, & addresses clinical questions\n- Participates in interdisciplinary committees to integrate educational activities into clinical care & clinical informatics/appropriate use of KPHC into educational activities & clinical care\n- Provides leadership for clinical IT enhancements\n- Provides investigation, recommendation, prioritization & evaluation of clinical risk, & correction plans for arising concerns & issues as a result of KPHC & clinical education\n- Monitors, tracks, & follows up on such concerns/issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Five (5) years of experience coordinating or managing education program /curriculum design, development and evaluation/assessment, including two (2) years in staff professional development and/or clinical training/teaching\n- BSN or BS or equivalent experience in health care or related field required\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing\n- Master's degree in nursing, education, or other closely related field preferred\n- Current California RN license required\n- BLS certificate required\n- Demonstrated knowledge of medical center policy and procedure requirements, specialty training and competency requirements\n- Demonstrated knowledge in performance improvement practices preferred\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, federal, state, and local requirements\n- Demonstrated knowledge in KP HealthConnect including functionality and expertise in workflows (or for external hires, similarly integrated medical record)", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471763/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Hospital Clinical Educator - RN MST/Peds/Oncology (CEPI.CIE.2012-1)", "reqid": "128881", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27471763}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Shift Supervisor - Emergency Room\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts & weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care & compliance w/ regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.\n- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.\n- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.\n- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.\n- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- ACLS certification strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek 1: Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat\nWeek 2: Sun, Tues, Thurs", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471766/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Shift Supervisor - Emergency Room", "reqid": "129082", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27471766}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Shift Supervisor - Emergency Room\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts & weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care & compliance w/ regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.\n- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.\n- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.\n- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.\n- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- ACLS certification strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.\n\nSchedule:\nWeek 1: Mon, Fri: 7:00PM - 7:00AM; Tues, Sat: 11:00PM - 7:00AM\nWeek 2: Sun: 11:00PM - 7:00AM; Mon, Wed: 7:00PM - 7:00AM", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471768/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Shift Supervisor - Emergency Room", "reqid": "129084", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27471768}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) or Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW)\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nInterviews, assesses and evaluates patients and families who present themselves for psychiatric dysfunction; provides professional counseling and treatment with the goal of maximizing personal/familial functioning.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews patients and family members to assess nature and extent of psychiatric problem.\n- Develops, implements and evaluates treatment approaches for patients and affected family members.\n- This may include individual, marital, family, group and intensive therapeutic modalities.\n- Maintains confidential individual case summaries.\n- Confers and consults with staff physicians regarding patient's progress and treatment; confers with attending physicians regarding hospitalized patients and recommends treatment plans.\n- Provides appropriate support to member's family, including explanation of treatment, instructions in how to support treatment and interventions to increase acceptance of and adherence to treatment.\n- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the member's treatment to include referral of the member and/or members family to external resources.\n- Establishes liaisons to utilize resources of public and private agencies/community organizations to meet member and program needs.\n- Participates in departmental program development, implementation and evaluation.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nLCSW (963010):\nMasters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.\n\nOR\nLMFT (963007)\n- Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years).\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required.\n- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience with and interest in working with a Chemical Dependency population.\n- Previous Kaiser CDS/CDRP experience.\n\nSchedule: Availability includes being on-callfor shifts on Sat and Sun from 9:00am - 1:00pm with both short and advanced notice.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471756/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) or Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW)", "reqid": "127832", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27471756}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Certified Healthcare Interpreter - Grade 281 - Bilingual Spanish\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nResponsible for the provision of oral simultaneous, consecutive interpretation and sight translation throughout the medical center/designated location.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs on-site and over-the-phone interpretation for patients, families, Kaiser Permanente and non-Kaiser Permanente health care providers who prefer to speak in their primary languages, other than English.\n- Provides simple translation, under the supervision of Department Manager and/or Translator. Completes interpretation work requests as per protocol and provides accurate and timely documentation of work done.\n- Participates as a member of the health care delivery team, exercising sensitivity and maintaining confidentiality of employee and patient information at all times.\n- Provides expert knowledge regarding the interplay of medical treatment and key aspects of culture.\n- Participates in educational programs from medical center staff, members and prospective members.\n- Performs as mentors for interns of partnering interpreter programs.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience as an Interpreter strongly preferred (usually one-year)\n- Previous experience as an Interpreter in a multi-specialty health care environment strongly preferred\n- High School Graduate. 2 years of college preferred\n- Healthcare Interpreter Certification required\n- Candidates must have completed a health care interpreter certificate training program that (1) is administered by an accredited educational institution OR (2) is recognized by the California Healthcare Interpreter Association (CHIA) and exceeds 200 contact hours\n- Must pass an oral and written competency exam\n- Typing speed: 35 wpm\n- Excellent oral command of English and a second language of service (Cantonese, Spanish, etc.)\n- Ability to demonstrate professionalism in a demanding, high stress, and fast-paced environment\n- Demonstrated understanding of cultural issues related to health care\n- Must be sensitive and knowledgeable of the distinction between neutral interpreting and patient advocacy\n- Basic computer skills required, i.e., Microsoft Office\n- Must be flexible and able to prioritize multiple tasks\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nSkills Testing: Typing 35WPM\n\nSchedule:\nWeek 1: Mon\nWeek 2: Thurs", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471758/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Certified Healthcare Interpreter - Grade 281 - Bilingual Spanish", "reqid": "127899", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27471758}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Burke", "description": "Title: Admixture Pharmacist - OC\nLocation: Burke, VA\nOversees & participates in the preparation of sterile products & coordinates the efficient operation of IV admixture services, oncology services or allergen services.\n\nEssential Functions\n- Prepares, procures, packages, stores & distributes sterile products & supplies for oncology, clinic, Home IV & antigen patients w/in established procedures & legal requirements. These therapies include, but are not limited to: antibiotics, antineoplastics, total parenteral nutrition, small & large volume parenterals, pain medications, sterile ophthalmic preparations & allergen extract preparations, where applicable. Document responsibility by signing prescriptions, batch sheets & other forms.\n- Reviews physician orders & provides drug information & pharmacokinetic advice when needed. Functions in the chemotherapy, I.V. drugs & antigen distribution system for home, infusion center, SNF or medical center clinic use.\n- Monitors drug therapy, lab tests, confers w/ medical staff providers & suggests changes in drug therapy, drug utilization or therapy monitoring methods as appropriate. Documents all clinical interventions & quality problems using the approved methods.\n- Explains procedures of the I.V. program to a patient or family member & counsels on their medications. Distributes drugs, flushing & delivery system educational materials to the patient or family member.\n- Orders & maintains drug, supply, & equipment inventories for the delivery of the admixture & antigen service. Maintains work area to ensure storage & work areas are clean & organized for a safe work environment. Resolves drug, supply & equipment problems as needed.\n- Demonstrates professional competency in accordance w/ current sterile compounding standards & participates in ACPE accredited continuing education programs. Assists in the training & education of pharmacy technicians, students & residents.\n- Provides direction to the pharmacy staff in resolving professional &/or clinical problems, trains employees in new procedures & techniques, monitors department staff for errors & adherence to the established department procedures.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in operating automated systems for prescription order entry, patient profile review or retrieval of clinical or statistical data. Maintains proper records related to medication/supply charts, controlled prescription record keeping & other legal & department records & procedures. Demonstrated proficiency w/ the pumps used in oncology & Home Infusion, where applicable.\n- Participates in departmental quality improvement initiatives & contributes to team or departmental projects directed toward the achievement of decreased costs, improved service efficiency & patient outcomes.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations & KP's policies & procedures to include but not limited to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\n- State Boards of Pharmacy\n- HIPAA\n- Principles of Responsibility\n- Proper use of KP personal computers & applications\n- Provides after hours pager coverage as required.\n- Performs special duties & projects as required.\nQualifications:\nSchedule Details:\n- Rotating schedule to include nights, weekends and holidays.\n- Monday 4:00am - 7:00pm, Tuesday,Wednesday & Thursday 5:00am - 7:00pm, Friday 5:00am - 6:00pm and Saturday 8:00am - 4:00pm.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of home infusion or hospital admixture experience required.\n- BS in Pharmacy or PharmD required.\n- Licensed to practice pharmacy in the assigned jurisdiction required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Board certification in specialty or Home Infusion certification preferred.\n- One year of infusion/Home Infusion experience preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:03:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471732/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Admixture Pharmacist - OC", "reqid": "129267", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Burke, VA", "uid": 27471732}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE MOBILITY, KPIT\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThis position, Executive Director -- Enterprise Architecture is a senior IT position and is considered to be the first level executive position within Kaiser Permanente. It plays a key role in the Enterprise Architecture/Information Management group, and is accountable for providing technical architectures and strategy support primarily to the Innovation & Advanced Technology, Internet/Intranet, and Mobility CoE functions, and their teams. He/She will also provide support to other regions and IT Portfolios BIOs as directed by the Chief Architect.\n\nWhile this role will provide general technical architecture and strategy support in data architecture, infrastructure architecture, and security architecture, the candidate will focus on application architectures (strategy, patterns, blueprints, frameworks, roadmaps, and models for the enterprise, programs, and systems) pertaining to Internet, Intranet, and mobility applications, services, and advanced/emerging technology to a wide variety of customers/users including IT technical staff, IT executives, Kaiser Permanente executives and staff, physicians and clinicians. This candidate will also create and oversee the following functions for the BIO: business architecture alignment, IT standards definition and governance support, representation on the ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE/INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Standards Board, architecture review & governance teams, legacy application and data system integration architecture, and application technical architecture support. Also, this position will work with business and care delivery executives, and their teams to ensure that architectures are pragmatic and actionable.\nThis position is peer to other Executive Director positions within ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE/INFORMATION MANAGEMENT including: Data Architecture, Information Services, Technical Architecture, Business Architecture, Innovation and Advanced Technology, HP Portfolio Architecture, CS Portfolio Architecture, CO Regional Group Architect, and Data Governance\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Define, create, communicate, and maintain application frameworks, blueprints, models, patterns, technologies, processes, and standards.These tasks will be carried by establishing and overseeing short-and long-term workgroups predicated by appropriate industry assessments, and the creation of definitive white papers. This work will focus on service-based technologies and methods.\n- Define, support, and oversee IT Standards and taxonomies, architecture repositories, workflows, and governance processes for architectures, models, technologies, applications, processes, etc.\n- Will be responsible for establishing, maintaining and managing a standards review processes, waiver processes, and standards aging processes for the BIOs supported.\n- Define, create, communicate and maintain an architecture review and approval processes for enterprise, solution and project specific architectures.\n- Define, create, communicate and maintain legacy frameworks, blueprints, models, patterns, technologies, processes, and standards for legacy application systems. These will focus on service-based technologies and methods.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Management, Business Information Systems.\n- Candidate must have a minimum of 15 yearsofIT architecture experience creating complex application and/or data architectures.\n- 7 of those years must be key leadership positions where the candidate managed staff, budgets, and projects.\n- Candidate must exhibit executive presence, possess excellent writing and oral communication skills, and be able to demonstrate experience building and maintaining relationships with executives and technical teams.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced technical degree is preferred", "date_new": "2012-03-29 00:02:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27471707/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE MOBILITY, KPIT", "reqid": "129285", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27471707}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Sr. Data Consultant - Metrics and Analytics - Revenue Cycle\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nUnder general supervision, this position exists to assist the organization in making strategic data-related decisions by analyzing, manipulating, tracking, internally managing, & reporting data. This position takes an active leadership role as both as a consultant & as a high-level SAS programmer.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results\n- Directs the development of outcomes & process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, & evaluation\n- Builds & maintains complex statistical SAS routines using macros, vendor software, & software written by self & others\n- Tests & maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL)\n- Builds sophisticated statistical models & forecasting tools using these databases\n- Designs & enhances databases\n- Designs menu systems that are effective & user-friendly\n- Develops reports w/ accurate, easy to read, useful information that satisfies the client's needs\n- Designs & generates tracking & monitoring tools\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analyses & developing action plans accordingly\n- Defines & frames complex multi-dimensional health care issues & develops time tables/ processes for decision making\n- Translates needs, issues, & ideas into effective strategies & action plans\n- Formulates specific implementation plans & evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented\n- Develops creative alternative solutions\n- Works closely w/ IT & outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments)\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects\n- Determines goals & priorities w/ team, clients, or project management sponsors (when appropriate)\n- May coordinate team/project activities & schedules\n- May establish team membership & project participants, provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, as well as manage work of outside consultants when used\n- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, & various senior level audiences (including physicians for TPMG departments)\n- May participate in the development & management of the department, including coaching & recruiting for consultants/analysts & other departmental activities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Master's Degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required OR equivalent bachelor's degree and work experience in lieu of a Master's Degree.\n- Five (5) or more years programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.\n- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.\n- Typically five (5) or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred.\n- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.\n- Project management experience strongly preferred.\n- Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.\n- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.\n- Microsoft Office skills required.\n- Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.\n- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.\n- Must be an independent self-starter.\n- Proven leadership in consulting and, for some areas, project management.\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Epic Certification or equivalent work experience.\n- Revenue Cycle and/or Medical coding experience.\n- Expert collaboration and problem solving.\n- Excellent communication skills.\n- Excellent time management.\n- Prioritization needed.\n- Experience with building dashboards and web development.\n- Advanced Skill Level: MS SQL Server 2008 with SSRS development, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427559/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sr. Data Consultant - Metrics and Analytics - Revenue Cycle", "reqid": "128913", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27427559}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fontana", "description": "Title: Manager Clinical Department (Perioperative Supply)\nLocation: Fontana, CA\nManages the business planning, financial management, budget planning, personnel administration, daily operations, quality & utilization management - through assistant managers (RNs or other appropriate licensed personnel) - outpatient and/or short stay diagnostic and/or therapeutic services/programs for a multi-unit department comprised of ancillary, clerical, nursing, and/or other allied health professionals. Accountable for the planning, design, delivery & evaluation/continuous improvement of patient care services/programs that meet or exceed established performance/outcome measures & standards for quality, access, cost, utilization, customer/patient/member satisfaction. Integrates departmental services/programs w/ established standards of clinical professional practice, service priorities, as well as w/ business & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Participates as part of management team in formulating, planning, implementing, & evaluating business plans/strategies for diagnostic and/or therapeutic outpatient and/or short-stay patient care services; achieves both short- & long-term strategic, business & financial goals/objectives, as well as clinical outcomes\n- Manages the delivery & day-to-day operations of clinical patient care services/programs & coordinates/integrates services/programs w/ other facilities, departments, external providers & across the continuum of care\n- Manages administrative systems & processes, daily operations & implementation of departmental policies & procedures\n- Designs & implements systems & methods to continuously improve administrative, support, & clinical processes, as well as quality & utilization management programs\n- Ensures that all patient care/services provided by staff conform to optimum levels of quality & utilization of resources & are in compliance w/ all local, state & national regulatory/accreditation agency requirements\n- Manages the department's budget & financial analysis/performance/planning\n- Manages & monitors costs, the planning & distribution of funds, reconciliation of accounts & reports\n- Identifies strategies to reduce costs & avoid variances\n- Manages the development & implementation of departmental human resources management functions such as hiring, education/training, staff development, job design, performance evaluation/management, labor relations, discipline, promotions\n- Develops methods, systems, & procedures to track/monitor & manage staffing levels, skill mix & changes in operating expenses, as well as anticipate & meet changes/improvements in patient/member services/programs & demand\n- Maintains communications & collaborative working relationships & partnerships w/ other managers, functional departments, facilities, external providers\n- Provides consultation to senior management and/or special project teams\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum five (5) years of experience managing a multi-disciplinary staff of professionals, technical and non-exempt employees in a clinical setting and/or department\n- Ambulatory care management experience preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in Business Administration, Health Services Administration, management or other closely related health care field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Some positions/openings may require relevant experience in a specific functional area/discipline or department\n- Demonstrated ability to manage a wide variety of management issues/projects' conduct financial, business and budget planning; strong level of interpersonal and communication skills\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive Knowledge of managinginventory/budget forOperating Room equipment, instruments andsupplies\n\n\nNotes:\n- Will have responsibiility for both Fontana and Ontario campuses\n- Schedule varies", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427561/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Manager Clinical Department (Perioperative Supply)", "reqid": "128955", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fontana, CA", "uid": 27427561}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Ana", "description": "Title: Psychiatric RN\nLocation: Santa Ana, CA\n\nEssential Functions:\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum one (1) year of recentRN Psych experience\n- Two (2) or more years in a behavioral health setting, telephone triage support preferred\n- Graduate from an accredited nursing school\n- BSN preferred\n- Current CA RN License\n- Psychiatric & chemical dependency knowledge & ability to work w/ dual diagnosis patients\n- Able to triage & evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population\n- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills required\n- Knowledge of psychiatric medications, actions & side effects in an adult & pediatric population\n- Child & family education & learning theory technique, preferred\n- Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills, including the ability to gather information & express empathy on the telephone, the ability to remain positive & helpful when very busy & w/ difficult patient population & the ability to multitask & prioritize work, preferred\n- Computer skills to include data entry, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & HealthConnect, preferred\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bilingual (English/ Spanish)\n- Flexibility\n- Experience/ knowledge with case mgmt and Addiction Medicine as well as psychotropic meds\n\nNotes:\n- Must be able to cover shifts at multiple locations in OC", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427546/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Psychiatric RN", "reqid": "127523", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Ana, CA", "uid": 27427546}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Senior Medical Audit Coordinator - Appeals, RN (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nMedical Audit Coordinator - Appeals, RN\nOakland, CA\n\nReview claims for services obtained outside of Kaiser Facilities for compliance w/ health plan service agreement with members; identifies health plan claims w/ potential quality of care issues, continuity of care problems, or access issues at medical facilities; & audits hospital billings on site at non-plan provider facilities & negotiates successful resolution of claim.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides clinical expertise to members of the Special Servies unit and other departments such as Workers Comp., TPMG referrals, CSA/MSA outside case management in areas related to hospital and physician billing practices and cost department activities.The Medical Audit Coordinator for the Special Service unit reviews claims for services obtained outside of Kaiser facilities for compliance with health plan service agreement with members; identifies health plan claims with potential quality of care issues, continuity of care problems, or access issues at medical facilities; and audits hospital billings on site at non Plan provider facilities and negotiates successful resolution of claim.\n- Works with Appeals Specialist as a resource for decision-making and medical terminology.\n- Plans, organizes daily work to meet compliancre timeframes. Provides feedback to manager to ensure works is within compliance.\n- Works with Appeals Specialist as a resource for decision-making and medical terminology.\n- Prepares case narratives for appeals being forwarded to the IRE\n- Plans, organizes daily work to meet compliancre timeframes. Provides feedback to manager to ensure works is within compliance.\n- Provides clinical expertise to other departments such as Workers Compensation, TPMG referrals, CSA/MSA outside case management in areas related to hospital & physician billing practices & cost containment activities\n- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization.\n- Acting with ethics and integrety, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.\n- Works w/ legal department when indicated to resolve payment disputes.\n- Serves as a consultant to CSA Continuing Care teams & case managers on issues of non-plan pricing, billing problems, procedures & benefit compliance issues. Identifies opportunities for cost containment. Works with regulatory compliance for review of benefit.\n- Responsible for review ICD-9, CPT codes, medical records, UB-92 & HCFA forms & KP internal systems (OTRS, Advice call logs). Determines if bills are payable or if additional information is needed, if there are potential fraud issues.\n- Works w/ PRS staff as a resource for decision-making & medical terminology.\n- Plans & organizes daily work to meet compliance timeframes. Provides feedback to manager to ensure work is w/in compliance.\n- Consistently supports compliance & the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy & confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization.\n- Acting w/ ethics & integrity, reporting non-compliance, & adhering to applicable federal, state & local laws & regulations, accreditation & licenser requirements (if applicable), & KP's polices & procedures.\n- Identifies areas of special need for review or takes on additional review/projects as assigned by the manager.\n- Assists in the training of new medical auditors.\n- Responsibilities impact HPA compliance commitments to regulatory agencies such as CMS, DMHC, DHS, NCQA.\n- Erroneous decisions may negatively impact member satisfaction, the organization's regulatory compliance commitments & financial status.\n- Decisions are made following state & federal regulations related to provider reimbursement for claims, NCQA standards, KP's internal policies related to payment of out-of-plan services.\n- Decisions are made to pay claims or refer to physician advisor based on clinical criteria related to emergency medical condition.\n- Payable claims are analyzed for correct contract interpretation, Medicare fee schedule interpretation, correct coding.\n- Coordinator uses independent judgment based on business related knowledge in deciding which claims should be paid & on any payment reductions.\n- Analyzes information from multiple internal & external sources when reviewing a claim episode of care.\n- Assigns work based on regulator compliance, staffing, staff skill level & completing priorities.\n- Train new medical audit coordinators. Serves as resources to less experienced coordinators.\n- Serves as a consultant to CSA Continuing Care teams & case managers on issues on non-plan pricing, billing problems, procedures & benefit compliance issues.\n- Works w/ interregional counterparts for matters of billing resolutions & clinical issues & w/ regulatory department regarding issues of compliance & interdepartmental review of benefit issues\n- Assume other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Minimum five (5) years of clinical experience, preferably in critical care; the ability to make timely, sound decisions, and to act independently and negotiate successful resolution in difficult situations.\n- Minimum two (2) years of experience in medical auditing or related business experience.\n- Preferred: Advanced work in ICD-9 and/or CPT coding, Medicare rules application, DRG coding knowledge as demonstrated by related certifications or on job performance.\n- Required: Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.\n- Preferred: Bachelor's degree OR equivalent.\n- Current California RN license.\n- Preferred: Certificate in Coding and Certificate in AAMA.\n- Must have demonstrated ability to work independently and make quick decisions with a high degree of competency utilizing multiple sources of information.\n- Competency in Microsoft Suites (Excel, Access, Power Point), excellent ability with proprietary, mainframe processing systems and KP technologies.\n- Demonstrates strong understanding of medical terminology, ICD-9 coding, CPT coding principles.\n- Knowledge of LMP required and ability to work in LMP environment.\n- Strong customer service skills.\n- Must understand DHS, Medicare, ERISA, DMHC, NCQA guidelines for payment of claims.\n- State regulations pertaining to member and provides appeal rights required.\n- Understand billing practices and guidelines as defined by organizations such as National Association of Insurance Companies, American Association of Medical Audit Specialists.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427521/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Medical Audit Coordinator - Appeals, RN (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "129066", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27427521}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Clinical Systems Engineer (Imaging) - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nClinical Systems Engineer (Imaging)\nKaiser Permanente\nPasadena, CA\n\nThe Clinical Systems Engineer assures that Kaiser Permanente acquires clinically reliable and cost effective health care technology by continuously managing division-wide technology assessment and consulting to national KP planning bodies.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment of new technologies.\n- Develops designs equipment systems in consultation with user groups and strategic partners.\n- Disseminates technology information to departments.\n- Monitors emerging technologies and reports technology trends.\n- Production of strategic clinical technology plan to integrate local clinical technology needs into CSA, regional, and national purchasing plans.\n- Conducts cost benefit and cost effective analysis of medical technologies.\n- Forecasts medical technology budgets on a 5-10 year life-cycle horizon. In consultation with FD&C, forecasts PM&R costs for medical equipment.\n- Bases on above areas of technical and clinical expertise, the CSE may develop service contracts, under direction of the CSE Manager, to provide information, analysis, projections, assessments, reports, and other forms of customized consultation to key stakeholders of the KP clinical technologies system.\n- Consults with national and local customers on technology.\n- Plans and oversees equipment installations as needed.\n- Provides facilities development with clinical technical and environmental requirements for technology installation.\n- Reviews facility construction plan, templates.\n- Reviews startup equipment lists.\n- Manages a process, within an assigned specialty area, to coordinate their respective portion of a Northern California regional technology inventory. Implements division-wide CIS projects on a contract basis.\n- Insures evolving compatibility of clinical technologies with CIS requirements.\n- Reviews Divisions FDA Hazard Alerts to determine appropriate level of institutional response; consults with CSA leaders, risk managers, and facility directors to insure compliance.\n- Assists in medical/legal investigations submitted by Divisional legal department.\n- Reviews requests for standard & non-standard products.\n- Products feedback to update and maintain standards catalog.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors Degree, or equivalent experience in Biomedical Engineering or health related field.\n- Five (5) + years (significant) of related work experience to include in-depth knowledge of operational properties and diverse functions of at least two medical technology areas, cross functional commonalities, and related clinical practices.\n- Extensive knowledge of organizational development, team management, and technical medical and financial subjects.\n- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary consulting team environment; to lead interdisciplinary teams and to manage complex projects.\n- Proficiency in spreadsheet and database management software.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors. \nAn individual should have the following core behaviors:\n\nChampions Innovation and Change\nCollaborates\nCommunicates Effectively\nDevelops Self/Others\nDrives for Results\nFocuses on the Customer\nTakes Accountability\nDemonstrates Business Acumen\nExerts Influence\nEmotional Intelligence*\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree.\n- Certification as Clinical Engineer or PE.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427515/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Systems Engineer (Imaging) - Kaiser Permanente - Pasadena, CA", "reqid": "127137", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27427515}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Professional Coding Services\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvide supervision for the Region's Professional Services Coding staff. Ensure compliance with industry and government coding standards and guidelines. Serve as an information resource and support to staff. Support organization's mission, goals, and objectives in partnership with Northwest Permanente.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop action plans as necessary to resolve knowledge gaps w/employees or to address the implementation of new service offerings or code changes\n- Facilitate the collection of information to provide feedback to physicians through the consultants on work performance to ensure consistency & accuracy w/all professional coding\n- Advise the Region and staff on professional coding & documentation guidelines to ensure regulatory compliance\n- Facilitate education to support Medicare Risk requirements & organization goals\n- Provide staff with training and resources on coding procedures & system workflow/functionality\n- Coordinate proper utilization of human resources necessary for the effective & efficient operation of the department\n- Support maintenance of a comprehensive annual budget that reflects department needs & the application of cost-effective management\n- Monitor efficiency and productivity to ensure compliance to national metrics & departmental performance standards\n- Provide staff supervision to accomplish timely & qualitative response to professional services documentation/coding requests, issues & responsibilities\n- Demonstrate positive human relations skills, utilizing effective leadership, written & oral communication skills\n- Ensure staff capabilities through established Kaiser Permanente policies & procedures along w/prescribed management & personnel practices\n- Participate in the recruitment, development, appraisal & retention of competent professional services coding staff\n- Participate in problem identification, data gathering & implementation of strategy actions that are in the best interest of the department and its mission, values & philosophy\n- Provide staff with information about the Program's mission, strategic direction, values & the external environment to increase their effectiveness\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years progressive and in-debth multispecialty coding experience in assignment of diagnostic and procedural coding.\n- Minimum of 1 year previous leadership or supervisory experience that includes conducting coaching/training of coding staff.\n- Minimum of 1 year experience evaluating coding audits and quality performance measures.\n- Associate's degree Health Information Management, or equivalent that is directly related to the duties and responsibilities\n- Current credential as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), or a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist Professional (CCS-P) from AHIMA, or Certified Professional Coder (CPC) from AAPC.s.\n- Excellent command of the ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 classification systems with thorough understanding of the effect of data quality on prospective payment, utilization, and reimbursement\n- Comprehensive working knowledge of hospital/institutional coding in multiple medical specialties, and proper assignment of clinical conditions documented and procedures performed.\n- Comprehensive understanding data systems and reporting for health record coding, abstracting, and performance metrics\n- Thorough knowledge of professional service delivery in an ambulatory hospital or outpatient setting\n- Excellent ability to conduct coding audits to evaluate quality performance measures and using the findings create written reports with recommendations; and then present education and feedback to facilitate improvement of documentation and coding.\n- Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal) to deal effectively in delicate, sensitive and/or complex situations\n- Excellent time management and project management skills\n- Advanced presentation skills to provide training and education to large or small groups\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years progressive outpatient multispecialty professional services coding experience including Medicare\n- Minimum of 2 years previous leadership or supervisory experience that includes conducting coaching/training of coding staff\n- Minimum of 2 years experience evaluating coding audits and quality performance measures\n- Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration, Health Information Management, or equivalent\n- Working knowledge of KP HealthConnect, particularly the clinical and billing modules, encoder(s) (i.e. 3M or Encoder Pro), Microsoft Office Suite and other software products\n\nSalary Range:\n$58,880 - $77,720", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:19", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427509/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Professional Coding Services", "reqid": "128999", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27427509}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Leandro", "description": "Title: KPPAAC Activity Asst\nLocation: San Leandro, CA\nAssist the activity director in implementing an activity program to meet each resident's needs. Maintain the resources needed for each resident's activity needs. Assist the activity director with required record keeping. Visit residents one on one as directed by Activity Director.\n\nEssential Functions: - Implement programs of individual and group activities based on residents needs.\n- Complete the activity component of the resident assessment within 2 days of the admission and review and update the program as necessary.\n- Use the resident assessment protocols (RAPs) to determine whether to proceed to care planning for concerns related to the resident's activity.\n- Gather data and document required ancillary assessments including but not limited to resident assessment protocol summary documentation.\n- Identify and document in the resident's care plan, the activity interests, needs and concerns of the resident.\n- Care plans will be reviewed and updated as necessary.\n- Document all intersection with resident and/or family in the assessment, care plan and progress notes as required by federal and state requirements.\n- Participate as an active member in the interdisciplinary team and attend all resident care conferences.\n- Plan and conduct activity programs to assist residents to return to the community.\n- Plan and conduct Resident's Council Meetings.\n- Plan and implement evening and weekend functions as necessary.\n- Take part in in-service education programs and attend all in-service sessions relating to the Activity Program.\n- Schedule and implement room visits and in-room activities for residents unable to leave their rooms.\n- Schedule and implement indoor and outdoor activity programs.\n- Maintain an activity attendance record for each resident.\n- Maintain an adequate supply of materials to implement activity programs.\n- Observe infection control procedures related to the Activity Program.\n- Be responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.\n- Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians and ancillary service providers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications: - Experience in a recreation setting preferred.\n- Must be a high school graduate or GED equivalent.\n- Must have willingness and an aptitude for working with a variety of people.\n- Must have a basic knowledge of a variety of activities.\n- Must exhibit the ability to give instruction to others and to lead recreational activities.\n- Must interact a sing-a-long, exercise and reminiscence.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427496/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "KPPAAC Activity Asst", "reqid": "127709", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Leandro, CA", "uid": 27427496}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Leandro", "description": "Title: REGISTERED DIETITIAN II\nLocation: San Leandro, CA\nResponsible for providing comprehensive clinical nutrition care & services to patients/clients in response to protocol & physicians orders\nEssential Functions:\n- Assessment of Patient's nutritional risk/status\n- Development of care plans to meet nutritional needs of patients\n- Counseling of patients & family members in the hospital or medical office setting\nEducation of patients, family members & caregivers in the hospital or medical office setting in person, via telephone or in groups\n- Hospital based dietitians work w/ the Food Service staff to coordinate the food w/ the diet orders, & work to establish quality standards w/ the staff\n- Provides medical nutrition therapy, which is customer focused & cost effective, while maintaining high quality service standards\n- Provides nutritional screening & assessment & education of patients for appropriate nutrition intervention\n- Develops individualized nutrition care plans based on patient's laboratory data, food/medication interactions, age, sex, diagnosis, cultural background, pain level, preferences, & religious practices in accordance w/ physician orders\n- Provides medical nutrition therapy & encourages physical activity for total risk reduction in members w/ or at risk for chronic disease states, in the medical office setting\n- Conducts audits &/or menu reviews, & ensures patient menus or supplemental feedings meet nutritional requirements & physician's orders for individual patients\n- Develops meal plans to meet the member's lifestyle\n- Documents in the medial records as appropriate (If seeing hospitalized patients, coordinates activities w/ the food service department to insure quality & accuracy of the food serviced to the patients)\n- Writes assessments, implements nutritional care plans, & follows the care & progress of the patient per protocol\n- Monitors the accuracy of food trays related to the MNT or diet order according to diet manual\n- Checks for quality of product & is responsible for corrections & quality follow-up w/ manager/supervisor, staff, or vendor\n- Participates in the design, development & implementation of high quality, cost effective food & clinical nutrition programs, policies & practices\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements\n- Assists in development, implementation & maintenance of nutrition care, & service standards\n- Participates in the development & implementation of quality, service & performance improvement processes related to the delivery of clinical nutrition services\n- Contributes to the overall cost structure & service improvement goals of the Service Area\n- Conducts quality assurance audits & participates in committees & meetings to receive & report information\n- Assists in compiling audit information & standard setting\n- Provides feedback to Division Food & Clinical Nutrition Services staff on menu modifications & revision\n- Provides input to the budget process\n- May provide in-service training to staff\n- Performs other related duties as necessary\n- RDIII: A RDII is eligible to become a RDIII must meet requirements and set forth in collective bargaining agreement\n- Helps identify risk factors and establish performance targets & goals\n- Performs quality audits, reviews work, & assists others to improve performance\n- No supervisory responsibilities\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Current registration as a dietitian w/ Commission on Dietetic Registry (CDR) in good standing\n- A registered Dietitian, as defined by the California Business & Professions Code, w/ at least three (3) years experience in an appropriate clinical setting & one or more of the following:\n1. Masters Degree in a related field\n2. Fellowship w/ the American Dietetic Association (ADA)\n3. CDR approved certifications for consecutive re-certification periods.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of clinical competencies based on Nutrition Care Standards of the American Dietetic Association, California Dietetic Association (CDA) & American Society for Partenteral & Enteral Nutrition\n- Strong communication, interpersonal, & customer service skills\n- Group education skills in the medical office setting\n- Collaboration & problem solving skills\n- Knowledge of applicable federal, state & local regulations, & The Joint Commission requirements\n- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment\n- Also, refer to position specifications outlines in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:22:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427497/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "REGISTERED DIETITIAN II", "reqid": "127719", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Leandro, CA", "uid": 27427497}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Senior Business Consultant\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nCustomer facing position which documents functional requirements, analyzes business process, and develops business cases to support IT solutions. Provides client support during system development and implementation, development and maintenance of service level agreements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Independently initiates, investigates, documents, and analyzes clients' systems requirements in complex project areas such as: new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.\n- Independently assesses scope and impact of client business needs to define a project and leads partnering IT services in accomplishing those needs.\n- Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional requirements, IT functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.\n- Develops complex business cases with cost, service, benefit and ROI dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.\n- Presents completed business cases for leadership approval.\n- Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective IT solutions that support client business processes and functional requirements for complex IT projects or tasks on large IT projects.\n- Evaluates existing application products that could address client requirements and develops recommendations where appropriate.\n- Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies.\n- Conducts and/or participates in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.\n- Conducts workflow, process diagrams and gap analysis to identify system, application and/or hardware needs.\n- Identifies overlaps and related processes.\n- Provides product expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.\n- Performs risk analysis.\n- Develops and implements communication and escalation plans and resolves issues.\n- Provides knowledge transfer as appropriate.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.\n- A minimum of 5 years of experience documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and developing business cases to support IT solutions.\n- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.\n- Contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.\n- Complete understanding and ability to work independently in application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.\n- Full knowledge of industry practices.\n- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:21:23", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427459/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Business Consultant", "reqid": "129059", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27427459}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Business Consulting Lead\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nLeads initiatives that support the organizational alignment to the business strategies of the region. The consultant directs cross-initiative integration plans and communications. The consultant also provides leadership and direction to the business partners in the planning and marketing of complex technology initiatives. The consultant is responsible to communicate any risks and ensures that the business partners have a clear understanding of these risks. They are also responsible for presentations, demonstrations and training for new technology initiatives deployed in the region.\n\n\nEssential Functions:\nIdentifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual processes and communications.\nDirects and implements the analysis of business partner needs.\nIdentifies and deploys new models and innovative approaches to IT solutions.\nProvides support for emerging technologies and ensures operational readiness for the region.\nDevelops cross-initiative plans to ensure integration of organizational alignment.\nFor new technologies initiatives, consults with IT and regional teams to ensure successful integration into the work environment through new operational processes, training and communication implications.\nDevelops and delivers presentations and communicates potential risks and mitigations to the business partners.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree in related field plus 4 additional years of equivalent experience.\n8 years of experience in analysis of business processes and business case development to support IT solutions and aligning technology plans with business strategic plans.\nStrong background in organizational alignment to business objectives and strategies is required.\nProven ability to successfully plan, organize and implement strategies to align technology enhancements to regional goals.\nDemonstrated experience in interacting with diverse internal audiences and departments.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n-Considered functional expert in field within Kaiser Permanente. Healthcare experience.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:21:22", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427457/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Business Consulting Lead", "reqid": "129044", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27427457}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Medical Technologist I - Float Pool - PRN\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Medical Technologist I performs routine and complex laboratory procedures under the technical guidance of the Laboratory Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Laboratory Supervisor or Medical Technologist II. This position assists with workload recording, inventory control, research and development of new procedures. This position exercises independent judgment in work performance and interpersonal relations. Major responsibilities may be assigned as a direct or indirect function of the position.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs requested laboratory tests and special analysis, such as proficiency testing, correlation studies or other, according to established laboratory and Medical Office policies and procedures.\n- Prioritizes laboratory testing and other duties appropriately to assure optimal efficiency and timely reporting of laboratory results according to policy standards.\n- Utilizes quality control procedures according to established procedures and takes appropriate action for 'Out of Control' results. Documents QC appropriately. Recognizes trends, bias, shifts or other unexpected patterns and takes appropriate action.\n- Performs calibration or calibration verification as needed.\n- Operates and maintains equipment. Performs routine safety checks and preventive maintenance on instruments according to procedures and manufacturer's recommendations on a consistent, timely basis to insure optimal operation and minimal downtime.\n- Recognizes when any component of the testing system is not performing optimally and performs troubleshooting procedures as warranted on equipment, reagents and procedures in an efficient manner that maintains testing schedules.\n- Refers problems beyond his/her scope of practice to Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II.\n- Receives electronic and manual orders for tests to be performed.\n- Receives and/or obtains specimens, assisting with collections when the workload warrants.\n- Assumes responsibility for assuring collection of adequate and acceptable samples for analysis.\n- Responsible of timely release of patient results.\n- Communicates with reference lab to confirm results, specimen disposition and to order supplies.\n- Exercises independent judgment in determining whether test results are released, repeated or referred for review. Consults with Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II when necessary.\n- Assists with workload recording and inventory control.\n- Responsible for monitoring and resolving pending lists per policy.\n- Responds appropriately to provider and clinical staff inquiries.\n- Supports clinical point of care testing by facilitating issue resolution.\n- Participates in department/facility meetings, conference calls, continuing education/in-services.\n- Participates in orientation and training of new employees.\n- Makes recommendations for improvements to the Supervisor/Manager or Assistant Supervisor.\n- Assumes responsibility for day to day operations of laboratory, including directing and supporting the front desk, collections and accessioning areas, in absence of Supervisor/Manager, Assistant Supervisor or Medical Technologist II.\n- Participates in state/internal inspections, prepared to answer questions or produce documents.\n- Responsible for compliance with information communicated in weekly laboratory newsletters.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree and/or MT Registration or equivalent documentation from the state of Georgia.\n- MT registration from ASCP, AMT, or NCA or documentation that the state of Georgia considers them qualified to work as a MT in the state of Georgia.\n- American Heart Association BLS Certification.\n- 1 year of post registration MT experience.\n- Able to work independently.\n- Able to demonstrate customer service aptitude through customer service assessment and/or history.\n- Able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills i.e., history of positive working relationships.\n- Able to demonstrate dependability i.e., history of punctuality and good attendance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Medical Technology or related health science.", "date_new": "2012-03-27 21:21:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27427455/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Technologist I - Float Pool - PRN", "reqid": "125013", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27427455}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Jose", "description": "Title: Assistant Facilities Director Imaging Services - San Jose, CA\nLocation: San Jose, CA\nManages the daily operations of the diagnostic imaging department. Manages all administrative, technical and clerical operations of the diagnostic imaging department to ensure quality, access and budget goals are achieved. Manages full service inpatient and outpatient departments (7 days, 24 hours) which generally includes Radiology, MRI, CT, I/R, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography, Cardiac Cath Labs and Imaging Files.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Imaging Service Director in meeting the clinical needs of physicians, staff and members. Supports and actively develops a strategy to achieve an integrated service line for diagnostic imaging. Manages the daily operations of department by maintaining appropriate schedules (both staffing and patient), and monitoring performance improvement, safety, quality and regulatory standards. Participates in the planning of major facilities construction/renovation projects to ensure the safe and effective placement of imaging equipment and efficiency of operations.\n- Ensures equipment and procedures are safe, functional, and capable of meeting the diagnostic needs of the medical staff in a timely manner. Develops and monitors payroll and non-payroll budgets for the department. Identifies and implements opportunities to reduce costs. Manages union supervisors and staff and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety issues. Selects and trains technical and administrative imaging staff. Monitors staff performance and participates with the Chief and Director in the development of competencies, performance standards and imaging protocols for the department.\n- Develops and implements a plan for equipment procurement, maintenance and replacement. Keeps abreast of new developments in diagnostic imaging technology and makes recommendations on the acquisition and implementation of new technology. Accountable for adherence to state and federal rules and regulations on safety and quality assurance programs. Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission, MQSA, federal, state and local agencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous recent supervisory experience in a full service imaging department required.\n- Prior experience (3 to 5 years) as a Diagnostic Imaging Technologist.\n- Bachelor's degree in Health Care, Business or equivalent experience required.\n- Certification as CRT and/or CNMT preferred.\n- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) preferred.\n- Working knowledge and experience in a high volume imaging department preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong communication skills, labor relations and human relations skills essential.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory standards required.\n- Strong computer skills required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Previous experience in a union environment strongly preferred.", "date_new": "2012-03-26 18:40:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27391772/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Facilities Director Imaging Services - San Jose, CA", "reqid": "128931", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Jose, CA", "uid": 27391772}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist Supervisor [01]\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nAssists the Occupational Health Managerin the overall management of departmental operations, supervision of staff, and program development and implementation. Provides independent physical therapy management of patient under the direction of the Occupational Health Manager.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assumes all responsibilities as outlined on the Senior Physical Therapist job profile.\n- Assists the Occupational Health Managerin developing policies and procedures related to professional development, the delivery of care, quality improvement, and professional competency.\n- Assists theOccupational Health Manager in administrative tasks related to daily department functioning. Evaluates the performance of the physical therapy staff.\n- Provides orientation for new personnel.\n- Provides direct supervision of professional and support staff.\n- Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and review of patient care and professional development programs.\n- May provide clinical consultation and/or mentoring for professional staff.\n- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with the criteria for professional practice.\n- Assumes responsibility for proper functioning of the Physical Therapy services in the absence of the Occupational Health Manager.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least three years experience in physical therapy.\n- Experience in program development required.\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum and a bachelor's degree, master's degree or doctoral degree, with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Masters degree in Physical Therapy preferred.\n- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n-BLS required.\n- Evidence of on-going professional development required.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- One or more years of Physical Therapy experience in an Occupational Health setting.\n- Experience with workers compensation.\n- Ability to speak Chinese.\n- Ability to speak Spanish.\n- Computer skills in MS Word and Excel.\n- Willingness to be trained in ergonomic evaluations and functional capacity evaluations.", "date_new": "2012-03-26 18:40:18", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27391773/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist Supervisor [01]", "reqid": "128967", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27391773}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Speech Therapist I (120146)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nUnder supervision, provides diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates and treats communication and swallowing disorders for both adult and pediatric populations.\n- Administers diagnostic tests and implements individualized treatments.\n- Advises physician and patient of disorders and develops treatment schedule.\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.\n- Implements and maintains department policies and procedures.\n- Identifies opportunities for new or enhanced services or levels of patient care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology.\n- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Internship required.\n- Current California license required.\n- Certificate of Clinical Competence.\n-BLS required.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nThis position will work in outpatient.", "date_new": "2012-03-26 18:40:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27391765/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Speech Therapist I (120146)", "reqid": "128759", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27391765}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cupertino", "description": "Title: Behavioral Health PSW MFT Manager I [120139]\nLocation: Cupertino, CA\nThis position is generally responsible for a small group or program such as IOP/Adolescent/Crisis Team. Responsible for program design and implementation within unit. Is also responsible for staffing various programs, coaching staff and providing input into performance evaluations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Makes budget recommendations.\n- Has input into hiring decisions with 'veto' authority; responsible for staffing various programs: coaches staff; provides input into performance evaluations.\n- Generally responsible for a small group or program such as IOP/Adolescent/Crisis Team.\n- Responsible for program design and implementation within unit.\n- Monitors access indicators: responsible for utilization management.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years).\n- Master's degree in Applied Behavioral Science required.\n- Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor, Marriage Family Therapist or a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of state regulations with regard to ethics, treatment, patient rights and confidentiality.", "date_new": "2012-03-26 18:40:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27391767/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Behavioral Health PSW MFT Manager I [120139]", "reqid": "128763", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cupertino, CA", "uid": 27391767}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist Neurologic Resident II\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nTo provide physical therapy management of patients referred by a medical practitioner as part of a post-graduate physical therapy program in specialties such as orthopedic manual physical therapy or neurology physical therapy. The PT Resident II will function under the supervision of the program faculty and program director. Patient management will be specific to the age and diagnosis of the patient.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluates patients by: obtaining pertinent past history and obtaining detailed account of presenting complaints.\n- Interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- For those patients not appropriate to physical therapy management, communicates evaluation findings and/or makes recommendations to primary medical practitioner regarding patient disposition.\n- For those patients appropriate to physical therapy management, identifies problems through integration of evaluation findings.\n- Establishes treatment goals.\n- Plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.\n- Implements the treatment program through: coordination of the treatment program with other health care personnel.\n- Provides advice and education to patient and family regarding: participation in the treatment program, extension of the treatment program into the home situation, and prevention of future recurrence of problems.\n- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine: effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient toward goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment/intervention.\n- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has reached established goals.\n- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrates competency in age specifics related to assessing, treating and/or caring for varying patient populations.\n- Provides other work and related duties as required.\n- Participates in clinical course work, tutorials, supervision, practice sessions, independent study and other educational course requirements of the postgraduate curriculum which may be in the evening, on weekends, and during the normal work week.\n-Travels to other Kaiser Permanente (KP) and non-KP locations to attend specialized courses and ongoing curriculum course work and to provide patient care, e.g. Rota Care Free Health Clinic.\n-Participates in ongoing, intensive, practice sessions using manual and non-manual techniques.\n-Sits for competency based exams, including but not limited to, patient exams, written, and technique exams.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have completed a minimum of two years of experience in PT.\n- Must be a graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a certificate, bachelor's, master's, or clinical doctoral degree.\n- Must demonstrate prior postgraduate course work in orthopedic PT, neurologic PT or other relevant educational background.\n- Must be licensed to practice Physical Therapy by the State of California.\n- Current BLS certification required.\n- Must have successfully achieved all of the academic and clinical qualifications and competencies of PT Resident I and identified in the Academic Standing policy of the program.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- DPT preferred.\n\nNote: This is a part-time, temporary position with benefits. Expected length of employment from June 18, 2012 up to June 19, 2013.", "date_new": "2012-03-26 18:40:17", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27391769/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist Neurologic Resident II", "reqid": "128787", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27391769}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Bakersfield", "description": "Title: Mgr Amb Care Dept RN\nLocation: Bakersfield, CA\nManages a single department or multiple small departments providing ambulatory patient care services. Ensures staff provides high quality, accessible, cost effective care, & patient focused services to members across the continuum which comply w/ local, state, & federal requirements. Develops & maintains clinical & nursing practice standards, budgets, & staff development. Manages the planning, development, implementation, delivery, & evaluation/improvement of quality out-patient/nursing services that add value & are integrated w/ nursing standards of practice, service priorities, & performance/outcome measures, as well as w/ strategic, business, & organizational goals/objectives.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the delivery of nursing services & out-patient care which are integrated w/ business plans & meet or exceed cost, quality, clinical, & utilization standards & performance measures\n- Ensures that services meet members' physicians' & internal clients' needs in a changing & competitive health care market\n- Manages, coordinates service delivery and/or programs assigned to assistant manager(s)\n- With SCPMG staff develops strategic/business plans to achieve integrated services across the continuum of care\n- Manages & ensures continuous improvement of all clinical practices, services, & operations by designing & implementing systems, processes, & methods to evaluate & improve patient care across the continuum of care\n- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, JCAHO, federal, state, & local requirements\n- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, maintaining, & evaluating/improving patient care & quality service standards to meet members' & internal clients' expectations\n- Acts as a patient advocate resolving patient care issues\n- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care\n- Develops & manages budgets & resource allocations\n- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff\n- Provides on going staff development\n- Develops, implements & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organization's goals/business objectives & ensures they are met\n- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in nursing or related field such as health care management required\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing\n- Current California RN license required\n- CPR certification required\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, JCAHO, and other local, state and federal regulations\n- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills; knowledge of ambulatory care practices/ operations/ issues\n- Experience in ambulatory care nursing or other relevant clinical experience required (usually five (5) - six (6) years) including previous supervisory experience (usually three (3) years)\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Strong written and analytical skills.\n- Basic PC Skills: Word, Excel, Powerpoint,\n\nNotes:\n- Will assist in overseeing the Medical Office building. - Need to be flexible and a team player with a positive attitude.\n- Schedule may vary.\n- Travel 10-15%", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:56", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370663/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Mgr Amb Care Dept RN", "reqid": "128736", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Bakersfield, CA", "uid": 27370663}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Operations Specialist II - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nResponsible for providing analytical/technical business support for a major project and/or department in a particular KP job family (HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Facilities, QA, etc.). Under the overall general guidance of a Director and/or Manager, responsible for researching data, performing analyses, presenting results, and making recommendations. Acts as program/policy specialist to assist department and/or cross-divisional groups with assignments/initiatives as required. Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in testing and implementing process improvements.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Independently develops/manages complex narrative and quantitative reports to meet informational requirements of KP management and external agencies and organizations for critical financial, departmental or operational analyses. Researches and collects complex information needed to complete project milestones and/or reports. (25%)\n- Identifies requirements for end-user systems applications, and designs and implements systems and processes to allow access to data and to safeguard data integrity. (20%)\n- Develops content for intranet site and coordinates with communication specialist. (5%)\n- Ensures activities meet expectations, utilizing project management techniques and tools to independently resolve scheduling issues and advises management of resolutions. (15%)\n- Creates monthly project financial reports in response to business needs; consolidates and analyzes results to provide variance analyses and performance metrics. (10%)\n- Participates in various complex special projects and provides analytical back-up support. (10%)\n- Interfaces with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function. (10%)\n- Provides complex administrative and project support to management using advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, MS Project, and/or PowerPoint). (5%)\n- Key responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives.\n- Contributions impact the completion of important projects and department objectives.\n- Errors would cause significant delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses.\n- Applies extensive knowledge of functional procedures and experience to make decisions independently.\n- Exercises judgment to determine the best way to navigate through barriers/problems to accomplish department objectives.\n- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of significant scope and complexity using judgment/experience with KP/department practices and procedures.\n- Issues are not clearly defined and solutions require significant problem solving experience to come up with solutions and recommendations.\n- Exchanges and interprets non-routine information and works in collaboration with others.\n- Communicates/presents detailed, complex department information to functional analysts and management.\n- Use extensive knowledge of department policies and procedures and exercises independent judgment to achieve unique/complex project work steps.\n- Works independently and checks in with manager at key project milestones.\n- Independently exercises discretion as needed to accomplish assignments.\n- Provides periodic work guidance/direction to and training of team members.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Seven (7) plus years of administrative and operational support within a specific functional level with increasing scope and discretion.\n- Three (3) plus years of functional analytical experience.\n- High School Diploma, GED or equivalent work experience.\n- BA/BS preferred.\n- Ability to acquire and use In-depth knowledge of KP's policies, practices, business principles, theories, concepts, and systems.\n- Applies advanced business theories/concepts to accomplish significant department projects and/or initiatives.\n- Ability to exercise independent judgment; relies on experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to make sound decisions.\n- Advanced knowledge of Excel to create more complex spreadsheets and reports.\n- Uses intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Project and/or PowerPoint to create more complex presentation materials with graphs, illustrations, etc.; reviews content for accuracy and KP established formatting.\n- Uses superior quantitative and analytical skills to create concise reports.\n- Strong negotiating, influencing, and project management skills.\n- Ability to acquire and use expert knowledge of KP and its customers.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370638/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Operations Specialist II - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "128978", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27370638}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Compliance Consultant V-Health Plan and Health Reform Compliance (Oakland or Pasadena, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nCompliance Consultant V- National Compliance, Ethics & Integrity Office (NCO)\nHealth Plan & Health Care Reform\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland or Pasadena, CA\n\nThe Compliance Consultant V is responsible for overseeing Kaiser Permanente's compliance with federal and state insurance laws, regulations and sub-regulatory guidance through the planning and implementation of compliance systems and initiatives. On an on-going basis, researches and interprets regulations and laws to establish compliance standards, and works with the business and compliance partners to integrate compliance standards into operations. Supports national and regional functions with the implementation of NAIC model rules. Supports regions with establishing standards and best practices for market conduct examinations; and monitoring and reporting on remediation of findings and corrective action plans.\n\nAssesses organizational systems (both physical and process or data related) to determine gaps in compliance and determine opportunities for remediation. Advises the organization on all compliance matters. May investigate violations of compliance policy, laws, regulations, etc. or conduct on-going monitoring and reporting to ensure remediation. May also be responsible for project management relative to new compliance initiatives, products, or annual processe\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages, creates, and maintains client relationships with management at all levels of the organization\n- In adherence with the KP Compliance Framework, fosters comprehensive compliance management through a series of activities to comply with all applicable regulations and statutes. Activities include\n- Planning: Leading the identification of compliance accountabilities; identification of internal and external resources; development of Compliance, Work, and Audit plans; establishing and/or leading compliance-related committees/work groups; and managing external agency relations,\n- Implementing: Leading the identification of compliance requirements and directing related analyses; creation and revision of compliance standards, policies, and procedures; overseeing development and/or delivery of compliance and ethics training; leading the monitoring of compliance adherence; and directing reporting on compliance efforts and programs, and\n- Validating: Reviewing compliance programs and content, including leading the design and implementation of risk assessments and/or audits, and overseeing the investigation of instances of reported non-compliance\n- Researches and stays abreast of regulations and statutes. Determines impacts of implementation of new regulations and statutes and required notifications, changes, and training. Communicates required changes, develops tools to assess risks, and leverages existing workgroups/etc. to facilitate required changes. May engage external regulatory and legislative bodies on developing regulations and laws, providing input and representing Kaiser Permanente's interests\n- Works on significant and unique assignments of diverse and complex scope\n- Addresses opportunities for process improvements and influencing change\n- Requires more complex planning and direction setting with diverse and multiple stakeholders\n- Responsibilities impact the achievement of integrated functional and/or KP objectives. In addition, responsibilities impact relationships with external regulatory agencies\n- Influences the development of the functional objectives\n- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in failure to achieve functional and/or KP objectives and negatively affect expenditures and resources\n- Involves a high degree of interpretation and analysis of obscure or inconclusive data\n- Requires a high level of judgment and risk taking to make appropriate decisions for diverse, sophisticated, and undefined issues\n- Assume other duties as directed\n- Experience working with health insurance regulators and health plan oversight bodies (e.g., Department of Insurance, Department of Managed Health Care), particularly Market Conduct Examinations.\n- Knowledge of health insurance laws, regulations, practices and standards.\n- Experience with implementation/administration of insurance products.\n- Experience with and knowledge of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model rules and other standards.\n- Knowledge of health care compliance policies, practices, and systems.\n- Ability to develop advanced compliance principles, theories, and concepts.\n- Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills.\n- Strong, clear written and verbal communication skills to varying levels of the organization.\n- Strong project management skills; ability to lead and manage operational and tactical aspects of multiple projects simultaneously.\n- Demonstrate ability to timely plan, execute, and complete projects within strict deadlines.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\nMinimum 10 - 12 years of health care compliance, health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), audit, finance, project management, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or health insurance/health plan governance experience.\n4 year Bachelor's degree or Master's degree preferred.\nExperience working with health insurance regulators and health plan oversight bodies (e.g., Department of Insurance, Department of Managed Health Care), particularly Market Conduct Examinations/Field Market Examinations to ensure adherence to State laws regarding discrimination and/or fair claims practices.\nRegulatory experience ensuring compliance with State insurance codes (e.g., California Insurance Code) and other insurance laws as related to insurance rating, underwriting and claims issues. Knowledge of health insurance laws, regulations, practices and standards.\nExperience with implementation/administration of insurance products.\nExperience with and knowledge of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) model rules and other standards.\nKnowledge of health care compliance policies, practices, and systems.\nAbility to develop advanced compliance principles, theories, and concepts.\nAbility to draft and revise documents including policies, standards, analyses, and reports.\nStrong critical thinking, problem solving, and oral and written communication skills.\nStrong, clear written and verbal communication skills to varying levels of the organization.\nStrong project management skills; ability to lead and manage operational and tactical aspects of multiple projects simultaneously.\nDemonstrate ability to timely plan, execute, and complete projects within strict deadlines.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with interpreting laws and regulations and ability to identify and partner with business to communicate impact and compliance expectations.\nConsistent demonstration of appropriate business judgment in timing and communication.\nFamiliarity with health plan operations and experience with projects in at least one health plan functional area preferable\nAbility to collaborate with multiple functions and departments, across various levels of the organization\nExperience with applying technical and analytical skills to identify violations of insurance laws.\nExperience with developing and issuing corrective action plans as a component of risk mitigation.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370637/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Consultant V-Health Plan and Health Reform Compliance (Oakland or Pasadena, CA)", "reqid": "128905", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27370637}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Senior Healthcare Analyst-Epic, Clarity, Tapestry\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nWhen you bring your career to Permanente Advantage, you are joining a small (yet mighty)team of dedicated professionals and clinicians to provide authorization and utilization management services for key Kaiser Permanente products. From the strategy people who shape our policies, to the IT professionals enabling life-saving data, to the physicians on the front line of patient care, everyone here has a role to play in the care continuum. Knowing you have a place in that process and witnessing the outcome of the work you do is empowering. It gives you a cause to stand behind. And it makes you feel proud of the work you do every day. When people witness the impact of their contributions, they excel. Together we have the power to make a difference. \n\nProvides experienced analytical expertise, Epic systems and other systems infrastructure support, and project management for Permanente Advantage, a small start-up subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente.\n\nEssential Functions:\nAnalytics (50%):\n-Extract data to create monthly metrics/analytics for clients. Use Tapestry reporting work bench, Clarity, and other analytical tools.\n- Develop comprehensive quarterly utilization, cost reports and analysis.\n- Assist clinical team to analyze data, develop recommendations, and action plans.\n- Interface with regional/PMG Health Connect, IT, and other staff members.\n- Maintain repository of regional claims history, documents, resources, and key contacts (e.g., reports, correspondence).\n- Update and communicate changes to Permanente Advantage's intranet site.\nAC and Systems Support (30%):\n- Certified in Tapestry applications to support the PA build and upgrades in each region's instance of Tapestry.\n- Review and test new releases and communicate needed changes before permitted to access the new release.\n- Lead change management process as needed.\n- Maintain library of rules, workflows and processes to help staff maintain internal consistency while managing regional variations and requirements.\n- Manages interfaces with other UM and CM network-based systems, including importing/exporting of data files to third party vendors.\nProject management (20%):\n- Serves as project manager for new regional implementations and maintains regional relationships (calendar of regular meetings, updates, etc) for the PA team.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in technical, health care management, medicine, or other related field.\n- Strong healthcare analytical skills, inpatient and outpatient, cost and utilization.\n- Epic Certification preferred, Tapestry a plus.\n- Proficiency in Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint, Project.\n- Project management experience.\n- Strong organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to multi-task, balance priorities, set and manage timelines for deliverables.\n- Strong customer service orientation, with demonstrated ability to understand and meet customer needs.\n- Highly accomplished verbal and written presentation and communication skills.\n- Able to travel up to 15%\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced degree preferred.\n- Understanding of KP operations and/or KP system application knowledge preferred.\n- Understanding of EPIC or Health Connect preferred, AC status in Tapestry a plus.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:34", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370633/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Healthcare Analyst-Epic, Clarity, Tapestry", "reqid": "128962", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27370633}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Portland", "description": "Title: Financial Officer\nLocation: Portland, OR\nIn collaboration with the Northwest Regional Controller, VP ofMarketing, Sales & Business Development and the VP of Strategic Planning and Health Plan Services, the Director of Finance oversees the financial performance of the NW Health Plan Services. The Director of Finance is accountable for maintaining the integrity of overall Health Plan Administration (HPA) and Marketing, Sales, Service and Administration (MSSA) fiscal operations, including adherence to regional and national policies and procedures, maintaining a strong internal control structure (Sarbanes Oxley) over the functions within HPA & MSSA. Serves as the NW Finance liaison, in collaboration with the Director of Membership Administration, with the Consolidated Service Centers (CSC's) on matters pertaining to the billing, collection and adjustment (i.e., bad debt write-offs, retro terminations, etc.). Serves as the fiscal liaison between the HPA, MSSA, & Finance.Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with Regional Senior leadership and the CSC's. The Director of Finance will provide financial oversight, support, and guidance to HPA & MSSA. The role will be extremely collaborative in nature and will entail working with senior management in an effort to strengthen the control environment.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes & manages the process for improving performance, reviewing performance against plan, identifying performance drivers and improvement opportunities\n- Partners with HPA, MSSA & CSC to ensure key operational and financial metrics are established, monitored and reported monthly to achieve business objectives\n- Collaborates in the development of management reports regarding revenue performance\n- Reviews and analyzes monthly dues revenue results and variances from budget/projections\n- Analyzes trends in monthly adjustments and compares results/forecasts\n- Researches large variances and evaluates impacts to reserves/forecasts\n- Partners with Director Membership & Benefits Administration to ensure timely identification, reporting and resolution of rate discrepancies as well as resolution of technical or process issues surfaced during monthly close process\n- Participates in the identification of root cause and ensures appropriate remediation action is taken. Reviews and approves revenue adjustments, including retroactive membership, bad debt write-off, and payment plans>$50K\n- Prepares reports & analyses relating to membership, dues revenue, expenses, and operational expenses\n- Directs the design and implementation of data collection and reporting systems\n- Works with Regional Finance to develop standardized approaches related to key processes including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and capital planning\n- Works in partnership with regional actuaries and FP&A in the development of annual & multi-year forecasts of dues revenue\n- The Director of Finance will not have any direct reports, but will work closely and jointly with Senior Management in pursuit of best practices for KP\n- Leads project work as requested (i.e., new system implementations, process improvements, etc.)\n- Partners with HPA & MSSA to ensure compliance with a strong internal control environment (SOX & operational controls)\n- Ensures compliance with administrative, legal and regulatory requirements of local, state and federal regulatory agencies\n- Consistently supports Compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and KP policies/procedures\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 10 years of experience in finance management and strategic planning in a multi-faceted health care system and multi-service provider setting\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance and/or health care administration\n- Thorough knowledge of federal, state and regulatory accounting and reporting regulations, GAAP, cost management techniques, financial analysis and budgets required\n- Experience in leading successful large-scale business transformation initiatives\n- Experience in managing complex, large-scale projects and/or multiple departments and establishing detailed work plans and setting priorities\n- Proven leadership skills in a matrix management environment that includes influencing, efficiency, collaboration, candor, and openness with a focus on results orientation\n- Demonstrated expertise as a financial and strategic leader, with excellent problem-solving skills, proven capability to motivate change and galvanize action, proven ability to balance execution of a strategic vision with a willingness to dive into details, and consistent results-orientation\n- Business expertise, financial acumen and interpersonal skills to effectively work through a complex and political organization to influence and facilitate change\n- Advanced interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal) to deal effectively in delicate, sensitive and/or complex situations with a wide variety of influential internal and external parties\n- Strong presentation skills, with experience presenting to senior level executives, leadership groups, and large audiences\n- Industry knowledge\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree or CPA\n- Experience in Dues Revenue and associated components (reserves, write-offs, etc.)\n- Knowledge or exposure to Health Care Accounts Receivable and the responsibilities with monitoring, reporting, and reserving\n- Health care operations management and industry best practices in Finance Operations\n- Thorough knowledge of complex project management processes, tools, techniques and methodologies to lead large-scale effort", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370632/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Financial Officer", "reqid": "128983", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "uid": 27370632}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Salem", "description": "Title: Phlebotomist - Oregon\nLocation: Salem, OR\nSupport the laboratory function of providing diagnostic information for use in patient care by ensuring proper collection and processing of laboratory specimens. Perform or assist with special procedures; mentor/orient students and new employees; ensure workflow meets service delivery needs. Respond effectively to member, clinicians, nursing staff and other department needs.\nEssential Functions:\nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:\n- Perform order entry, specimen collection, and processing according to work instructions (WI), clarify clinician orders; obtain pertinent patient information; accurately identify patients; determine specimen requirements and collect patient sample using appropriate process of venipuncture or capillary collection based on patient age and/or condition.\n- Assure completeness and accuracy of specimen labeling.\n- Obtain and enter appropriate patient or specimen information into laboratory computer system.\n- Provide good customer service to all members.\n- Prioritize workload according to urgency of request; coordinate activities of the phlebotomy and laboratory service/technical assistant workgroups to meet operational service needs.\n- Act as resource for medical or laboratory staff.\n- Provide information and facilitate specimen or order problem investigation and resolution.\n- Using appropriate resources make decisions as required for sample collection and patient processing.\n- Facilitate communication between phlebotomists and laboratory service/technical assistants in problem solving and member assistance, triaging to supervisor as needed.\n- Provide instructions to physicians, nursing staff, and patients in proper specimen collection, answering related questions accurately.\n- Evaluate, process, and coordinate specimens for testing and/or shipping by following applicable WI.\n- Centrifuge, aliquot, separate, refrigerate, freeze, or handle specimens as required to maintain specimen integrity.\n- Consult computer information for special handling instructions, referring questions to client services or technical specialist(s) for additional handling or shipping instructions when indicated. Complete appropriate forms as applicable.\n- Use laboratory computer system to obtain patient demographics, perform order entry, enter pertinent clinical information, generate barcode labels, and ensure tracking of each test ordered and each specimen collected and/or received.\n- Use laboratory information computer system to track specimens.\n- Perform all duties required of laboratory service/technical assistant.\n- Assist clinician or pathologists with bone marrow collection and processing.\n- Perform isolation procedures, bacterial, acid-fast, and fungal blood cultures, blood smear preparation, microbiology set-up and code blue response as required and ordered by clinician\n- Remain current in new and revised work instructions and lab and organizational policies.\n- Assist supervisor, coordinator, or specialist in identifying and reporting any procedural discrepancies.\n- Complete annual requirements.\n- Provide input into development or revision of procedures to meet operational needs.\n- Support department workflow and records maintenance through accurate workload recording, quality assurance monitors, supply inventory, quality control checks, and records.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\n- Completion of the experience practicum in an Accredited Phlebotomy program OR\n- Three years recent phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting.\n- High school diploma or equivalent\n- Demonstrated customer-focused service skills\n- Demonstrated understanding of basic phlebotomy principles and techniques\n- Detail oriented, able to handle multiple tasks in a limited time frame\n- Able to produce high quantity/quality of work, problem solve, exercise good judgment\n- Adaptable\n- Able to bend, stoop, reach and lift minimum of 10 pounds.\n- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with command of the English language\n- Demonstrated interpersonal skills, teamwork\n- Working knowledge of keyboard/data entry\nPreferred Qualifications:\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n- 4 or more years phlebotomy experience in a multi-patient laboratory setting including geriatric, pediatrics, inpatient, and/or difficult phlebotomy draws\n- National Phlebotomy certification\n- Thorough understanding of phlebotomy principles and techniques and phlebotomy equipment\n- Thorough understanding of sample collection requirements\n- Knowledge of Medical Terminology\n- Written and verbal communication skills\n- Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal skills, teamwork, independent worker\n- Leadership skills\n\n\nSalary Range:\n$17.77 - $21.34", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:32", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370598/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Phlebotomist - Oregon", "reqid": "128442", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Salem, OR", "uid": 27370598}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Genetic Counselor\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nIndependently provides genetic counseling and referral services for patients of all age groups (including obstetric and cancer patients) who have or are at risk for genetic conditions or birth defects. Acts as a consultant to health care providers regarding highly specialized genetic information pertinent to management of their patients. Administers state, regional, and local programs that provide genetic services to members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides genetic counseling services for all areas of medical genetics including pediatric, prenatal, adult, and cancer referrals.\n- Assesses recurrence risks and recommends medical or genetic testing based on analysis of the risk, benefit, and cost.\n- Provides crisis intervention and psychosocial counseling regarding genetic conditions.\n- Makes referrals for ongoing care and support.\n- Provides case management for complex genetics cases, including coordinating medical recommendations and management plans, testing, and ongoing counseling.\n- Develops, implements, and coordinates a wide variety of genetic programs (e.g., prenatal diagnosis, expanded AFP, carrier screening, and specialty clinics) at the local or regional level.\n- Follows guidelines mandated by the State of California.\n- Develops and presents programs and classes for pediatric, adult, obstetric and cancer patients.\n- Produces culturally sensitive and age appropriate patient and health professional education materials, and participates in community education programs.\n- Develops and presents inservice education to physicians and other health care providers regarding genetic services and current medical genetics topics.\n- Maintains local and regional statistics, survey trends, and adjusts protocols to ensure appropriate patient referral and care.\n- Maintains current knowledge of advances in the field of genetics.\n- Recommends/implements enhanced clinical practice standards.\n- May participate in research projects.\n- Provides input into local and regional polices and guidelines and hiring of new staff.\n- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and increase services.\n- Serves as preceptor for graduate genetic counseling students and medical residents.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous computer experience preferred.\n- Masters degree in Genetic Counseling.\n- Must be Board Certified or be eligible to sit for the exam by the American Board of Medical Genetics or the American Board of Genetic Counseling.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Demonstrated refined analytic and diagnostic reasoning skills.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Ability to clearly explain complex medical information in both verbal and written form.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications: - Prenatal expertise is preferred.\n\nMay travel to multiple MOB's on the SF Geary campus within a 1.5 mile radius. Kaiser shuttle provided.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370585/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Genetic Counselor", "reqid": "128628", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27370585}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Medical Documentation Auditor\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe EIO Medical Documentation Auditor ensures accurate & complete documentation through compliance & encounter audits & clinician feedback. Provides documentation feedback to clinicians from E&M, CPT & ICD9 audits conducted by EIO auditors using all state/federal & 3rd party payor regulatory standards for both inpatient & outpatient groups.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Using Kaiser Permanente auditing tools, conduct concurrent & retrospective audits of documentation supporting E/M, CPT & ICD9 codes assigned by clinical staff.\n- Researches correct coding practices in relationship to applicable rules, regulations & coding conventions for billing to determine compliance w/ Federal, State & Kaiser Permanente regulations.\n- Using independent judgment & sensitivity, reviews w/ individual physicians their audit findings, making suggestions for documentation improvements.\n- Provides feedback to clinicians based on Federal & State government billing & coding guidelines.\n- Plans, schedules & performs comprehensive chart audits to identify operational & regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, & compliance requirements & ensure complete & accurate data capture in compliance w/ Federal & State requirements.\n- Works w/ Medical Center auditing teams to ensure compliance w/ Federal, State & Kaiser Permanente requirements.\n- Designs & implements methodologies to ensure accurate & complete E&M, CPT & ICD9 coding audits.\n- Provides technical expertise to Regional & local leadership to identify & resolve coding & chart documentation problems impacting the accuracy & consistency of coded data.\n- Works w/ local Trainers to address operational processes that hinder encounter data capture.\n- Reads & interprets medical data written by providers.\n- Enters audit results into regional audit tools to support quality assurance process, regional analysis & regional training activities.\n- Reviews analytical data & audit findings to identify coding trends & other risk areas. Recommends appropriate actions.\n- Conducts quality assurance reviews.\n- Collaborates in the development & execution of local audit & training plans.\n- Partners w/ the EIO Managers to identify audit trends & risk areas based on audit findings & data analysis.\n- Assists in developing & implementing policies & procedures / Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance w/ Federal, State & other regulatory requirements.\n- Travel throughout the Northern California region based on operational needs may be required.\n- In addition to the standard auditor accountabilities, the EIO Auditor is also responsible for conducting Claims & Referral audits.\n- Responsible for independently implementing the end to end audit process for claims & referrals following established objectives w/ expected completion & accuracy goals.\n- Partners w/ Provider Contracting to assess status of claims based on whether associated vendor is a contracted or non-contracted partner. Negotiation approach will need to be tailored to the type of vendor.\n- Manage vendor relationship to get access to documentation which requires client management skills & travel to offsite locations.\n- Develops a strategy to get access to pertinent medical record information & all supporting documents that need to be audited.\n- Conducts audit independently on-site per audit objectives & guidelines.\n\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Proficiency in Excel and Access (Candidate will utilize these software tools to perform in-depth analytical review of codes and provide outcomes in clear concise manner)\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years CPT, ICD9 & E&M Coding experience.\n- Experience using PC applications such as MS Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint.\n- Demonstrated experience conducting Medical Record audits & ability to interpret & apply Federal & State regulations, coding & billing requirements.\n- Experience using Epic electronic health record systems preferred.\n- Experience using Web based applications preferred.\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care, public health, finance, business medical records technology or equivalent experience.\n- Certification in one (1) of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), Certified Professional Coder-Hospital (CPC-H).\n- Proficient in the use of CPT, ICD9 & HCPCS coding principles.\n- Comprehensive knowledge of medical diagnostic & procedural terminology is required.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively & sensitively provide feedback to providers & medical center leadership regarding federal & state coding, medical documentation & compliance guidelines, audit results & risk areas.\n- Ability to work w/ & maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account & personnel data.\n- Knowledge of outpatient coding practices at both the clinical & inpatient settings.\n- Required knowledge of compliance & regulatory requirements including outpatient CMS regulations.\n- Strong interpersonal & excellent written, verbal & presentation skills.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently w/ minimal supervision.\n- Ability to prioritize workload & meet deadlines.\n- Ability to read & interpret medical data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment.\n- Willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical data & audit findings to identify coding trends & other risk areas.\n- Demonstrated ability to develop data requirements & work w/ analytical groups to extract, organize & analyze coded data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor / Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nSkills Testing: ICD9, CPT and E&M Coding skills assessment will be given to all applicants.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370584/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Documentation Auditor", "reqid": "128610", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27370584}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing, (No. 40)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370569/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing, (No. 40)", "reqid": "127196", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27370569}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing, (No. 37)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- PACU (Main OR and ASU) - Two years recent (within last 3 years) experience in PACU or Critical Care Unit. Current ACLS certification required. PALS required within six months of hire if caring for pediatric population. Must be able to take call and respond within the hospital required response time.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:27", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370571/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing, (No. 37)", "reqid": "127201", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27370571}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Sonographer III - Grade 864 - Temporary\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nUnder the direction of the Imaging Services Director and Chief of Radiology/Imaging Services, or other Clinical Service Director where applicable, produces two-dimensional ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by Physician in diagnosis of disease and study of malfunction of organs. Performs technological functions to ensure optimal diagnostic quality of patient care utilizing efficient and safe processes.\nEssential Functions:\n- Exhibiting a high degree of tact, courtesy, and poise, explains procedures to patient to reduce anxieties and obtain patient cooperation. Prepares and positions patient for examination.\n- Selects equipment for use in ultrasound setup according to specifications of examination. Selects transducer and adjusts equipment controls according to organ to be examined, depth of field, and other specifications of test. Starts equipment that produces images of internal organs and records diagnostic data on magnetic tape, computer disk, strip printout, or film.\n- Moves transducer, by hand, over specified area of body and observes sound wave display screen to monitor quality of ultrasonic pattern produced.\n- Photographs images of organs shown on display module or removes strip printout from equipment to obtain permanent record of internal examination.\n- Keys test data and patient information into computer of ultrasound equipment to maintain record of test results.\n- Orients new hires.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have equivalent of three years (6,240 hours) of continuous ultrasound experience within the last six years with no more than one year break in experience within the last four years.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Must have three ARDMS registries in any specialties.\n- Certification: BLS.\n- NT certification is required to perform genetic screening for Prenatal Diagnostic Centers. Applicants may be hired without certification, but will be required to obtain it within 90 days of hire.\n- Must demonstrate competency and perform all three specialties routinely.\n\nSchedule:\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.\nScheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends; will follow the contract for notification of schedule change.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:38:26", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370565/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer III - Grade 864 - Temporary", "reqid": "126578", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27370565}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist II\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nThis position's location will move from Falls Church to Tyson's Corner in August of 2012 and likely work in both locations throughout each week.\n\nTo be responsible for occupational therapy of patients management under the direction & supervision of the Rehabilitation Services Supervisor (PT-OT Supervisor).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Tests & evaluates the extent of a patient's disability to ensure proper treatment using various tests & procedures.\n- Plans therapy program, establishes treatment goals; & administers treatment to restore body functions, strength, relieve pain, & prevent disability through the use of various therapeutic\ntechniques & procedures. This includes patients in establishing goals & obtains patient's informed consent as necessary.\n- Provides patients & family members w/ treatment plan & instructions for home exercise programs & pain relief techniques.\n- Upgrades treatment plan & goals as patient progresses.\n- Regularly assesses clinical signs & symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, & the need for modifying goals & treatment.\n- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.\n- Provides accurate & timely documentation of Occupational therapy management & patient management.\n- Maintains appropriate medical records, documentation for each patient including evaluation, treatment & progress.\n- Consults w/ medical providers regarding patient evaluation & treatment, progress of the patient, & discharge from treatment. Reviews patient records for current diagnosis, past medical history, precautions, & contraindications.\n- Maintains compliance w/ documentation st&ards of department & regulatory agencies.\n- Establishes safe work environment.\n- Maintains clinical competency & ethical st&ards as outlined in the guidelines of the APTA.\n- Maintains departmental supplies, equipment, & apparatus in clean, safe & functional condition.\n- Directs & instructs support personnel in performance of more routine procedures as requested.\n- Establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public patients & other personnel.\n- Provides triage Occupational Therapy services by providing advice & care either by means of phone triage &/or 1st Contact OT.\n- Provides input &/or assistance to Senior Occupational Therapist & Occupational Therapy Supervisor in the development of new classes, services, member & provider education, development of handouts, & other related services.\n- Performs other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 3 years of full time practice as a licensed Occupational Therapist in a clinical setting required.\n- Actively pursuing & engaging in at least one of these continuing educational items or clinical experience to gain/enhance clinical expertise required as described below:\na) Post graduate degree from an accredited university w/ a specialty focus.\nb) Fellowship or certificate from an accredited body or organization in a subject matter that is pertinent to our patient population & is clinic based.\nc) Expertise/competency in a particular subject matter in a clinical subject matter in high demand or in a clinical subject matter that we have limited resources or specialists on staff.\nd) Expertise/competency that has been gained from years of clinical experience from treating a pertinent diagnosis or patient population.\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum for a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral Degree w/ certification in physical therapy or a foreign-trained equivalent required.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of Virginia required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\n- BLS Certification required.\n- Enrollment in PECOS required.\n- Maintains professional & neat appearance at all times.\n- Teaches Occupational Therapy related Health Education Classes, if demonstrates the required clinical skills.\n- Becomes actively involved in supervision & orientation of volunteers w/in Occupational Therapy Department.\n- Participates in community activities & member education at least 2 times per year, which may include teaching health education classes, participating in medical center functions & attending community health fairs.\n- Is flexible for coverage as needed in other facilities w/in the service area.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Knowledge of or practice in at least 75% of Basic OT Clinical Core Competencies preferred. Refer to list of clinical competencies.\n- This position will be at both the George Mason location and the new Tysons location scheduled to open in August 2012.\n- Must be able to work andtravel (rotating schedule)between the two facilities (George Mason and Tysons).\n- Will consider flexible hours to accommodate the needs of the department.\n- Hands-on experience is preferred.\n- Should be flexible to consider occasional coverage at centers within the Kaiser Permanente system.\n\nWill consider flexible hours to accommodate the needs of the department. Hand experience is preferred. Should be flexible to consider occasional coverage at centers with in the Kaiser Permanente system.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:37:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370559/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist II", "reqid": "128914", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 27370559}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Falls Church", "description": "Title: Occupational Therapist III\nLocation: Falls Church, VA\nResponsible for occupational therapy management of patients under the direction & supervision of the Occupational Therapy Supervisor.\n\nEssential Functions:\n-Assumes all responsibilities as outlined in Occupational Therapist II job description.\n-Provides consultation & mentoring to the occupational therapy staff in their specific area of specialization.\n-Provides education to occupational therapists through formal & informal education in their specific specialty both locally & regionally.\n-Assists in the development & implementation of new clinical practice models for the delivery of care to members who require their expertise.\n-For their area of specialty, acts as a consultant to staff members for the management of patients & is a resource for on-going, professional development of the staff in their specialty. Assesses staff competencies, clinical judgment, education, & training needs in their specialty. Provides direct patient care, especially for patients w/ complex problems related to their specialty.\n-Provides competent patient care at a senior level as defined below. Senior therapists provide leadership to the department, supervise OTA's students & support staff.\n- Provides a leadership role to enhance the effectiveness & efficiency of occupational therapy services.\n-Provides clinical direction to staff in our role as senior staff.\n-Assumes responsibility for the management of high volume of patients, including those w/ complex problems or special needs in their area of specialty.\n-Provides assistance to Supervisor as needed & covers for Supervisor when out of the office.\n-Provides coverage as needed in other facilities within the service area if appropriate.\n-Performs other related duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 years of full-time practice experience in the area of specialty practice required.\n- Expertise or specialization required in any of the following:\n1) Completion of a post graduate degree from an accredited university with a specialty focus.\n2) or completion of a fellowship or has obtained a certificate from an accredited body or organization in a subject matter that is pertinent to our patient population and is clinic based.\n3) or can demonstrate expertise 100% competency in a particular subject matter in a clinical subject matter in high demand or in a clinical subject matter that we have limited resources or specialists on staff.\n4) or can demonstrate 100% competency that has been gained from years of clinical experience from treating a pertinent diagnosis or patient population.\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's or doctoral degree w/ certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent required.\n- Licensure to practice occupational therapy by the State of Virginia, Maryland, & or the District of Columbia required.\n- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Enrollment in PECOS required.\n- Demonstrate leadership skills and problem-solving abilities in the clinic & to our members.\n- Demonstrates behavior consistent w/ the criteria for professional practice.\n- Successfully be able to perform all core competencies completely.\n- Demonstrate leadership in project management, teaching, clinical instructor for students, committee membership.\n- Be involved in staff development & mentoring.\n\nPreferred Skills/Schedule Details:\n- This position will be at both the George Mason location and the new Tysons location scheduled to open in August 2012.\n- Must be able to work and travel (rotating schedule)between the two facilities (George Mason and Tysons).\n- Will consider flexible hours to accommodate the needs of the department.\n- Hands-on experience is preferred.\n- Should be flexible to consider occasional coverage at centers within the Kaiser Permanente system.", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:37:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370560/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Occupational Therapist III", "reqid": "128917", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Falls Church, VA", "uid": 27370560}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Waipahu", "description": "Title: LPN - Clinic I (Meds)\nLocation: Waipahu, HI\nUnder direction of Registered Nurse and medical orders of the Practitioner, provides direct and indirect nursing care in outpatient setting. Orients and serves as a resource to LPN Clinic/Meds II as needed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Reviews and prepares medical records for assigned patients; initiates follow-up for medical record as requested; reviews patients' needs; identifies and prepares orders for needs of patient for authorization by practitioner and may accept verbal orders per policy; observes, collects, and documents new information on patient; informs RN or practitioners regarding incomplete data, new observation or abnormal/unusual data\n- Demonstrates and applies competency in basic nursing skills and use of equipment; maintains current knowledge and skills needed to perform position; attends and participates in staff meetings as needed; participates in projects as requested\n- Assigns basic nursing tasks to unlicensed personnel as appropriate and according to department/unit standards; provides clear directions; acts as resource person to unlicensed staff; follows-up on assigned care to ensure it is given per standards, policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines\n- Follows discharge plan developed by Physician or RN; processes and/or follows-up with referrals as directed by practitioners; provides instruction and pre-printed information to patients as directed by RN and/or Practitioners, observes and documents patient/family response to instructions and reports any concerns\n- Provides educational materials to patients and reviews printed instructions with patients; collaborates with RN to revise teaching plan when needed\n- Implements basic nursing procedures per plan of care; administers treatments and medications as prescribed practitioner; performs point of care testing as authorized; provides laboratory, x-ray and other reports to practitioner for review; notifies patients of normal results as directed by practitioner; considers special needs of different age groups when providing care; sets priorities of care based on acuity of patients\n- Orients and serves as a resource to LPN Clinic/Meds II and unlicensed personnel as needed; demonstrates and instructs other team members in use of vendor specific products and /or department/unit standards and procedures\n- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Twelve months (2080 hours) of LPN experience\n- Hawaii State Board of Nursing approved curriculum for LPN licensure\n- Valid Hawaii LPN License (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure)\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in conflict resolution, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Acute care nursing experience\n- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in word processing and spreadsheet PC applications", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:37:28", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370549/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "LPN - Clinic I (Meds)", "reqid": "127086", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Waipahu, HI", "uid": 27370549}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: On-Call Medical Assistant\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nUnder direct supervision, performs basic & routine patient care & clerical duties to assist medical providers in the care & treatment of patients. Primary function is to room patients & facilitate provider schedule. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions &develops & sustains productive member/patient. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances. Builds rapport & relationships w/ members/patients; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs duties & resp.w/ excellence, enthusiasm, great service demonst. courteous behaviors & by anticipating physician & other needs\n- Prepares exam rooms for use by physicians & providers by cleaning, stocking supplies, equipment & instr.\n- Reviews & communicates to physician & other providers appt. schedule to determine patient visit order & requests for the day, greets patient to exam or treatment rm. in a respectful & caring manner\n- Keeps patients, physician or providers, & team members, informed of physician's or provider's status &/or time delays\n- Interviews patient to determine reason for visit; takes patient's vital signs, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height & weight; records information in patient's med record; & reports findings to appropriate personnel, according to standard requirements\n- Instructs or assists patients in prep. for scheduled procedures in a caring & courteous manner\n- Performs basic, routine & regular delegated medical functions & within appropriate scope of practice as inferred by knowledge, skill level, & KP guidelines (vision screening, ear irrigations, hearing tests, hematocrit, tonometry measurements, EKG tests, collecting throat, wound, & sputum specimens, & urine cultures) using approp instruments, techniques, & specimen labeling process\n- Supports physicians & providers performing routine exam & treatment procedures by attending patient during procedures & providing appropriate supplies and instruments.\n- Performs routine clerical & reception duties, as required, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining dept logs, answering phones & taking messages, checking in patients, & scheduling patient appts\n- Prepares treatment rms for special procedures using knowledge of sterile technique\n- Cleans, packages & sterilizes reusable supplies & instr. appropriately using germicide solution\n-Provides routine verbal and written instructions to patients as specifically directed, such as use of crutches, cast care and wound care; escorts patients to other patient care areas\n- Maintains a safe & healthy work environment for patients,self\n- Performs duties, such as assisting in orienting & training new employees, transporting equipment or patient, stocking shelves, taking inventories, ordering supplies\n- Demonstrates computer literacy for charting & reviewing in an automated med record.\n- Works within scope of practice & according to KP policies\n- Complies w/regulatory reqts & standards of care\n- See Compensation Job Description\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- HS graduation or equivalent\n- Completion of a Medical Assistant training program of at least 6 months in duration for the Medical Assistant\n- Copy of diploma & transcripts from program required.\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Certification as Medical Assistant preferred\n\nSalary Range: $16.73 - $18.28 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-03-24 18:37:24", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27370543/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "On-Call Medical Assistant", "reqid": "125709", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27370543}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Project Manager I\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\nResponsible for providing leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the first job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the entry level, a Project Manager may lead projects that impact a single functional area or service area. It is responsible for working on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Position will exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides technical leadership to projects.\n- Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Assesses project impact on the workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nThis is a repost of 126072\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three (3) or more years of experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Masters degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.\n- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Good project management and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:46:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359348/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager I", "reqid": "128587", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27359348}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Los Angeles", "description": "Title: Informatics Prac Specialist II\nLocation: Los Angeles, CA\nThe Informatics Practice Specialist II provides leadership, direction, and consultation in the planning, development, implementation, optimization, and evaluation of KP Health Connect (KPHC) Clinical Informatics efforts and other clinical systems. Provides expertise and support in the development and implementation of nursing applications. Partners with Information Technology, Nursing, QRM, medical and operational leaders to ensure existing and future information systems facilitate clinical practice, delivery of safe patient care and are consistent with clinical practice standards and aligned with federal, state, and local regulations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates and partners with Medical Center leaders, other Service Directors, and key stakeholders (e.g. Quality, PCS, IT) in identifying and implementing innovative models and best practices within clinical information systems.\n- Advocates use of KPHC/other clinical systems and directs development and implementation of changes to improve quality, care experience, and efficiency across the continuum of care.\n- Represents patient care services informatics needs at local and regional KPHC and other clinical system domains, governance committees, and other medical center workgroups.\n- Manages clinical systems to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction with emphasis on customer service and highest standards of quality and innovation.\n- Provides program planning, management and consultative services in areas of clinical education: training; development; and continuous learning.\n- Collaborates with medical center leaders to identify training needs for nursing staff in existing and new applications.\n- Aligns clinical education/development services/programs with current and future needs for a competent professional workforce.\n- Provides coaching and consultative services to clinical leaders to analyze/diagnose/solve clinical performance problems.\n- Conducts ad hoc training, and ensures appropriate utilization of KPHC and other clinical systems.\n- Provides leadership and technical advice related to KPHC, process and workflow design, data management and related processes.\n- Works in partnership with leadership and staff to translate nursing requirements into specifications for nursing information systems.\n- Evaluates the impact the information systems have on user workflow; identifies workflow and process changes that will enhance the use of nursing and clinical information systems.\n- Coordinates and facilitates on-going KPHC evaluation including: user accuracy, data integrity, and system reliability.\n- Develops and implements action plans as needed to support user accuracy, data integrity and system reliability.\n- Participates in post implementation change evaluation and supports users in maintaining changed processes.\n- Manages the impact of KPHC changes on the delivery of patient care and member services, including escalating change requests, planning upgrades, facilitating planned downtime, communicating changes to end users, and leadership\n- Participates in interdisciplinary and process improvement teams to identify potential future uses for KPHC/other clinical systems and potential improvements in the current use of the systems.\n- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics, nursing practices, and regulatory standards.\n- Informatics Specialist may manage a team.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BCLS required in hospital settings.\n- Masters degree required in related field.\n- American Nursing Credentialing Center certification in Informatics Nursing will be required within three (3) years.\n- Managed locally by the Nurse Staffing Office or Nurse Executive.\n- Five (5) to seven (7) years of substantial nursing experience in patient care.\n- Demonstrated leadership qualities.\n- Demonstrated expertise in clinical informatics and KPHC or similarly integrated electronic medical record.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of clinical education requirements, standards, and practices.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of performance improvement practices.\n- Proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.\n- Project management skills preferred.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Flexible hours for KPHC Downtimes and related informatics needs.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:46:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359347/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Informatics Prac Specialist II", "reqid": "128554", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Los Angeles, CA", "uid": 27359347}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Senior Process Transformation Project Manager\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nThe Healthcare Innovation Project Manager will be responsible for leading execution of Innovation and Process Improvement projects that have been identified as strategic initiatives for the organization. The responsibilities will include:\n- Lead multiple cross functional teams in scoping, planning, resourcing and implementing business and clinical process transformation project applying SixSigma, Lean and change management tools\n- Provide leadership in measuring and publishing project results and learning to internal stakeholder\n- Manage project resources, project plan issues, status report, training, communication and stakeholder relationship\n- Lead projects to implement foundational capabilities such as resource planning, project management methodology and portfolio management tools and processes\n- Mentor stakeholders before, during and after project timeline on the Process Transformation methodologies\n\nUnder general direction, provides leadership to two or more Project Managers. Ensures strategic direction of projects are in line with organizational business plan. Ensures various project teams provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise. May also manage a team committed to achieving specified goals of a highly visible, complex and multi-faceted project. This is the third job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At this level, the Project Manager is responsible for providing leadership to lower level Project Managers. This position works on problems of complex and diverse scope where analysis of data requires in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within broadly defined policies in developing methods and techniques for obtaining results.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership to two or more Project Managers.\n- Facilitates resolution of major problems encountered by Project Managers.\n- Works with senior management to negotiate major revisions in time commitment and resource allocation.\n- Ensures strategic directions of projects are in line with organizational business plan.\n- Provides general oversight, leadership and technical direction.\n- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of projects.\n- Coaches and mentors Project Managers; motivates them to maintain a consistent level of excellence in project management and outcomes.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or four (4) years of equivalent work experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Eight (8) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Proven ability to determine key business issues and develop effective action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum eight (8) years experience in healthcare and manufacturing.\n- Strong consulting and relationship management skills.\n- Clinical training experience.\n- Experience in healthcare operations.\n-Computerexperience in MS Office (Project, PowerPoint), Web savvy\n- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification is preferred\n- Supervisory experience (3-5 direct reports, analysts).\n-Good communication skills - Comfortable around high level people discussing status/issues.\n- Strong interest in Social Media, keeping up with trends in technology\n- Process Improvement/Innovation\n- Proven track record managing large scale and multi disciplinary projects applying Six Sigma/Lean methodology\n- Expert in Project Management - PMP certification preferred\n- Understanding of Information Technology trends\n- Strong consulting and relationship management skills\n- Innovative and out of the box thinker\n- Local travel 40%+ of the time\n\nNotes:\n- Lead cross functional teams in scoping, planning, resourcing and implementing innovation and process improvement projects.\n- Collaborate with the Innovation Manager to implement innovate industry solutions that have completed the proof of concept phase.\n- Lead the implementation of a Knowledge Networking infrastructure.\n- Contribute to writing case studies for internal and external publications.\n- Lead departmental project to build foundation capabilities.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:46:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359351/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Process Transformation Project Manager", "reqid": "128589", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27359351}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Diego", "description": "Title: Diag Med Sonographer I\nLocation: San Diego, CA\nUnder indirect supervision, performs a variety of diagnostic medical sonograms (such as abdominal and OB/Gynecology ultrasound examinations) utilizing complex ultrasound.\n\nEssential functions:\n- Is responsive to the needs of others by maintaining a professional behavior toward members & coworkers & creating a positive image for the department.\n- Models & reinforces ethical behavior in self & others in accordance to the Principles of Responsibility; adheres to organizational policies & guidelines; supports compliance initiatives.\n- Identifies the impact of cultural diversity & lifestyle choices on patient condition & makes accommodations for such differences.\n- Demonstrates competency & understands the overall operational functions of the department to include all reception duties & cashier functions.\n- Demonstrates an understanding of the cognitive, physical, emotional & chronological maturation process in delivery of services to patients of the age group served (neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric).\n- Able to assess data reflective of the patient's status & interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs & to provide the care needed in accordance w/ department policy.\n- Adjusts technical factors relative to the requirements of the study & the physical maturation of the patient.\n- Modifies patient positioning techniques relative to the patient's physical & cognitive abilities.\n- Always takes special care in handling, positioning and/or restraining infants & geriatric patients to avoid injury or excessive radiation exposure\n- Demonstrates competence & understands the overall operational function of the department to include scheduling of patient appointments by telephone, mail, or in person utilizing RIS.\n- Demonstrates competence in the operation of diagnostic ultrasound equipment, real time & mobile, to obtain quality diagnostic images.\n- Consistently selects correct technical factors relative to the requirements of the study & the patient's age & body habitus.\n- Consistently selects equipment settings & appropriate transducers in accordance w/ department protocols & patient body habitus.\n- Consistently processes hard copy images properly, utilizing automated equipment.\n- Properly & consistently follows specific infection control techniques relative to ultrasound imaging (e.g., cold sterilization of probes, use of condoms on endocavity probes, etc.).\n- Routinely manipulates transducer appropriately to obtain the desired images.\n- Consults w/ the radiologist or other clinician for purposes of clarifying orders.\n- Selects alternate or additional views appropriately relative to the patient's condition.\n- Does not attempt to perform an exam in any case in which it cannot be performed safely and/or properly.\n- Consistently demonstrates the ability to differentiate between normal & abnormal anatomy.\n- Documents clinical activities in a timely, comprehensive & accurate manner.\n- Completes & initials the standard consultation form & the radiology processing record accurately & immediately following each procedure.\n- Routinely documents patient history relative to previous surgery, childbirth & other conditions which could affect the ultrasonic image of internal organs.\n- Maintains equipment, supplies & work area in accordance w/ department guidelines.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Two (2) years of experience as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in a major medical center, preferred.\n- Experience with Acuson Sequoia, Philips iu-22 and Clickview ultrasound reporting package, preferred.\n- Current American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) certification to include registries of physics, abdomen, and Obstetrics/Gynecology\n- Graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredited ultrasound program OR a graduate from a Diagnostic Medical Sonography program with current ARDMS certification and one (1) year of experience as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer in a major medical center.\n- CPR (BLS-C, AHA approved course) certified or must be obtained during the probationary period.\n- Competency in components of sonography as listed: routine abdomen, abdomen Doppler, small parts, thyroid, and obstetrics/gynecology.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2 years experience in a hospital setting.\n- Skilled with GE Logiq E9, Philips IU22 equipment.\n- Have knowledge of Radiology Information Systems, and Clickview reporting program.\n\nNotes:\n- This position may require travel for assignment within the San Diego Service Area.\n- Work schedule may be adjusted to accommodate department needs.\n- This position includes a rotational assignment on the Ultrasound stand-by list.\n- The majority of hours will be on the day shift, but also cover evenings and weekends as needed.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:46:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359334/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diag Med Sonographer I", "reqid": "126749", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Diego, CA", "uid": 27359334}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Liver Transplant Coordinator - Kaiser Permanente - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nLiver Transplant Coordinator\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a Liver Transplant Coordinator who will be vital to the success of National Transplant Services NCAL Hub's Transplant Program in ensuring KP members receive the quality transplant care throughout the transplant continuum. The transplant coordinator oversees the quality of care and case management of transplant candidates throughout the pre- transplant, and post-periods.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates case management to include, but not limited to, continuity of care, inpatient and outpatient care, utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, travel and lodging, and concurrent review.\n- Identifies, reports, and monitors quality of care issues, trends, and events, as well as other information on the key elements of the quality program occurring both internally and within Centers of Excellence that relate to the delivery of care to transplant patients.\n- Maintains current knowledge in the field of transplantation and integrates this knowledge into the assessment of needs and problem solving required to manage across the continuum.\n- Establishes and maintains effective partnerships between KP and Centers of Excellence with the goal of providing total quality and case management for KP members receiving transplant services.\n- Assists in development and maintenance of educational materials for the KP transplant program, including but not limited to, information for members, families, physicians, and Centers of Excellence. Position may participate in operational and educational meetings with Centers of Excellence and KP Regions. Some travel may be required.\n- Position is responsible for providing cross coverage across the transplant areas managed by this Hub to ensure members receive quality care, cost effectively, and efficiently. Effective and efficient case management brings a multitude of services together to ensure a comprehensive system for care is in place. When services are successfully integrated, quality care and successful outcomes are achieved.\n- There is a managerial role assigned to a case manager which refers to the scope of responsibility it takes to coordinate the care of patients, including problem-solving and overcoming hurdles that may be identified. Decisions must be made relative to goal identification and achievement, as well as resources required to meet the needs of the patient. Incumbent must be able to utilize the nursing process to identify barriers to care and select appropriate solutions from potential options for intervention, based on a set of complex and individual patient needs. This includes identifying cultural and linguistic needs and incorporating actions to address such needs in the case management plan. Must also be able to provide age appropriate care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of inpatient experience or 3 years of case management or utilization management experience\n- 3 years of experience in transplantation, critical care, as well as case management experience\n- Bachelor's degree\n- RN License\n- Critical thinking skills required in order to make judgments based on facts and scientific principles\n- Business skills necessary for leadership ability, internal and external professional communication (both written & verbal), internal and external negotiation, regulatory and legislative knowledge, planning and outcome analysis.\n- Accountability means having the ability to practice independently\n- Tracking in order to evaluate care plans and strategies implemented through the case management process\n- PC & keyboarding proficiency required to meet standards for documentation of medical history and care\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Transplant knowledge preferable\n- Experience with KP systems a plus", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:43:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359178/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Liver Transplant Coordinator - Kaiser Permanente - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "128065", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27359178}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Transplant Coordinator - Float Position - Kaiser Permanente - Oakland, CA\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nTransplant Coordinator - Float Position\nKaiser Permanente\nOakland, CA\n\nKaiser Permanente is seeking a Transplant Coordinator who will be vital to the success of National Transplant Services NCAL Hub's Transplant Program in ensuring KP members receive the quality transplant care throughout the transplant continuum. The transplant coordinator oversees the quality of care and case management of transplant candidates throughout the pre-transplant, and post-transplant periods. This position will serve as a float nurse covering all transplant types managed by the Hub andproviding coverage for staff on vacation or leave. \nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates case management to include, but not limited to, continuity of care, inpatient and outpatient care, utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, travel and lodging, and concurrent review.\n- Identifies, reports, and monitors quality of care issues, trends, and events, as well as other information on the key elements of the quality program occurring both internally and within Centers of Excellence that relate to the delivery of care to transplant patients.\n- Maintains current knowledge in the field of transplantation and integrates this knowledge into the assessment of needs and problem solving required to manage across the continuum.\n- Establishes and maintains effective partnerships between KP and Centers of Excellence with the goal of providing total quality and case management for KP members receiving transplant services.\n- Assists in development and maintenance of educational materials for the KP transplant program, including but not limited to, information for members, families, physicians, and Centers of Excellence. Position may participate in operational and educational meetings with Centers of Excellence and KP Regions. Some travel may be required.\n- Position is responsible for providing float coverage across the transplant areas managed by this Hub to ensure members receive quality care, cost effectively, and efficiently. Effective and efficient case management brings a multitude of services together to ensure a comprehensive system for care is in place.\n- There is a managerial role assigned to a case manager which refers to the scope of responsibility it takes to coordinate the care of patients, including problem-solving and overcoming hurdles that may be identified. Decisions must be made relative to goal identification and achievement, as well as resources required to meet the needs of the patient. Incumbent must be able to utilize the nursing process to identify barriers to care and select appropriate solutions from potential options for intervention, based on a set of complex and individual patient needs. This includes identifying cultural and linguistic needs and incorporating actions to address such needs in the case management plan. Must also be able to provide age appropriate care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3 years of inpatient experience or 3 years of case management or utilization management experience\n- 3 years of experience in transplantation, critical care or oncology, as well as case management experience\n- Bachelor's degree\n- RN License\n- Critical thinking skills required in order to make judgments based on facts and scientific principles\n- Business skills necessary for leadership ability, internal and external professional communication (verbal and written), internal and external negotiation, regulatory and legislative knowledge, planning and outcome analysis.\n- Accountability means having the ability to practice independently\n- Tracking in order to evaluate care plans and strategies implemented through the case management process\n- PC & keyboarding proficiency required to meet standards for documentation of medical history and care\n\nAn individual should have the following core behaviors:\n\nChampions Innovation and Change\nCollaborates\nCommunicates Effectively\nDevelops Self/Others\nDrives for Results\nFocuses on the Customer\nTakes Accountability\nDemonstrates Business Acumen\nExerts Influence\nEmotional Intelligence*\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Transplant and/or oncology knowledge preferable\n- Experience with KP systems a plus", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:43:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359177/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Transplant Coordinator - Float Position - Kaiser Permanente - Oakland, CA", "reqid": "128064", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27359177}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Revenue Cycle Metrics and Analytics Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, MD)\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nRevenue Cycle Metrics & Analytics Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, MD)\n\nRevenue Cycle Metrics & Analytics Specialist\nNational Revenue Cycle Office\nAurora, CO - Pasadena or Oakland, CA - Portland, OR - Atlanta, GA - Parma, OH - Rockville, MD\n\nThe Revenue Cycle Metrics & Analytics Specialist will be a member of the National Revenue Cycle Office supporting the Regions Outside of California. This individual will focus on creating Revenue Cycle Systems governance across and within the ROC Regions. This individual will identify and assist the Regions in best practice solution design, identify opportunities for shared service, and drive consistency, efficiency and economies. This individual will assist with the development of a future state ROC Revenue Cycle Program that will evolve and mature from current operations and structure\n\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nSupport local Revenue Cycle leaders operationally\nPartner with National revenue cycle Metrics and Analytics team in the deployment of the MARC reporting tool to the ROC regions\nWork with ROC revenue cycle partners to develop key performance indicators, operational metrics, and other reporting as needed\nDrive national ROC revenue cycle initiatives in collaboration with local leadership\nEstablish and drive recurring ROC Revenue Cycle Analytics Community of Practice\nBuild cooperative relationships w/ ROC Regional Leaders and key stakeholders\nDirect the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in implementation and design of new or enhanced system functionality\nUses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor's degree or higher in health care administration, computer science, mathematics, statistics, information technology or related field\nFive or more years experience in health care data management and analysis\nExtensive knowledge of data systems and analytic tools such as Business Objects, SAS, Crystal, etc.\nAdvanced understanding of Epic's Clarity data model; certification or proficiency in at least one application strongly preferred\nAdvanced understanding of data flow in the Epic systems suite of applications\n- Seven years of experience, preferably in health care, working with large-scope, complex projects\nExceptional communication, influencing, and partnering skills at all organizational levels\nExtensive knowledge of health care issues and the health care industry\nKnowledge of health care coding and billing systems and practices a plus", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:43:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359182/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Revenue Cycle Metrics and Analytics Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, MD)", "reqid": "128783", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27359182}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Aurora", "description": "Title: Revenue Cycle Systems Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, or MD)\nLocation: Aurora, CO\nRevenue Cycle Systems Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, or MD)\n\nRevenue Cycle Systems Specialist\nNational Revenue Cycle Office\nAurora, CO - Pasadena or Oakland, CA - Portland, OR - Atlanta, GA - Parma, OH - Rockville, MD\n\nThe Revenue Cycle Systems Specialist will be a member of the National Revenue Cycle Office supporting the Regions Outside of California. This individual will focus on creating Revenue Cycle Systems governance across and within the ROC Regions. This individual will identify and assist the Regions in best practice solution design, identify opportunities for shared service, and drive consistency, efficiency and economies. This individual will assist with the development of a future state ROC Revenue Cycle Program that will evolve and mature from current operations and structure\n\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nSupport local Revenue Cycle leaders operationally\nEvaluate HealthConnect (Epic) configuration across regions for optimization and best practice identification and implementation\nDrive national ROC revenue cycle initiatives in collaboration with local leadership\nEstablish and drive recurring ROC Revenue Cycle Systems Community of Practice\nCollaborate with Scheduling, Revenue Cycle, Medical Operations, Physicians, & HealthConnect (Epic System) leaders to optimize KP's success to provide optimal system configuration that ensures complete and accurate data flow\nBuild cooperative relationships w/ ROC Regional Leaders and key stakeholders\nDirect the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in implementation and design of new or enhanced system functionality\nUse professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelors degree in health care, engineering, computer science, math, hard science or related field; masters preferred\n- Five or more years experience in health care information technology\n- Extensive knowledge of Epic Systems Corporation software suite, with focus on Resolute PB or HB, EpicCare Ambulatory or InPatient;certification or proficiency in at least one application required\n-Seven years of experience, preferably in health care, working with large-scope, complex projects\n- Exceptional communication, influencing, and partnering skills at all organizational levels.\n- Extensive knowledge of health care issues and the health care industry\n- Knowledge of health care coding and billing processes strongly preferred", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:43:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359183/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Revenue Cycle Systems Specialist (CO, CA, OR, GA, OH, or MD)", "reqid": "128767", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Aurora, CO", "uid": 27359183}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Contracts Manager, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (Oakland, CA)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nKaiser Permanente\nContracts Manager\nOakland, CA\n\n\nKaiser Permanente is looking for a Contracts Manager in Oakland for the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (KFRI). \n\nEssential Functions\n - Manages the KFRI contracting team comprised of analysts and administrators responsible for contract development, processing, tracking, and management of contract workload, prioritization and execution. Establishes operational objectives and work plans, and delegates assignments to individual contributors. Develops standardized approaches related to key contracting processes. Analyzes and reports contracting performance data to KFRI senior management and customers.\n - Maintains currency with Office of Management and Budget (OMB), state, industry regulations and best practices related to contracting for research, and recommends changes to policies and procedures as necessary. Ensures contracts are negotiated and executed in accordance with the terms of federal regulations, KP policies and procedures, and other applicable requirements. Develops and maintains contract standards & document templates.\n - Serves as liaison and support to regional research center with contracting questions. Provides support and guidance regarding contract legal terms and conditions. Work collaboratively with multiple internal and external customers to assess and coordinate revisions to contractual documents. This involves researching business practices, seeking legal and regulatory reviews of concepts, and soliciting approvals.\n - Maintains a strong working relationship with Northern California general accounting, other regional accounting departments and other Region's research staffs. Responsible for monthly production of department operating reports and ad hoc management reports. Provides input to the development of departmental policies and procedures. Uses the department software application to monitor Program-wide research accounts and to develop custom reports for providing information to management and customers.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n - 5+ years of process and/or project management, consulting, or related business experience\n - 2+ years of management experience (which may include matrixed experience)\n - Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years of equivalent experience\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with:\n - Contracts and grants\n - Working with the legal department\n - Multi-regional work\n - Research", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:43:55", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359185/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Contracts Manager, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (Oakland, CA)", "reqid": "128844", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27359185}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Medical Social Worker II (W12-27)\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThe primary role of the MSW II is to assist patients & families/caregivers to cope w/ the social/emotional issues & practical arrangements related to the patient's illness. Under general direction of Social Work Manager/LCSW, delivers age-appropriate care to patients/caregivers in accordance w/ agency policy & procedure & state/federal regulations. The MSW II is a member of the healthcare team providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information & referral to community resources & other social work services.\nEssential Functions:\n- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.\n- Provide counseling for disease acceptance & understanding.\n- Responsible for developing & implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients/families to cope &/or restore social, emotional, financial & environmental factors which affect(ed) by illness.\n- Completes psychosocial assessments.\n- Partners w/ patient to identify needs & develop/implement treatment plan.\n- Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources & external community/government resources to assist patient/family in developing short/long term care plans.\n- Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.\n- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services w/in Kaiser & community.\n- Assist patient/family w/ care & discharge planning.\n- Takes, reviews, evaluates & prioritizes written/oral referrals & maintains documentation.\n- Functions as part of the SNF Team to assure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members.\n- Collaborate w/ internal/external resources in Kaiser/community.\n- Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members & skilled nursing facilities.\n- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits.\n- Participates in UM/Quality Assurance.\n- Coordinate communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, field staff, members/families.\n- Works w/ referral sources to clarify/complete clinical & psychosocial information.\n- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Step I:< 2 yrs social work exp (MSW fieldwork not incl.)\n- Step II: 2-4 yrs social work exp w/in the last 5 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl.)\n- Step III: 4+ yrs social work exp w/in 10 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl.)\n- 1+ yr post MSW exp in healthcare setting pref'd - MSW internship may be considered in lieu of.\n- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education\n- LCSW pref'd\n- Inpt/Outpt Critical Care: Exp. & comfort w/ issues pertaining to death, dismemberment, disfigurement & disability. Exp. w/ ethical issues & documented exp. providing clinical svcs specific to anticipatory death, dying process & bereavement\n- Med/Surg: Exp. in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp. w/ wide variety of illnesses/condition & resulting needs\n- Oncology: Exp. in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp. w/ wide variety of oncological diagnosis & resulting coping & other psychosocial issues. Exp. facilitating support groups\n- HIV: Exp. in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp. counseling re: loss & psychosocial issues specific to HIV/AIDS. Exp. facilitating support groups\n- Maternal/Child: Exp. providing clinical counseling re: high risk pregnancy, diabetes, genetic defects, & substance abuse. Exp. & knowledge of appropriate community resources specific to newborns & their families. Exp. w/ adoption/surrogate birth laws\n- Peds: Exp. providing clinical svcs to children w/ acute & chronic med. conditions. Knowledge & Exp. w/ child abuse reporting laws, procedures & agencies. Exp. working w/ families of children diagnosed w/ wide variety of illnesses incl. childhood cancers, Cystic Fibrosis & Diabetes\n- Alzheimer's/Dementia: Exp. working w/ elderly & other diagnosed w/ a wide variety of dementia. Exp. w/ a wide variety of community resources to meet needs of this population. Exp's. w/ the common stresses re: caregiving\n- Chronic Conditions: Exp. providing clinical svcs to patients w/ multiple ongoing health conditions. Works w/ nursing to insure patients are as active & healthy as possible\n- Palliative Care: Exp. in initiating/participating in end of life discussions w/ patients & families, assisting in hospice referrals, holding family confs., home visits & advanced care planning\n- Geographic Managed Care: Exp. in crisis intervention, counseling & referral svcs to socially high risk women who are pregnant &/or parenting children under age 5 . Svcs are provided on an outpt basis incl. transportation, home visits, housing, infant supplies & referral svcs\n- Discharge Planning/UM: Exp. planning discharges & Utilization Mgmt (if appl.)\n- Demonstrated ability to work on multidisciplinary team\n- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills\n- Knowledge of chronic & acute disease; how it impacts patient/family functioning\n- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone & written communication skills\n- Must be computer-literate &, preferably, exp'd in automated clinical info systems\n- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member\n- Must be able to master detailed & complex info regarding benefits & coord. of care\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement\n- Must be willing to work in a LMP environment", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359137/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Medical Social Worker II (W12-27)", "reqid": "128371", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27359137}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vacaville", "description": "Title: Trauma Department Manager\nLocation: Vacaville, CA\nManages 24-hour departments providing patient care services. Ensures staff provide high quality, accessible, cost effective care, and patient focused services to members across the continuum, which comply with local, state, and federal requirements. Develops and maintains clinical standards of care and practice; responsible for all resource budgeting, selection and development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.\n- Ensures Assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.\n- Develops and monitors budgets for the appropriate use of human and material resources.\n- Monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.\n- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.\n- Ensures on going staff development.\n- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.\n- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Manages the operations of the Trauma Program.\n- Provides leadership and direction in planning, designing, and implementing the Level II and/or Level III Trauma Center. Implements and evaluates the programs of the Trauma Center.\n- Serves as an expert on registered nurse staffing requirements and staffing methodologies in a Trauma Center.\n- May assist in the development of clinical practice guidelines and protocols with expected outcomes for groups of patients with similar diagnoses.\n- Participates with facility leadership in planning the space, equipment, staffing, policies, and procedures of the Trauma Center.\n- Responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, and evaluating the delivery of trauma services by maintaining Level II and/or Level III Standards of Care, Practice, and Performance.\n- Directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.\n- May supervise both professional and non-professional staff, conduct quality studies, and lead performance improvement activities.\n- Ensures coordination of trauma services with other hospital and clinic services.\n- Adheres to labor contracts while carrying out responsibilities.\n- Participates in labor-management partnership activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).\n- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Master's degree preferred.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certificate required.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- ACLS certificate\n- TNCC certificate\n- Minimum 10 years progressively responsible experience in emergency medicine management roles with at least 5 years experience in a trauma setting.\n- Experience training emergency department staff.\n- Demonstrated success in working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359142/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Trauma Department Manager", "reqid": "128564", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vacaville, CA", "uid": 27359142}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Area Finance Officer I\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nIn collaboration with the Area Manager and Chief Operating Officer, drives the financial and operational performance of the Area. Serves as the local representative of Regional Finance, ensuring a consistent approach to managing performance.Oversees the development of short and long range financial plans, performance improvement plans, budgets, capital plans and business plan for the Area. The Area Finance Officer (AFO) is also accountable for maintaining the integrity of overall Area fiscal operations, including adherence to region-wide policies and procedures, Sarbanes-Oxley, revenue collection, patient billing, admitting, and Health Information Management. The AFO acts as the Chief Financial Officer for the Area, and serves as the liaison between the Area and regional services for fiscal operations. Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with Regional Senior leadership and TPMG.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for driving performance, in collaboration with the Area Manager, and Chief Operating Officer.\n- Establishes and manages the process for improving performance reviewing performance against plan, identifying performance drivers and improvement opportunities.\n- Partners with other AFOs and Regional Finance to develop recommended approaches that drive consistency and standardization across the Region.\n- Drives the standardization of financial and planning processes.\n- Responsible for consistent practices among Areas, and coordinating activities between the Area and Regional Finance.\n- Ensures that issues associated with Region versus Area responsibilities are surfaced and resolved.\n- Collaborates with financial counterparts in the medical group.\n- Responsible for maintaining a collaborative relationship between finance personnel in the Area and the medical group.\n- Champions regional initiatives and drives local implementation of initiatives (e.g., DHMO, KP HealthConnect, cost center standardization and UCOA).\n- Coordinates and provides oversight to Shared Services activities including IT, materials management, Payroll and Accounts Payable.\n- Responsible for the development of annual and multi-year forecasts of Area revenue and expense.\n- Develops overhead allocation in conjunction with regional departments.\n- Partners with the Area Manager and Senior Leadership to develop and implement financial plans and budgets, including medical services and capacity planning.\n- Responsible for cost management methodology and capital requirements.\n- Directs the analysis and oversight of performance to operational budgets including benchmarking and opportunity analysis and ensures day to day cost performance.\n- Prepares reports and analyses relating to membership, revenues, expenses, and utilization.\n- Directs the design and implementation of data collection and reporting systems.\n- Provides direction to Area Manager and Area finance team on appropriate financial policies and procedures.\n- Works with Regional Finance to develop standardized approaches related to key processes including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and capital planning.\n- Identifies opportunities to eliminate rework and redundancies between the Areas and Region.\n- Responsible for the development of a long-range capital plan and business plan addressing market trends and area needs.\n- Partners with Senior Leadership and TPMG in addressing Area operational and service delivery needs.\n- Assume other duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications\n- Extensive experience, (ten (10) plus years), in finance management and strategic planning in a multi-faceted health care system and multi-service provider setting required.\n- Third party billing and health information management experience desired.\n- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's degree or CPA strongly preferred.\n- Thorough knowledge of federal and state regulatory accounting and reporting regulations, GAAP, cost management techniques, financial analysis, and budgets required.\n- Demonstrated expertise as a financial and strategic leader with excellent problem-solving skills.\n- Proven capability to motivate change and galvanize action.\n- Proven ability to balance execution of a strategic vision with a willingness to dive into details and consistent results-orientation.\n- Demonstrated leadership capabilities including excellent interpersonal skills (negotiation, listening, and communication).\n- Willingness to challenge the 'status quo'.\n- Demonstrated political savvy and open collaborative leadership style that promotes teamwork and partnership.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359143/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Area Finance Officer I", "reqid": "128559", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27359143}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Emergency Preparedness Planner\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThis position exists to plan for disasters, emergency responses and recovery and contingency plans in a cost effective manner. Threat analysis, education and training programs and development of a related communication plan are also performed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Builds and maintains a framework for cost-effective disaster preparedness and emergency response for medical centers and provides a professional level of disaster contingency planning capabilities.\n- Prepares response and recovery plans and procedures to minimize operational disruptions and financial impacts of emergencies and disasters.\n- Develops, implements, and maintains medical center readiness (Emergency Operations Center resources and facility emergency management structures and systems) to respond appropriately to major disaster events. Develops and exercises EOC and organizational protocols to ensure timeliness and effectiveness of response.\n- Develops and manages contingency planning projects and attendant strategic communications plan.\n- Develops program/ planning standards/ guidelines and response/recovery procedures.\n- Recommends and supports implementation of contingency planning solutions.\n- Analyzes threats and risks and their potential business impact on critical resources and functions.\n- Designs and presents education/ training programs and resource materials for medical center staff employees and physicians in all areas of disaster preparedness and emergency response.\n- Develops and oversees implementation of an Emergency Communication System and provides training to ensure readiness and maintenance of system.\n- Acts as liaison to community organizations, local and state government as well as Kaiser regional offices in areas of disaster preparedness.\n- Perform other duties as required.\n- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (usually five (5) plus years) in an emergency management, emergency planner, or business continuity planning position contributing to the development, implementation, and maintenance of a complex organizational emergency management system.\n- Experience developing training programs preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.\n- Master's degreeand/or professional certification preferred.\n- Certification in emergency preparedness planning and management and/or certification in disaster recovery or business continuity preferred.\n- Extensive knowledge of all phases of disaster mitigation, (preparedness, response and recovery) and principles of emergency management (planning and development).\n- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.\n- Demonstrated skills in threat analysis and continuity planning methodology preferred.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359144/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Emergency Preparedness Planner", "reqid": "128578", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27359144}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Clinical Nurse Specialist [940]\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis and includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review. This determination will be made within the next several months. Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit and become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information.\nProvides in-depth clinical expertise in a defined area of nursing practice (eg., pediatrics, oncology, adult medicine). Develops and ensures quality standards for nursing practice for a specific patient population. Provides advanced clinical practice education, consultation, research and administration.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice.\n- Collaborates with nursing staff in assessing patient, family age-specific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex high-risk patients.\n- Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided.\n- Designs teaching programs for patients/families and provides assistance to nursing staff in program implementation.\n- Develops interdisciplinary plans of care for complex and high risk patients.\n- In conjunction with members of the health care team, assesses staff knowledge and identifies competency-based education needs of staff and members.\n- Designs and implements education programs to ensure the quality of staff knowledge and skills. Introduces new techniques/innovation based on advanced practice trends.\n- May serve as a preceptor to graduate healthcare students.\n- Provides consultation to physicians, nurses and other heath care providers in meeting care needs of individual or groups of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings.\n- Makes recommendations to change standards of care or standards of practice based on own research or the research of others. Defines and implements best nursing practices.\n- Assists in interviewing staff and provides input into evaluations regarding clinical competence and provides coaching and counseling.\n- Participates and consults in setting the direction for QA&I monitoring, establishing standards and evaluating outcomes. Collects and analyzes data regarding patient care outcomes, trends, morbidity and mortality.\n- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.\n- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.\n- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation.\n- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Three years experience in area of specialty required.\n- Prior Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred.\n- BSN required.\n- Clinical Masters in Nursing, in area of specialization, is required.\n- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- California Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification in area of specialty required.\n- Current BLS certificate required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- ACLS or PALS Certification preferred.\n- Demonstrated clinical expertise in area of specialty.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:20", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359146/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Nurse Specialist [940]", "reqid": "128629", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27359146}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Redwood City", "description": "Title: Nursing Shift Supervisor (AE211)\nLocation: Redwood City, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts and weekends and manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care and compliance w/ regulations.\nEssential Functions:\n- Manages the off-hours and weekend patient care activities.\n- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.\n- Coordinates and monitors staffing for all shifts and maintains appropriate staffing levels and skill mix.\n- Participates in developing, reviewing, and updating departmental policies and procedures.\n- Identifies and implements best practices to provide improved quality care and services.\n- Assess and monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.\n- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum.\n- Follows-up on all clinical issues.\n- Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related and developmental needs of patients.\n- Supervises staff, assesses their needs and identifies educational opportunities.\n- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.\n- Acts as patient advocate.\n- Assists in developing, monitoring and maintaining the budget.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities to reduce costs.\n- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous acute care hospital experience, usually four (4) years, required.\n- Previous supervisory experience, usually one (1) year, required.\n- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- BLS certification required.\n- ACLS certification strongly preferred.\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written and communication skills.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:16", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359132/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Shift Supervisor (AE211)", "reqid": "128308", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Redwood City, CA", "uid": 27359132}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Fresno", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1060-0303)\nLocation: Fresno, CA\nThe Staff Nurse (SN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The SN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.\n- Main Operating Room - Two years recent (within the last 3 years) experience circulating and/or scrubbing surgical procedures in an acute care hospital operating room. Available for call back within 30 minutes of the facility.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359127/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Inpatient Nursing (1060-0303)", "reqid": "127251", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Fresno, CA", "uid": 27359127}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "San Francisco", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care/Case Management 40/hr Day*Bilingual Spanish Speaking Required*\nLocation: San Francisco, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- AMBULATORY CARE, GENERALIST - 1 year acute care experience. 6 months recent (within the last 3 years) experience in ambulatory care preferred.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n- Bilingual Spanish speaking required.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:42:04", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359123/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care/Case Management 40/hr Day*Bilingual Spanish Speaking Required*", "reqid": "126942", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "uid": 27359123}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Rosa", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II\nLocation: Santa Rosa, CA\nThis is a Physician Assistant II position for the Plastic Surgery and POM Departments.\n\nUnder the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.\n- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.\n- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures; provides blood transfusion information; performs surgical peri-operative procedures; locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.\n- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.\n- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines: Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.\n- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records; assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery; reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies; assists with technical management of patients.\n- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist; dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nThe position requires working three days/week in a Perioperative Medicine Program. Duties include conducting telephone interviews/preoperative histories, ordering preoperative labs, giving medication instructions, and other pre-surgical activities. Must also be able to conduct preoperative physical examinations.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- One year previous experience in the last five years as a physician assistant.\n- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).\n- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).\n- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.\n- BLS certification required.\n- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).\n- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).\n- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- First Assistant to the Surgeon.\n-2 years minimum current PA experience in a hospital setting with privileges.\n\n\nSchedule: Mon, Wed, Fri: 8:00AM - 4:30PM; Tues, Thurs: 7:00AM - 4:00PM", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:41:40", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359112/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II", "reqid": "125416", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Rosa, CA", "uid": 27359112}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Sacramento", "description": "Title: Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I\nLocation: Sacramento, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I (CTRC-I) is a novice level position which, under the clinical direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), assists in the operational & administrative research support of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) PI & KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Director or designee, & other research staff conducting multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. This is a non-licensed position which works under the daily supervision of an experienced Clinical Trial Nurse, Clinical Trial Research Coordinator, &/or KFRI-designated, licensed clinical trial research staff member. This position is also responsible for assisting in protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\nEssential Functions:\n- W/ guidance from PI, assists w/ ensuring compliance w/ KPNC IRB Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) & document applications\n- Adheres to Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (GCP), federal, state, & local regulations, & KP policies & procedures\n- Assists w/ preparation for inspections, audits, & monitoring visits\n- Prepares packets for participants e.g., instructions, phone numbers, calendars, diaries, etc.\n- Shipping of protocol specimens to the Sponsor lab in accordance w/ IATA/DOT regulations & Sponsor shipping guidelines\n- Directs issues requiring medical decision-making to the appropriate licensed staff member promptly\n- Provides PI &/or Clinical Trial Nurse w/ the ongoing informed consent process by coordinating the current consent documents\n- Documents research data & reports the information to the appropriate licensed staff member & PI for assessment\n- Assists w/ data entry of study activity onto a case report form & maintains a database program to track all study activity\n- Assists in ensuring that study-related, non-test article supplies are shipped & re-supplied according to protocol\n- Assists in obtaining protocol specific regulatory documents including MDs/RNs licenses & CVs\n- Supports the regulatory team in the maintenance of critical documents required to be maintained & provided to the Sponsor during the conduct of the trial\n- Assists in study closure activities including preparation & collection of close-out documentation, & preparation of study files for distribution to long-term storage\n- Communicates compliance & operational needs w/ internal & external parties, PI, KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Leader or designee, & KPNC Office(s) of Clinical Trial Compliance\n- Participates in training & development activities to improve performance\n- Works w/ an assigned mentor on a regular basis for training & resource questions\n- Attends KP site-initiated meetings for protocol training including Sponsor-initiated meetings\n- Participates as a member of the Clinical Trial Operations Team (CTOT) & attend meetings\n- Adheres to departmental policies & procedures to ensure confidentiality, privacy, & security of clinical research interactions in compliance w/ KP policies\n- Maintains systems & resources to effectively communicate w/ & obtain required IRB documentation\n- No supervisory responsibilities\n\nSecondary Functions:\n-Responsible for assisting the Administrative Director for adult oncology clinical trials; monthly and quarterly meeting planning and set up, calendar maintenance, facilitate training for multiple sites/staff, supply ordering, assist with medical/nursing staff education; assist in ordering all protocol required items; preparation, collection, and shipment of all required protocol elements.\n-Travel to other sites as needed for research activity/patient coverage.\n-This job is in adult oncology. Home base will be Sacramento.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum AA degree or 2 years of work experience in an ambulatory &/or acute health care setting required; LVN may be substituted for an AA degree\n- Bachelor's degree or 1-year work experience\n- Clinical trials experience preferred\n- Willingness to obtain IATA/DOT certification\n- Current BLS certification required\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, & local regulations including HIPAA & KP policies & procedures\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems & databases used in research environment & word-processing or willingness to learn within 3 months of hire\n- Organizational & communication skills\n- Written, verbal, & interpersonal communication skills\n- Proficiency in medical terminology\n- Attention to detail & accuracy\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks\n- Good prioritization & organizational skills\n- Ability to be flexible & dependable\n- Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams\n- Present professional manner & appearance\n- Skill in administrative tasks i.e., filing, photocopying, faxing, etc\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment\n- Satisfies requirements for career advancement/maintenance as defined by the Clinical Trial Career Ladder Program\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 2-3 years experience as an administrative assistant.\n- Medical background a plus.\n- Ability to make and complete accurate and timely assessments.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently and cooperatively in multiple settings.\n- Exhibited ability to set priorities and meet goals.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Excellent documentation skills.\n- Be flexible, organized, detail oriented and tenacious in follow-through.\n- Possess the ability to work well under pressure.\n- Computer skills in WORD, Excel and internet preferred.\n- Willingand able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation.\n- Willing to abide by Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and all FDA regulations.\n\n++NOTE: This position iscontingent upon research funding. This job is in adult oncology. Home base will be Sacramento. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation.++", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:41:08", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359092/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I", "reqid": "122786", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Sacramento, CA", "uid": 27359092}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Vision Service Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Largo, MD\nAssists the vision services department by scheduling appointments, greeting & assisting patients, performing initial vision tests, & assisting optometrists & opticians.\nEssential Functions:\n- Makes appointments for patients w/ optometrists & ophthalmologists.\n- Greets patients, takes co-payments, enters data into medical records, & escorts patients to examination room.\n- Performs initial tests for optometry patients using specialized equipment.\n- Provides test results to optometrist & identifies abnormal conditions.\n- Assists optometrist to conduct examinations as directed.\n- Assists patients to understand spectacle & contact lens options following diagnosis by optometrist.\n- Assists patients in the selection of spectacle frames under direction of an optician.\n- Cleans & polishes hard & soft lenses.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months experience working w/ contact lenses required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent education required.\n- One of the following certifications: Contact Lens Dispenser (US-CLD), National Contact lens Examiners Certification, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (US-COA, CPOA, CPOT), National Para-Optometric (US-CPO), Completion of any Optometric Assistant Program of studies, Completion of the Self-Study Paraoptometric Assistant Course, Ophthalmic Medical Assisting-Independent Study Course, or any comparable certification or Optometric or Ophthalmic course completion required or within 6 months from date of hire.\n- Completion of a proficiency checklist within 90 days of employment.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in a retail or vision services environment preferred.\n- CPR certification preferred", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359060/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Service Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "128694", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 27359060}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: OphthalmologyAssistant II-OC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\n*Schedule: On Call, Variable Hours\n\nPerforms initial work-up & specialized examinations of the eye as directed by ophthalmologist. Assists ophthalmologist w/ clinical examination & surgical procedures as directed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews each patient to obtain information about symptoms & documents information provided by patient in medical record.\n- Follows established protocol to determine the appropriate tests to perform based on patient's description of symptoms & personal inspection of eye.\n- Uses specialized equipment to test patient's vision & condition.\n- Provides test results to provider & brings attention to abnormal conditions.\n- Assists the ophthalmologist in the clinical examination of the eye & in surgical procedures as directed.\n- Applies eye dressings & protective shields as directed.\n- Documents examination results & treatments in patient file.\n- Cleans & maintains specialized equipment & work areas.\n- Attends patients requiring emergency care & alerts ophthalmologist to their condition.\n- Performs other related duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as an Ophthalmology Assistant I required.\n- Successfully demonstrated proficiency on initial skills assessment during the interview process required.\n- High school diploma/ GED required.\n- Formal course in ophthalmology or military training.\n- Certification as an Ophthalmic Assistant by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology or obtained within 12 mths of date of hire required\n- CPR certification required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359061/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "OphthalmologyAssistant II-OC", "reqid": "128699", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 27359061}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Largo", "description": "Title: Ophthalmology Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Largo, MD\n*Schedule: On Call, Variable Hours\n\nPerforms initial work-up & specialized examinations of the eye as directed by ophthalmologist. Assists ophthalmologist w/ clinical examination & surgical procedures as directed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews each patient to obtain information about symptoms & documents information provided by patient in medical record.\n- Follows established protocol to determine the appropriate tests to perform based on patient's description of symptoms & personal inspection of eye.\n- Uses specialized equipment to test patient's vision & condition.\n- Provides test results to provider & brings attention to abnormal conditions.\n- Assists the ophthalmologist in the clinical examination of the eye & in surgical procedures as directed.\n- Applies eye dressings & protective shields as directed.\n- Documents examination results & treatments in patient file.\n- Cleans & maintains specialized equipment & work areas.\n- Attends patients requiring emergency care & alerts ophthalmologist to their condition.\n- Performs other related duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as an ophthalmology assistant I required.\n- High school diploma/ GED required.\n- Formal course in ophthalmology or military training.\n- Certification as an ophthalmic assistant by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology or obtained within 12 months of date of hire required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Successfully demonstrated proficiency on initial skills assessment during the interview process required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359062/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ophthalmology Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "128700", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Largo, MD", "uid": 27359062}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Ophthalmology Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Kensington, MD\n*Schedule: On Call, Variable Hours\n\nPerforms initial work-up & specialized examinations of the eye as directed by ophthalmologist. Assists ophthalmologist w/ clinical examination & surgical procedures as directed.\nEssential Functions:\n- Interviews each patient to obtain information about symptoms & documents information provided by patient in medical record.\n- Follows established protocol to determine the appropriate tests to perform based on patient's description of symptoms & personal inspection of eye.\n- Uses specialized equipment to test patient's vision & condition.\n- Provides test results to provider & brings attention to abnormal conditions.\n- Assists the ophthalmologist in the clinical examination of the eye & in surgical procedures as directed.\n- Applies eye dressings & protective shields as directed.\n- Documents examination results & treatments in patient file.\n- Cleans & maintains specialized equipment & work areas.\n- Attends patients requiring emergency care & alerts ophthalmologist to their condition.\n- Performs other related duties as requested.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience as an ophthalmology assistant I required.\n- High school diploma/ GED required.\n- Formal course in ophthalmology or military training.\n- Certification as an ophthalmic assistant by the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology or obtained within 12 months of date of hire required.\n- CPR certification required.\n- Successfully demonstrated proficiency on initial skills assessment during the interview process required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software required.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:15", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359063/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Ophthalmology Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "128702", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 27359063}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Kensington", "description": "Title: Vision Service Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Kensington, MD\nAssists the vision services department by scheduling appointments, greeting & assisting patients, performing initial vision tests, & assisting optometrists & opticians.\nEssential Functions:\n- Makes appointments for patients w/ optometrists & ophthalmologists.\n- Greets patients, takes co-payments, enters data into medical records, & escorts patients to examination room.\n- Performs initial tests for optometry patients using specialized equipment.\n- Provides test results to optometrist & identifies abnormal conditions.\n- Assists optometrist to conduct examinations as directed.\n- Assists patients to understand spectacle & contact lens options following diagnosis by optometrist.\n- Assists patients in the selection of spectacle frames under direction of an optician.\n- Cleans & polishes hard & soft lenses.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months experience working w/ contact lenses required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent education required.\n- One of the following certifications: Contact Lens Dispenser (US-CLD), National Contact lens Examiners Certification, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (US-COA, CPOA, CPOT), National Para-Optometric (US-CPO), Completion of any Optometric Assistant Program of studies, Completion of the Self-Study Paraoptometric Assistant Course, Ophthalmic Medical Assisting-Independent Study Course, or any comparable certification or Optometric or Ophthalmic course completion required or within 6 months from date of hire.\n- Completion of a proficiency checklist within 90 days of employment.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in a retail or vision services environment preferred.\n- CPR certification preferred", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359056/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Service Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "128531", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Kensington, MD", "uid": 27359056}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Vision Service Assistant II-OC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nAssists the vision services department by scheduling appointments, greeting & assisting patients, performing initial vision tests, & assisting optometrists & opticians.\nEssential Functions:\n- Makes appointments for patients w/ optometrists & ophthalmologists.\n- Greets patients, takes co-payments, enters data into medical records, & escorts patients to examination room.\n- Performs initial tests for optometry patients using specialized equipment.\n- Provides test results to optometrist & identifies abnormal conditions.\n- Assists optometrist to conduct examinations as directed.\n- Assists patients to understand spectacle & contact lens options following diagnosis by optometrist.\n- Assists patients in the selection of spectacle frames under direction of an optician.\n- Cleans & polishes hard & soft lenses.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 6 months experience working w/ contact lenses required.\n- High school diploma or equivalent education required.\n- One of the following certifications: Contact Lens Dispenser (US-CLD), National Contact lens Examiners Certification, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (US-COA, CPOA, CPOT), National Para-Optometric (US-CPO), Completion of any Optometric Assistant Program of studies, Completion of the Self-Study Paraoptometric Assistant Course, Ophthalmic Medical Assisting-Independent Study Course, or any comparable certification or Optometric or Ophthalmic course completion required or within 6 months from date of hire.\n- Completion of a proficiency checklist within 90 days of employment.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in a retail or vision services environment preferred.\n- CPR certification preferred", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359057/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Vision Service Assistant II-OC", "reqid": "128544", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 27359057}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Clinical RN - On Call - Baltimore\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nTo coordinate and monitor care of patients in the assigned clinical area.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area. Ensures narcotics and drug supplies are available in the assigned clinical area and assures the proper security of all narcotics and controlled substances according to KP standards and applicable regulatory laws. Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.\n- Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies. Responds to emergency situations throughout medical facility. Documents emergency situation to supervisor.\n- Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anticoagulant therapy, therapeutic diet instruction, weight control, and other areas as designated.\n- Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with procedures as appropriate.\n- Coordinates recovery care of patients post sedation. Ensures safety measures are instituted for all compromised patients receiving care.\n- Triages walk-in patients as needed or assigned.\n- Supervises patient flow and directs other clinical support staff in the delivery of patient care within the Health Care Team (HCT).Acts as a resource person to LPNs and Clinic Assistants.\n- Acts as patient advocate and resolves problem within HCT. Brings unresolved issues to Clinical Coordinator's attention if unresolved within the team.\n- Performs other related duties as directed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 1 year of current experience HMO or ambulatory setting is required.\n- Experience in IV Therapy is required.\n- Current RN license in appropriate jurisdiction is required.\n- Current CPR certification is required\n- Passing a standard medication test is required.\n- Proficiency in the use of applicable computer software.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- BSN is preferred.\n- Travel will be required on a mobile health vehicle provided by Kaiser Permanente.\n- Must be willing to travel to locations in the service area.\n- We reach out to members and non-members to help close care gaps and improve health outcomes.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:39:10", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359053/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical RN - On Call - Baltimore", "reqid": "126872", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27359053}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Programmer Analyst, Consultant Specialist - SQL\nLocation: Oakland, CA\n\nAs one of the nation's leaders in quality health care for over 55 years, Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to enhancing health care delivery through state-of-the-art information tools and top-notch talent. The experts at Kaiser Permanente Information Technology are at the heart of that mission and you can be one of them. If you are excited about working with cutting edge technology and have the right blend of creativity and experience, consider the following opportunity within our National Clinical Call Centers group. This group partners with The Permanente Company and Permanente Medical and other Kaiser medical groups around the country to foster clinical systems development.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n- Writing packages, procedures, functions and triggers.\n- Optimizing the performance of new and existing SQL queries.\n- Investigating and resolving data anomalies.\n- Completing Oracle DDL tasks.\n- Coordinating efforts with the application development team.\n- Obtaining new data requirements from the client.\n- Ability to be flexible and adaptable as part of a development team that will require completion of tasks that will cross the functional and technical aspects of projects.\n- Document existing environments.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 8 years of related experience in conducting highest level analyses regarding programs/applications/systems and making strategic recommendations to management.\n- 8+ years of technical experience in a fast paced, Information Technology Department consisting of a combination of staff and contractors.\n- Experience using PL/SQL to write packages, procedures, functions and triggers.\n- Experience with Oracle 11g.\n- Experience with Oracle DDL.\n- Experience writing and tuning SQL queries.\n- Experience with source code control (SVN or CVS).\n- Experience developing in an agile environment. \n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 5+ years using PL/SQL to write packages, procedures, functions and triggers.\n- 5+ years of experience writing and tuning SQL queries.\n- 3+ years working with CA Erwin and TOAD applications.\n- 3+ years of experience with Oracle on UNIX.\n- 5+ years of experience with Oracle DDL.\n- 2+ years of experience with Oracle RAC. - 2+ years of experience writing shell scripts", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:38:50", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359048/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Programmer Analyst, Consultant Specialist - SQL", "reqid": "128687", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27359048}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Finance Director, Mobility and SIandO - IT Finance\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nJob Summary:\n\nAs the Sr. Manager/Director of Finance for Mobility and SI&O Finance, you will manage, lead and mentor a team of high-level financial analysts who are responsible for the financial integrity supporting the KP-IT Senior Executives. You will also provide a hands-on, 'roll up your sleeves' involvement in day to day activities. You will be a change management expert and guide the finance organization through these changes, and need to be results driven and can deliver under pressure. You and your staff will provide strategic advice, direction, vision, and recommendations to IT Senior executive leadership including VP, senior VPs, CFO and CIO as well as IT regional leadership group. Strong analytical, executive level communication and interpersonal skills are essential to success in this position.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nResponsibilities include directing the duties of the financial analysts in the following areas:\n- enhance or develop reporting, budgeting and forecasting tools as required to provide the detailed analysis needed by the VP and the various executives reporting to the Mobility and SI&O organization\n- actual tracking, budgeting/forecasting and long range financial planning for the client\n- recommendations regarding financial process improvement to finance leadership\n- cost/benefit model and business case financial development for internal programs\n- creating and communicating board level financial presentation to senior leadership as required\n- monthly financial updates and recommendations to senior IT and finance leadership\n- monitoring and reporting the activity based costing for projects and core activities and identify gaps and issues for senior finance leadership attention\n- partnering with KP-IT Finance peers to ensure all reporting deadlines are met and reporting gaps or duplication are eliminated\n- leading the financial reporting and analysis for Investment PACs.\n- core Project Reporting and Recharge analysis\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n- Master's degree in a related field and/or 6 years of equivalent work experience.\n- Minimum of 8 or more years of progressively responsible management experience in planning, budget/financial management, and staffing.\n- A minimum of 10 years of financial planning, analysis, and decision support experience, including experience improving financial accuracy.\n- A minimum of 8 years of management experience which includes executive interface and reporting, organization development, change management, and supervisor experience.\n- 1 year experience creating and preparing presentation documents for C level executive management, delivering presentations and board presentation preparation.\n- Must be proficient with MS Word, Excel (pivot tables, macros, v - look up and h - look up), Access, and PowerPoint presentations.\n- Benchmarking and market analysis.\n- A self starter and who can operate independently with minimal supervision.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n- Previous working experience in an IT organization.\n- Knowledge of activity based costing (ABC) and familiar with standard activity costing structures.\n- Knowledge of Kaiser Permanente's systems and financial tools is highly desired including Business Objects and/or Cognos.\n- Strong knowledge in GAAP and key accounting policies.\n- Knowledge of Investment PAC Governance, financial reporting, and analysis.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:38:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359008/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Finance Director, Mobility and SIandO - IT Finance", "reqid": "121137", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27359008}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Director - Account Management\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nLead the Hawaii Region Account Management team for Small, Mid, and Large Group to achieve membership and margin targets. Leads the Regional Account Management team to execute established strategy, including growth of existing membership and group retention. Coordinates the efforts of the entire geographically-based Account Management team to achieve membership and margin targets. Leads a market planning process, engaging and collaborating with Hospital and Medical Group leadership. Represent Account Management in the region and builds confidence in our capabilities and performance. Supervises assigned staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides Strategic Leadership\n- Leads the small, mid, and large Account Management team to execute established strategy\n- Leads a planning process in collaboration with Hospital and Medical Group leadership\n- Positions the organization by building external relationships with key customers and channels\n- Collaborates on the development of account-specific strategies on key accounts, with the strategic accounts business line leadership and account managers\n- Use business line expertise and market intelligence to provide input to small, mid, and large business line strategy\n- Provides direction and holds staff accountable for book of business membership and margin targets\n- Identifies resources needed for the account management team to achieve organizational performance goals\n- Conducts activities that enable staff to successfully manage change\n- Leads a Business Line planning process with the locally based Business Line staff\n- Develops and leverages partnership with Medical Group and the delivery system\n- Leads the ongoing effort to educate, inform and influence Medical Group and operations leadership about the marketplace and what Kaiser Permanente must do to be successful\n- Leads a market planning process, engaging and collaborating with Medical Group and regional leadership\n- Builds confidence of regional leadership in the direction, competence and performance of the Account Management organization\n- Coordinates the interactions of all Account Management staff in the region with regional leadership\n- Orchestrates the involvement of Medical Group and operations leadership with key purchasers and brokers\n- Hires, trains, supervises, counsels, disciplines, and terminates assigned staff as appropriate.\n- Communicates goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Ten years of sales management and broker business development experience in the health care industry\n- Three years ofmanagement experience\n- Bachelor's degree\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within 90 days of hire)\n- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, influence, coaching, and problem solving skills; consultative selling skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Fifteen years of sales management and broker business development experience in the health care industry\n- Master's degree or evidence of ongoing educational development", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:38:00", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27359006/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director - Account Management", "reqid": "128738", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27359006}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Atlanta", "description": "Title: Conslt, Business Execution\nLocation: Atlanta, GA\nThe Business Consultant collaborates with sponsors, business owners and other key stakeholders to lead the implementation of strategic project/initiatives for Kaiser Permanente's Georgia Region.Key responsibilities include\n\nConsulting & Collaboration\nEstablishes and maintains collaborative, results oriented working relationships executive sponsors, business owners, partners and other key stakeholders.\nDelivers presentations to executive sponsors and other key stakeholders; communicates complex information in a simple and compelling way, so that key stakeholders take action based on the results\nConsults with executive sponsors, business owners and other key stakeholders to develop and manage project charter/working agreements.\nFacilitates project/initiative team meetings to drive effective strategic planning, decision making, problem solving and conflict management.\nDevelop and management change management and communication plans to drive effective human change.\nStrategic Thinking & Business Acumen\nDemonstrates strong business acumen and healthcare industry expertise; understands organizational environment and impact on project initiative success.\nDevelops business cases and cost benefit analysis for assigned projects/initiatives.\nPartners with business owners to develop project/initiative strategies, goals and metrics; manages outcome based scoreboards for projects/initiatives.\nDemonstrates strong analytical skills; understands and uses data to drive decision making.\nIdentifies and shares best practices.\nProject Management\nDevelop and execute project plans, budgets, and deliverable/responsibility matrices.\nIdentify needed resources, define roles and responsibilities, and arrange for assignments of key project participants.\nBalance schedules, scope and resources, renegotiating with sponsor as necessary, and performing variance analysis.\nReports on task and deliverable completions and budget expenditures, and communicates critical paths and mitigates risks to implementation; elevate issues as appropriate to ensure timely resolution of barriers.\nQualifications:\nMinimum Qualifications\n-Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.\n-Outstanding consulting, facilitation and collaboration skills.\n-Excellent strategic thinking and business acumen.\n-Five (5) years of project management experience.\n-Five (5) years of project leadership and/or management experience; demonstrated leadership ability, particularly as a collaborator and strong partner in shared leadership roles.\n-Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and to develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives,\n-Experience working with senior level managers.\n-Knowledge of health care operations, including primary care, specialty and ancillary services\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nTwo (2) years of experience in the healthcare industry.\nTwo (2) years of change management experience.\nMaster's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in Accounting, Finance, Business, Health Care or Public Administration.", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:37:48", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27358995/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Conslt, Business Execution", "reqid": "128320", "state": "Georgia", "state_short": "GA", "location": "Atlanta, GA", "uid": 27358995}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Denver", "description": "Title: Surgical First Assistant\nLocation: Denver, CO\nUnder the direct & immediate supervision of a surgeon, provides aid in exposure, hemostasis & other technical functions that will help the surgeon carry out a safe operation w/ optimal results for the patient. Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.\nEssential Functions:\n- Positions the patient in accordance w/ the surgeon's instruction, which will give the best exposure for the surgical procedure\n- Uses standard & specialized equipment to aid in patient positioning\n- Provides the surgeon(s) w/ appropriate visualization of the operative site using retractors, sponges, digital manipulation, & other techniques according to standards\n- Utilizes appropriate techniques to assist surgeon w/ temporary or permanent hemostasis\n- Utilizes appropriate techniques to assist w/ closure of body planes (sutures, staples, other)\n- Selects & applies appropriate wound dressings\n- Assists w/ patient transport to & from OR, including from gurney to OR bed\n- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives\n- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- HS Graduation or equivalent\n- Graduation from an accredited surgical technology program\n- Certification credentialed by the National Board of Surgical Technology & Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) or Certification credentialed by the National Surgical Assistants Association (NSAA) OR Certification credentialed by the American Board of Surgical Assisting (ABSA), or Certification credentialed by the National Assistant Surgery Council (NASC) & registered w/the State of Colorado as a Surgical Assistant\n- Employee must have National Provider Identifier at time of hire\n- Employment contingent upon receiving credentials at Good Samaritan Hospital & StJoseph Hospital to practice as a Surgical Assistant\n- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire\n\nSalary Range: $26.14 - $30.29 Hourly", "date_new": "2012-03-23 21:37:21", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27358744/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Surgical First Assistant", "reqid": "126444", "state": "Colorado", "state_short": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "uid": 27358744}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pasadena", "description": "Title: Compliance Auditor - Parsons\nLocation: Pasadena, CA\nThe Compliance Auditor is responsible for partnering with local and regional medical center physicians and operations staff to oversee the quality and accuracy of outpatient coded clinical and administrative data, and to work with Regional Compliance to develop and implement an SCAL Compliance Plan that meets federal and other regulatory standards. The Compliance Auditor is also responsible for synthesizing local and regional audit findings to provide actionable feedback to local administrators and physicians on areas for improvement - this position is expected to use independent judgment and sensitivity when educating physicians on appropriate coding and medical documentation. This position is also expected to identify other review methods to assess coding quality (than traditional coding audits and review) than result in faster feedback to local operations staff and physicians. This position is expected to become an active participant in local and regional continuous quality improvement processes and workgroups, with a strong partnership with the Compliance Analyst , Data Quality Specialists and other medical center analytical groups.\nEssential Functions:\n- Assure compliance of operational processes and outpatient encounter data capture throughout Southern California Kaiser Permanente making determinations with respect to appropriateness of documentation, adherence to Federal, State and local regulations.\n- Partners with ECS DQS's to review regional and local audit findings to identify coding risk areas, and ensure that medical center training activities are addressing these areas.\n- Identify through focused audits operational and regulatory issues related to coding, documentation, and compliance reguirements, ensuring that appropriate documentation is maintained to comply with Federal and State requirements.\n- Partner with Compliance Analyst, DQSs and other local analytical workgroups to identify audit trends and risk areas based on audit findings and data analysis - formulate recommendations for future training and areas of education and focus based on findings.\n- Using independent judgment and sensitivity, review with individual physicians their audit findings and make suggestions for coding improvements.\n- Monitor coding performance to ensure lasting improvement.\n- Monitor corrective actions for audit review findings.\n- Conduct confidential audits for specific providers who represent a risk due to special circumstances or prior audit issues - work with medical center leadership to provide confidential feedback on an 'as needed' basis.\n- Actively participate in local ECS Oversight Committee and ECS champion physicians to work to resolve local coding issues, ensure compliance with local and regional audit plan and act as communication link regarding changes to federal and state government billing and coding guidelines.\n- Prepare and/or perform regional and medical center auditing analysis and/or special projects as assigned.\n- Assists in developing and implementing policies and procedures/Compliance Audit Standards to ensure compliance with Federal, State and other regulatory requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Medical center operations or clinical experience, preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance/Business, Medical Records Technology, Health Services Administration, Nursing or other Ancillary medical area.\n- Certification in one of the following: i.e. Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Professional Coder (CPC), and 3 or more years coding experience.\n- Demonstrated ability to review analytical, data and audit findings to identify coding trends and risk areas.\n- Ability to develop data requirements and work with Compliance Analyst and other analytical groups to extract, organize and analyze coded data.\n- Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, including willingness to be flexible depending upon department and/or physician schedule needs.\n- Demonstrated ability to constructively and sensitively provide feedback to physicians and medical center leadership regarding federal and state coding, medical documentation and compliance guidelines, audit results and risk areas.\n- Audit skills and the ability to interpret and apply Federal and State regulations, coding and billing requirements\n- Demonstrated ability to effectively work within a team environment, using excellent written, verbal and presentation skills to share audit findings, risk areas and compliance issues.\n- Research skills including knowledge of automated analysis tools and on-line research tools to resolve complex healthcare issues, preferred.\n- Must be available to work flexible days and hours.\n- Travel between all Medical Center facilities may be required.\n- Strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills.\n- Ability to work with and maintain confidentiality of physician, patient, patient account, and personnel data.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:39:36", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332123/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Compliance Auditor - Parsons", "reqid": "128496", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pasadena, CA", "uid": 27332123}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Riverside", "description": "Title: Project Manager II\nLocation: Riverside, CA\nTHIS JOB IS UNDER REVIEW BY TOTAL COMPENSATION AND AS A RESULT THE FLSA STATUS MAY CHANGE.\n\nLeads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Responsible for setting strategic direction of projects and developing project plans. Provides high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues. This is the second job in a three level Project Manager Ladder. At the second level, the Project Manager is responsible for leading projects of complex scope where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Projects assigned are broad in scope and may involve multiple functional areas and/or span across service areas. Position will exercise judgment within generally defined practices/policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects. Sets strategic direction of projects.\n- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.\n- Designs processes to address identified problems.\n- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.\n- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.\n- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.\n- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.\n- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.\n- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.\n- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.\n- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.\n- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.\n- Plans and facilitates meetings.\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.\n- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.\n- Assesses project impact on workforce.\n- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.\n- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.\n- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.\n- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's Degree or experience in Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.\n- Master's Degree or Clinical Licenses (RN, MD, etc.) strongly preferred.\n- Five (5) or more years of progressive experience in specified technical area.\n- Project management experience in health care preferred.\n- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.\n- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.\n- Effective leadership, project management, and consulting skills.\n- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.\n- Effective interpersonal skills.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Presentation and training skills.\n- Experience in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.\n\n\nNotes:\n- Travel (50%) to Riverside service area Medical Office Buildings.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:39:31", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332115/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Project Manager II", "reqid": "127441", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Riverside, CA", "uid": 27332115}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Diagnostic Ultrasonographer - (Anticipated Requisition)\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\n***This is not an actual job posting. If you meet the qualifications for this position, submit your resume for future hiring opportunities.***\n\nTo provide diagnostic ultrasound services in a hospital and/or clinical setting, to include OB/GYN, abdominal, and vascular superficial structures. Clerical duties as required. To perform all duties in a manner which promotes team concepts and reflects the KPNW Mission and philosophy.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Performing diagnostic procedures, using knowledge, skills and abilities required for age of patient served to include: Routine, emergent, portable, surgical examinations in accordance with department policies and procedures.\n- Communication with Radiologist\n- Assist patient/transport\n- Film Processing\n- File work\n- Restocking supplies/cleaning\n- Quality Assurance functions\n- Other duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an AMA Accredited Ultrasonographer Program at time of hire or 2 yrs previous Ultrasound experience\n- Certification: ARDMS in Abdomen or OB/GYN within 1 year of hire\n- CPR Certification within 30 days of hire.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Organizational skills, time management, prioritization, planning; attention to detail, problem solving, decision making, judgment; technical skills, initiative, communication, interpersonal skills, customer relations, organizational relations.\n- Adaptability, following policies and procedures, flexibility.\n- Able to work unsupervised and perform exams independently and confidently.\n- Vascular Ultrasonographer experience preferred\n\nSalary Range:\n$37.03 - $42.64", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332082/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Diagnostic Ultrasonographer - (Anticipated Requisition)", "reqid": "128435", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27332082}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Clackamas", "description": "Title: Supervisor, Facility Coding\nLocation: Clackamas, OR\nProvide supervision of KSMC, Skyline, Sunnybrook and Interstate Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC's) coding services. Ensure compliance with industry and government coding standards and guidelines. Support hospital and revenue cycle goals for compliant documentation & timely claims submission.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Develop action plans as necessary to resolve knowledge gaps w/employees or to address the implementation of new service offerings or code changes\n- Facilitate the collection of information to provide feedback to physicians through the consultants on work performance to ensure consistency & accuracy w/all facility coding\n- Advise the Region & staff on facility coding and documentation guidelines to ensure regulatory compliance\n- Facilitate education to support Medicare Risk requirements & organization goals.\n- Provide staff w/training and resources on coding procedures & system workflow/functionality\n- Coordinate proper utilization of human resources necessary for the effective & efficient operation of the department\n- Support maintenance of a comprehensive annual budget that reflects department needs & the application of cost-effective management\n- Monitor efficiency and productivity to ensure compliance to national metrics & departmental performance standards\n- Provide staff supervision to accomplish timely and qualitative response to facility services documentation/coding requests, issues & responsibilities\n- Demonstrate positive human relations skills, utilizing effective leadership, written & oral communication skills\n- Ensure staff capabilities through established Kaiser Permanente policies & procedures along w/prescribed management & personnel practices\n- Participate in the recruitment, development, appraisal & retention of competent facility services coding staff\n- Participate in problem identification, data gathering & implementation of strategy actions that are in the best interest of the department and its mission, values & philosophy\n- Provide staff with information about the Program's mission, strategic direction, values & the external environment to increase their effectiveness\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years coding experience including Medicare\n- 1 year previous leadership or supervisory experience that includes conducting coaching/training of coding staff\n- Associate's degree in Health Information Management or equivalent experience\n- Current credential from one or more of the following: Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) from AHIMA, Certified Professional Coder (CPC) or Certified Professional Coder Hospital (CPC-H) from AAPC\n- Excellent command of the ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 classification systems with thorough understanding of the effect of data quality on prospective payment, utilization, and reimbursement\n- Thorough knowledge of all medical specialties, including the clinical conditions documented and procedures performed\n- Understanding data systems and reporting for health record coding, abstracting, and performance metrics\n- Thorough knowledge of professional service delivery in a hospital and/or ambulatory setting\n- Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal) to deal effectively in delicate, sensitive and/or complex situations\n- Excellent time management and project management skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 3 years progressive inpatient/hospital coding experience including Medicare\n- Minimum of 2 years previous leadership or supervisory experience\n- Minimum of 1 year experience conducting coaching/training of coding staff\n- Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration, Health Information Management, or equivalent\n- Working knowledge of KP HealthConnect, particularly the clinical and billing modules, encoder(s) (i.e. 3M or Encoder Pro)\n\nSalary Range:\n$58,880 - $77,720", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:46", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332083/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor, Facility Coding", "reqid": "128483", "state": "Oregon", "state_short": "OR", "location": "Clackamas, OR", "uid": 27332083}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Modesto", "description": "Title: Senior Consultant\nLocation: Modesto, CA\nProvides high quality & cost effective project management, management consulting, & analytic support services or technical expertise and has sole responsibility for large complex analytical projects.\nEssential Functions:\n- Leads, makes significant contributions, &/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify & resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization\n- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely & valuable results\n- Sets the strategic direction of projects\n- Determines goals & priorities w/ management team sponsors\n- Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resources\n- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, & work plan\n- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed\n- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis & developing action plans accordingly\n- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives & other key clients\n- Plans & facilitates meetings\n- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences\n- Assists, as needed, in planning & coordinating w/ other ongoing teams & projects to maximize effectiveness\n- Participates in the development & management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, & other departmental activities\n\nSecondary Functions:\n- Coordinates regional and local resources to support Unit-Based Teams (UBTs)and their work on performance improvement\n- Start and sustain UBTs according to the local implementation plan\n- Ensure teams have knowledge, skills, and tools to produce results\n- Ensure teams are making progress on meaningful performance improvement goals in alignment with strategic priorities\n- Keep senior leaders informed on progress for accountability with measurable results\n- Helps to address barriers and resolve issues\n- Collaborates with Improvement Advisor to ensure that approaches and results are aligned\n- Work across both KFH and TPMG\n- Makes formal presentations to senior level audiences\n- Reports to the Chief Operating Officer (Area Manager where there is no COO), Medical Group Administrator and local labor leader to produce timely and valuable results.\n- Works in conjunction with the NCAL Office of the LMP to coordinate efforts and drive results region wide. UBTICs will attend monthly peer phone calls and quarterly face-to-face meetings conducted by the NCAL OLMP.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5 or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Ability to determine the key business issues & develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives\n- Ability to conduct & interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis\n- Proven leadership skills in project management & consulting\n- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, & results orientation\n- Understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, & any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Demonstrated ability to drive performance\n- Ability to coach and facilitate teams directly as needed\n- Planning and project management skills involving stakeholders\n- Familiarity with performance improvement models and methods, including data interpretation\n- Ability to assess and design interventions to address barriers and conflicts\n- Superior relationship skills\n- Familiarity with healthcare operations\n- Familiarity with LMP principles and the National Agreement", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332075/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Senior Consultant", "reqid": "128048", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Modesto, CA", "uid": 27332075}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Walnut Creek", "description": "Title: Service Director Non-RN\nLocation: Walnut Creek, CA\nThis position plans, organizes, directs, evaluates & coordinates outpatient/inpatient services across the continuum of care within a Service Area or within a single medical center. In addition, it works w/ KFHP/H & the Medical Group staff developing strategic plans, providing quality care & cost effective services that aligns w/ federal, state & local regulations.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates w/ other Service Directors / Chiefs of Service in identifying & implementing innovative models & best practices & emphasizing service improvements & cost reduction\n- Directs development & implementation of quality & utilization standards across the continuum of care to ensure coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused delivery of services & cost effective utilization of necessary services\n- Ensures compliance w/ administrative, legal & regulatory requirements of the Health Plan contract & governmental & accrediting agencies\n- Oversees the development of department standards as identified by regulatory agencies\n- Develops services that achieve a high level of customer satisfaction w/ emphasis on customer service & highest standards of quality & innovation\n- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety & risk management issues\n- May act as site administrator\n- Utilizes research data to implement clinical changes & the delivery of patient care & member services\n- Directs the budget & resource allocations\n- Manages the financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care & services\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience in management/program leadership roles required (usuallyseven (7)years)\n- Progressive management/program leadership experience required (usually five (5) years) - Significant experience in an outpatient care setting preferred\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in health related field required\n- Master's degree preferred\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills\n- Knowledge of The Joint Commission &other local, state &federal regulations", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332076/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Service Director Non-RN", "reqid": "128118", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Walnut Creek, CA", "uid": 27332076}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nProvides inpatient and intensive outpatient case management for high-risk, high-utilizing members with acute and/or\nchronic psychiatric conditions across the continuum of care. Develops treatment and care plans for the\nspecific population.\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, coordinates, assesses, and evaluates services provided to members to promote quality and cost effective outcomes. Develops and maintains case management policies and procedures to assure optimal and appropriate member utilization of services.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, and obtaining all authorizations/approvals for outside services. Participates in the development of care paths.\n- As an Intensive Case Manager coordinates the care of a large caseload of high risk patients and provides assessments and interventions in the community including in-home visits. Consults with internal and external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning and outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Arranges and monitors follow-up appointments. Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies and recommends opportunities for cost savings and quality of care improvements across the continuum. Develops and collects reports and data, and trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Develops and presents in-service training and communication to both internal and external stakeholders.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, and procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, and outside agencies.\n- Coordinates the transmission of clinical and benefit information and treatment to patients, families and outside agencies including issuing Non-Coverage and Denial of Benefits letters consistent with Health Plan Regulations.\n- Acts as liaison to psychiatry clinics outside agencies, non-plan facilities, and outside providers.\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients and monitors their quality of care.\n- Provides administrative case management oversight to Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities, Crisis Residential.\n- Programs, and IMDs to ensure that services delivered to our members meet Kaiser's Quality and Utilization expectations and guidelines.\n- Provides administrative on-call to the RSR/Subregional Office.\n- Provides Clinical and Administrative documentation in accordance with Kaiser Regional Psychiatric Standards including the Inpatient/Integrated Urgent Services Guidelines.\n- Travel is required.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous experience (usually 2 years) in an inpatient psychiatric setting or psychiatric emergency service.\n- Previous experience (usually 2 years) of care management or clinical experience, and responsibility for a large caseload (50-100) for an extended period of time.\n- Master's (Social Work or Psychology), or PhD (Psychology) required. - LCSW, MFT or Psychologist License required.\n- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.\n- Demonstrated expertise in crisis management.\n- Demonstrated experience in utilization data collection and cost benefit analysis.\n- Knowledge of JCAHO, and other local, state, and federal regulations.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor Partnership Environment.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332079/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Inpatient Psychiatric Case Manager", "reqid": "128364", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 27332079}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Martinez", "description": "Title: Case Manager - RN\nLocation: Martinez, CA\nPlease be aware that this position is currently under review as part of the jurisdictional process with the California Nurses Association to determine whether such position should be assigned to the CNA bargaining unit. This review is on a position-by-position basis and includes an analysis of the actual duties performed in each position under review. This determination will be made within the next several months. Should the determination be made that the position does belong to the CNA bargaining unit, you will be offered the opportunity to (a) follow the work into the CNA bargaining unit and become a member of the union, or (b) seek other employment within the organization. Should you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact your recruiter for further information\nCoordinates w/ physicians, staff, & non-Kaiser providers & facilities regarding patient care. In conjunction w/ physicians, develops treatment plan, monitors all clinical activities, makes recommendations for alternative levels of care, identifies cost-effective protocols, & develops guidelines for care.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Plans, develops, assesses, & evaluates care provided to members.\n- In conjunction w/ physicians, evaluates & develops treatment plans, recommends alternative levels of care, & ensures compliance w/ federal, state, & local requirements.\n- Develops & maintains case management policies & procedures.\n- Coordinates, directs, & performs concurrent & retrospective reviews, & monitors level & quality of care.\n- Coordinates the interdisciplinary approach to providing continuity of care, including utilization management, transfer coordination, discharge planning, & obtaining all authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for patients/families.\n- Consults w/ internal & external physicians, health care providers, discharge planning & outside agencies regarding continued care/treatment or hospitalization.\n- Arranges & monitors follow-up appointments.\n- Encourages member to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy).\n- Makes referrals to appropriate community services.\n- Identifies & recommends opportunities for cost savings & improving the quality of care across the continuum.\n- Develops & collects data, & trends utilization of health care resources.\n- Interprets regulations, health plan benefits, policies, & procedures for members, physicians, medical office staff, contract providers, & outside agencies.\n- Coordinates transmission of clinical & benefit treatment to patients, families & outside agencies.\n- Acts as liaison for outside agencies, non-plan facilities, & outside providers.\n- Coordinates repatriation of patients & monitors their quality of care.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous case management experience preferred.\n- Experience in utilization management, discharge planning, or transfer coordination.\n- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in nursing or health related field.\n- Masters degree preferred.\n- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.\n- Current California RN license required.\n- PHN preferred.\n- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal/state/local regulations.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:43", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332081/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Case Manager - RN", "reqid": "128470", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Martinez, CA", "uid": 27332081}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Santa Clara", "description": "Title: Regional Coding Review Manager (HIM)\nLocation: Santa Clara, CA\nThis position manages plans, high quality & accuracy related to coding functions within the medical records department such as audits, coding education for coding staff & clinicians (i.e. physicians, nurses, and case management/patient care services) and ensures timely completion & submission of records for reimbursements as required by Kaiser & government regulations\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates monitors and audits all lines of hospital business for coding, to include: all outpatient, inpatient, HOV, ED and Ambulatory surgery cases\n- Monitors the accuracy and quality of coding assignments, Present on Admission (POA) indicators and conducts internal coding audits\n- Responsible for being the regional coding contact person for the HIM department to work with Clinical Documentation Specialists to support education and coding requirements\n- Develops reports of audit results to Regional and facility staff and Senior Management\n- Helps set the direction for coding and compliance education and focused projects related to the KPHC (KP Health Connect-EMR)\n- Provide oversight and training for 'Coding Compliance Software' to the coding staff\n- Run audit selection lists and reports as well as providing education, feedback and guidance based upon data mining activities and processes\n- May provide insight (limited) into planning, directing and monitoring daily operations for in-patient medical records including: retrieval, assembly, delivery, abstracting/analyzing, coding, completion, transcriptions, release of information, and vital statistics registration\n- Provides oversight of the accuracy of MIRCal data for OSHPD reporting -Collaborates with the HIM Director/Manager relating to coding accuracy and coding functions within the department to assure timely and accurate completion of work that is consistent with regulatory agency requirements\n- Prepares statistical and or annual reports as requested by state or federal agencies or any other regulatory agencies understand the direction of the Regional Director of Coding\n- Ensures compliance with federal, state and local regulations\n- May assist in regional and facility budgets as requested and identifies and recommends opportunities to decrease costs and improve service\n- Functions as a liaison for other departments regarding coding questions/issues. Implements changes resulting from internal or external audits which impact collection and reporting of medical records\n- Participates in Regional HIM staff meeting and process improvement initiatives\n- Travel at Medical Center is required, in addition to the 'Regional Offices'\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 5+ years of acute care, inpatient, outpatient, DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) & APC (Ambulatory Payment Classifications) coding required\n- 5+ years supervisory experience in a Medical Records department required\n- Electronic Health Record experience preferred\n- Bachelors' degree in Health Information Management, Business Administration, Health Administration or related field preferred\n- CCS or CCS eligible, or RHIA/RHIT credentialed preferred\n- In-depth understanding of all state/federal regulations & CMRI, NCQA, JCAHO, & CMS\n- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332065/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Regional Coding Review Manager (HIM)", "reqid": "126348", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Santa Clara, CA", "uid": 27332065}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.\nEssential Functions:\n- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. (Title 22 language)\n- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n- Establishes patient care priorities based on essential patient needs and availability of unit resources (time, personnel, equipment, and supplies).\n- Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n- Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members.\n- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.\n- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution.\n- Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n- Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities.\n- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n- Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n- Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty/extended role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibility.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six (6) months of experience as a Registered Nurse.\n- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, INVASIVE CARE, SPECIAL PROCEDURES - 1 year (within the last 3 years) experience in diagnostic imaging, invasive care (e.g., surgery), intensive care (including ED, PACU) or other unit in which procedural sedation is performed; experience caring for patients undergoing procedural sedation. Current ACLS required. May require evidence of current PALS, PEARS, NRP or completion of other advanced specialty training as dictated by the patient population served.\n- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, will be willing to train. Where indicated, candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certification(s) within the designated timeframe for a particular field of practice.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience; OR Graduate of registered nursing program and either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation.\n- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.\n- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and or NALS and or PALS and or PEARS may also be required for this position. See job duties for specific requirements for specialty units.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).\n- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).\n- Good interpersonal skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332067/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Staff Nurse II - Ambulatory Care", "reqid": "126856", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27332067}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Oakland", "description": "Title: Stationary Engineer, (No. 216)\nLocation: Oakland, CA\nUnder the direction of the Chief or Assistant Chief Engineer, performs activities concerned w/ design, construction, modification, & maintenance of equipment & machinery in medical center facility. Under limited supervision, ensures efficient & reliable operation of all machinery, including but not limited to electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, heating, & air conditioning systems within the Medical Center.\nEssential Functions:\n- Under general supervision, performs tasks in support of physical plant, equipment/systems & operations, including life support & life safety equipment.\n- May be required to work in emergencies during off hours & on weekend shifts.\n- Performs inspection & adjustment of equipment.\n- Reads & interprets blueprints, specifications, operation & maintenance manuals, & other documents to determine proper operation.\n- Troubleshoots & problem solves under normal & abnormal situations.\n- Operates, adjusts, & analyzes various pieces of physical plant equipment through use of computers & microprocessor-based devices.\n- Tests newly installed machines & equipment to ensure fulfillment of contract specifications.\n- Performs other duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 3+ years of related experience &/or training.\n- Journeyman level field service experience in industrial electrical &/or refrigeration.\n- Engineering background in acute care hospital preferred.\n- High School Diploma/GED.\n- Valid California Drivers License.\n- CFC Certificate preferred (required for HVAC and Refrigeration only).\n- Working knowledge & ability to perform duties of all trade classifications including electrical, plumbing, carpentry & HVAC.\n- Must possess a working knowledge of medical gas distribution & alarm systems, water treatment, steam systems, refrigeration, compressors, pumps, electric motors, & variable frequency drives.\n- Understanding of preventive maintenance & work order system, preferably MP2.\n- Competency to operate microprocessor based devices.\n- Capable of performing maintenance, troubleshooting, & repair of HVAC equipment (including chillers & boilers), electrical distribution, & operating room equipment.\n- Ability to read & comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, & memos.\n- Ability to write simple correspondence.\n- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one & small group situations to customers, clients, & other incumbents of the organization.\n- Ability to regularly lift & /or move up to 50 pounds, frequently lift &/or move up to 100 pounds.\n- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.\n\nPlease fax a copy of your current/valid California Drivers License with your transfer to 1-877-872-8448 by 12:00am -Eastern Standard Time (March 10, 2012)", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:39", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332064/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Stationary Engineer, (No. 216)", "reqid": "125447", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "uid": 27332064}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Rockville", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Systems Coordinator - FT\nLocation: Rockville, MD\nResponsible for all current & future activities related to the implementation of the Pharmacy Dispensing System /ePIMS (electronic Pharmacy Information Management System) & POS Pharmacy Systems. Coordinates w/ various internal & external teams, including, but not limited to, Pharmacy systems support, systems integration, training, PDC, benefits, automation, regulatory/compliance, etc. Provides leadership to ensure the system is performing optimally in order to support efficient workflows in the Outpatient & the Mail Order/CF Pharmacies & provides expertise to support the Pharmacy leadership & staff. Acts as project manager in the identification & implementation of related programs & updates.\nEssential Functions:\n- Collaborates w/ local & national Pharmacy teams to coordinate all activities related to the ePIMs & POS systems.\n- Reviews, identifies & recommends system development requests. Responsible for coordinating & implementing new systems solutions/requests that improve Pharmacy Department efficiencies.\n- Assists w/ efforts necessary to maintain & enhance systems.\n- Responsible for testing & implementation of new functionality or upgrades. Collaborates w/ key stakeholders to review, test & implement new enhancements or upgrades.\n- Identifies & resolves complex problems thorough knowledge & background using interactive problem solving & troubleshooting techniques.\n- Articulates the impact of new functionality or enhancements on operational workflows or pharmacy processes, policies or procedures & works as the SME to help facilitate the development or modification of workflows.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of KP Pharmacy experience required.\n- 1 year of Leadership or Supervisory experience required.\n- BS degree in Pharmacy or Pharm D.\n- Licensed Pharmacist in either MD, DC or VA.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 2 years of leadership or supervisory experience preferred.\n- Experience working w/ or implementing new systems or technology.\n- Project Management Skills preferred.\n- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal & written communication skills required to work w/ internal & external customers.\n- Strong skills in personal computer applications including word processing & spreadsheets, database administration.\n- Strong troubleshooting, problem solving & organizational skills.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332045/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Systems Coordinator - FT", "reqid": "128521", "state": "Maryland", "state_short": "MD", "location": "Rockville, MD", "uid": 27332045}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Reston", "description": "Title: Pharmacy Business Analysis Supervisor - FT\nLocation: Reston, VA\nTo lead the pharmacy business analytics team in the provision of reporting & analytical services of data from various systems & data warehouses such as pharmacy, & KPHC & production of reports & analysis for quality, financial, utilization & outcomes measures for operations, clinical, & physician leadership.\nEssential Functions:\n- Directly supervises the Pharmacy Analysts & manages & coordinates their work activities.\n- Interviews, selects, hires, orients, instructs, mentors, trains, counsels, evaluates, disciplines, & terminates staff.\n- Ensures data quality & integrity in information extracted & reports provided.\n- Develops & communicates service, performance & quality assurance expectations & sets goals w/ staff that are consistent w/ the department's goals & objectives.\n- Consults & works w/ pharmacy management to develop & compile ad-hoc & standard reports that support current program initiatives related to areas such as quality assurance & formulary management. Identifies relevant short, medium & long term trends & brings same to the attention of Management.\n- Designs & prepares trend analyses reports.\n- Designs & prepares routine & special project reports including the design of decision support analyses, time time/motion studies, clinical studies, protocol development analysis, pilot project & study analysis & graphical presentations.\n- Designs & prepares pharmaco-economic analysis of new drug therapies & biologicals.\n- Makes recommendations to management on the basis of the analysis described above.\n- Performs analysis for problem solving & new methodologies by extracting data using databases such as SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, & KPHC Clarity data using SQL.\n- Develops & maintains strong business relationships w/ internal business partners, including all levels of management, senior leaders, service chiefs, & other data users.\n- Performs the role of data advocate on behalf of the business areas, as well as answering data related questions for all reports related to Pharmacy & clinical initiatives.\n- Acts as a liaison between Pharmacy analytics & Software development team by translating functional requirements into technical requirements.\n- Assures compliance to all regulatory rules & regulations specific to:\n- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)\n- State Boards of Pharmacy\n- HIPAA\n- Principles of Responsibility\n- Sarbanes-Oxley & Medicare\n- Proper use of KP personal computers & applications\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- 2 years of experience in designing & developing databases & queries using Microsoft Access required.\n- 2 years of experience designing & developing spreadsheets & graphs using Microsoft Excel required; however, 4 years preferred.\n- 2 years of experience designing relational databases required.\n- 2 years of experience w/ SQL/Oracle required.\n- 1 year of supervisory experience required; however, 3 years preferred.\n- Bachelor's degree required; however in health care, analytics, informatics or technology major preferred.\n- Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Health Science Administration or an equivalent combination of education & years of experience (Combination of Additional Two Years) required.\n- Exceptional interpersonal, oral & written communication skills required to work w/ internal & external customers required.\n- Strong skills in personal computer applications required.\n- Strong troubleshooting, problem solving, analytical & organizational skills required.\n- Demonstrated customer focus in work environment required.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332046/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Pharmacy Business Analysis Supervisor - FT", "reqid": "128523", "state": "Virginia", "state_short": "VA", "location": "Reston, VA", "uid": 27332046}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Washington DC", "description": "Title: Peritoneal Dialysis Nutritionist, Washington, DC\nLocation: Washington DC, DC\nTo provide medical nutrition therapy, preventive nutrition counseling, & serve as the expert resource for health care staff for consultation & education.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assesses patient nutrition requirements using appropriate physiological data.\n- Develops nutrition care plans for patients based on medical nutrition therapy orders &/or assessment data, & modifies these plans as necessary during treatment.\n- Counsels patients / family on nutrition intervention plan.\n- Communicates w/ other members of the health care team to coordinate medical nutrition intervention w/ other aspects of medical care.\n- Plans, organizes, instructs & evaluates nutrition classes.\n- Prepares patients for bariatric surgery following established protocols.\n- Completes timely, thorough, & professional documentation of all medical nutrition therapy counseling or interventions.\n- Participates in evaluating, selecting, developing & updating nutrition education materials/handouts & revision of treatment protocols, according to evidence based medical nutrition therapy research & practice.\n- Acts as a professional resource to assess educational needs, plan & teach classes for providers & staff on nutritional treatment options.\n- Attends & participates in Nutrition Department meetings.\n- Provides nutritionist coverage to the assigned medical centers as needed.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- A minimum of 3 years of experience including individual assessment & group education.\n- Registered Dietitian (RD) w/ the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the American Dietetic Association (ADA).\n- Must maintain license as required by local jurisdiction, including continuing education necessary for renewal of license.\n- License as required by local jurisdiction - (District of Columbia & Maryland - license required, Virginia, no licensure).\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Advanced certification desirable.\n- Second language desirable.\n. 1 year Peritoneal Dialysis experience. H/O working with Dialysis patients, hypoertension, and diabetes.", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332047/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Peritoneal Dialysis Nutritionist, Washington, DC", "reqid": "128679", "state": "District Of Columbia", "state_short": "DC", "location": "Washington DC, DC", "uid": 27332047}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Cupertino", "description": "Title: Intermediate Project Manager - Santa Clara\nLocation: Cupertino, CA\nThe Intermediate Project Manager in the Kaiser Permanente Information Technology (KP-IT) National Facilities Services Business Information Office (NFS BIO) is responsible for the successful delivery of one or more ITcapital construction projects for facilities in within the South Bay Program area (Redwood City, Santa Clara, San Jose) through disciplined KP-IT project management processes and close collaboration with business partners, team members and various IT functions. The NFS BIO partners with Kaiser Permanente's National Facilities Services (NFS) to provide the IT services needed to support construction projects at Kaiser Permanente facilities - a variety of remodel and renovation construction projects. The Intermediate Project Manager will assume end-to-end project accountability to ensure delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of capital construction projects. \nEssential Functions:\n - Provide project management for project team members, set achievable objectives, maintain a positive outlook, take responsibility, make decisions, and provide constructive feedback.\n - Build, track and monitor project plan(s) using either MS Project or NIKU Workbench to ensure that the project is on schedule and budget and that it remains so.\n - Ensure project data is accurate and available for review by management and unsure that management is proactively informed of potential problems and risks so that they can be mitigated or resolved before they become insurmountable.\n - Utilize a proactive change control process.\n - Use negotiation skills to achieve successful project outcomes around issues, scope, schedule, costs/budget and resources.\n - Manage the project funding/budget process.\n - Matrix manage project team members from other KP-IT groups who supply resources and services to the project.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or a related field or an additional 4 years or related work experience.\n- Minimum 2 years of project related work experience.\n- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Project, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint.\n- Proficient in project management.\n- Possess organizational proficiencies to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment under limited supervision.\n- Strong problem solving skills.\n- Highly motivated, self-starting, and committed to achieving results and have a strong sense of ownership and follow-through to resolution.\n- Ability to work with ambiguity.\n- Ability to travel at least 10% -20% of the time with some overnight trips, as required.\n\nPreferred qualifications:\n- HealthCare and Information Technology experience and knowledge.\n- Certified Associate Project Manager.\n- Work experience with data center build outs including procurement, asset management, vendor and financial management.\n- Proficient in RPM for time reporting, and scheduling", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:03", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332041/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Intermediate Project Manager - Santa Clara", "reqid": "128678", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Cupertino, CA", "uid": 27332041}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Principal, Architecture Governance\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThis position, Principal, Architecture Governance plays an important role in the Enterprise Architecture and Information Management (EAIM) group. The position is accountable for the following functions: architecture governance, architecture review and assessment standards and operationalization, Architecture Review Board (ARB), IT governance standards, standards governance, SOA governance and standards, architecture governance (inclusive of mobility, cloud, virtual environments, etc-) in support of program solution architectures.\n\nThis position will support existing architecture governance endeavors and will work with enterprise architecture and solution architecture teams within EAIM. This position will also interface with principals and executive directors in portfolio and regional Business Information Officer (BIOs), IT functional areas, and other technical resources.\nThis position will require significant strategic and tactical expertise in technology, processes, and methods to assist with the definition and design architectures that will take advantage of new emerging technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, semantic computing, and mobilization. It will require dialogue and engagement of application related vendors, competitors, and research firms within the healthcare industry as well as defense, intelligence, financial, and retail sectors. In addition, this position will require knowledge of open source technologies, and the use of open standards.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Define, create, communicate, and maintain architecture governance frameworks, blueprints, models, patterns, technologies, processes, and standards. Initial focus areas will be development of architecture governance guidelines, processes and operationalization of an Architecture Review Board (ARB). Architecture governance areas include but are not limited to SOA, Standards, mobility, cloud, virtual environments, etc\n- Sets direction for migration plans/roadmap.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 15 years of Information Technology experience in complex environments\n- 5 years of experience delivering architecture governance strategy", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332038/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal, Architecture Governance", "reqid": "128520", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27332038}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Pleasanton", "description": "Title: Principal Enterprise Security Architect\nLocation: Pleasanton, CA\nThis position, Principal EnterpriseSecurity Architect, plays an important role in the Architecture & Enterprise Architecture Information Management (EAIM) group. The position is accountable for supporting the following functions: enterprise security architecture (infrastructure and application), data security standards, IT security standards, mobile security standards, SOA security standards, cloud solution security and the support of program solution architectures with respect to security issues.\n\nThis position will support existing security architecture endeavors and will work with IT security personnel as a liaison between tactical projects and EAIM strategic objectives. This position will also interface with principals and executive directors in portfolio and regional Business Information Officer (BIOs), IT functional areas, and other technical resources to ensure that security architectures are pragmatic and actionable.\n\nEssential Functions:\nEnterprise Security Architecture - define, create, communicate, and maintain security frameworks, blueprints, models, patterns, technologies, processes, and standards. Initial focus areas will be mobile security, identity and access management, and software security.\nIT Standards - define, create, communicate, and maintain taxonomies, repositories, workflows, and governance processes for all IT security standards including architectures, models, technologies, applications, processes, etc.\nWill be responsible for supporting a standards review processes, waiver processes, and standards aging processes.\nProgram Solution Architecture Support - for strategic national and regional programs provide appropriate security services architectures.\nRequire significant strategic and tactical expertise in technology, processes, and methods to assist with the definition and design architectures that will take advantage of new emerging technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, semantic computing, and mobilization.\nRequire dialogue and engagement of application related vendors, competitors, and research firms within the healthcare industry as well as defense, intelligence, financial, and retail sectors.\nRequire knowledge of open source technologies, and the use of open standards.\nAccountable for communication, implementation, enforcement, monitoring, and oversight of compliance policies and practices as a function of their role.\nAccountable for ensuring the ongoing security and compliance of products and services within their area of responsibility.\nSupport the integration of security standards into existing and ongoing projects related to identity and access management, mobile solution development, and large enterprise grade data (big data) security issues.\nSupport the creation of IT security standards & architecture processes, and assist with continuing development of the enterprise security architecture. In addition, this person will assist with long term investment projects by providing insight and guidance with respect to their security related architecture requirements.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.\n- A minimum of 15 years of Information Technology experience\n- Ten years of security solution development and implementation experience\n- An understanding of secure communication protocols, data protection methodologies, virtualization methodologies and their associated vulnerability profiles\n- Ability to articulate complex security risks associated with enterprise based solutions such as mobility, data respositories,cloud technologies and business continuity as well as mitigating strategies that may be employed to reduce deployment and operational risk", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:38:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332040/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Principal Enterprise Security Architect", "reqid": "128522", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Pleasanton, CA", "uid": 27332040}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: Director - Sales\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nLead Kaiser Permanente regional sales resources to achieve membership and margin targets through multiple channels in the small, mid, and large group market segments. Supervises assigned staff.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Provides leadership and direction to the front line sales team who are accountable for achieving regional sales and margin results\n- Develops and implements sales strategies to ensure regional membership targets and margin objectives are achieved through multiple channels\n- Establishes and maintains productive business relationships to ensure sales productivity in the small, mid, and large group market segments\n- Represents Kaiser Permanente in regional broker associations and community functions\n- Organizes and aligns regional sales resources based on broker opportunity and potential\n- Develops sales strategy to favorably position small, mid, and large group product and pricing strategies\n- Evaluates the sales process to ensure growth targets are met\n- Provides analysis and develops metrics and processes to measure productivity and performance of sales teams, regional broker channel, products and pricing strategies\n- Develops and implements sales policy and common sales processes to improve efficiency and performance\n- Initiates, develops and implements a set of cross-functional team projects to improve sales performance with Pricing, Products, CSC and other key departments\n- Contributes to development of incentive plans that motivate sales teams to achieve regional membership and margin targets\n- Contributes to the development of broker reward programs to motivate regional broker channel sales productivity\n- Develops business practices to ensure the seamless hand-off new group sales\n- Develops and implements corrective action plan if sales performance from regional broker channel is falling behind targets\n- Presents regional sales strategies and results to Executive Regional Leadership\n- Establish a coaching and staff development culture and accountability\n- Align management to sales executive ratios to optimize coaching opportunities\n- Build on the use of competency based hiring practices and implement new sales executive training program\n- Develop sales skills of staff positions\n- Develop performance assessment tools to measure the performance and collaboration of each member on the sales team\n- Hires, trains, supervises, counsels, disciplines, and terminates assigned staff as appropriate\n- Communicates goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Eight years of sales management and broker business development experience in the health care industry\n- Three years of management experience\n- Bachelor's degree.\n- Valid Hawaii Producer's Accident and Health Insurance license (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii State licensure) (must obtain within 90 days of hire)\n- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, influence, coaching and problem solving skills and consultative selling skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Master's degree or evidence of ongoing educational development", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:37:42", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332031/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Director - Sales", "reqid": "128478", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27332031}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: ED Technician II\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct supervision of registered nurse or provider, performs variety of technical, semi-technical, clerical and patient attending duties. Participates in instruction of patients and family members and works cooperatively with staff and other departments\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes and maintains open communication; relays pertinent information to staff members in own department or other departments; assures information is accurate and complete\n- Reports and records vital signs, tests, procedures and pertinent data and observations related to patient care duties within scope of practice\n- Administers approved medications and treatments to patients in accordance with guidelines, policies and procedures, and as delegated by nursing supervisor and ordered by practitioner with prescriptive authority\n- Provides written instructions and/or educational materials to patients and family members; reinforces written materials provided by privileged practitioner or registered nurse\n- Transports patients, equipment and supplies from one location to another; assists with lifting as needed\n- Performs chest compressions in cardiac arrests\n- Maintains clean, safe and well equipped environment for patients and staff\n- Utilizes universal precautions during patient care and related activities; maintains awareness of infection control and emergency preparedness procedures\n- Participates in economical utilization of supplies; assures that emergency equipment and supply inventories are maintained and available for use\n- Participates in staff meetings regularly; participates in projects as requested\n- Works with nursing supervisor and appropriate staff to implement training and monitoring measurements; assists in orienting, training, coaching and mentoring of emergency department tech staff; assists nursing supervisor in monitoring and evaluating tech staff performance\n- Participates in committees and/or department processes to design, plan, coordinate and implement improvements; identifies and resolves issues related to department processes; recommends improvement ideas and suggestions; collaborates with others to implement department processes\n- Assembles decontamination equipment and participates in disaster procedures as assigned by Incident Commander\n- Practices within organizational, departmental and Emergency Services specific standards, policies, procedures, processes, protocols or guidelines; practices in accordance with departmental scope of service and Emergency Department Tech scope of practice; works as part of the health care team\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Six months of emergency services experience or related background and experience\n- High school diploma or equivalent (GED)\n- Completion of course in basic cardiology or EKG\n- Completion of training as Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B), Army Medical Specialist, Navy Corpsman, or nursing student who has completed one or more semesters of an accredited registered nursing program with clinical coursework and practicum - Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Knowledge of and skill in customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of Emergency Nurses' Association sponsored courses: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (NPC)\n- Completion of American Heart Association courses: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support\n- Completion of Intermediate, Advanced, or 12-Lead EKG course", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:37:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332027/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ED Technician II", "reqid": "118296", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27332027}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Honolulu", "description": "Title: ED Technician I\nLocation: Honolulu, HI\nUnder direct supervision of registered nurse or provider, performs variety of technical, semi-technical, clerical and patient attending duties, participates in instruction of patients and family members and works cooperatively with staff and other departments. Assists nursing supervisor in orienting, training, coaching, mentoring, and evaluating emergency department tech staff; works with nursing supervisor and appropriate staff to implement training and monitoring measurements. Participates in committees and/or department processes to design, plan, coordinate and implement improvements.\nEssential Functions:\n- Establishes and maintains open communication; relays pertinent information to staff members in own department or other departments; assures information is accurate and complete\n- Reports and records vital signs, tests, procedures and pertinent data and observations related to patient care duties within scope of practice\n- Administers approved medications and treatments to patients in accordance with guidelines, policies and procedures, and as delegated by nursing supervisor and ordered by practitioner with prescriptive authority\n- Provides written instructions and/or educational materials to patients and family members; reinforces written materials provided by privileged practitioner or registered nurse\n- Transports patients, equipment and supplies from one location to another; assists with lifting as needed\n- Performs chest compressions in cardiac arrests\n- Maintains clean, safe and well equipped environment for patients and staff\n- Utilizes universal precautions during patient care and related activities; maintains awareness of infection control and emergency preparedness procedures\n- Participates in economical utilization of supplies; assures that emergency equipment and supply inventories are maintained and available for use\n- Participates in staff meetings regularly; participates in projects as requested\n- Works with nursing supervisor and appropriate staff to implement training and monitoring measurements; assists in orienting, training, coaching and mentoring of emergency department tech staff; assists nursing supervisor in monitoring and evaluating tech staff performance\n- Participates in committees and/or department processes to design, plan, coordinate and implement improvements; identifies and resolves issues related to department processes; recommends improvement ideas and suggestions; collaborates with others to implement department processes\n- Assembles decontamination equipment and participates in disaster procedures as assigned by Incident Commander\n- Practices within organizational, departmental and Emergency Services specific standards, policies, procedures, processes, protocols or guidelines; practices in accordance with departmental scope of service and Emergency Department Tech scope of practice; works as part of the health care team\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of one-year of emergency services experience or related background and experience\n- High school diploma or equivalent (GED)\n- Completion of course in basic cardiology or EKG\n- Completion of basic pharmacology course and training as Mobile Intensive Care Technician (MICT or EMT-P), Army Medical Specialist, Navy Corpsman or nursing student who has completed one or more semesters of an accredited registered nursing program with clinical coursework and practicum\n- Completion of training in one or more: Intermediate or Advanced EKG, 12 Lead EKG, or Drugs and Electrolytes\n- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification\n- Certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association\n- Knowledge of and skill in customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, teamwork, and written communication\n- Talking to co-workers, customers, outside vendors, and on the telephone\n- Reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English\n- Training/giving and receiving instructions\n- Mathematical ability, attention to detail (e.g. organization, prioritization, proofing), concentration, and alertness\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Completion of Emergency Nurses' Association sponsored courses: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (NPC)\n- Completion of American Heart Association courses: Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support\n- Completion of Intermediate, Advanced, or 12-Lead EKG course", "date_new": "2012-03-22 23:37:41", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27332028/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "ED Technician I", "reqid": "119374", "state": "Hawaii", "state_short": "HI", "location": "Honolulu, HI", "uid": 27332028}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Lancaster", "description": "Title: Physical Therapist\nLocation: Lancaster, CA\nResponsible for the physical therapy management of patients under the direction and supervision of the rehabilitation services Director.\nEssential Functions:\n- Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.\n- Establish treatment goals and plan treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy.\n- Implement the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel; and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.\n- Provide advice and education to patient and family.\n- Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.\n- Discharge patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.\n- Provide accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.\n- Demonstrate progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a Bachelors' or Masters' or Doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy OR foreign-trained equivalent.\n- Licensure to practice physical therapy by the state of California.\n- American Heart Association approved BLS.\n- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management partnership environment.\n\nPreferredQualifications:\n-Bachelor's degree in related field of study (e.g. Human Factors, Rehabilitation, Physiology) or five (5) years of progressive Rehabilitation, Ergonomics or Risk Management experience may be substituted for Bachelor's degree\n- Related licensure in field of healthcare (e.g. PT,OT, RN) preferred\n- Certified Ergonomics Associate (CEA), Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, or completion of an ergonomic/rehabilitation assessment program preferred\n- Computer knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications\n\nNotes:\n- Work days and hours may vary.\n- Requires travel to all Antelope Valley locations", "date_new": "2012-03-21 18:16:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27296602/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physical Therapist", "reqid": "128102", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Lancaster, CA", "uid": 27296602}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Anaheim", "description": "Title: Supervisor Inpatient Pharmacy - (OCP-4124)\nLocation: Anaheim, CA\nProvides supervision and technical/clinical direction to pharmacist and non-pharmacist employees in an Inpatient Pharmacy setting. Ensures compliance with state & federal laws, regulations, and standards regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services, and Divisional Pharmacy objectives, policies and procedures. Assists the Inpatient Pharmacy Director with the development and implementation of strategic initiatives. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of assigned area(s).\n\nEssential Functions:\n- Assists the Inpatient Pharmacy Director with the development and implementation of pharmacy strategic initiatives and provides technical/clinical direction and supervision to pharmacy staff.\n- Responsible for assigned pharmacy services /activities including day-to-day operations, drug distribution, drug education, pharmacists clinical activities, performance measurement/ improvement, regulatory compliance, employee development, and multi-disciplinary team development.\n- Ensures compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and standards.\n- Works in collaboration with providers, department heads, and the Inpatient Pharmacy Director to implement, evaluate, and improve quality management programs.\n- Administers organizational and departmental policies and procedures on a day-to-day basis.\n- Provides leadership, direction, and supervision of pharmacy staff including recommendations regarding hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, discipline, training, and performance evaluation/ management.\n- As assigned, accountable for pharmacy quality, service, and fiscal outcomes.\n- Ensures that all staff have adequate and ongoing training to enhance and assure job performance.\n- Participates in designing, implementing, evaluating/improving systems, methods, and processes designed to enhance quality, improve service, and enhance cost effectiveness.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Previous, usually two (2) years of supervisory or functional direction experience required.\n- B.S. degree in Pharmacy required.\n- Pharm. D preferred.\n- Licensure as a pharmacist in California required.\n- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others\n- Demonstrated ability to exercise self-initiative and innovation.\n- Demonstrated ability to utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.\n- Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of applicable state and federal pharmacy regulations.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of inpatient and/or outpatient pharmacy operations, including professional, legal, business, and public relations aspects.\n- Demonstrated ability to lead and work as a member of a professional team.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nNotes:\n- PR# OCP-4124\n-Work schedule to vary as required\n- Position requires occasional travel to other KPMCP and non-KPMCP locations for meetings, training, etc.", "date_new": "2012-03-21 18:16:47", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27296605/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Inpatient Pharmacy - (OCP-4124)", "reqid": "128154", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Anaheim, CA", "uid": 27296605}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Harbor City", "description": "Title: Speech Pathologist Cfy\nLocation: Harbor City, CA\nAdministers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects. Advises physicians of test results and subsequently recommends and implements appropriate treatments. Monitors status of results and collaborates with physicians when altering treatment program.\n\nEssential Functions:\n- All professional activities will be provided under the supervision of the RPE/ CFY Clinical Supervisor as outlined by the State of California Speech Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board and the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.\n- Upholds Kaiser Permanente's Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.\n- Administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorde